Using quantile regression to assess disparities in medication adherence.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with successful quitting at a free tobacco treatment clinic. METHODS:A cohort study of the first 1021 patients who made a quit attempt. Baseline and treatment variables were recorded, and logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with abstinence at 4-week and ...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Foulds J,Gandhi KK,Steinberg MB,Richardson DL,Williams JM,Burke MV,Rhoads GG

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine prevalence and correlates of overweight among adolescents attending alternative high schools (AHS). METHODS:AHS students (n=145) from 6 schools completed surveys and anthropometric measures. Cross-sectional associations were assessed using mixed model multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS:A...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Kubik MY,Davey C,Fulkerson JA,Sirard J,Story M,Arcan C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore caregiver correlates of adolescent inhalant abuse. METHODS:Youth were surveyed about inhalant use. Caregivers were surveyed about demographics, behaviors, family environment, perceptions of parent/ adolescent interaction, coping strategies, caregiver monitoring of youth and self-reported substance...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Pack R,Krishnamurthy G,Cottrell L,Stanton B,D'Alessandri D,Burns J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine correlates of perceived access to cigarettes at home, school, and the store among youth. METHODS:Virginia middle school youth were surveyed before beginning tobacco prevention programs. Multivariate analyses examined household smoking, peer smoking, and perceived community tobacco use for their re...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Speizer IS,Bean MK,Obando CP,Fries E

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether mandatory sun protection for outdoor workers in tropical regions is associated with reduced sun damage. METHODS:Survey of 26 employees working under mandatory sun protection policy was compared to survey of 21 employees working under voluntary sun protection policy. RESULTS:Voluntary...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Woolley T,Lowe J,Raasch B,Glasby M,Buettner PG

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the current influence of women's religiosity upon their sexual attitudes and behavior, including feelings of guilt. METHOD:An anonymous questionnaire was administered to 535 female undergraduates at a Midwestern university. RESULTS:Higher degrees of religiosity were associated with negative att...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Davidson JK,Moore NB,Ullstrup KM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the feasibility of using a composite index of smoking behaviors to analyze adolescent smoking. METHODS:A secondary analysis of data from 10 annual surveys (1991-2000), from 566,467 Indiana students in grades 6 through 12. A composite index was calculated, and differences between index scores were...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Ding K,Torabi MR,Bailey WJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore risk factors and behaviors associated with aggressive and violent behaviors among adolescents. METHODS:A comprehensive review of research literature from various disciplines associated with improving the health and well-being of adolescents. RESULTS:Risk factors and behaviors associated with adol...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Valois RF,MacDonald JM,Bretous L,Fischer MA,Drane JW

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe change in subgroups characterized by patterns of depression, anxiety, and functional impairment; examine treatment effects on subgroup membership; examine effects of sex and age on subgroup membership. METHODS:Latent class models were used to meet the first 2 objectives using 79 patients with d...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Tisminetzky M,Bray BC,Miozzo R,Aupont O,McLaughlin T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the measurement properties of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) questionnaire for sedentary behaviors among college students and to examine the validity and reliability of the developed TTM questionnaire. METHODS:Overall, 225 college students were recruited. For the 2-week test-retest reliability,...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Han H,Gabriel KP,Kohl HW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether employees of a regional trauma center wore seat belts any more often than did visitors to the medical center and residents of the state. To demonstrate whether an intensive safety campaign would improve seat-belt compliance among trauma center employees. To determine the duration of impr...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Scheltema KE,Brost SM,Skager GA,Roberts DJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: In this study, I examined the association between age of substance use initiation and sexual violence (SV) among adolescent girls. Methods: Data were drawn from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, and the sample included 7526 girls. Logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship between age of i...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Muchimba M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the difference in tobacco use between adolescents who participate in organized sports and those who do not. METHODS:Using a cross-sectional study design, this study uses data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents enrolled in public high schools in the United States. RESULTS:Thos...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Castrucci BC,Gerlach KK,Kaufman NJ,Orleans CT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationships of perceived stress and depressive symptoms to sleep problems, testing for mediation by adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. METHODS:Alternative high school students (N = 1676) completed self-report surveys. Cross-sectional data were analyzed via Preacher and Hayes' proce...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Nguyen-Rodriguez ST,Lisha NE,Spruijt-Metz D,Sun P,Rohrbach LA,Sussman S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the knowledge and attitudes of owners/managers of commercial skin-penetration premises regarding infection control. METHODS:A telephone survey was conducted with a randomly selected sample of 874 owners/managers. RESULTS:Participants appeared to lack knowledge of essential infection-control pract...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Oberdorfer A,Wiggers JH,Considine RJ,Bowman J,Cockburn J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Research suggests that individuals with physical disabilities use leisure as a way of dealing with stress and receiving social support. A dearth of information exists about the relationships among leisure, coping, and social support. The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of leisure activit...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Han A,Kim J,Kim J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship of demographic and social influence with initiation of cigarette use among undergraduates. METHODS:Students were mailed anonymous surveys including 437 participants who indicated that they had not smoked cigarettes before age 18. Of those, 107 became late initiators (24%), and 33...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Staten RR,Noland M,Rayens MK,Hahn E,Dignan M,Ridner SL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine construct and predictive utility of an adapted cognitive rationalization scale for tanning-bed use. METHODS:Current/former tanning-bedusing undergraduate students (N = 216; 87.6% females; 78.4% white) at a large northeastern university participated in a survey. A cognitive rationalization for tan...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Banerjee SC,Hay JL,Greene K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess individual, social, and family environmental factors related to fruit and vegetable intake among white and black adolescents aged 11-15 years (n=736). METHODS:Self-report questionnaire. RESULTS:Preferences, availability at home, family dinner frequency, snack choice, self-efficacy, modeling, norm...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Granner ML,Evans AE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore why people who have active work and who experience suboptimal health avoided using a multipurpose in-house health promotion service in the Danish police. METHODS:Data were first collected via an electronic survey (N=6060) and subsequently via 25 telephone interviews targeting nonusers who percei...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Persson R,Cleal B,Bihal T,Hansen SM,Jakobsen MØ,Villadsen E,Andersen LL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between daytime napping and incidence of chronic diseases over the past 6 months among adults in China. METHODS:Based on data collected from 13,469 respondents over age 40 in the Chinese Family Panel Studies in 2010, logistic regression models were estimated to examine the associ...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Zhou J,Kessler AS,Su D

