Health Education

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Promotion of health and physical activity improves the mental health of elderly immigrants: results of a group randomised controlled trial among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands aged 45 and over.

OBJECTIVES: Older immigrants from non-industrialised countries are a growing group, they have comparatively many health problems and are often hard to reach through health promotion and other preventive services. The aim of this study was to assess the ...
S A Reijneveld, M H Westhoff, M Hopman-Rock (J Epidemiol Community Health, 200306)
promotion-health-physical-activity-improves-mental-health-elderly.asp

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Beijing health promoting universities: practice and evaluation.

The aims of this study were to create a health promoting university within the framework of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Strategies included reforming and issuing healthy policies, creating a healthy physical and social environment, ...
Tian Xiangyang, Zhou Lan, Mao Xueping, Zhao Tao, Song Yuzhen, Marta Jagusztyn (Health Promot Int, 200306)
beijing-health-promoting-universities-practice-evaluation.asp

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The effect of age on the use of health and self-care information: confronting the stereotype.

PURPOSE: Given stereotypes of older adults, there is the perception that older adults will not use health information technologies. One concern is that practitioners might shy away from providing older patients with health information, and in particular, ...
Lisa Smith Wagner, Todd H Wagner (Gerontologist, 200306)
effect-age-health-self-care-information-confronting-stereotype.asp

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Identifying and intervening with girls at risk for violence.

Youth violence has become a prominent national concern, largely focused on boys who have perpetrated highly publicized massacres. Less well-publicized is the rapid increase in arrests of girls for violent crimes and weapons violations. In just 2 decades, ...
Sandra P Thomas (J Sch Nurs, 200306)
identifying-intervening-girls-risk-violence.asp

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The role of a mental health consumer in the education of postgraduate psychiatric nursing students: the students evaluation.

Recent Australian Government policy reflects the integral nature of active consumer participation to the planning and delivery of mental health services. The effectiveness of consumer participation in improving mental health services has received some ...
B Happell, C Roper (J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 200306)
role-mental-health-consumer-education-postgraduate-psychiatric.asp

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Critical processes for creating health-promoting sporting environments in Australia.

The reach of sporting organizations into the community makes them an ideal vehicle through which to promote health to the general population. There are now a number of documented examples demonstrating that sponsorship can lead to improvements in the ...
Beth R Crisp, Hal Swerissen (Health Promot Int, 200306)
critical-processes-creating-health-promoting-sporting-environments.asp

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Satisfaction with child health services in the non-government sector of Hong Kong: consumer evaluation.

There is increasing emphasis on community-based health care. Evaluation of both government and non-government maternal and child care services in Hong Kong is a key objective for future development. The Kwun Tong Community Health Project, one of the ...
Sophia Siu-chee Chan, Sheila Twinn (Nurs Health Sci, 200306)
satisfaction-child-health-services-non-government-sector-hong-kong.asp

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Using active learning strategies to present bloodborne pathogen programs.

Every year, school nurses have the responsibility for developing and presenting a bloodborne pathogen presentation to the education and clerical staff of their buildings. Although the information is similar from year to year, the manner in which the ...
Mary G Weaver (J Sch Nurs, 200306)
active-learning-strategies-present-bloodborne-pathogen-programs.asp

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Self nurturance: research trends and wellness model.

Employees deserve use of the latest theoretical and research knowledge to improve the wellness care that occupational health nurses provide. Self nurturance is a newly recognized component of adult wellness. Teaching self nurturance to employees can ...
Mary Ann Nemcek (AAOHN J, 200306)
self-nurturance-research-trends-wellness-model.asp

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Educating the families of nursing home residents: a pilot study using a computer-based system.

OBJECTIVES: To enhance family participation in nursing home care through a Web-based system of interactive video training and interactive communication with the facilities. DESIGN: In this pilot study, focus groups guided the design and development of a ...
Jules Rosen, Vikas Mittal, Benoit H Mulsant, Howard Degenholtz, Nicholas Castle, Debra Fox (J Am Med Dir Assoc, 200305-06)
educating-families-nursing-home-residents-pilot-study-computer-based.asp