Health Education

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The role of health literacy in patient-physician communication.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients health literacy is increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting patient-physician communication and health outcomes. We reviewed research on health literacy, examined its impact on patient-physician ...
Mark V Williams, Terry Davis, Ruth M Parker, Barry D Weiss (Fam Med, 200205)
role-health-literacy-patient-physician-communication.asp

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Making better babies: public health and race betterment in Indiana, 1920-1935.

In 1920, Indianas Division of Infant and Child Hygiene inaugurated its first Better Babies Contest at the state fair. For the next 12 years, these contests were the centerpiece of a dynamic infant and maternal welfare program that took shape in Indiana ...
Alexandra Minna Stern (Am J Public Health, 200205)
making-better-babies-public-health-race-betterment-indiana.asp

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Parental monitoring intervention: practice makes perfect.

Data from a randomized, controlled longitudinal study of African-American parent-adolescent dyads were analyzed to assess the impact of a parental monitoring intervention on (a) the similarity of parent and adolescent reporting of adolescent involvement ...
Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Jennifer Galbraith, James Burns, Lesley Cottrell, Robert Pack (J Natl Med Assoc, 200205)
parental-monitoring-intervention-practice-makes-perfect.asp

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Level of health education among neurological patients.

The task of health education is to develop health-promoting attitudes. The training of neurological patients and their families on how to care for own health and cope with the disease is a primary task of a nurse. The aim of the study, carried out among ...
Kazimiera Adamczyk, Dorota Flis, Danuta Zarzycka, Elzbieta Rejszel (Patient Educ Couns, 200205)
level-health-education-neurological-patients.asp

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Oriéntame: preventing and solving problems related to unwanted pregnancy for 25 years in Colombia.

For over 25 years, the Oriéntame Foundation in Bogotá, Colombia, has been providing reproductive health services to women, regardless of their socio-economic or marital status, race, age or religious affiliation. Oriéntame started by focusing primarily ...
Helena Acosta de Hart, Camila Umaña, Cristina Villarreal (Reprod Health Matters, 200205)
oriéntame-preventing-solving-problems-related-unwanted-pregnancy-.asp

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Stop female genital mutilation: appeal to the international dermatologic community.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional cultural practice, but also a form of violence against girls, which affects their lives as adult women. FGM comprises a wide range of procedures: the excision of the prepuce; the partial or total excision ...
Aldo Morrone, Jana Hercogova, Torello Lotti (Int J Dermatol, 200205)
stop-female-genital-mutilation-appeal-international-dermatologic.asp

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Communicating about gut health to the consumer: presenting the BENEO Programme.

Providing sufficient scientific data to be able to make health related claims on foods is quite a challenge. But bringing these claims successfully to the consumer is perhaps an even bigger challenge. Especially when the claims are based on the function ...
P A A Coussement (Br J Nutr, 200205)
communicating-gut-health-consumer-presenting-beneo-programme.asp

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Treatment of behavior problems in preschoolers: a review of parent training programs.

The literature for parent training interventions with conduct-problem preschool-aged children is reviewed. Although previous reviews have identified the preschool years as a critical point for intervention [J. Clin. Psychol. 21 (1992) 306; School ...
Reginald D V Nixon (Clin Psychol Rev, 200205)
treatment-behavior-problems-preschoolers-review-parent-training.asp

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Health literacy and preventive health care use among Medicare enrollees in a managed care organization.

BACKGROUND: Many older adults in Medicare managed care programs have low health literacy, and this may affect use of preventive services. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether older adults with inadequate health literacy were less likely to report receiving ...
Tracy L Scott, Julie A Gazmararian, Mark V Williams, David W Baker (Med Care, 200205)
health-literacy-preventive-health-care-medicare-enrollees-managed.asp

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Evaluation of an upper elementary school program to prevent body image, eating, and weight concerns.

Preparing young students to resist the sociocultural pressures that contribute to body image and eating problems in American culture poses a monumental challenge. This project determined if the 11-lesson "Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love ...
Kathy J Kater, John Rohwer, Karen Londre (J Sch Health, 200205)
evaluation-upper-elementary-school-program-prevent-body-image-eating.asp