Health Education

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Prevalence of breast-feeding and its correlates in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

BACKGROUND: The health benefits of breast-feeding are widely acknowledged and breast-feeding is crucial for the survival of the infants in developing countries. The present study aims to elucidate the prevalence of breast-feeding and the possible risk ...
Liubai Li, Doan Thi Phuong Lan, Nguyen-Thi Hoa, Hiroshi Ushijima (Pediatr Int, 200202)
prevalence-breast-feeding-correlates-ho-chi-minh-city-vietnam.asp

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Strategy to prevent falls in the Thai elderly: a controlled study integrated health research program for the Thai elderly.

Instability or falls are one of the important warning symptoms of underlying serious illness among the elderly, so many studies have concentrated on the risk factors for falls. However, a study involving a strategic method to reduce the incidence of ...
Prasert Assantachai, Wichai Chatthanawaree, Visanu Thamlikitkul, Rungnirand Praditsuwan, Dujpratana Pisalsarakij (J Med Assoc Thai, 200202)
strategy-prevent-falls-thai-elderly-controlled-study-integrated.asp

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Impact of a family information leaflet on effectiveness of information provided to family members of intensive care unit patients: a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Comprehension and satisfaction are relevant criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of information provided to family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. We performed a prospective randomized trial in 34 French ICUs to compare comprehension ...
Elie Azoulay, Frédéric Pochard, Sylvie Chevret, Mercé Jourdain, Caroline Bornstain, Anne Wernet, Isabelle Cattaneo, Djilali Annane, Frédéric Brun, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Christophe Adrie, Luc-Marie Joly, Jerome (Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 200202)
impact-family-information-leaflet-effectiveness-information-provided.asp

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Outcome effectiveness of community health workers: an integrative literature review.

Community health workers (CHWs) are promoted as a mechanism to increase community involvement in health promotion efforts, despite little consensus about the role and its effectiveness. This article reviews the databased literature on CHW effectiveness, ...
Susan M Swider (Public Health Nurs, 200201-02)
outcome-effectiveness-community-health-workers-integrative-literature.asp

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Development of targeted message concepts for recent Asian immigrants about secondhand smoke.

Residents of Bostons Chinatown and the Vietnamese community in Bostons Dorchester section are recent immigrants from China and Vietnam, countries whose smoking prevalence rates for men are among the highest in the world and whose rates for women are very ...
Doug Brugge, William Dejong, James Hyde, Quang Le, Chin-Shui Shih, Ann Wong, An Tran (J Health Commun, 200201-02)
development-targeted-message-concepts-recent-asian-immigrants.asp

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction and healthcare utilization in the inner city: preliminary findings.

CONTEXT: Research on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has focused on measuring symptom reduction in middle-class and working-class populations. The present study examined inner-city patients healthcare utilization before and after an MBSR ...
Beth Roth, Tae-Wol Stanley (Altern Ther Health Med, 200201-02)
mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-healthcare-utilization-inner-city.asp

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Health advice provided to hostelers from Australia: influence of a travelers information evening.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the health advice provided to hostelers and the role and influence of hosteling organizations travelers information evenings in giving travel health advice. This study was designed to investigate these in relation to the ...
Peter A Leggat (J Travel Med, 200201-02)
health-advice-provided-hostelers-australia-influence-travelers.asp

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Travel agents and the prevention of health problems among travelers in Québec.

BACKGROUND: Among the factors influencing travelers to seek preventive health advice before departure, the travel agents recommendation plays an important role. The objective of our study was to document the practices and needs of travel agents in Québec ...
Sylvie Provost, Colette Gaulin, Blandine Piquet-Gauthier, Julien Emmanuelli, Sylvie Venne, Réjean Dion, Jean-Luc Grenier, Jean-Claude Dessau, Martine Dubuc (J Travel Med, 200201-02)
travel-agents-prevention-health-problems-travelers-québec.asp

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Strategies to improve consumer health information services.

Consumer health information is important in two respects. It helps individuals improve their own health and creates pressure on the healthcare system to produce higher quality care. Initiatives to strengthen consumer health information services are ...
Sandra Foote, Lynn Etheredge (Res Agenda Brief, 200201)
strategies-improve-consumer-health-information-services.asp

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The Medical Library Association: promoting new roles for health information professionals.

As the Medical Library Association (MLA) enters its second century, its role in providing leadership and focus for the education of health information professionals in a changing environment will be critical. MLA members face dramatic changes in the ...
J Michael Homan, Julie J McGowan (J Med Libr Assoc, 200201)
medical-library-association-promoting-new-roles-health-information.asp