Summary: Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.
Publications277 found, 100 shown here
- Intervention mapping: a process for developing theory- and evidence-based health education programsL K Bartholomew
Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77225, USA
Health Educ Behav 25:545-63. 1998The practice of health education involves three major program-planning activities: needs assessment, program development, and evaluation...
- Online alcohol interventions: a systematic reviewAngela White
Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
J Med Internet Res 12:e62. 2010..There has been a significant increase in the availability of online programs for alcohol problems. A systematic review of the research evidence underpinning these programs is timely...
- Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first Health Information National Trends SurveyBradford W Hesse
National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7365, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2618-24. 2005..The objective of this study was to provide nationally representative estimates for health-related uses of the Internet, level of trust in health information sources, and preferences for cancer information sources...
- Computer-delivered interventions for health promotion and behavioral risk reduction: a meta-analysis of 75 randomized controlled trials, 1988-2007David B Portnoy
Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269 1248, USA
Prev Med 47:3-16. 2008..The use of computers to promote healthy behavior is increasing. To evaluate the efficacy of these computer-delivered interventions, we conducted a meta-analysis of the published literature...
- How do consumers search for and appraise health information on the world wide web? Qualitative study using focus groups, usability tests, and in-depth interviewsGunther Eysenbach
Unit for Cybermedicine and eHealth, Department of Clinical Social Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Bergheimer Str 58, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
BMJ 324:573-7. 2002..To describe techniques for retrieval and appraisal used by consumers when they search for health information on the internet...
- The effectiveness of web-based interventions designed to decrease alcohol consumption--a systematic reviewBridgette M Bewick
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Prev Med 47:17-26. 2008..To review the published literature on the effectiveness of web-based interventions designed to decrease consumption of alcohol and/or prevent alcohol abuse...
- Consumer health information seeking on the Internet: the state of the artR J Cline
Department of Health Science Education, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
Health Educ Res 16:671-92. 2001..Both interpersonal and mass communication concepts open avenues for investigation and understanding the influence of the Internet on health beliefs and behaviors, health care, medical outcomes, and the health care system...
- Use of the Internet and e-mail for health care information: results from a national surveyLaurence Baker
Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif 94305 5405, USA
JAMA 289:2400-6. 2003..Available estimates of use and impact vary widely. Without accurate estimates of use and effects, it is difficult to focus policy discussions or design appropriate policy activities...
- A review of research on fidelity of implementation: implications for drug abuse prevention in school settingsLinda Dusenbury
Tanglewood Research, 7700 Albert Pick Road, Suite D, Greensboro, NC 27409, USA
Health Educ Res 18:237-56. 2003..Further, researchers and providers should collaborate to develop ways of introducing flexibility into prevention programs...
- European citizens' use of E-health services: a study of seven countriesHege K Andreassen
Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
BMC Public Health 7:53. 2007..European citizens are increasingly being offered Internet health services. This study investigated patterns of health-related Internet use, its consequences, and citizens' expectations about their doctors' provision of e-health services...
- eHealth trends in Europe 2005-2007: a population-based surveyPer Egil Kummervold
Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, PO Box 35, N 9038 Tromsø, Norway
J Med Internet Res 10:e42. 2008..People are using the Internet for various health-related purposes. It is important to monitor such use as it may have an impact on the individual's health and behavior, patient-practitioner roles, and on general health care provision...
- Overview of e-Bug: an antibiotic and hygiene educational resource for schoolsCliodna A M McNulty
Health Protection Agency Primary Care Unit, Microbiology Department, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 3NN, UK
J Antimicrob Chemother 66:v3-12. 2011..The resources will be translated into all European Union languages, and have been used to promote European Antibiotic Awareness Day and better hand and respiratory hygiene during the influenza pandemic in 2009...
- Impact of health education on soil-transmitted helminth infections in schoolchildren of the Peruvian Amazon: a cluster-randomized controlled trialTheresa W Gyorkos
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7:e2397. 2013..The objective of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of a health hygiene education intervention on the occurrence of STH re-infection four months post-de-worming...
- Source reduction behavior as an independent measurement of the impact of a public health education campaign in an integrated vector management program for the Asian tiger mosquitoKristen Bartlett-Healy
Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University, 180 Jones Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:1358-67. 2011..Our results suggest that traditional passive means of public education, which were often considered the gold standard for mosquito control programs, are not sufficient to motivate residents to reduce backyard mosquito-larval habitats...
- Culturally appropriate health education for Type 2 diabetes in ethnic minority groups: a systematic and narrative review of randomized controlled trialsK Hawthorne
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Diabet Med 27:613-23. 2010To determine if culturally appropriate health education is more effective than 'usual' health education for people with diabetes from ethnic minority groups living in high- and upper-middle-income countries...
- Effectiveness of school-based interventions in Europe to promote healthy nutrition in children and adolescents: systematic review of published and 'grey' literatureEveline Van Cauwenberghe
Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Br J Nutr 103:781-97. 2010..Evidence for effectiveness on anthropometrical obesity-related measures is lacking...
- School-based interventions promoting both physical activity and healthy eating in Europe: a systematic review within the HOPE projectI De Bourdeaudhuij
Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Obes Rev 12:205-16. 2011..More high-quality studies are needed to assess obesity-related interventions in Europe...
- Characteristics of online and offline health information seekers and factors that discriminate between themShelia R Cotten
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:1795-806. 2004..Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the digital divide and the patient-provider relationship...
- Don't wear me out--the public's knowledge of and attitudes to antibiotic useCliodna A M McNulty
Health Protection Agency Primary Care Unit, Microbiology Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK
J Antimicrob Chemother 59:727-38. 2007..To assess the public's knowledge and attitudes to antibiotics, their reported antibiotic use and the relationship between them...
