Health Education

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Effects of diet on the neurologic development of children at 5 years of age: the STRIP project.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of diet, serum cholesterol concentrations, and apolipoprotein E phenotype on neurodevelopment of 5-year-old children. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, 4.4-year cohort study in 496 children. Fat-modified diet was introduced ...
Leena Rask-Nissilä, Eero Jokinen, Pirjo Terho, Anne Tammi, Maarit Hakanen, Tapani Rönnemaa, Jorma Viikari, Ritva Seppänen, Ilkka Välimäki, Hans Helenius, Olli Simell (J Pediatr, 200203)
effects-diet-neurologic-development-children-years-age-strip-project.asp

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Using a community-based approach for prevention and mitigation of national health emergencies.

Disaster management is most effective when developed at the community level. Community based planning, prevention, mitigation, and emergency response all engage the population to make choices that are commensurate with local needs and resources. ...
Mark Keim (Pac Health Dialog, 200203)
community-based-approach-prevention-mitigation-national-health.asp

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Physician-patient interaction: what do elders want?

The purpose of this study was to identify communication styles and physician characteristics that correlate with improved patient adherence and satisfaction during geriatric healthcare interactions. A multiphase study design, incorporating the use of ...
Jason N Vieder, Michael A Krafchick, Andrea C Kovach, Katherine E Galluzzi (J Am Osteopath Assoc, 200202)
physician-patient-interaction-elders-want.asp

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Ethical dilemmas in participatory action research: a case study from the disability community.

Participatory action research (PAR) is a collaborative approach to inquiry for education and social change that is gaining increasing prominence in health education. This case study explores the use of PAR by and with a community of people with ...
Meredith Minkler, Pamela Fadem, Martha Perry, Klaus Blum, Leroy Moore, Judith Rogers (Health Educ Behav, 200202)
ethical-dilemmas-participatory-action-research-case-study-disability.asp

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Policy climate, scholarship, and provision of emergency contraception at affiliates of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Emergency contraception (EC) has great potential to decrease the incidence and resulting consequences of unwanted pregnancy, including unsafe abortion. We conducted this study to understand EC practices in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We ...
Claudia Diaz-Olavarrieta, Abigail Norris Turner, Charlotte Ellertson, Judith F Helzner, Enrique Ezcurra (Contraception, 200202)
policy-climate-scholarship-provision-emergency-contraception.asp

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Do smoking and health education influence student nurses knowledge, attitudes, and professional behavior?

BACKGROUND: Student nurses are an important target group for smoking prevention. This study analyzes (a) the relation between student nurses smoking behavior and their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward smoking prevention and (b) the effect of ...
Helle Secher Sejr, Merete Osler (Prev Med, 200202)
smoking-health-education-influence-student-nurses-knowledge-attitudes.asp

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Consumers understanding of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: insights into the future.

The purpose of this study was to examine consumers knowledge and understanding of the 1995 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the sources from where consumers obtain their health information. A telephone survey was administered to 400 adults in the ...
Debra Palmer Keenan, Rayane AbuSabha, Natalie G Robinson (Health Educ Behav, 200202)
consumers-understanding-dietary-guidelines-americans-insights-future.asp

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Using videoconferencing to deliver a health education program to women health consumers in rural and remote Queensland: an early attempt and future plans.

Womens Health Queensland Wide, a non-government education and information organisation funded by Queensland Health, used videoconferencing to present a public education seminar on menopausal health to women health consumers across south-west Queensland. ...
Kathryn Faulkner, Linda McClelland (Aust J Rural Health, 200202)
videoconferencing-deliver-health-education-program-women-health.asp

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Tobacco control: consensus report of the National Medical Association.

ISSUES: Tobacco Control remains one of the greatest determinants for reducing the morbidity and mortality of African Americans. OBJECTIVE: To examine the scope and consequences of tobacco use among African Americans and characterize its implications for ...
Sharon Marable, Courtney Crim, Gary C Dennis, Roselyn Payne Epps, Harold Freeman, Sherry Mills, Eric T Coolchan, Lawrence Robinson, Robert Robinson, Lorraine Cole, Pamela H Payne (J Natl Med Assoc, 200202)
tobacco-control-consensus-report-national-medical-association.asp

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Using the Internet to teach consumers about quality care.

BACKGROUND: The Internet is an important source of health information for consumers. Patients can learn about their diagnoses, review treatments and medications, and locate other health information for themselves and their families. Information about ...
Marilyn H Oermann, Marsha Lesley, Susan Frances Kuefler (Jt Comm J Qual Improv, 200202)
internet-teach-consumers-quality-care.asp