health education

Summary

Alias: community health education
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.

Webpages

  1. faculty staff: health promotion, education, and behavior
    sph.sc.edu/hpeb/facultystaffdetails.php?ID=304
  2. ada.org: a-z topics: fluoride & fluoridation: fluoridation facts compendium
    www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/compendium.asp
  3. study guide for exam 2 topics - mbi 131
    www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi131/studyguide131b.html#chil ...
  4. endocrinology services at the uconn health center
    health.uchc.edu/clinicalservices/endocrinology/index.htm
  5. careers in health promotion
    www.mnstate.edu/bynum/careers_in_health_promotion.htm
  6. public health
    uwf.edu/career/cs_studentAlum/majors/html/publichealth.htm
  7. faculty and staff, public health informatics - university of maryland
    www.phi.umd.edu/who/facultystaff.html#Kessler
  8. student health services :: meningitis
    shs.gmu.edu/issues/meningitis.php
  9. college of public health
    www.coph.ouhsc.edu/coph/hps/oman.asp
  10. uh hilo student health services
    www.hilo.hawaii.edu/studentaffairs/health/index.php

Research Grants

  1. Reducing disparities in colorectal cancer screening in Vietnamese Americans
    Bang H Nguyen; Fiscal Year: 2008
  2. Prevention of Dental Caries in Early Head Start Children
    RICHARD GARY ROZIER; Fiscal Year: 2008
  3. Science Education in Health Ed Class: Tobacco and Addiction
    Rochelle D Schwartz-Bloom; Fiscal Year: 2008
  4. Substance Use Prevention Media Literacy High School Curriculum
    Janis B Kupersmidt; Fiscal Year: 2008
  5. Oral Health of Latino and Ethiopian Children and Their Mothers
    OLIVIA DENISE CARTER-POKRAS; Fiscal Year: 2008
  6. Reducing Social Disparities of Heatwave Impacts in a Changing Climate
    MARIE SYLVIA O'NEILL; Fiscal Year: 2008
  7. Web-based 5 A Day Education for College Campuses
    MARY K BULLER; Fiscal Year: 2007
  8. Cost Effective Health Promotion for Older Workers
    Susan L Hughes; Fiscal Year: 2006
  9. Fit Body and Soul: A Lifestyle Intervention for Diabetes Prevention Conducted Thr
    Sunita Dodani; Fiscal Year: 2008
  10. HSPH Center for Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce
    GLORIAN C SORENSEN; Fiscal Year: 2008

Publications

  1. Environmental behavioural modification programme for street children in Alexandria, Egypt
    G Hosny
    Environmental Health Division, Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
    East Mediterr Health J 13:1438-48
  2. Translating research on healthy lifestyles for children: meeting the needs of diverse populations
    Christine Kennedy
    Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Box 0606, San Francisco, CA 94143 0606, USA
    Nurs Clin North Am 43:397-417, ix
  3. Physical education and physical activity: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006
    Sarah M Lee
    Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE MS K 12, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    J Sch Health 77:435-63
  4. Health services: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006
    Nancy D Brener
    Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    J Sch Health 77:464-85
  5. Comparison of health-promoting behavior between Taiwanese and American adolescents: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey
    Mei Yen Chen
    Nursing Department, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, 261, Wen Hwa 1st Road, Kwei Shan, Tao Yuan 333, Taiwan
    Int J Nurs Stud 44:59-69
  6. Developing a nutrition and health education program for primary schools in Zambia
    Jane Sherman
    FAO Education Consultant, Rome, Italy
    J Nutr Educ Behav 39:335-42
  7. Learning and living health: college students' experiences with an introductory health course
    Donna Clemmens
    Division of Nursing, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, New York, New York 10003 6677, USA
    J Nurs Educ 43:313-8
  8. Secondary prevention for eating disorders: the impact of education, screening, and referral in a college-based screening program
    Anne E Becker
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Int J Eat Disord 36:157-62
  9. Teaching adolescents safe driving and passenger behaviors: effectiveness of the You Hold the Key Teen Driving Countermeasure
    Keith A King
    Health Promotion and Education Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 0068, USA
    J Safety Res 39:19-24
  10. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Kids Living Fit program: a comparative study
    Karen Gabel Speroni
    Patient Care Services, Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, VA, USA
    J Sch Nurs 23:329-36

Scientific Experts

Detail Information

Webpages122 found, 30 most recent shown here

  1. faculty staff: health promotion, education, and behavior
    sph.sc.edu/hpeb/facultystaffdetails.php?ID=304
  2. ada.org: a-z topics: fluoride & fluoridation: fluoridation facts compendium
    www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/compendium.asp
  3. study guide for exam 2 topics - mbi 131
    www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi131/studyguide131b.html#chil ...
  4. endocrinology services at the uconn health center
    health.uchc.edu/clinicalservices/endocrinology/index.htm
  5. careers in health promotion
    www.mnstate.edu/bynum/careers_in_health_promotion.htm
  6. public health
    uwf.edu/career/cs_studentAlum/majors/html/publichealth.htm
  7. faculty and staff, public health informatics - university of maryland
    www.phi.umd.edu/who/facultystaff.html#Kessler
  8. student health services :: meningitis
    shs.gmu.edu/issues/meningitis.php
  9. college of public health
    www.coph.ouhsc.edu/coph/hps/oman.asp
  10. uh hilo student health services
    www.hilo.hawaii.edu/studentaffairs/health/index.php
  11. the college of education - mary steinhardt
    www.edb.utexas.edu/education/departments/khe/AcadProg/grad/h ...
  12. bachelor of science in health education and promotion
    www.selu.edu/future_students/degree_prog/degrees/coll_nurs_h ...
  13. college of health sciences
    www.udel.edu/health/HSAD/GeneralInformation.htm
  14. health and science: communication studies resources: the university of iowa
    www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/health.html
  15. osteoporosis - area health education centers (ahecs
    www.doh.state.fl.us/family/osteo/AHEC.html
  16. health and science: communication studies resources: the university of iowa
    www.uiowa.edu/commstud/resources/health.html
  17. health education and behavioral sciences - ua zuckerman college of public health
    www.publichealth.arizona.edu/(X(1)S(vaktgl55z15vgc2dfhmh2u55 ...
  18. nuove query generali
    www.cliwes.rm.cnr.it/sito/negener.htm
  19. international research: health
    www.westat.com/westat/research_areas/international_research/ ...
  20. susan m. weyer, md - lsuhsc school of medicine
    www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/internal_medicine/faculty_detail.as ...
  21. school health education
    www.uwlax.edu/sah/hehp/html/ug_she.htm
  22. school nursing program
    dpi.wi.gov/sspw/schlnurse.html
  23. public health (pubhlth
    www.temple.edu/bulletin/ugradbulletin/ucd/ucd_publichealth.h ...
  24. unt | graduate studies | applied anthropology
    www.unt.edu/pais/grad/gapan.htm
  25. section of geriatrics - internal medicine - lsuhsc school of medicine
    www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/internal_medicine/sec_geriatrics.as ...
  26. immunization requirements for students - marymount manhattan college
    marymount.mmm.edu/current/health/immunization.html
  27. school nursing program
    www.dpi.state.wi.us/sspw/schlnurse.html

Research Grants62

  1. Reducing disparities in colorectal cancer screening in Vietnamese Americans
    Bang H Nguyen; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..formative research using a cognitive testing approach to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate health education materials and survey instruments, we will conduct a cluster randomized trial among Vietnamese Americans aged ..
  2. Prevention of Dental Caries in Early Head Start Children
    RICHARD GARY ROZIER; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..EHS staff in North Carolina are being trained to provide dental health education and promotion activities for children and their families, and to link children enrolled in EHS with medical ..
  3. Science Education in Health Ed Class: Tobacco and Addiction
    Rochelle D Schwartz-Bloom; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Currently, the main forum for teaching students about tobacco, smoking, and addiction is the high school health education course...
  4. Substance Use Prevention Media Literacy High School Curriculum
    Janis B Kupersmidt; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..supplemental program and evaluation materials, followed by pilot teaching of the program in two high school, health education classes, and (2) execution of an experiment with random assignment of high school teachers to intervention ..
  5. Oral Health of Latino and Ethiopian Children and Their Mothers
    OLIVIA DENISE CARTER-POKRAS; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..of age and their main caregiver mothers who receive dental services, and (4) Provide train- the-trainer oral health education for personnel of an urban community health center...
  6. Reducing Social Disparities of Heatwave Impacts in a Changing Climate
    MARIE SYLVIA O'NEILL; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..A multi-disciplinary team, with expertise in epidemiology, sociology, health education, statistics, meteorology, applied public health, and local action and governance, will conduct a mixed-method ..
  7. Web-based 5 A Day Education for College Campuses
    MARY K BULLER; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..S., making interactive web technology a promising source for delivering health education to this target group...
  8. Cost Effective Health Promotion for Older Workers
    Susan L Hughes; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Consenting participants will be randomly assigned to a COACH group, a RealAge group, or a health education control group. Process data on intervention use and adherence to Action Plans will be collected...
  9. Fit Body and Soul: A Lifestyle Intervention for Diabetes Prevention Conducted Thr
    Sunita Dodani; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Controls will be given currently acceptable and scientifically sound health education programs, derived from the CDC-Community Guide...
  10. HSPH Center for Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce
    GLORIAN C SORENSEN; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..diverse disciplines of occupational health and safety, social and behavioral sciences, social epidemiology, health education, medicine, economics, engineering, health communications, organizational behavior, nursing, law, and ..
  11. HIV/AIDS Training, Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Centers (HATTIE)
    JOSEFINA JAYME CARD; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..for preventing HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and adolescent pregnancy; and (2) use science-based health education and evaluation tools...
  12. HSPH Center for Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce
    GLORIAN C SORENSEN; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..diverse disciplines of occupational health and safety, social and behavioral sciences, social epidemiology, health education, medicine, economics, engineering, health communications, organizational behavior, nursing, law, and ..
  13. Reducing Health Risk Behavior & Improving Health Adolescent Depression
    Joan R Asarnow; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..with a Care Manager supporting the primary care provider and delivering a 10-session cognitive-behavioral health education intervention aimed at reducing health risk behaviors and promoting and maintaining positive health behaviors...
  14. THE ALABAMA TOBACCO FREE FAMILIES PROGRAM
    Myra A Crawford; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..The proposed study is an extension of two decades of public health education studies conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) tobacco research team in partnership with ..
  15. Reducing Health Risk Behavior & Improving Health Adolescent Depression
    Joan R Asarnow; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..with a Care Manager supporting the primary care provider and delivering a 10-session cognitive-behavioral health education intervention aimed at reducing health risk behaviors and promoting and maintaining positive health behaviors...
  16. UNC-CH TRAINING PROGRAM IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
    Timothy S Carey; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..academic departments at UNC such as Health Policy and Administration, Epidemiology, Health Behavior and Health Education, Biostatistics, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Pharmaceutical Policy, ..
  17. COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR CTD SCREENING IN HIGH RISK GROUPS
    Patricia A Fraser; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..We hypothesize that culturally relevant health education will reduce this barrier to screening...
  18. Childhood Chronic Illness: Enhancing Family Capabilities
    Gail M Kieckhefer; Fiscal Year: 2006
    DESCRIPTION: (Provided by the Applicant) It is rare for parents to find health education programs that educate them to address their child's chronic illness in the context of normal family life, manage their own reactions and emotions to ..
  19. Acceptance of Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Therapy
    Mfon S Cyrus-David; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..to increase the depth of my knowledge in this field by taking related didactic courses in behavioral science, health education and health promotion...
  20. Mechanisms of Meditation in Hypertension in Blacks
    Robert H Schneider; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..with the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program is associated with reduced blood pressure levels compared to health education control (HE) intervention over short and long-term follow-up periods...
  21. Mechanisms of Meditation in Hypertension in Blacks
    Robert H Schneider; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..with the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program is associated with reduced blood pressure levels compared to health education control (HE) intervention over short and long-term follow-up periods...
  22. Public Health Model to Promote Safe Elderly Driving
    Sherrilene Classen; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..public health model, we will not have taken the adequate steps to understand how behavioral, ecological, health education, administrative, policy and regulatory strategies may promote safe elderly driving...
  23. Population Database for the United States in 1880
    STEVEN RUGGLES; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Public Health Relevance: This Public Health Relevance is not available...
  24. CANCER COURSES FOR NURSES WORKING WITH MINORITY GROUPS
    SANDRA M MILLON-UNDERWOOD; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..and related literature focused on cancer prevention and early detection among AAs into nursing and health education curricula; (4) increase the number of nurses educators from HBCU/MIs which maintain a current knowledge and ..
  25. Preventing excessive weight gain in adolescent girls at high-risk for adult obesi
    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..110 adolescent (12-17y) girls between the 75th and 97th BMI percentile to either IPT or a standard-of-care health education program...
  26. Exploring Parent & Youth Concepts of Teen Mental Illness in High-Poverty Settings
    CHARLOTTE A STUEVE; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..and (b) contribute to the development of emic-informed strategies for improving teen mental health and mental health education, outreach, and services in high-poverty settings...