- A meta-analysis of fear appeals: implications for effective public health campaignsK Witte
Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824 1212, USA
Health Educ Behav 27:591-615. 2000..Future directions and practical implications are provided...
- Multiple health behavior change research: an introduction and overviewJudith J Prochaska
Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Prev Med 46:181-8. 2008..The prospects of MHBC for the health of individuals and populations are considerable...
- Achieving cultural appropriateness in health promotion programs: targeted and tailored approachesMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:133-46. 2003It is a truism of health education that programs and interventions will be more effective when they are culturally appropriate for the populations they serve...
- Pathways: a school-based, randomized controlled trial for the prevention of obesity in American Indian schoolchildrenBenjamin Caballero
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:1030-8. 2003..Childhood obesity is a major public health problem in the United States, particularly among American Indian communities...
- Promoting physical activity participation among children and adolescentsJo Salmon
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
Epidemiol Rev 29:144-59. 2007..Further evidence of the effectiveness of interventions promoting young people's physical activity in family and community settings is needed...
- Past, present, and future of computer-tailored nutrition educationJohannes Brug
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 77:1028S-1034S. 2003..However, using the Web for interactive personalized nutrition education also presents new challenges...
- Working mechanisms of computer-tailored health education: evidence from smoking cessationArie Dijkstra
Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 20:527-39. 2005..6%), led to significantly more quitting activity after 4 months than did the standard information (22.9%). Moreover, the effect of condition on quitting activity was completely mediated by individuals' evaluations of the tailoring...
- Health information on the Internet: accessibility, quality, and readability in English and SpanishG K Berland
RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA
JAMA 285:2612-21. 2001..Despite the substantial amount of health-related information available on the Internet, little is known about the accessibility, quality, and reading grade level of that health information...
- The role of health education and sanitation in the control of helminth infectionsS O Asaolu
Department of Zoology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria
Acta Trop 86:283-94. 2003b>Health education and sanitation are two important components of primary health care system introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a basis for the prevention and control of communicable diseases...
- Evaluation of e-Bug, an educational pack, teaching about prudent antibiotic use and hygiene, in the Czech Republic, France and EnglandDonna M Lecky
Health Protection Agency Primary Care Unit, Microbiology Department, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:2674-84. 2010..This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the e-Bug pack in improving children's knowledge in these key areas, when used within the National Curriculum in England, France and the Czech Republic...
- Mental Health First Aid: an international programme for early interventionBetty A Kitchener
ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Early Interv Psychiatry 2:55-61. 2008..To describe the development of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) programme in Australia, its roll-out in other countries and evaluation studies which have been carried out...
- The impact of including husbands in antenatal health education services on maternal health practices in urban Nepal: results from a randomized controlled trialBritta C Mullany
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Res 22:166-76. 2007..A randomized controlled trial was designed to test the impact of involving male partners in antenatal health education on maternal health care utilization and birth preparedness in urban Nepal...
- Impact of health education on knowledge and prevention behavior for congenital toxoplasmosis: the experience in PoznaÅ„, PolandZ S Pawlowski
University of Medical Sciences, , Poland
Health Educ Res 16:493-502. 2001In 1991-1997 educational activities were undertaken in the PoznaÅ„ region of Poland to promote health education for the prevention of toxoplasmosis. The effect of education was measured in 2710 pregnant women by a questionnaire survey...
- The Rakai Project counselling programme experienceJoseph K B Matovu
Rakai Project Uganda Virus Research Institute, Ministry of Health, Rakai district, Uganda
Trop Med Int Health 7:1064-7. 2002....
- Versatile, immersive, creative and dynamic virtual 3-D healthcare learning environments: a review of the literatureMargaret M Hansen
School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
J Med Internet Res 10:e26. 2008....
- Impact of an entertainment-education television drama on health knowledge and behavior in Bangladesh: an application of propensity score matchingMai P Do
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Health Commun 11:301-25. 2006..The results from propensity score matching approximate what would be expected from a randomized control group design...
- Internet-based prevention for alcohol and cannabis use: final results of the Climate Schools courseNicola C Newton
University of New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Addiction 105:749-59. 2010..To establish the long-term efficacy of a universal internet-based alcohol and cannabis prevention programme in schools...
- Outcome effectiveness of community health workers: an integrative literature reviewSusan M Swider
Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Public Health Nurs 19:11-20. 2002..Further research is required with an emphasis on stronger study design, documentation of CHW activities, and carefully defined target populations...
- Longer-term primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people: a systematic reviewD R Foxcroft
School of Health Care, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Addiction 98:397-411. 2003..To identify and summarize rigorous evaluations of psychosocial and educational interventions aimed at the primary prevention of alcohol misuse by young people aged up to 25 years, especially over the longer term (>3 years)...
- Marketing hygiene behaviours: the impact of different communication channels on reported handwashing behaviour of women in GhanaBeth E Scott
Environmental Health Group, London, UK
Health Educ Res 23:392-401. 2008....
- Health literacy: addressing the health and education divideI S Kickbusch
Division of Global Health, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
Health Promot Int 16:289-97. 2001....
- Transferability of interventions in health education: a reviewLinda Cambon
EA 4360 Apemac, Faculte de Medecine, Université de Lorraine, 54250 Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, France
BMC Public Health 12:497. 2012b>Health education interventions are generally complex. Their outcomes result from both the intervention itself and the context for which they are developed...
- Efficacy of skin self-examination for the early detection of melanomaReyhaneh Hamidi
Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 9175, USA
Int J Dermatol 49:126-34. 2010..Assessment of the accuracy and efficacy of SSE should proceed using standardized definitions and measurements such that it is easier to pool data on the overall value of SSE as a screening modality...
