Health Education

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Why healthcare workers give prelacteal feeds.

OBJECTIVE: Because prelacteal feeds can adversely affect breastfeeding, UNICEF/WHO discourage their use unless medically indicated. The study was carried out to determine the proportion of healthcare workers who routinely give prelacteal feeds, and their ...
R M Akuse, E A Obinya (Eur J Clin Nutr, 200208)
why-healthcare-workers-give-prelacteal-feeds.asp

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Participant satisfaction with a school telehealth education program using interactive compressed video delivery methods in rural Arkansas.

Socioeconomic and demographic factors can affect the impact of telehealth education programs that use interactive compressed video technology. This study assessed program satisfaction among participants in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ...
Ann B Bynum, Charles O Cranford, Cathy A Irwin, George S Denny (J Sch Health, 200208)
participant-satisfaction-school-telehealth-education-program.asp

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Differences in impact between a family- versus an individual-based tailored intervention to reduce fat intake.

The present study investigates the impact of a tailored nutrition intervention on the reduction of fat intake and on psychosocial determinants of fat intake. Furthermore, differences in impact between a family-based intervention (tailoring two family ...
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug, Corneel Vandelanotte, Paulette Van Oost (Health Educ Res, 200208)
differences-impact-family-versus-individual-based-tailored.asp

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Theater as a mechanism for increasing farm health and safety knowledge.

BACKGROUND: The agricultural industry has one of the highest injury and fatality rates of all industries in the US. Hispanic farm workers constitute the largest percentage of farm workers on Eastern Washington farms. Literacy levels, language skills, and ...
Pamela Dee Elkind, Kathy Pitts, Sunny L Ybarra (Am J Ind Med, 200208)
theater-mechanism-increasing-farm-health-safety-knowledge.asp

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Residential camps as a setting for nutrition education of Australian girls.

OBJECTIVE: To implement a planned nutrition education program aiming to promote healthy eating and consumption of a variety of foods in a residential camp setting for Australian girls aged 9-15 years. METHODS: 1,600 girls attending a seven-day ...
Jan Payne, Sandra Capra, Ingrid Hickman (Aust N Z J Public Health, 200208)
residential-camps-setting-nutrition-education-australian-girls.asp

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Perceived barriers to Internet-based health communication on human genetics.

The Internet has emerged as potential vehicle for distributing health communication to millions of individuals because it is interactive, user controlled, and offers breadth and depth of information. However, its widespread use by the public may be ...
Jay M Bernhardt, Ruth Ann Weaver Lariscy, Roxanne L Parrott, Kami J Silk, Elizabeth M Felter (J Health Commun, 200207-09)
perceived-barriers-internet-based-health-communication-human-genetics.asp

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Attitudes towards people with mental illness. Effects of a training program for secondary school students.

This article reports a control study on the influence of a training program on attitude change towards people with mental illness. One hundred and seventeen students from 13 schools formed school-based mental health clubs, which composed the treatment ...
Petrus Ng, Kai-Fong Chan (Int J Adolesc Med Health, 200207-09)
attitudes-towards-people-mental-illness-effects-training-program.asp

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Disenfranchising the disabled: the inaccessibility of Internet-based health information.

Individuals are increasingly turning to the Internet for health-related information. The acquisition of this information influences how people decide to treat an illness or condition, the types of questions doctors are asked, and how people take care of ...
Joel J Davis (J Health Commun, 200207-09)
disenfranchising-disabled-inaccessibility-internet-based-health.asp

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First-aid training and bystander actions at traffic crashes--a population study.

INTRODUCTION: Traffic crashes constitute a major, worldwide public-health problem that cause disabilities, life-long suffering, and huge economic losses. When a person is injured in a traffic crash, actions taken by bystanders often are of crucial ...
Eva M Larsson, Niklas L Mártensson, Kristina A E Alexanderson (Prehospital Disaster Med, 200207-09)
first-aid-training-bystander-actions-traffic-crashes-population-study.asp

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Effects of health information in youth on adult physical activity: 20-year study results from the Amsterdam growth and health longitudinal study.

In the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS), a group of apparently healthy males and females (n = 200) were interviewed about their physical activities on eight separate occasions over a period of 20 years between 13 and 33 years of ...
Han C G Kemper, E A L M Verhagen, D Milo, G B Post, F Van Lenthe, W Van Mechelen, J W R Twisk, W De Vente (Am J Human Biol, 200207-08)
effects-health-information-youth-adult-physical-activity--year-study.asp