Health Education

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Two national surveys on pediatric training and activities in school health: 1991 and 2001.

OBJECTIVE: To determine from 2 surveys, in 1991 and 2001, 1) the proportion of pediatricians and which pediatricians report doing school health, 2) which school health activities are most commonly engaged in and whether this has changed, 3) whether ...
Philip R Nader, Shelia L Broyles, Jesse Brennan, Howard Taras (Pediatrics, 200304)
two-national-surveys-pediatric-training-activities-school-health--.asp

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Seeking advice from NHS direct on common childhood complaints: does it matter who answers the phone?

BACKGROUND: National Health Services (NHS) Direct is a national nurse-led, call-centre based, telephone triage, health information and advice service in the United Kingdom (UK). Forty percent of calls to NHS Direct are about children. There is a need to ...
Rosey Monaghan, Collette Clifford, Paul McDonald (J Adv Nurs, 200304)
seeking-advice-nhs-direct-common-childhood-complaints-matter-who.asp

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Adolescent smoking cessation services of school-based health centers.

A national sample of 390 junior and senior high school-based centers were mailed an 18-item survey to assess their institutional stages of change regarding smoking cessation education, referral, and prescription nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) ...
James H Price, Faith Yingling, Joseph A Dake, Susan K Telljohann (Health Educ Behav, 200304)
adolescent-smoking-cessation-services-school-based-health-centers.asp

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Understanding nutrition communication between health professionals and consumers: development of a model for nutrition awareness based on qualitative consumer research.

BACKGROUND: Consumers have been exposed to nutrition information from a variety of sources, including the family doctor. They are often not aware of their own risk behavior regarding nutrition. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to assess food associations, ...
Sonja M E van Dillen, Gerrit J Hiddink, Maria A Koelen, Cees de Graaf, Cees M J van Woerkum (Am J Clin Nutr, 200304)
understanding-nutrition-communication-health-professionals-consumers.asp

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Use of the think-aloud method to identify factors influencing purchase of bread and cereals by low-income African American women and implications for whole-grain education.

The think-aloud method was used to determine factors influencing bread and cereal purchase by low-income African American women that have implications for whole-grain education. Women (N=70) were audiotaped as they thought aloud while purchasing ...
Kellie Chase, Marla Reicks, Chery Smith, Helen Henry, Kathy Reimer (J Am Diet Assoc, 200304)
think-aloud-method-identify-factors-influencing-purchase-bread.asp

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Promoting healthy diet and exercise patterns amongst primary school children: a qualitative investigation of parental perspectives.

Parents represent a potentially powerful intermediary in behaviour change strategies aimed at improving the lifestyle behaviours of young children. However, to fulfil this role, parents need to have the necessary knowledge and motivation to assimilate ...
K H Hart, A Herriot, J A Bishop, H Truby (J Hum Nutr Diet, 200304)
promoting-healthy-diet-exercise-patterns-amongst-primary-school.asp

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The development and pilot evaluation of a nutrition education intervention programme for pregnant teenage women (food for life).

BACKGROUND: A healthy diet in pregnancy is important for both maternal and infant health but this may be difficult to achieve particularly for groups such as teenage pregnant women, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. To our knowledge this ...
W L Wrieden, A Symon (J Hum Nutr Diet, 200304)
development-pilot-evaluation-nutrition-education-intervention.asp

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A bicycle safety education program for parents of young children.

This study examined parental perceptions of the benefits and barriers to bicycle helmet use and their level of knowledge about bicycle safety issues. A school-based bicycle safety education program was taught to first- and second-grade students in a ...
Julie L Lohse (J Sch Nurs, 200304)
bicycle-safety-education-program-parents-young-children.asp

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Can we skill and activate children through primary school physical education lessons? "Move it Groove it"--a collaborative health promotion intervention.

BACKGROUND: Physical education (PE) lessons are an ideal setting to improve child fundamental movement skills (FMSs) and increase physical activity (PA) for optimal health. Despite this, few studies have assessed the potential to do both simultaneously. ...
E van Beurden, L M Barnett, A Zask, U C Dietrich, L O Brooks, J Beard (Prev Med, 200304)
skill-activate-children-primary-school-physical-education-lessons-.asp

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Reducing psychiatric stigma and discrimination: evaluation of educational interventions in UK secondary schools.

BACKGROUND: The persistent and disabling nature of psychiatric stigma has led to the establishment of global programmes to challenge the negative stereotypes and discriminatory responses that generate social disability, but these initiatives are rarely ...
Vanessa Pinfold, Hilary Toulmin, Graham Thornicroft, Peter Huxley, Paul Farmer, Tanya Graham (Br J Psychiatry, 200304)
reducing-psychiatric-stigma-discrimination-evaluation-educational.asp