- Effects of video-based, online education on behavioral and knowledge outcomes in sunscreen use: a randomized controlled trialApril W Armstrong
Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95816 USA
Patient Educ Couns 83:273-7. 2011..To compare online video and pamphlet education at improving patient comprehension and adherence to sunscreen use, and to assess patient satisfaction with the two educational approaches...
- Access to a health facility and care-seeking for danger signs in children: before and after a community-based intervention in Lusaka, ZambiaSatoshi Sasaki
Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Japan
Trop Med Int Health 15:312-20. 2010..To assess the association of accessibility to a health facility with caregivers' care-seeking practices for children with danger signs before and after community-based intervention in Lusaka, Zambia...
- Effect of social cognitive theory-based HIV education prevention program among high school students in Nanjing, ChinaXiaoming Li
Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Health Educ Res 26:419-31. 2011..Findings from this study support the feasibility and initial efficacy of the cultural adaptation of FOK HIV prevention program among high school students in China...
- Family psychoeducation for major depression: randomised controlled trialKae Shimazu
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kochi Medical School, Koch, Japan
Br J Psychiatry 198:385-90. 2011..However, no study to date has adequately examined its use in depression...
- Informing faith-based HIV/AIDS interventions: HIV-related knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes at Project F.A.I.T.H. churches in South CarolinaLisa L Lindley
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Public Health Rep 125:12-20. 2010..To determine the baseline level of HIV-related knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes, we conducted a survey with parishioners, pastors, and care team members at Project F.A.I.T.H. churches...
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of face-to-face communication of tailored health messages: implications for practiceKristina L Wanyonyi
Oral Health and Health Research Programme, University of Dundee, UK
Patient Educ Couns 85:348-55. 2011..To conduct a systematic review of the effect of face-to-face delivered tailored health messages on patient behavior and applications for practice...
- Internet use by the public to search for health-related informationKhalid M AlGhamdi
Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Int J Med Inform 81:363-73. 2012..The use of the Internet to search for health-related information (HRI) has become a common practice worldwide. Our literature review failed to find any evidence of previous studies on this topic from Saudi Arabia...
- 'Communicate to vaccinate' (COMMVAC). building evidence for improving communication about childhood vaccinations in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a programme of researchSimon Lewin
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Olavs plass N 0130 Oslo, Norway
Implement Sci 6:125. 2011..The aim of this project is to build research knowledge and capacity to use evidence-based strategies for improving communication about childhood vaccinations with parents and communities in LMICs...
- Review of the nutritional implications of farmers' markets and community gardens: a call for evaluation and research effortsLacey Arneson McCormack
E A Martin Program in Human Nutrition, South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:399-408. 2010..Recommendations for future research on the dietary influences of farmers' markets and community gardens are provided...
- Community health workers' perspectives on their contribution to rural health and well-being in IranSara Javanparast
South Australian Community Health Research Unit, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
Am J Public Health 101:2287-92. 2011..The activities of community health workers (CHWs) have been identified as key to improvements in the health of Iran's rural population. We explored the perceptions of CHWs regarding their contribution to rural health in Iran...
- Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Obesity Prevention Effectiveness Trial: postintervention resultsMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:994-1003. 2011..Measuring diet and physical activity in preschool children remains a challenge, and interventions delivered by classroom teachers require both intensive initial training and ongoing individualized supervision...
- Recent developments in family psychoeducation as an evidence-based practiceAlicia Lucksted
Division of Services Research, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore MD 21201, USA
J Marital Fam Ther 38:101-21. 2012....
- Effectiveness of phone and e-mail lifestyle counseling for long term weight control among overweight employeesMarieke F van Wier
Department of Public and Occupational Health and The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Occup Environ Med 53:680-6. 2011..To determine the effectiveness of a weight-management program with personal counseling by phone or e-mail...
- Does tailoring make a difference? A systematic review of the long-term effectiveness of tailored nutrition education for adultsHelen C Eyles
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Nutr Rev 67:464-80. 2009....
- Efficacy of a web-based intervention to reduce sexual risk in men who have sex with menKelly M Carpenter
Talaria, Inc, 1121 34th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
AIDS Behav 14:549-57. 2010..Thus, this study gives preliminary evidence that a brief web-based intervention offering cognitive behavioral skills training and motivational enhancement can effectively reduce sexual risk in MSM...
- Changes in cognitive function in a randomized trial of physical activity: results of the lifestyle interventions and independence for elders pilot studyJeff D Williamson
Roena Kulynych Center for Memory and Cognition Research, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27151, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:688-94. 2009....
- Education, literacy, and health: Mediating effects on hypertension knowledge and controlAnjali U Pandit
Health Literacy and Learning Program, Center for Communication in Healthcare, Division of General Internal Medicine, and Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Patient Educ Couns 75:381-5. 2009..To determine whether literacy mediates the association between education, hypertension knowledge and control...
- Empirical studies assessing the quality of health information for consumers on the world wide web: a systematic reviewGunther Eysenbach
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, 190 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
JAMA 287:2691-700. 2002..The quality of consumer health information on the World Wide Web is an important issue for medicine, but to date no systematic and comprehensive synthesis of the methods and evidence has been performed...
- School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengersIrene Ayi
Bureau of International Medical Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1 21 1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Malar J 9:98. 2010..However, little evidence is available. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of school-based malaria education intervention on school children and community adults...
- Effectiveness of health education on Toxoplasma-related knowledge, behaviour, and risk of seroconversion in pregnancyERICA L GOLLUB
INSERM, U593, Bordeaux, Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Institut de Santé Publique, d Épidémiologie et de Développement, Bordeaux, F 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 136:137-45. 2008We conducted a bibliographic literature search using MEDLINE to review the effectiveness of health education on Toxoplasma-related knowledge, behaviour, and risk of seroconversion in pregnant women...