  27. UNC-CH TRAINING PROGRAM IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
    Timothy S Carey; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..in collaborating academic departments at the UNC, such as health policy, epidemiology, health behavior and health education, biostatistics, maternal and child health, nutrition, economics, geography, sociology, anthropology or ..
  28. An Exploration of the Determinants that Impact Breast and Cervical Cancer Control
    KEVIN CHARLES ENGLISH; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..through which these factors impact their behavioral intentions to provide breast & cervical cancer- specific health education and/or navigational services to community women; (2) conduct open-ended, in- depth interviews with at least ..
  29. An Exploration of the Determinants that Impact Breast and Cervical Cancer Control
    Kevin English; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..through which these factors impact their behavioral intentions to provide breast & cervical cancer- specific health education and/or navigational services to community women; (2) conduct open-ended, in- depth interviews with at least ..
  30. Behavioral Science Education Cancer Prevention/Control
    Patricia Dolan Mullen; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Research Center to form the CHPPR; 2) growth in the number outstanding senior and upcoming mentors from health education, epidemiology, health communication, social psychology, nutrition, and research methods; 3) expansion of the ..
  31. North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center: HST
    BONNIE M ROGERS; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Public Health Relevance: This Public Health Relevance is not available...
  32. CHILDREN'S INTERACTIVE ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LAB
    D MICHAEL ANDERSON; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Like our other interactive school health education products - Hungry Red Planet TM and D.M...
  33. Population Database for the United States in 1880
    STEVEN RUGGLES; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These representative linked samples will provide unprecedented opportunities for researchers to carry out individual-level analyses of social and geographic mobility and family transitions in the early stages of industrial development...
  34. Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community, Phase II
    BERTRAM HAROLD LUBIN; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..interactive stations and has been piloted at the Hall of Health, is designed for small science museums and health education centers...
  35. Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community, Phase II
    BERTRAM HAROLD LUBIN; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..interactive stations and has been piloted at the Hall of Health, is designed for small science museums and health education centers...
  36. Development and Evaluation of a Youth Mentoring Program
    David L Dubois; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..is an innovative community-based intervention that combines mentoring with self-esteem enhancement and health education/promotion strategies to prevent mental health problems and health-compromising behaviors among urban, ..
  37. Reproductive Health Intervention for Teen Girls with DM
    Denise Charron-Prochownik; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Our team developed a theory-based "Reproductive-health Education and Awareness of Diabetes in Youth for Girls" (READY-Girls) program tailored specifically for teen women with ..
  38. ACES: Abstinence and Contraception Education Storehouse
    JOSEFINA JAYME CARD; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The ACES product will promote public health education in several ways...
  39. Women's Empowerment and Child Survival in the Historical United States
    NORMAN G MILLER; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..system influenced infant and child mortality, and (3) To examine whether protective public health and health education measures promoted by women are substitutes or complements for other major public health interventions such as ..
  40. Women's Empowerment and Child Survival in the Historical United States
    NORMAN G MILLER; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..system influenced infant and child mortality, and (3) To examine whether protective public health and health education measures promoted by women are substitutes or complements for other major public health interventions such as ..
  41. School-based expressive writing intervention trials for youth exposed to violence
    WENDY L KLIEWER; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..barriers and available supports for adopting the expressive writing intervention as part of the school health education curricula...
  42. Mr. Vetro: A Collective Simulation Framework for Health Science Education
    ALEXANDER REPENNING; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..In the long term, Collective Simulations would include other health education topics such as infectious diseases, nutrition, and physical education...
  43. MSM Communities in NYC Respond to HIV and Methamphetamine
    Naomi Braine; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..behaviors, including personal history, social network composition, perceived peer norms, and encounters with health education programs and materials. B...
  44. MSM Communities in NYC Respond to HIV and Methamphetamine
    Naomi Braine; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..behaviors, including personal history, social network composition, perceived peer norms, and encounters with health education programs and materials. B...
  45. Tamoxifen Education for Women at Risk for Breast Cancer
    MARTIN J MCCARTHY; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..learning theory, self-efficacy theory, and social marketing principles will be employed in the design of the health education program. Both short-term and intermediate-term outcomes will be measured...
  46. A Mood Management Intervention for Pregnant Smokers
    Paul M 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...
  47. Multimedia intervention to motivate ethnic teens to be designated donors
    CHERYL LYNN ALBRIGHT; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..b>Health education interventions for adolescents have demonstrated improvements in knowledge and intentions to be an organ donor;..
  48. Reproductive Health Intervention for Teen Girls with DM
    Denise Charron-Prochownik; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Our team developed a theory-based "Reproductive-health Education and Awareness of Diabetes in Youth for Girls" (READY-Girls) program tailored specifically for teen women with ..
  49. ARTHRITIS AND IMMUNOLOGY
    Joanne M Jordan; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Biochemistry and Biophysics, other School of Medicine departments, Epidemiology, Health Behavior & Health Education, and other departments in the School of Public Health are open to trainees...
  50. Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events
    Brian W Jack; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..in" daily with a hand held version of the VPA in the days following hospitalization - the VPA will offer health education, monitoring and advice on self-care and medication use, and assess the patient's understanding and adherence; ..
  51. Making Connections/Conexiones On Health Disparities
    Jeffrey E Brandon; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered for nursing, health education, social work and counseling...
  52. Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events
    Brian W Jack; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..in" daily with a hand held version of the VPA in the days following hospitalization - the VPA will offer health education, monitoring and advice on self-care and medication use, and assess the patient's understanding and adherence; ..
  53. Para un Futuro: Feasibility of a Photovoice Approach to Increase Latino Parent-A
    MARIA IDALI TORRES; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..health, as well as to increase understanding of the use of research to support the integration of sexual health education into the high school curriculum...

