Health Education

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The effect of first aid training on Australian construction workers occupational health and safety motivation and risk control behavior.

METHOD: A 24-week experiment was conducted to assess how first aid training affects the motivation of small business construction industry employees in avoiding occupational injuries and illnesses and its effect on their occupational health and safety ...
Helen Lingard (J Safety Res, 2002SUMMER)
effect-first-aid-training-australian-construction-workers.asp

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Ethnic similarities and differences in early elementary teachers responses to tobacco prevention.

To explore ethnic differences in teachers responses to tobacco prevention, 604 teachers, 26.6% of whom were African American (AA), attended an initial workshop, and 502 completed a four-week follow-up. Class sizes were equivalent, but AA teachers ...
Vivien Carver, Bonita Reinert, Lillian M Range, Catherine Campbell (J Cult Divers, 2002SUMMER)
ethnic-similarities-differences-early-elementary-teachers-responses.asp

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Generation Rx.com. What are young people really doing online?

The Kaiser Family Foundation examined the ways Generation Xers use the Web to find health information and found some surprising results. Not only do young adults access online health information, but they seek it more often than they check sports scores, ...
Victoria Rideout (Mark Health Serv, 2002SPRING)
generation-rx-com-young-people-doing-online.asp

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Consumer health services and collections for Hispanics: an introduction.

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority population in the United States today. Providing health information services to Hispanic patients and their family members can be challenging because of diversity. Library staff should be familiar with the ...
Lynda Jones Hartel, Rebecca Mehling (Med Ref Serv Q, 2002SPRING)
consumer-health-services-collections-hispanics-introduction.asp

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Patient Internet services: creating the value-added paradigm.

An analysis of consumer and organizational perspectives on web design suggests emerging webside functionality, growing patient needs for self-management skills, and mounting corporate accountability will transform web strategies and consumer expectations ...
Todd Molfenter, Pauley Johnson, David H Gustafson, Kathy DeVries, Dharmaraj Veeramani (J Healthc Inf Manag, 2002FALL)
patient-internet-services-creating-value-added-paradigm.asp

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Rural Nebraska elementary school educators teach nutrition concepts.

The purpose of this study was to determine if differences exist in the teaching of nutrition to students in grades one to four in rural (less than 10,000 population); midsized (10,000 to 99,999); and urban (100,000 or more) counties in Nebraska. Surveys ...
H Darlene Pohlman, Judy A Driskell (J Rural Health, 2002FALL)
rural-nebraska-elementary-school-educators-teach-nutrition-concepts.asp

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Seniors connect: a partnership for training between health care and public libraries.

Kaleida Health Libraries, in partnership with the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, presented "Seniors Connect: A Health Information Project." The program was funded by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and the Kaleida Health Foundation. ...
Diane G Schwartz, Elaine Mosher, Suzanne Wilson, Charlene Lipkus, Ruth Collins (Med Ref Serv Q, 2002FALL)
seniors-connect-partnership-training-health-care-public-libraries.asp

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Male and female viewpoints on female circumcision in Ekpeye, Rivers State, Nigeria.

One hundred and ninety five male and female volunteers across the social strata were interviewed using structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using frequency tables. The study revealed that 74.7% of female respondents were circumcised. They believe ...
L A Briggs (Afr J Reprod Health, 200212)
male-female-viewpoints-female-circumcision-ekpeye-rivers-state-nigeria.asp

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Working to improve mental health services: the North Carolina advocacy effort.

Poor reimbursement of pediatricians for behavioral and developmental services and the disarray of childrens mental health services in the state led leaders of the North Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics to organize an advocacy effort ...
Jane Meschan Foy, Marian F Earls, David A Horowitz (Pediatrics, 200212)
working-improve-mental-health-services-north-carolina-advocacy-effort.asp

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Knowledge and attitudes about the differences between emergency contraception and medical abortion among middle-class women and men of reproductive age in Mexico City.

Two reproductive technologies--emergency contraception and medical abortion--have the potential to reduce unintended pregnancy significantly in Latin America. Lack of knowledge and negative attitudes about the methods may limit their impact, however. ...
Heather Gould, Charlotte Ellertson, Georgina Corona (Contraception, 200212)
knowledge-attitudes-differences-emergency-contraception-medical.asp