- School randomised trial on prevention of excessive weight gain by discouraging students from drinking sodasRosely Sichieri
Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Public Health Nutr 12:197-202. 2009..To determine whether an educational programme aimed at discouraging students from drinking sugar-sweetened beverages could prevent excessive weight gain...
- The French National Nutrition and Health Program: 2001-2006-2010Serge Hercberg
U557 INSERM, CNAM, Paris 13, F 93017 Bobigny, France
Int J Public Health 53:68-77. 2008....
- Helping Chinese fathers quit smoking through educating their nonsmoking spouses: a randomized controlled trialSophia S C Chan
Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong, 4 F William M W Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam Hong Kong SAR, China
Am J Health Promot 23:31-4. 2008Assess the effectiveness of a two-step health education program by nurses delivered through nonsmoking mothers to help fathers of sick children quit smoking.
- Effects of a physical activity intervention on measures of physical performance: Results of the lifestyle interventions and independence for Elders Pilot (LIFE-P) studyMarco Pahor
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1329 SW 16th St, Rm 5161, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1157-65. 2006..Our objective was to assess the effect of a comprehensive physical activity (PA) intervention on the SPPB and other physical performance measures...
- The Impact of an HIV and AIDS Life Skills Program on Secondary School Students in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaShamagonam James
Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
AIDS Educ Prev 18:281-94. 2006..These limited effects therefore call for further analysis of the content and implementation strategies used in the classroom...
- Containing HIV/AIDS in India: the unfinished agendaPadma Chandrasekaran
Avahan India AIDS Initiative, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India
Lancet Infect Dis 6:508-21. 2006....
- A pilot church-based weight loss program for African-American adults using church members as health educators: a comparison of individual and group interventionBetty M Kennedy
Health Behavior Dept, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Ethn Dis 15:373-8. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine a church-based intervention employing a 6-month pilot weight loss program as a strategy to improve health of African-American adults...
- What causes sustainable changes in hygiene behaviour? A cross-sectional study from Kerala, IndiaSandy Cairncross
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Soc Sci Med 61:2212-20. 2005..Recall of participation in health education classes was significantly associated with good hygiene as indicated by women's handwashing practice (OR 2...
- The effect of a soap promotion and hygiene education campaign on handwashing behaviour in rural India: a cluster randomised trialAdam Biran
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT, London, UK
Trop Med Int Health 14:1303-14. 2009..To investigate the effectiveness of a hygiene promotion intervention based on germ awareness in increasing handwashing with soap on key occasions (after faecal contact and before eating) in rural Indian households...
- A promotores de salud intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in a high-risk Hispanic border population, 2005-2008HECTOR G BALCAZAR
University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus, 1100 N Stanton St, El Paso, TX 79902, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A28. 2010..The objective of Project HEART (Health Education Awareness Research Team) was to promote behavior changes to decrease CVD risk factors in a high-risk Hispanic ..
- Casting health messages in terms of responsibility for dietary change: increasing fruit and vegetable consumptionPamela Williams-Piehota
Health, Emotion, and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 36:114-20. 2004..To compare the effectiveness of messages emphasizing the importance of either personal or social responsibility for dietary behavior change in increasing fruit and vegetable intake...
- Implementing a diabetes prevention program in a rural African-American churchY Monique Davis-Smith
Mercer University School of Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia Family Medicine, Macon, GA 31206, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 99:440-6. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of implementing a diabetes prevention program (DPP) in a rural African-American church...
- Health literacy and cancer communicationTerry C Davis
Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 52:134-49. 2002..Based on our own experience, we offer practical communication aids that can help bridge the cancer communication gap...
- Educational campaign versus malathion spraying for the control of Aedes aegypti in Colima, MexicoF Espinoza-Gomez
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:148-52. 2002..To evaluate the effect of an educational campaign for reducing the breeding places of Aedes aegypti, the principal vector of dengue; and to compare its effects with the ones obtained by spraying of malathion at ultralow volume...
- A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese primary schoolsAnna Bowen
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:1166-73. 2007..2 days (P = 0.03) of absence per 100 student-weeks. Provision of a large-scale handwashing promotion program and soap was associated with significantly reduced absenteeism. Similar programs could improve the health of children worldwide...
- Parental knowledge and practice of primary skin cancer prevention: gaps and solutionsJ M Weinstein
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 18:473-7. 2001..The respondents' desire to learn more from primary care physicians emphasizes the need to educate physicians about sun protection...
- Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in PeruMagaly M Blas
Unit of Epidemiology, HIV and STD, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
PLoS ONE 5:e10448. 2010..Although many men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru are unaware of their HIV status, they are frequent users of the Internet, and can be approached by that medium for promotion of HIV testing...
- Child- and parent-targeted interventions: the Memphis GEMS pilot studyBettina M Beech
University of Memphis, Center for Community Health, Tennessee 38119, USA
Ethn Dis 13:S40-53. 2003..To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of 2 versions of a culturally relevant, family-based intervention to prevent excess weight gain in pre-adolescent African-American girls...
- The application and impact of computer-generated personalized nutrition education: a review of the literatureJ Brug
Open University, Department of Social Sciences, P O Box 2960, 6401 Heerlen DL, Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 36:145-56. 1999..Furthermore, computer-tailored nutrition education also appears to have a greater impact in motivating people to change their diet, their fat intake in particular, although at present no definite conclusions can be drawn...