Publications62

  1. Environmental behavioural modification programme for street children in Alexandria, Egypt
    G Hosny
    Environmental Health Division, Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
    East Mediterr Health J 13:1438-48
    ..The mean scores for each behavioural item and all items together before and after the intervention were significantly improved in a number of areas, except for speech disorders and substance use...
  2. Translating research on healthy lifestyles for children: meeting the needs of diverse populations
    Christine Kennedy
    Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Box 0606, San Francisco, CA 94143 0606, USA
    Nurs Clin North Am 43:397-417, ix
    ..Design consideration for translating health lifestyles research findings into a nurse-managed inner city primary care practice is reviewed in the second example...
  3. Physical education and physical activity: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006
    Sarah M Lee
    Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE MS K 12, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    J Sch Health 77:435-63
    ..Policies, practices, and comprehensive staff development at the state and district levels might enable schools to improve opportunities for students to become physically active adults...
  4. Health services: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006
    Nancy D Brener
    Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K 33, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    J Sch Health 77:464-85
    ....
  5. Comparison of health-promoting behavior between Taiwanese and American adolescents: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey
    Mei Yen Chen
    Nursing Department, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, 261, Wen Hwa 1st Road, Kwei Shan, Tao Yuan 333, Taiwan
    Int J Nurs Stud 44:59-69
    ..For American adolescents, healthy diet, stress management, health responsibility, and social support should be emphasized...
  6. Developing a nutrition and health education program for primary schools in Zambia
    Jane Sherman
    FAO Education Consultant, Rome, Italy
    J Nutr Educ Behav 39:335-42
    ....
  7. Learning and living health: college students' experiences with an introductory health course
    Donna Clemmens
    Division of Nursing, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, New York, New York 10003 6677, USA
    J Nurs Educ 43:313-8
    ....
  8. Secondary prevention for eating disorders: the impact of education, screening, and referral in a college-based screening program
    Anne E Becker
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Int J Eat Disord 36:157-62
    ..Clinicians should, therefore, be vigilant for nonadherence to treatment recommendations and proactive in facilitating treatment...
  9. Teaching adolescents safe driving and passenger behaviors: effectiveness of the You Hold the Key Teen Driving Countermeasure
    Keith A King
    Health Promotion and Education Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 0068, USA
    J Safety Res 39:19-24
    ..IMPACT ON INDUSTRY: Success of YHTK is most notably due to its comprehensive nature. Future programs should consider comprehensive strategies when attempting to modify teen behaviors...
  10. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Kids Living Fit program: a comparative study
    Karen Gabel Speroni
    Patient Care Services, Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, VA, USA
    J Sch Nurs 23:329-36
    ..3%) compared with the contrast group. The KLF group also demonstrated a smaller increase in waist circumference than the contrast group...
  11. "I Feel Good!" a weekly wellness radio broadcast for elementary school children
    Jennifer L Morton
    University of New England, Portland, ME, USA
    J Sch Nurs 24:83-7
    ..However, over the last several years, many elementary schools have eliminated formal health education from their curriculum, subsequently integrating health education components into existing classroom content...
  12. Long-term impact of the Gatehouse Project on cannabis use of 16-year-olds in Australia
    Lyndal Bond
    Centre for Adolescent Health, 2 Gatehouse St, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
    J Sch Health 74:23-9
    ..OR 0.50, 95% CI 0.26, 0.98). This study indicates that a multi-level school-based program may provide an innovative direction for sustainable school interventions with the potential to reduce substance use...
  13. Changing schools, changing health? Design and implementation of the Gatehouse Project
    George Patton
    Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
    J Adolesc Health 33:231-9
    ..It represents a promising new direction for school-based preventive work...
  14. The contribution of community parent advisors to improving health in school communities in a primary care trust in northern England
    Susan E Jones
    Institute of Health Sciences and Social Care Research, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BA, UK
    J Clin Nurs 17:2232-4
  15. Age-paced parenting newsletters: delivering healthy messages
    Angela King
    St Albans and Harpenden PCT
    Community Pract 79:89-92
    ..The newsletters adequately address issues and recommendations laid out in several recent important documents and policies...
  16. Evaluation of the SunWise School Program
    Alan Geller
    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    J Sch Nurs 19:93-9
    ..The Environmental Protection Agency's SunWise School Program, a national environmental and health education program for sun safety of children in primary and secondary schools (Grades K-8), was evaluated...
  17. Sun protection policies in Miami-Dade County public schools: opportunities for skin cancer prevention
    Robert S Kirsner
    Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33125, USA
    Pediatr Dermatol 22:513-9
    ..5 and 0.6 hours per day outdoors, respectively. Improved school sun protection policies and monitoring of such policies is needed to reduce sun exposure and skin cancer risk for both students and staff...
  18. Overcoming health inequalities by using the Bug Busting 'whole-school approach' to eradicate head lice
    Joanna Ibarra
    Community Hygiene Concern, Manor Gardens Centre, London, UK
    J Clin Nurs 16:1955-65
    ..RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Incorporation of the Bug Busting approach to head lice into clinical practice in school communities contributes to sustainable control whilst overcoming health inequalities in participating families...
  19. Rationale, design and conduct of a comprehensive evaluation of a school-based peer-led anti-smoking intervention in the UK: the ASSIST cluster randomised trial [ISRCTN55572965]
    Fenella Starkey
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, UK
    BMC Public Health 5:43
    ....
  20. Effects of a peer modelling and rewards-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children
    C F Lowe
    School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
    Eur J Clin Nutr 58:510-22
    ..SPONSORSHIP:: Horticultural Development Council, Fresh Produce Consortium, ASDA, Co-operative Group, Safeway, Sainsbury, Somerfield, Tesco and Birds Eye Wall's...
  21. Barriers to physical activity perceived by adolescent girls
    Lorraine B Robbins
    University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
    J Midwifery Womens Health 48:206-12
    ..quot; Strategies that health professionals can use to counsel girls of this age in overcoming barriers to physical activity are presented. This health-related information can enhance anticipatory guidance to girls...
  22. [Attitudes and behaviors related to smoking habit among elementary and high school students]
    Grazyna Marmon
    Zakład Socjologii Medycyny Katedry Epidemiologii i Medycyny Zapobiegawczej Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagielloriskiego w Krakowie
    Przegl Lek 61:1156-60
    ..They also the presence of pupils together with psychosocial immaturity characteristic for process of development favors ambivalence of judgments and beliefs connected with this habit...
  23. Effects of the Sunny Days, Healthy Ways curriculum on students in grades 6 to 8
    David B Buller
    Klein Buendel, Inc, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
    Am J Prev Med 30:13-22
    ..Potential trial limitations include measuring short-term outcomes, focusing on young adolescents, using active parental consent, and testing in the American Southwest...
  24. Ontario's 2003 West Nile virus public education campaign: was anybody listening?
    D J Kraftcheck
    Department of Family Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton
    Can Commun Dis Rep 29:189-94
  25. A focused educational intervention can promote the proper application of seat belts during pregnancy
    Gerald McGwin
    Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    J Trauma 56:1016-21
    ..Educational tools that improve both knowledge and behavior have the potential to increase automotive safety during pregnancy...
  26. The effectiveness of health promotion education programs for community elderly
    Lian-Hua Huang
    School of Nursing, National Taiwan University
    J Nurs Res 10:261-70
    ..The results could be used as a reference in future health promotion education in the community...
  27. Implementation of CDC's School Health Index in 3 midwest middle schools: motivation for change
    Catherine M Sherwood Puzzello
    Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, HPER 116, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    J Sch Health 77:285-93
    ..on highest priority needs related to community involvement, professional development, health screenings, and health education materials in classrooms...
  28. Adolescents' attitudes about obesity and what they want in obesity prevention programs
    Louise F Wilson
    Beaver Dam Unified School District, Beaver Dam, WI, USA
    J Sch Nurs 23:229-38
    ..School nurses can use this questionnaire to collect data that will assist in the development of effective programs for their students...
  29. Applying the School Health Index to a nationally representative sample of schools
    Nancy D Brener
    Surveillance Research Team
    J Sch Health 76:57-66
    ..of schools meeting the recommendations in 4 areas: school health and safety policies and environment, health education, physical education and other physical activity programs, and nutrition services...
  30. An evaluation of an Internet-delivered eating disorder prevention program for adolescents and their parents
    Jennifer Bruning Brown
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, California 94305-5722, USA
    J Adolesc Health 35:290-6
    ..CONCLUSION: The program demonstrates the feasibility of providing an integrated program for students and their parents with short-term positive changes in parental attitudes toward weight and shape...