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine how stress and health-related behaviors affect freshman weight change by gender. METHODS:Three hundred ninety-six freshmen completed a 40-item health behavior survey and height and weight were collected at baseline and follow-up. RESULTS:Average weight change was 5.04 lbs for males, 5.49 lbs for...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Economos CD,Hildebrandt ML,Hyatt RR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives A plethora of research exists concerning determinants prior or during the sexual identity disclosure process; yet, information is limited concerning internal and external experiences after one discloses his or her sexual identity to their social support system. Through the lenses of the Social Ecological Mo...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Emetu RE,Rivera G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Salient belief elicitations (SBEs), informed by the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA), are used to identify 3 sets of beliefs - behavioral, control, and normative - that influence attitudes toward a health behavior. SBEs ask participants about their own beliefs through open-ended questions. We adapted a SBE b...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Maier JM,Jozkowski KN,Valdez D,Crawford BL,Turner RC,Lo WJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To inform the development of future research and culturally-targeted interventions to address little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) use among an at-risk population: African-American (AA) young adults. Additionally, this project assesses LCC use and perception differences between college- and non-college attending...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Stephens M,Ogunsanya ME,Ford KH,Bamgbade BA,Liang MC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Physical activity (PA) has been linked to many health benefits. Personal, social, and environmental factors can be barriers to PA and reduce odds of meeting PA recommendations. Sibling relationships have been shown to influence PA. This study evaluates PA barriers among siblings over 2 time periods. Method...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Prochnow T,Ylitalo KR,Sharkey J,Meyer RUM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship of smoking to sexual risk outcomes among African American adolescent females. METHODS:We analyzed baseline data from an HIV intervention trial, including sexual risk (older sex partners, number of vaginal sex partners, sex while high on drugs/alcohol, STI diagnosis) and smoking ...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Berg CJ,Painter JE,Sales JM,Mays D,Rose E,Wingood GM,Diclemente RJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: There is suggestive evidence that exercise may have a greater effect on visuo-spatial memory, compared to other memory types. However, we have a limited understanding as to the mechanisms through which exercise may subserve visuo-spatial memory. Thus, the purpose of this review is to evaluate the extent to ...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Zou L,Yu Q,Liu S,Loprinzi PD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the application of behavioral science theories to explain the voting behavior of legislators for public health policies. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review to identify studies that examined factors associated with legislator support, intention to vote, or actual votes on public health poli...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Tung GJ,Vernick JS,Reiney EV,Gielen AC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop strategies to recruit and retain inactive older adults into a physical activity program. METHODS:Names of 7378 older adults were obtained from 60 neighborhoods. Then, 6401 potential subjects were matched to telephone numbers and phoned. Subjects meeting the screening criteria were invited to join...

journal_title：American journal of health behavior

authors： Jancey J,Howat P,Lee A,Clarke A,Shilton T,Fisher J,Iredell H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00