Health Education

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Sociodemographic differences in exposure to health information.

OBJECTIVE: Baseline data from the Heart Attack REACT Study provided the opportunity to explore population subgroup differences in exposure to health information in an ethnically diverse sample from 5 regions across the United States. METHODS: During the ...
Ruby Benjamin-Garner, J Michael Oakes, Hendrika Meischke, Angela Meshack, Elaine J Stone, Jane Zapka, John R Finnegan, Lorraine Wallace, Judy Taylor, Paul McGovern (Ethn Dis, 2002WINTER)
sociodemographic-differences-exposure-health-information.asp

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National MOTTEP: educating to prevent the need for transplantation. Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in culturally appropriate, community-developed, health education programs addressing organ/tissue donation and preventing the need for transplantation, is an effective strategy for ...
Clive O Callender, Patrice V Miles, Margruetta B Hall (Ethn Dis, 2002WINTER)
national-mottep-educating-prevent-need-transplantation-minority-organ.asp

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Preventive mental health education for functioning adults: stress, coping and mental health courses at the University of Maryland.

Three fifteen-week courses at the University of Maryland are described. These courses explore diverse cognitive-behavioral skills that facilitate coping, are preventive in nature, and are suitable for learning by healthy individuals in educational ...
Glenn R Schiraldi, Stephen L Brown (Int J Emerg Ment Health, 2002WINTER)
preventive-mental-health-education-functioning-adults-stress-coping.asp

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Mental health promotion through resilience and resiliency education.

The article provides a brief review of the metatheory of resilience and resiliency, a description of a resiliency training program, and also a summary of results of a resiliency training program. Resilience in this paper is a self-righting force within ...
Glenn E Richardson, Phillip J Waite (Int J Emerg Ment Health, 2002WINTER)
mental-health-promotion-resilience-resiliency-education.asp

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Behavior-oriented approaches to reducing youth gun violence.

Advocacy groups on both sides of the guns issue frequently point to changing personal behavior--of both parents and children--as a key element in reducing gun violence among youth. Efforts to bring about these changes range from community-based ...
Marjorie S Hardy (Future Child, 2002SUMMER-FALL)
behavior-oriented-approaches-reducing-youth-gun-violence.asp

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Food information programs: a review of the literature.

This paper summarizes existing evidence on the impact of food information programs. Published and unpublished literature produced within the past decade was searched and reviewed. Relevant data were tabulated and key findings summarized. Food information ...
Shannon C Smith, Alison M Stephen, Carol Dombrow, Doug Macquarrie (Can J Diet Pract Res, 2002SUMMER)
food-information-programs-review-literature.asp

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Facilitating access to consumer health information: a collaborative approach employing applied research.

Responsibility for the provision of consumer health information typically lies within the public library domain or the health sciences library arena. In many communities, both types of libraries provide support for consumer health information services, ...
Jeffrey T Huber, Mary Snyder (Med Ref Serv Q, 2002SUMMER)
facilitating-access-consumer-health-information-collaborative.asp

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Is evaluative research on youth suicide programs theory-driven? The Canadian experience.

An in-depth review found that only 15 Canadian youth suicide programs had been evaluated over the last decades. Most of these were conducted in schools; general education on suicide was the most common strategy used. The descriptions of the programs were ...
Jean-Jacques Breton, Richard Boyer, Henriette Bilodeau, Sylvaine Raymond, Natacha Joubert, Marie-Andrée Nantel (Suicide Life Threat Behav, 2002SUMMER)
evaluative-research-youth-suicide-programs-theory-driven-canadian.asp

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Adolescent accounts of the UK National Lottery and scratchcards: an analysis using Q-sorts.

The study examined adolescents accounts of the UK National Lottery and scratchcards. Q-sorts were used to examine the views of 62 participants aged between 11 and 15 years of age. Findings identified four distinct accounts in relation to the National ...
Richard T A Wood, Mark D Griffiths, Jeffrey L Derevensky, Rina Gupta (J Gambl Stud, 2002SUMMER)
adolescent-accounts-uk-national-lottery-scratchcards-analysis-q-sorts.asp

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The prevention of gambling problems in youth: a conceptual framework.

Despite increased awareness of the need to begin educating young children about the potential dangers of gambling, empirical knowledge of the prevention of adolescent problem gambling and its translation into science-based prevention initiatives is ...
Laurie M Dickson, Jeffrey L Derevensky, Rina Gupta (J Gambl Stud, 2002SUMMER)
prevention-gambling-problems-youth-conceptual-framework.asp