  31. Early violence prevention programs: implications for violence prevention against girls and women
    Michelle Guttman
    Psychology Department, Pace University, 41 Park Row (Room 1316, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1087:90-102
    ..Data supporting ACT is presented, with implications for further program development and evaluation. Finally, parent education, theory and research, and professional services related to violence prevention are discussed...
  32. [Addiction prevention programs in schools and welfare-educational institutions]
    Monika Szpringer
    Instytutu Kształcenia, Medycznego Akademii Swietokrzyskiej w Kielcach
    Wiad Lek 55:501-5
    ..Thus, there appears an urgent need to promote prevention programmes designed by central, provincial and council institutions, as well as schools...
  33. Fit for Life Boy Scout badge: outcome evaluation of a troop and Internet intervention
    Russell Jago
    Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK
    Prev Med 42:181-7
    ..There was no effect on moderate to vigorous physical activity...
  34. What does health literacy mean to children?
    May S M Fok
    School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong, SAR, China
    Contemp Nurse 13:249-58
    ..The study serves as a reference for developing healthy childhood that leads to healthy adulthood and healthy elderly...
  35. Health promotion impact evaluation: 'Healthy Messages Calendar (te maramataka korero hauora)'
    Heather R Robertson
    Well Child, Tairawhiti District Health, Gisborne
    Nurs Prax N Z 24:24-35
    ..The results highlighted the positive link between health promotion practices and the health needs of a local community...
  36. Acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention in adolescents
    Leen Haerens
    Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
    Patient Educ Couns 66:303-10
    ..PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Although favourable effects of large scale implementation may be expected, some adaptations that might increase effectiveness should be investigated in the future...
  37. An outcome evaluation of the New South Wales Sober Driver Programme: a remedial programme for recidivist drink drivers
    Katherine L Mills
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 27:65-74
    ..DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: SDP appears to be an effective intervention, demonstrating greater reductions in recidivism when compared with legal sanctions alone...
  38. Preventing tobacco and drug use among Thai high school students through life skills training
    Nuananong Seal
    College of Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202 9025, USA
    Nurs Health Sci 8:164-8
    ..The results showed that a LST program was effective for preventing tobacco and drug use in Thai high school students...
  39. [Problems concerning pupil's and students' hygiene from the point view of Sanitary-Epidemiological Stations and National Institute of Hygiene]
    Barbara Ignar Golinowska
    Zakładu Promocji Zdrowia Państwowego, Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie
    Wiad Lek 55:128-35
    ..Data from sanitary-epidemiological stations concerning keeping proper standards of hygienic conditions of educational process in schools should find broader employment, they should be helpful in creating national education policy...
  40. The VERB campaign logic model: a tool for planning and evaluation
    Marian Huhman
    VERB Campaign, Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mail Stop K 85, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 1:A11
    ..Evaluation of the campaign follows the process of the logic model. The elements of the logic model are described and further explanation "pops up" as the reader rolls over the graphic of the logic model...
  41. Development of a healthy bladder education program for older adults
    Victoria Schirm
    Center for Gerontological Health Nursing and Advocacy, University of Akron College of Nursing, Akron, Ohio, USA
    Geriatr Nurs 25:301-6
    ..Findings showed that the program was successful in providing bladder health information that older adults could use immediately; suggestions are given for best practice applications...
  42. Integrating occupational safety and health information into vocational and technical education and other workforce preparation programs
    Paul A Schulte
    NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C14, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:404-11
    ..We assessed the status of including OSH information or training in workforce preparation programs and found there is an inconsistent emphasis on OSH information...
  43. Corporate social marketing: message design to recruit program participants
    David R Black
    Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 1362, USA
    Am J Health Behav 26:188-99
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Tangible product, pertaining to the unique program features, should be emphasized rather than positive core product and outcome expectation related to use of the program...
  44. Bicycle helmets: overcoming barriers to use and increasing effectiveness
    Jennifer L Rezendes
    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Graduate Program, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Pediatr Nurs 21:35-44
    ..Results of the literature review have significant implications for improving the safety of children...
