Health Education

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The impact of mother-to-mother support on optimal breast-feeding: a controlled community intervention trial in peri-urban Guatemala City, Guatemala.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact that a mother-to-mother support program operated by La Leche League Guatemala had on early initiation of breast-feeding and on exclusive breast-feeding in peri-urban Guatemala City, Guatemala. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A ...
Kirk Dearden, Mekibib Altaye, Irma De Maza, Maritza De Oliva, Maryanne Stone-Jimenez, Barton R Burkhalter, Ardythe L Morrow (Rev Panam Salud Publica, 200209)
impact-mother-mother-support-optimal-breast-feeding-controlled.asp

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Breastfeeding rates at an urban medical university after initiation of an educational program.

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to improve breastfeeding initiation rates at an urban medical center. METHODS: A breastfeeding educational program for health care providers was developed and implemented in 1995. The outcome variable of interest was the ...
Carol L Wagner, Thomas C Hulsey, W Michael Southgate, David J Annibale (South Med J, 200208)
breastfeeding-rates-urban-medical-university-after-initiation.asp

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Functional health literacy and the risk of hospital admission among Medicare managed care enrollees.

OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed whether inadequate functional health literacy is an independent risk factor for hospital admission. METHODS: We studied a prospective cohort of 3260 Medicare managed care enrollees. RESULTS: Of the participants, 29.5% were ...
David W Baker, Julie A Gazmararian, Mark V Williams, Tracy Scott, Ruth M Parker, Diane Green, Junling Ren, Jennifer Peel (Am J Public Health, 200208)
functional-health-literacy-risk-hospital-admission-medicare-managed.asp

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Multifamily psychoeducation groups (MFPG) for families of children with bipolar disorder.

OBJECTIVES: Multi-family psychoeducation groups (MFPG) have been developed and tested for adults, but not for children with bipolar disorder (BPD). We present data from a pilot study of our manual-driven MFPG treatment for families of children with mood ...
Mary A Fristad, Jill S Goldberg-Arnold, Stephen M Gavazzi (Bipolar Disord, 200208)
multifamily-psychoeducation-groups-mfpg-families-children-bipolar.asp

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Does tobacco marketing undermine the influence of recommended parenting in discouraging adolescents from smoking?

OBJECTIVE: The tobacco industry contends that parenting practices, not marketing practices, are critical to youth smoking. Our objective was to examine whether tobacco-industry marketing practices undermine the protective effect of recommended ...
John P Pierce, Janet M Distefan, Christine Jackson, Martha M White, Elizabeth A Gilpin (Am J Prev Med, 200208)
tobacco-marketing-undermine-influence-recommended-parenting.asp

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Physical activity intervention: a transtheoretical model-based intervention designed to help sedentary young adults become active.

Physical activity levels in young adults are low. Research supports the use of the Transtheoretical Model of behaviour change (TM) in designing physical activity interventions. This study used a pre-post randomized control design to investigate the ...
Catherine Woods, Nanette Mutrie, Marian Scott (Health Educ Res, 200208)
physical-activity-intervention-transtheoretical-model-based.asp

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The importance of promoting a whole grain foods message.

Despite mention in the Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Americans and in Healthy People 2010, the lack of a coordinated campaign promoting whole grain foods and their health benefits may be contributing to low consumption. Fiber consumption in the U.S. ...
Julie M Jones, Maria Reicks, Judi Adams, Gary Fulcher, Glen Weaver, Mitch Kanter, Len Marquart (J Am Coll Nutr, 200208)
importance-promoting-whole-grain-foods-message.asp

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Evaluation of a theater production about eating behavior of children.

This study evaluated "Alls Well That Eats Well," a theater production performed in 20 schools in the Twin Cities, Minn., metropolitan area in winter 2000. The production sought to change food-related knowledge and food choices concerning fruits and ...
Cheryl L Perry, Marguerite Zauner, J Michael Oakes, Gretchen Taylor, Donald B Bishop (J Sch Health, 200208)
evaluation-theater-production-eating-behavior-children.asp

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Knowledge translation and evidence-based perinatal/neonatal health care.

Knowledge translation is the process of bridging the gap between the overwhelming amount of research data/information/evidence and its critical appraisal, synthesis, dissemination, and application as knowledge by influential role models. Knowledge ...
Arne Ohlsson (Neonatal Netw, 200208)
knowledge-translation-evidence-based-perinatal-neonatal-health-care.asp

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Evaluation of an enhanced approach to the dissemination of the North American Guidelines for Childrens Agricultural Tasks: a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: The North American Guidelines for Childrens Agricultural Tasks were developed to assist farm parents in assigning developmentally appropriate and safe work to children aged 7 to 16 years. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy ...
Barbara Marlenga, William Pickett, Richard L Berg (Prev Med, 200208)
evaluation-enhanced-approach-dissemination-north-american-guidelines.asp