Why organizations continue to create patient information leaflets with readability and usability problems: an exploratory study.

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：: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：: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：:The objectives of this study included the following: obtaining qualitative information on tobacco use among Cambodian Americans, identifying cultural factors that influence tobacco use and acquiring information for the development of effective smoking prevention and cessation strategies. Data were collected by using d...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Friis RH,Forouzesh M,Chhim HS,Monga S,Sze D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concussion education is an important aspect of concussion prevention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a novel, theory of planned behavior (TPB)-driven concussion education program on secondary school athletes' concussion-reporting relevant cognitions immediately post-intervention and at 3 mo...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sullivan L,Pursell L,Molcho M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of increasing young women's level of physical activity is recognized as a priority within the United Kingdom and other Westernized nations. This study, conducted in two distinct geographical locations in the United Kingdom, explores the leading influences upon levels of physical activity participation a...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Coleman L,Cox L,Roker D

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the extent to which the FLU-FOBT Program, a colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) intervention linking the provision of fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) to the time of annual influenza vaccination, resulted in practice changes in six primary care clinics 1 year after it was intr...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Walsh JM,Gildengorin G,Green LW,Jenkins J,Potter MB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of an intervention depends on its dose and on moderators of dose, which usually are not studied. The purpose of the study is to determine whether goal setting and theory-based moderators of goal setting had dose relations with increases in goal-related physical activity during a successful workplace ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Dishman RK,Vandenberg RJ,Motl RW,Wilson MG,DeJoy DM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, the Australian Government launched a mass-media campaign 'Measure-Up' to reduce lifestyle-related chronic disease risk. Innovative campaign messages linked waist circumference and chronic disease risk. Communication channels for the campaign included television, press, radio and outdoor advertising and local ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： King EL,Grunseit AC,O'Hara BJ,Bauman AE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the medical visit is widely acknowledged as an important event presenting unique opportunities for the modification of health beliefs and behaviors, health education theory has provided few explanatory mechanisms for understanding its communication process. The purpose of this paper is to explore a theoretica...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Roter DL,Hall JA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telework is decentralized computer-mediated performance of work activities at a location distant from the employing organization. In order to improve well-being at such remote workplaces, we developed a health circle (HC) concept for teleworkers. Three HC sessions were conducted with a total of 17 teleworkers from div...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Konradt U,Schmook R,Wilm A,Hertel G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Trial Registration:NCT02058342. Registered 6 February 2014 retrospectively registered. ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Rubin DA,Wilson KS,Honea KE,Castner DM,McGarrah JG,Rose DJ,Dumont-Driscoll M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective obesity interventions in adolescent populations have been identified as an immediate priority action to stem the increasing prevalence of adult obesity. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to make a quantitative analysis of the impact of school-based interventions on body mass index during adolescence. Stu...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Saavedra Dias R,Barros AN,Silva AJ,Leitão JC,Narciso J,Costa AM,Tallon JM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the state-wide dissemination of a physical activity (PA) intervention in Flanders. In 2011, a random sample was taken of the entire adult (25-75 years) population of Flanders. Data of the Flemish sample were compared with baseline data of the intervention and control ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Dubuy V,De Cocker KA,De Bourdeaudhuij IM,Maes L,Metsu P,Van Acker R,Cardon GM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents an analysis of the problems that have created a gulf between theory and practice in health education. Drawing on the classical distinction made by Aristotle between theoria (natural processes) and praxis (social practices), the analysis traces the roots of the problem to the inadequacy and inappropr...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Buchanan DR

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Professional drivers, i.e. lorry, truck, bus and taxi drivers, have been identified as a particular health risk group. An intervention to study the efficacy of a series of educational programmes, involving improved nutritional balance in meals served, food preparation routines and carrying out personal health profiles...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Gill PE,Wijk K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 189 pregnant women to determine the effect of lifestyle-based training for women and their husbands on post-partum anxiety (PPA) and depression (PPD). Follow-ups were continued up for 6 weeks after childbirth. Participants were allocated to three groups using block ran...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sanaati F,Charandabi SM,Eslamlo HF,Mirghafourvand M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alternative approach to intervention-control designs to evaluate community health education studies is to use a quasi-experimental design in which the outcomes of interest are examined over time in the intervention unit. The Forsyth County Cancer Screening Project (FoCaS) was a comprehensive clinic- and community-b...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Michielutte R,Shelton B,Paskett ED,Tatum CM,Velez R

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：:Cultural sensitivity is increasingly recognized as a means to enhance the effectiveness of health promotion programmes all over the world. Sociocultural meanings and terminology of diseases are important in understanding how different groups perceive and interpret illness. This study was conducted as part of the proce...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sifunda S,Reddy PS,Braithwaite RB,Stephens T,Bhengu S,Ruiter RA,Van Den Borne B

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smokers are exposed to advice about quitting from numerous sources. Within the 2013 ITC 4-Country Survey, 1211 Australian smokers or recent ex-smokers rated the perceived importance of eight sources of advice, categorized into evidence-based, non evidence-based, personal experience and vicarious experience (two items ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Balmford J,Borland R

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results of a study undertaken to explain levels of implementation of heart health promotion activities observed in Ontario public health agencies in 1997. Organizational-level data were collected by surveying all 42 health departments in 1994, 1996 and 1997 as part of the Canadian Heart Health I...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Riley BL,Taylor SM,Elliott SJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of community ownership is often identified as an important intermediate objective of community health education programs. Community ownership is assumed to be important to program effectiveness and long-term maintenance, but validated measures of this construct have not been available to test this proposit...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Flynn BS

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Although low socio-economic status (SES) persons with diabetes show low levels of physical activity (PA), there is limited knowledge regarding which media is effective in improving their PA. This study aimed to determine the appropriate media for providing PA-related information to persons with diabetes in low SES com...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Ko D,Myung E,Moon TJ,Shah DV

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Coaching Boys into Men' is an evidence-based dating violence prevention program for coaches to implement with male athletes. A common adaptation of this program is delivery by domestic violence and sexual violence prevention advocates instead of coaches. We explored how this implementer adaptation may influence athle...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Jaime MC,Stocking M,Freire K,Perkinson L,Ciaravino S,Miller E

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in social cognitions targeted within a group-based mentoring program for adolescent girls were examined as predictors of changes in physical activity (PA) and dietary behavior (in two separate models) over the course of the 7-week program. