Health Education

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Nutrition in primary care: scope and relevance of output from the Cochrane Collaboration.

There is a lack of randomized controlled nutritional intervention studies with objective clinical endpoints conducted from primary care. Therefore, evidence-based nutritional advice is hampered by 3 factors: (1) a lack of nutritional intervention ...
Jaap J van Binsbergen, Brendan C Delaney, Chris van Weel (Am J Clin Nutr, 200304)
nutrition-primary-care-scope-relevance-output-cochrane-collaboration.asp

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Discussion of NRT and other antismoking interventions in UK general practitioners routine consultations.

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is an effective smoking cessation treatment, but little information is available about how primary care physicians use the therapy. We investigated the quality of UK general practitioners (GPs) advice against smoking, ...
Tim Coleman, Alison Wynn, Stephen Barrett, Andrew Wilson (Nicotine Tob Res, 200304)
discussion-nrt-other-antismoking-interventions-uk-general.asp

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Interventions for violence prevention among young female hawkers in motor parks in south-western Nigeria: a review of effectiveness.

An intervention study was carried out among hawkers, drivers, instructors, police and judicial officers to reduce the incidence of violence against young female hawkers in three states of south-western Nigeria. Knowledge and experience of violence among ...
Olufunmilayo I Fawole, Ademola J Ajuwon, Kayode O Osungbade, Olufemi C Faweya (Afr J Reprod Health, 200304)
interventions-violence-prevention-young-female-hawkers-motor-parks.asp

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Variation in school health policies and programs by demographic characteristics of US schools.

To understand the relationship between demographic characteristics of schools and school health policies and programs, this study analyzed data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2000. SHPPS 2000 provides nationally representative ...
Nancy D Brener, Sherry Everett Jones, Laura Kann, Tim McManus (J Sch Health, 200304)
variation-school-health-policies-programs-demographic-characteristics.asp

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A survey of health promotion at international schools.

This study investigated health promotion efforts at international schools serving the education needs of expatriate communities abroad. Factors supporting the implementation of whole-school approaches to health promotion also were examined. ...
Melanie Curless, Sharyn Burns (J Sch Health, 200304)
survey-health-promotion-international-schools.asp

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Some methodologic issues in analyzing data from a randomized adolescent tobacco and alcohol use prevention trial.

Three issues concerning the design and analysis of randomized behavioral intervention studies are illustrated and discussed within the framework of a tobacco and alcohol prevention trial among migrant Latino adolescents. The first issue arises when ...
Donald J Slymen, John P Elder, Alan J Litrownik, Guadalupe X Ayala, Nadia R Campbell (J Clin Epidemiol, 200304)
methodologic-issues-analyzing-data-randomized-adolescent-tobacco.asp

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Tobacco control for clinicians who treat adolescents.

Smoking remains the most common preventable cause of death in the developed world, and is rapidly becoming an important cause of death in the developing world. Nicotine is a powerfully addictive substance, and the tobacco industry spends billions ...
James D Sargent, Joseph R DiFranza (CA Cancer J Clin, 200303-04)
tobacco-control-clinicians-who-treat-adolescents.asp

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Outcomes of videotape instruction in clinic waiting area.

PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to examine the effectiveness of general health-promotion teaching for patients in the waiting room of a clinic, using focused videotape instruction. DESIGN: An experimental design was used. SAMPLE: Subjects were ...
Marilyn H Oermann, Sue A Webb, Jo Ann Ashare (Orthop Nurs, 200303-04)
outcomes-videotape-instruction-clinic-waiting-area.asp

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Media images, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in adolescent women.

This article examines the literature related to the media, body image, and diet/weight issues in children and young women. The media holds an awesome power to influence young women, bombarding them with images of abnormally thin models who seem to ...
Linda C Andrist (MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs, 200303-04)
media-images-body-dissatisfaction-disordered-eating-adolescent-women.asp

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Introducing HEAL: the Health Education Assets Library.

Digital multimedia, such as images and videos, are playing an increasingly important role in health sciences education. Educators, however, often do not have the time or resources to create high-quality materials. The authors describe the development of ...
Chris S Candler, Sebastian H J Uijtdehaage, Sharon E Dennis (Acad Med, 200303)
introducing-heal-health-education-assets-library.asp