- The meaning and the measure of health literacyDavid W Baker
Division of General Internal Medicine and the Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:878-83. 2006
- Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): a Rasch analysis using data from the Scottish Health Education Population SurveySarah Stewart-Brown
Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:15. 2009..It comprises 14 positively phrased Likert-style items and fulfils classic criteria for scale development. We report here the internal construct validity of WEMWBS from the perspective of the Rasch measurement model...
- The effect of advice by health care professionals on increasing physical activity of older peopleM Hirvensalo
Department of Physical Education, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Scand J Med Sci Sports 13:231-6. 2003..We concluded that initiating new physical activities in old age is strongly connected to encouragement to exercise by health care professionals. Health care professionals should be supported to promote exercise among older patients...
- School-based HIV prevention programmes for African youthMelanie Gallant
Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave Windsor, Ont, Canada N9B 3P4
Soc Sci Med 58:1337-51. 2004..Clearly, however, more research is needed to identify, with certainty, the factors that drive successful school-based HIV/AIDS risk reduction programmes in Africa...
- Antenatal care in The Gambia: missed opportunity for information, education and communicationSamuel E Anya
Reproductive Health Research Unit, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, MDI Road, Kanifing, The Gambia
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 8:9. 2008..We examined the provision of information and education in antenatal clinics from the perspective of pregnant women attending these clinics...
- Kalèdo, a new educational board-game, gives nutritional rudiments and encourages healthy eating in children: a pilot cluster randomized trialSalvatore Amaro
Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, Second University of Naples, Via De Crecchio, 8, 80138 Naples, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 165:630-5. 2006..At these stages, the game could be an appropriate means to teach nutrition knowledge and to influence dietary behaviour. To this end, the authors developed Kalèdo, a new board-game...
- Understanding the effects of printed health education materials: which features lead to which outcomes?F C Bull
Department of Public Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia
J Health Commun 6:265-79. 2001Printed health education materials (HEMs) are widely used to increase awareness and knowledge, change attitudes and beliefs, and help individuals adopt and maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors...
- Helping someone with problem drinking: mental health first aid guidelines - a Delphi expert consensus studyAnna H Kingston
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Rd Locked Bag 10, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
BMC Psychiatry 9:79. 2009..This paper describes the development of mental health first aid guidelines that inform community members on how to help someone who may have, or may be developing, a drinking problem (i.e., alcohol abuse or dependence)...
- Opisthorchiasis in Thailand: review and current statusNatthawut Kaewpitoon
Research and Diagnostic Center for Parasitic Infectious Diseases, Northeastern Region RCPNER, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ubon Rajathanee University, Warinchamrap district, Ubonratchathai province 34190, Thailand
World J Gastroenterol 14:2297-302. 2008..b>Health education programs to prevent and control opisthorchiasis are still required in high-risk areas.
- Internet-based patient education and support interventions: a review of evaluation studies and directions for future researchHuong Q Nguyen
3301 S Bear Street No 57B, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA
Comput Biol Med 34:95-112. 2004..Given the increasing need to provide timely and effective patient-centered care, a stronger evidence base for eHealth applications must be established before broader deployment of such programs will take place...
- Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centersMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University SLU, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Med 41:53-62. 2005..The Institute of Medicine has called for randomized studies directly comparing approaches that do and do not consider culture...
- A controlled trial of a school-based Internet program for reducing depressive symptoms in adolescent girlsRichard O'Kearney
School of Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Depress Anxiety 26:65-72. 2009..This study evaluates the benefits of a self-directed Internet intervention for depression (MoodGYM) delivered as a part of the high school curriculum...
- Decoding health education interventions: the times are a-changin'Herman Schaalma
Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 24:5-9. 2009The development of theory- and evidence-based health education interventions is a complex process in which interventionists in collaboration with priority groups and stakeholders make many decisions about objectives, change techniques, ..
- Hepatitis B knowledge and practices among Chinese immigrants to the United StatesVicky M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 7:313-7. 2006..Chronic carriage of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common underlying cause of liver cancer among Chinese Americans. Our objective was to describe Chinese immigrants' hepatitis B knowledge, testing, and vaccination levels...
- Patient Internet use for health information at three urban primary care clinicsSuzanne Dickerson
School of Nursing, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:499-504. 2004..To survey a cross section of patients presenting to three urban primary care clinics to understand online health information search behaviors...
- Effect of emailed messages on return use of a nutrition education website and subsequent changes in dietary behaviorW Gill Woodall
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
J Med Internet Res 9:e27. 2007..However, such eHealth applications on the Internet need to generate return usage to be effective. Limited evidence is available on how continued usage can be encouraged...
- Suicide prevention strategies: a systematic reviewJ John Mann
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Neuroscience, New York, NY 10032, USA
JAMA 294:2064-74. 2005..Some developed nations have implemented national suicide prevention plans. Although these plans generally propose multiple interventions, their effectiveness is rarely evaluated...
- Introduction of solid foods: do mothers follow recommendations?Brenda L Coleman
Elgin St Thomas Health Unit, St Thomas, ON, Canada
Can J Diet Pract Res 70:135-40. 2009..Infant age at introduction of solid foods was examined, as were maternal characteristics associated with adherence to recommendations...
- Impact of change in sweetened caloric beverage consumption on energy intake among children and adolescentsY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, 600 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:336-43. 2009..To estimate the net caloric impact from replacing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with alternatives in children and adolescents in naturalistic settings...
- Effects of school health nursing education interventions on HIV/AIDS-related attitudes of students in Akwa Ibom State, NigeriaIdongesit I Akpabio
Department of Nursing Science, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
J Adolesc Health 44:118-23. 2009..greatest challenges facing school nurses is that of identifying and using appropriate strategies to meet the health education needs of adolescents in regard to prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune ..
- Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preference for Homeless PersonsJohn Song; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Brief HIV Prevention Counseling in South AfricaSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2009..culturally tailored risk reduction intervention or (b) a time and contact matched standard of care HIV and health education session. Participants will be followed for 15 months post intervention...
- Ethnic Dance & Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina GirlsThomas N Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2010..The control group will receive an "active-placebo" information-based health education intervention...
- Prevention of Obesity at Universities:A Randomized TrialMichael R Lowe; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- EFFECT OF SELF-REGULATORY EDUCATION ON WOMEN WITH ASTHMANoreen Clark; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- Stigma & Behavioral Health in Urban Employers from China & USPatrick Corrigan; Fiscal Year: 2007..Data from this study will be especially important for the development of future stigma-change programs. ..
- SCHOOL BASED DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAMChristopher Ringwalt; Fiscal Year: 2001....
- Religion and Cancer-Related Behaviors In Black AmericansCheryl Holt; Fiscal Year: 2009..RS has great potential for use in the development of more effective cancer communication interventions for African Americans. ..
- TEA for Families & Children: Preparation for a Randomized TrialLi Li; Fiscal Year: 2010..The goal of this study is to develop and pilot an intervention for PLH and their family members in order to improve the long term health, mental health and behavioral adjustment of the children in poor, rural areas in China. ..
- Promoting Fidelity Using Remote and Onsite SupportChristopher Ringwalt; Fiscal Year: 2006..Study results will inform the prevention field concerning the potential for personalized coaching and technical assistance to promote curriculum fidelity and affect key student-level mediating variables. ..
- Diffusion of Drug Prevention Curricula NationwideChristopher Ringwalt; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Cervical Cancer Control in Vietnamese WomenVictoria Taylor; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Liver Cancer Control Among North American ChineseVictoria Taylor; Fiscal Year: 2006..If effective, our outreach intervention could be used by health care facilities and community organizations serving less acculturated Chinese in North America. ..
- Hepatitis B ESL Education for ChineseVictoria Taylor; Fiscal Year: 2009..Participants will complete a self-administered baseline survey, just prior to receiving health education. Outcome evaluation will be based on data from an in-person follow-up survey and medical record verification...
- HIV Related Stigma among Service Providers in ChinaLi Li; Fiscal Year: 2005..These data will prepare the team to conduct a randomized controlled trial across different levels of health care providers in China. ..
- Casa A Campo: Pesticide Safety for Farmworkers' FamiliesThomas Arcury; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Ethnic Variation in CAM Use and Health Self Management among Rural Older AdultsThomas Arcury; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Community-Based Participatory Approach to Farmworker Housing, Exposures & HealthThomas A Arcury; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- African American Men Prostate & Colorectal Cancer BeliefThomas Arcury; Fiscal Year: 2007..A preliminary framework of the intervention strategy for this R01 application will be developed and evaluated as part of this project. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Family-to-Family: Psychoeducation to Improve Children's Outcomes in HIV+ FamiliesLi Li; Fiscal Year: 2009..HIV+ parent's and family caregivers'health mental health, parenting skills, and family bonds are intermediate outcomes. ..
- Farmwoker Environmental Health Research Comparable DataThomas Arcury; Fiscal Year: 2004..The purpose of limiting the size of the conference is to facilitate active interaction, discussion and debate among leaders in the field. ..
- HIV TREATMENT ADHERENCE FOR PERSONS WITH LOW-LITERACYSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2002..Results of the proposed research will provide critical information about improving HIV treatment adherence with low-literacy populations that is needed prior to conducting larger and more expensive clinical trials. ..
- Gender Violence and HIV Risk Reduction in South AfricaLeickness Simbayi; Fiscal Year: 2007..unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Disseminating Go Sun Smart to a Recreation IndustryDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2007..unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Family Cardiac Caregiver Investigation to Evaluate Outcomes (FIT-O)Lori J Mosca; Fiscal Year: 2010..Improved adherence to evidence-based preventive therapies could have a substantial public health benefit. ..
- Society for Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiologic ResearchAnna Maria Siega Riz; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- The Online Health Literacy of Older AdultsDina Borzekowski; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results can advance how individuals are trained to effectively use this medium, as well as inform the ways in which providers and other health care professionals communicate health messages through the Internet. ..
- Medical Students, Cancer Control and The Deaf CommunityGeorgia Sadler; Fiscal Year: 2007..The members of the Pre-Health Professional Club will help the medical students coordinate the Deaf community health education programs...
- Tobacco Cessation Treatment for Pregnant Alaska NativesChristi Patten; Fiscal Year: 2006..The overall health related objective of this line of research is to develop effective treatment programs with and for Alaska Native pregnant women that will ultimately reduce the risk of tobacco-related disease. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- A Lifestyle Change Program to Prevent Type 2 DiabetesRobin Whittemore; Fiscal Year: 2006..3. To explore the reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of a lifestyle change program delivered by NPs in primary care settings. ..
- HIV Prevention for Youth with Severe Mental IllnessLarry K Brown; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Family Therapy Mechanisms in HIV+ Women in Drug RecoveryVICTORIA MITRANI; Fiscal Year: 2007..Understanding these mechanisms will facilitate the development of the next generation of family-based interventions for HIV+ women in drug recovery. This will be the first R01 award for this investigator. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Randomized Trial on Web-based Quit Smoking ProgramDavid B Buller; Fiscal Year: 2010..Cost-effectiveness analyses will be performed at follow-up. ..
- An innovative psychoeducational method & ECC preventionKarin Weber Gasparoni; Fiscal Year: 2005..If successful, widespread use of this psychoeducational intervention could have a profound impact in efforts to reduce oral health disparities. ..
