Health Education

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An innovative approach to the assessment of laypersons knowledge of contraceptive methods, followed by an educational intervention.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the knowledge of laypersons about contraceptive methods and to pilot an educational strategy. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey using an anonymous questionnaire followed by an educational intervention. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 167 ...
Marta Edna H D Yazlle, Maria Célia Mendes, Maristela C Patta, Aderson T Berezowski, George D Azevedo, Alessandra C Marcolin (J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 200301)
innovative-approach-assessment-laypersons-knowledge-contraceptive.asp

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Can the Internet be used to improve sexual health awareness in web-wise young people?

OBJECTIVES: To assess Internet use amongst young people to determine whether it would be a practical way to provide sex education and information. METHODS: Year 10 students (aged 14-15 years) from North Nottinghamshire schools were asked to participate ...
P C Goold, M Ward, E M Carlin (J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 200301)
internet-improve-sexual-health-awareness-web-wise-young-people.asp

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Adolescent health education programmes: theoretical principles in design and delivery.

The patterns of health need in youth have changed over the last three decades with increasing rates of psychosocial problems compromising adolescent development and affecting the patterns of morbidity and mortality in adult years. This has increased the ...
L Sanci, S Glover, C Coffey (Ann Acad Med Singapore, 200301)
adolescent-health-education-programmes-theoretical-principles-design.asp

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Literacy for health: an interdisciplinary model.

Traditionally, many literacy and health education programs have had difficulty in significantly affecting vulnerable priority populations. The materials used were largely generalized for one language, one level of literacy, and one culture. A ...
Elisa K Watters (J Transcult Nurs, 200301)
literacy-health-interdisciplinary-model.asp

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Considerations for more effective social norms based alcohol education on campus: an analysis of different theoretical conceptualizations in predicting drinking among fraternity men.

OBJECTIVE: Recent alcohol education campaigns targeting college students have focused on correcting the erroneous perception students have of the amount of alcohol their peers consume. This strategy is based on assumptions that college students ...
Mickey Trockel, Sunyna S Williams, Janet Reis (J Stud Alcohol, 200301)
considerations-more-effective-social-norms-based-alcohol-education.asp

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Dog keeping in Taiwan: its contribution to the problem of free-roaming dogs.

This study conducted a quantitative ethnographic analysis of the influence of demographic factors and early experience (childhood exposure to dogs) on Taiwanese dog-keeping practices and behavior. A telephone survey of a randomly selected sample of 2001 ...
Yuying Hsu, Lucia Liu Severinghaus, James A Serpell (J Appl Anim Welf Sci, 2003)
dog-keeping-taiwan-contribution-problem-free-roaming-dogs.asp

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The Arkansas River Valley Rural Health Cooperative: building a three-pronged approach to improved health and health care.

This paper describes the Arkansas River Valley Rural Health Cooperative (ARVRHC), one of the Arkansas networks jump-started with support from the Southern Rural Access Program (SRAP). The initial goal of the network was to develop a subsidized health ...
M Kathryn Stewart, Robert Redford, Kendall Poe, Debbie Veach, Rebecca Hines, Michael Beachler (J Rural Health, 2003)
arkansas-river-valley-rural-health-cooperative-building-three-pronged.asp

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Prevention of neural tube defects: effect of an intervention aimed at implementing the official recommendations.

OBJECTIVES: The periconceptional intake of 0.4 mg folic acid is recommended in many countries to prevent neural tube defects. This paper describes the poor implementation of corresponding guidelines in Germany, the effectiveness of an intervention-based ...
Veronika Egen, Joerg Hasford (Soz Praventivmed, 2003)
prevention-neural-tube-defects-effect-intervention-aimed-implementing.asp

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Using play and playwork with teenage parents and their children.

This article outlines the importance of play in the healthy development of children. It describes the role of playwork, in which professionals use play as a medium for observing and assessing children and their interactions with others and facilitating ...
Kim Lyon (J Fam Health Care, 2003)
play-playwork-teenage-parents-children.asp

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Tele-education in child mental health for rural allied health workers.

We developed a tele-education programme in child mental health for rural allied health workers. The programme was delivered in two parts, each consisting of six sessions. Videoconferencing at 384 kbit/s was used. Satisfactory retention rates were ...
A Fahey, N A Day, H Gelber (J Telemed Telecare, 2003)
tele-education-child-mental-health-rural-allied-health-workers.asp