Comparison of knowledge on diarrheal disease management between two types of community-based distributors in Oyo State, Nigeria.

abstract：:Public health interventions are complex in nature and composed of multiple components. Evaluation of process and impact is necessary to build evidence of effectiveness. Process evaluation involves monitoring extent of implementation and comparison against the program plan. This article describes the process evaluation...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Nakkash RT,Alaouie H,Haddad P,El Hajj T,Salem H,Mahfoud Z,Afifi RA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes qualitative methods used in a research project for the former Health Education Authority, exploring Putnam's concept of 'social capital' in relation to children and young people's well-being and health. Putnam's conceptualization of social capital consists of the following features: trust, recipro...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Morrow V

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which parents and school-based stakeholders (principals, teachers, canteen managers and Parents & Citizen Committee presidents) are supportive of potential expansions to a new school food policy. Eight additional policy components elicited in preliminary focus groups w...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Pettigrew S,Pescud M,Donovan RJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports research into the determinants of four cancer-related risk behaviours: smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, high fat consumption and exposure to artificial sunlight. The results indicate that the four types of risk behaviour are determined by several factors: the perceived behaviour of the soc...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： van Assema P,Pieterse M,Kok G,Eriksen M,de Vries H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B'More Healthy Community for Kids (BHCK) is an ongoing multi-level intervention to prevent childhood obesity in African-American low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore city, MD. Although previous nutrition interventions involving peer mentoring of youth have been successful, there is a lack of studies evaluating the in...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sato PM,Steeves EA,Carnell S,Cheskin LJ,Trude AC,Shipley C,Mejía Ruiz MJ,Gittelsohn J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the minimally required feedback elements of a computer-tailored dietary fat reduction intervention to be effective in improving fat intake. In all 588 Healthy Dutch adults were randomly allocated to one of four conditions in an randomized controlled trial: (i) feedback on dietary fat intake [pe...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Kroeze W,Oenema A,Dagnelie PC,Brug J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By reporting suspected child abuse and neglect, teachers can make an important contribution to the early detection and prevention of abuse. However, teachers are sometimes reluctant to report their suspicions. This study investigated the determinants of teachers' reporting behaviour using concepts from the Integrated ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Goebbels AF,Nicholson JM,Walsh K,De Vries H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motivational interviewing offers health care professionals a potentially effective strategy for increasing a patient's readiness to change health behaviors. Recently, elements of motivational interviewing and the stages of change model have been simplified and adapted for use with patients in brief clinical encounters...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Berg-Smith SM,Stevens VJ,Brown KM,Van Horn L,Gernhofer N,Peters E,Greenberg R,Snetselaar L,Ahrens L,Smith K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is hypothesized that perceived morbidity, a concept closely related to perceived vulnerability, is an important determinant of health behaviors. In this cross-sectional study (N = 2740), perceived morbidity was conceptualized as a categorical variable defining six distinct morbidity groups: the hypertension, high...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Fuchs R,Heath GW,Wheeler FC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews evidence of the impact which television generally, and drama series in particular, can have on health beliefs, attitudes and behaviours. It describes how a television series, The Family House, was planned in Egypt to disseminate key health messages in an entertaining context. As only a very small nu...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Elkamel F

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the link between level of implementation and outcomes from an intervention to increase afterschool programs' (ASPs) achievement of healthy eating and physical activity (HE-PA) Standards. Ten intervention ASPs implemented the Strategies-To-Enhance-Practice (STEPs), a multi-component, adaptive inter...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Weaver RG,Beets MW,Hutto B,Saunders RP,Moore JB,Turner-McGrievy G,Huberty JL,Ward DS,Pate RR,Beighle A,Freedman D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:British Government policy on drugs primary prevention is outlined and principal recommendations are identified. The review is organized under the four main providers: police, teachers, peers and parents. Current methods are reviewed within a British policy framework with a focus on British programmes which have been e...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Allott R,Paxton R,Leonard R

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to test the direct predictors of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), action planning and coping planning as predictors of changes in physical activity (PA) in 157 adolescents (mean age: 12). TPB measures, the Action Planning and Coping Planning Scales (APCPS) and the International Physical Activity ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Araújo-Soares V,McIntyre T,Sniehotta FF

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been previously established that young people who have negative attitudes towards school and education are more likely to experiment with cigarette smoking and to become regular smokers. This paper explores this relationship across 10 countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Norway, Scotland, Swe...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Nutbeam D,Aaro LE