- C-CAPRELA: Cervical Cancer Prevention for LatinasSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2008..developing effective interventions to reduce those disparities, and facilitating intervention delivery." [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Native American Cancer Education for Survivors (NACES)Linda Burhansstipanov; Fiscal Year: 2008..Patient Advocates will offer those modules determined to be effective in influencing QOL in year 05. Findings will be disseminated first to Network members, then to community and professional organizations. ..
- Trabajando Juntos: Working for Health Disparity Reduction among LatinosSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Therapeutic Schools: Affect Management & HIV PreventionLarry Brown; Fiscal Year: 2008..The results are capable of impacting the large number of teens in therapeutic settings treatment as well as informing other interventions with high-risk youth. ..
- Consumer Perspectives on Family Involvment in CareAlicia Lucksted; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Diffusing Sun Safe Policies and Environments to SchoolsDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2008..On-site observations of sun protection policies, environmental features, and employee clothing will validate principal reports. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- HIV Among Rural Latino Gay Men and MSM in the SoutheastSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2007..Study findings also will help shape new multilevel intervention approaches and strategies to reduce the disproportionate HIV/AIDS disease burden of Latino men. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Rapid Responses to Problem Drinking on College CampusesSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2007..Although the environmental intervention should be more than one year, the minimum time would be one academic year with a one year follow up. A pilot study with a historically black college or university is also proposed. ..
- Dine College/Mayo Clinic: Developing Cancer ResearchersChristi Patten; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Improving Asthma Communication in Minority FamiliesArlene Butz; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Peers as Family: Preventing Problem DrinkingBradley Boekeloo; Fiscal Year: 2007..It is hypothesized that risky drinking will be less among females in the Single gender IMB and males in the Mixed-gender IMB condition over time relative to the Control condition. ..
- Effects of Age, Knowledge, & Control Beliefs on ReadingLisa Miller; Fiscal Year: 2006..The long-term goal of this research is to better understand how knowledge and control beliefs can offset age-related declines in cognitive processing...
- WEB BASED SUPPORT--COMMUNITY TOBACCO CONTROL COALITIONSDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- Dissemination: Increasing Physical ActivityDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2004..Students and young scientists will be encouraged to submit proposals for a poster session at the conference, and awards for the best submitted posters will be made. ..
- Increasing Mammogram Adherence in Minority WomenLinda Burhansstipanov; Fiscal Year: 2004..Data for the secondary outcomes will be derived from pre-and post intervention surveys. ..
- HIV, ABUSE AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AMONG YOUTHLarry Brown; Fiscal Year: 2004..Condom use attitudes will be measured, including intentions, decisional balance, peer and family norms, and self-efficacy. These variables will be examined at pretest, at posttest, and at three-and six-month follow-up. ..
- MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING IN URBAN AMERICAN INDIANSLinda Burhansstipanov; Fiscal Year: 2002..is being resubmitted to address the R25 Areas of Special or Continuing Interest: "Minority health and women's health education cancer outreach to communities...
- GENETIC EDUCATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANSLinda Burhansstipanov; Fiscal Year: 2003..The overall goal of this application is to develop culturally acceptable materials providing Native American students with information so that they can make informed decisions about genetic issues. ..
- BRIEF ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL/HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONSBradley Boekeloo; Fiscal Year: 2001..Although the study targets adolescents in primary care, the brief interventions could be more broadly administered if shown effective. ..
- INTERNET--A CHANGE AGENT FOR RURAL MULTICULTURAL ADULTSDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2003..They will be posttested by telephone by AMC's Computer-assisted Telephone Interviewing Core. Adults in the control condition will be wait-listed for the intervention, which will be available after they complete the posttest. ..
- SUN SAFETY FOR HIGH ALTITUDE SKI AREA STAFF AND GUESTSDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2002..Program implementation will be monitored by telephone at the control ski areas and intervention ski areas in the 2002-03 ski season to assess adoption and institutionalization. ..
- OBESITY PREVENTION IN BLACK TEENS: GO GIRLS! IIKen Resnicow; Fiscal Year: 2003..To control for cluster randomization effects in outcome analyses, we will utilize SAS/PROC MIXED, with church as the unit of analysis. ..
- FAMILY RISK & PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR DEMENTIA CAREGIVERSVICTORIA MITRANI; Fiscal Year: 2004..The plan will allow the candidate to bridge the fields of family intervention science and dementia caregiving, two areas of research that have not been sufficiently integrated. ..
- NEBULIZER INTERVENTION IN MINORITY CHILDREN WITH ASTHMAArlene Butz; Fiscal Year: 2004..Study findings will improve clinical care to this vulnerable population of children and will be if significant use to health care providers, researchers, insurers and policy makers. ..
- SUNNY DAYS HEALTHY WAYS GRADES 6-8 SUN SAFETY CURRICULUMDavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- Informal Care of Older Adults and Medicare ExpendituresCOURTNEY VAN HOUTVEN; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- HOME NURSE INTERVENTION FOR IUDE INFANTS--3 YR FOLLOW UPArlene Butz; Fiscal Year: 2002..Data will be of significant use to researchers, health care providers, insurers and policy makers. ..
- A+ Asthma Rural PartnershipArlene Butz; Fiscal Year: 2004..The findings of this study will be important to clinicians, researchers, and health policy makers. ..
- Pregnancy Related Weight Gain: A Link to ObesityAnna Maria Siega Riz; Fiscal Year: 2006..These data, both the quantitative and qualitative, will be used to identify modifiable behaviors for pregnant women that are associated with gaining weight above the recommended ranges and postpartum weight retention. ..