  45. Effect of safety education on classmates of injured children: a prospective clinical trial
    Becky S Cook
    Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue ML 3019, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    J Trauma Nurs 13:96-101
    ..This unique program results not only in immediate but also in long-term retention of injury prevention information...
  46. Evidence of a dose-response relationship between "truth" antismoking ads and youth smoking prevalence
    Matthew C Farrelly
    RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:425-31
    ..CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the campaign was associated with substantial declines in youth smoking and has accelerated recent declines in youth smoking prevalence...
  47. Partnering with community stakeholders: engaging rural African American families in basic research and The Strong African American Families Preventive Intervention Program
    Velma McBride Murry
    Center for Family Research, Institute for Behavioral Research, The University of Georgia, Athens 30602 4527, USA
    J Marital Fam Ther 30:271-83
    ..The Center's researchers have formulated future directions for engaging rural families in basic research and preventive intervention programs...
  48. Health benefits and risks of the Internet
    Judith A Levy
    School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612 7259, USA
    J Med Syst 26:495-510
    ..Implications for health providers and for better serving patients are analyzed together with recommendations for improving services for those who go online to access health information...
  49. Pregnancy outcomes of adolescents enrolled in a CenteringPregnancy program
    Mary Alice Grady
    Teen Pregnancy Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, USA
    J Midwifery Womens Health 49:412-20
    ..Louis, Missouri. Evaluation data suggest that the model has encouraged excellent health care compliance, satisfaction with prenatal care, and low rates of preterm birth and low birth weight infants...
  50. Application of theory-based health behavior change techniques to the prevention of obesity in children
    Heidi Beckman
    Prairie View, Inc, Newton Medical Office Plaza, Newton, KS, USA
    J Pediatr Nurs 21:266-75
    ..The age-adapted techniques have the potential to enhance obesity programs in a population for whom the obesity issue is critical...
  51. Drug abuse prevention program development. Results among Latino and non-Latino white adolescents
    Steve Sussman
    Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, USA
    Eval Health Prof 26:355-79
    ..Very few differences in receptivity ratings of proposed TND activities were found as a function of ethnicity. In other words, the data suggest that the same types of lessons are applicable to older teens in both ethnic groups...
  52. Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Programs in the State of Florida: correlates and predictors of teachers' perceptions of program effectiveness
    Rita M Soza Vento
    University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Population Research Core, FL 33136, USA
    J Health Soc Policy 20:43-63
    ..The importance of program features and implementation contexts to teachers' perceived program effectiveness ratings is highlighted...
  53. Making America fit and trim--steps big and small
    Julie L Gerberding
    Am J Public Health 94:1478-9
  54. The effect of the national demonstration project Healthy Respect on teenage sexual health behaviour
    Janet S Tucker
    Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Eur J Public Health 17:33-41
    ..to improve teenage sexual health in Scotland) this study examined the effect of the school-based sexual health education intervention comprising multiprofessional classroom delivery and alongside drop-in clinics on teenage sexual ..
  55. Impact analysis and mediation of outcomes: the Going Places program
    Bruce Simons Morton
    Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20852 7510, USA
    Health Educ Behav 32:227-41
    ..Friends who smoke mediated the program effect on adolescents' smoking progression. The protective effect of the Going Places Program on smoking progression was due in part to the prevention of increases in friends who smoke...
  56. Refugees' perceptions of healthy behaviors
    Donelle M Barnes
    Harris School of Nursing, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA
    J Immigr Health 7:185-93
    ..There is a need to study refugees' health behaviors over time after arrival. Health behavior interventions must be specific to ethnicity in order to accurately document progress and to be culturally appropriate...
  57. Wellness lifestyles II: Modeling the dynamic of wellness, health lifestyle practices, and Network Spinal Analysis
    Tonya L Schuster
    Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 5100, USA
    J Altern Complement Med 10:357-67
    ..These empirical links are discussed relative to the sociodemographic characteristics of this population and show that use of NSA care is an aspect of a wellness lifestyle...
  58. A survey of health promotion at international schools
    Melanie Curless
    Grace International School, PO Box 32, Chiang Mai 50230, Thailand
    J Sch Health 73:133-7
    ..Demographic characteristics of schools were not associated with differences in the level of health promotion, with the exception school size. School organizational factors support implementation of health promotion programs...