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to establish the short-term outcomes for successful tobacco cessation of a programme offering UK resident Bangladeshi women chewing paan with tobacco nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in addition to brief advice and encouragement alone. We used a short-term longitudinal, quasi-experimental study des...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Croucher R,Islam S,Jarvis MJ,Garrett M,Rahman R,Shajahan S,Howells G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identified factors that influence regular soda consumption among 707 female students, aged 13-18 years, attending North Los Angeles County public high schools. Participants completed a group-administered Theory of Planned Behavior-based questionnaire. Almost all of the participants, 96.3%, reported that the...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Kassem NO,Lee JW,Modeste NN,Johnston PK

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether unmet basic needs (food, housing, personal and neighborhood safety, money for necessities) and perceived stress affect recall of and response to a tailored print intervention one month later. Participants (N = 372) were adults who had called 2-1-1 Missouri between June 2010 and June 2012. A...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Cappelletti ER,Kreuter MW,Boyum S,Thompson T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic diseases are the primary health burden among Mexican-origin populations and health promotion efforts have not been able to change negative population trends. This research presents behavioral and subjective health impacts of two related community health worker (CHW) interventions conducted in the US-Mexico bor...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Carvajal SC,Huang S,Bell ML,Denman C,Guernsey de Zapien J,Cornejo E,Chang J,Staten LK,Rosales C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on a study undertaken with health promotion specialists working in the National Health Service in England. In-depth interviews were held with 25 people with the aim of investigating the place of research and evaluation in health promotion practice, the contextual factors that influenced such activit...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： South J,Tilford S

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic review was conducted to examine the barriers to, and facilitators of, physical activity among young people (11-16 years). The review focused on the wider determinants of health, examining community- and society-level interventions. Four trials and 16 studies of young people's views were included. Evidence...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Rees R,Kavanagh J,Harden A,Shepherd J,Brunton G,Oliver S,Oakley A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Threat appeals are used frequently in health promotion, with threats of (premature) death common in some areas, e.g. 'quit smoking or you'll die'. There is a common notion that young people feel they are immortal. Accordingly, we investigated whether young people would respond less to threats of death than to non-deat...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Henley N,Donovan RJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that self-efficacy has emerged as a key construct in health psychology, this study set out to explore its utility in the context of blood donation as defined within the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). An Ajzen and Fishbein-type questionnaire was administered to 100 undergraduate students at the University of ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Giles M,McClenahan C,Cairns E,Mallet J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three companies in the Chicago area were recruited to participate in a worksite smoking cessation program. Participants in each worksite received a television program and newspaper supplement (part of a community-wide media campaign), and one of three conditions: (1) self-help manuals alone (M), (2) self-help ma...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Jason LA,Salina D,McMahon SD,Hedeker D,Stockton M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes development of a new measure to assess one dimension of health motivation, the salience of health concerns. The new, five-item, measure was administered to 578 women as part of a larger investigation examining the determinants of exercise and calcium consumption. The study used a cross-sectional s...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Blalock SJ,DeVellis RF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking onset takes place in the early years of adolescence, and can be seen as a progression through stages of preparation, trying, experimentation, regular smoking and nicotine dependence or addiction. The objective of this study is to identify 1-year predictors of smoking consolidation among occasional smokers (exp...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Ariza-Cardenal C,Nebot-Adell M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity levels in young adults are low. Research supports the use of the Transtheoretical Model of behaviour change (TM) in designing physical activity interventions. This study used a pre-post randomized control design to investigate the effectiveness of a self-instructional intervention for helping sedenta...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Woods C,Mutrie N,Scott M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the predictors of dropout in the 'Mexa-se' intervention according to the body mass index (BMI) category. This was a controlled, non-randomized study. The intervention included: (i) increase in the intensity of physical activities (PA) in physical education (PE) classes; (ii) active recess; (iii) educationa...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Berria J,Minatto G,Lima LRA,Martins CR,Petroski EL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the psychometric properties of a new scale to measure adolescents' worry regarding outcomes of risky sexual behavior (i.e. sexually transmitted infections, including HIV [STI/HIV], and unintended pregnancy). The 10-item worry about sexual outcomes (WASO) scale, resulting in two subscales STI/HIV wo...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sales JM,Spitalnick J,Milhausen RR,Wingood GM,DiClemente RJ,Salazar LF,Crosby RA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This multi-methods qualitative study aimed to identify environmental factors that influence physical activity participation among young people in Edinburgh, Scotland. School pupils (aged 11-13 years) took part using photography, computer blogs, maps and focus group discussions (FGDs). Eleven computer sessions (n = 131...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Kirby J,Levin KA,Inchley J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the relationship between risk perception, worry, control, trust, exposure to an educational campaign, media exaggeration with recommendations for pandemic influenza H1N1 2009. METHODS:Cross sectional telephone survey using random digit dialing. A total of 1010 adult Italians were interviewed ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Prati G,Pietrantoni L,Zani B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00