- Tobacco Control in S.Africa: Prevention and Capacity Bu*Ken Resnicow; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- INTERNET--HOME BASED TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENT SMOKERSChristi Patten; Fiscal Year: 2001..Adolescents will be recruited for participation in the study from four geographically and ethnically diverse locations. The study will be conducted by the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. ..
- Intervention for Support Persons to Help Smokers QuitChristi Patten; Fiscal Year: 2005..Support persons (N=60) will be recruited and randomly assigned to self-help intervention or telephone counseling. The smokers will be enrolled as study subjects but will be contacted for assessments only. ..
- An Affect Management Intervention for Juvenile OffendersLarry Brown; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGH BLACK CHURCHESKen Resnicow; Fiscal Year: 2004..Recruitment and retention of participants will be maximized by several strategies including incentives for each church, and the use of church liaisons to assist in participant recruitment and tracking. ..
- ARRESTING SMOKING UPTAKE USING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIADavid Buller; Fiscal Year: 2001..A feasibility study will be conducted that monitors access and use of it by community organizations and schools serving adolescents, especially those at high risk (e.g., low academic attainment, truancy). ..
- MOOD MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR ALCOHOL DEPENDENT SMOKERSChristi Patten; Fiscal Year: 2002..Dependent measures include 7-day point prevalence smoking abstinence verified with expired air carbon monoxide and alcohol and drug abstinence verified with breathalyzer, urine drug screen and informant report. ..
- Community Based Clinical Trials Education ProgramGeorgia Sadler; Fiscal Year: 2006..The clinical trials. infrastructure has had extensive revisions to allow for accurate endpoint assessment with future efforts. ..
- Drug Addiction Transitions from Adolesence to AdulthoodDuncan Clark; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- Prolonged Smoking Cessation Using Prescription Step CareRobert Klesges; Fiscal Year: 2008..It is predicted that long-term cessation rates will be significantly higher in the step care conditions, with the highest cessation rate in the combined behavioral/pharmacologic step care group. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- HOME HYGIENE INTERVENTIONElaine Larson; Fiscal Year: 2002..Logistic regression, Liang-Zeger regression, and Chi Square analyses will be used to test differences in rates of transmission of symptoms and changes in quantity, types and resistance patterns of microbial flora of the hands. ..
- Weight Gain Prevention in Hypertensive SmokersRobert Klesges; Fiscal Year: 2008..in dietary intake and physical activity; or (b) the same smoking cessation intervention followed by a general health education (contact-time control) program...
- Tailored Interactive Intervention to Increase CRC ScreenSally Vernon; Fiscal Year: 2006..Telephone follow-up and medical record review will be conducted 6 months after delivery of the intervention to ascertain completion of CRCS. ..
- Weight loss maintenance in primary careMichael Lowe; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Rural Child/Adolescent Mental Health Service UseCRAIG HEFLINGER; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Literacy & cognitive skills to understand HIV regimensDrenna Waldrop Valverde; Fiscal Year: 2006..Initial comprehension of ARV regimens is essential for continued adherence. Identification of factors related to poor comprehension of ARV medication instructions is a necessary prerequisite for developing interventions to improve it. ..
- Depression Prevention Program for High-Risk AdolescentsEric Stice; Fiscal Year: 2008..Thus, the proposed project should provide a rigorous evaluation of this promising brief prevention program and should advance knowledge regarding the prevention of this pernicious psychiatric problem. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- TEST OF A DISSONANCE EATING DISORDER PREVENTION PROGRAMEric Stice; Fiscal Year: 2005..Thus, the proposed study should be the definitive test of this new promising eating disorder prevention program and should significantly advance our knowledge regarding the prevention of this pervasive psychiatric problem. ..
- Racial Disparities in Diabetes in the US and the UKArch Mainous; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- ECONOMIC EVALUATION METHODS--DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONSMichael French; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- A Mood Management Intervention for Pregnant SmokersPaul Cinciripini; Fiscal Year: 2007..Approximately 375 women will be randomized to either a mood management (MM) intervention, health education (HE), or usual care (UC) control condition...
- Antioxidant nutrients and Oxidative DNA Damage in Afric*Jessie Satia; Fiscal Year: 2005..In addition, this work would potentially provide investigators with a validated instrument for assessing antioxidant nutrient exposure in population-based studies in the U.S. ..
- Risk and Maintenance Factors for Bulimic PathologyEric Stice; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Pharmacogenetics, Emotional Reactivity & SmokingPaul Cinciripini; Fiscal Year: 2009..Ultimately this knowledge may be applied to the development of more effective smoking cessation treatments, especially in the area of pharmacogenetics. ..
- COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ALCOHOL SERVICES & INTERVENTIONSMichael French; Fiscal Year: 2005..S. as well as abroad, the proposed study holds important potential to assist researchers, policymakers, and program directors with economic evaluation guidelines and "real world" applications. ..
- A SCHOOL PROGRAM TO ENHANCE BONE HEALTH IN GIRLSDeanna Hoelscher; Fiscal Year: 2002..Secondary hypotheses at the school level are: intervention schools will offer (1) more calcium-containing foods; and (2) more opportunities for weight-bearing activities than control schools. ..
- Eating Disorder Prevention Program Effectiveness TrialEric Stice; Fiscal Year: 2009..g. will use random assignment, an attention control condition, blinded diagnostic interviews, multiple-reporter data, and a long-term follow-up). ..
- Motivational Therapy/Reduce Risk Behaviors/HIV/YouthSylvie Naar King; Fiscal Year: 2003..If successful, this intervention will provide immediate assistance to vulnerable population to prevent the spread of HIV and to minimize its negative physical and psychological effects. ..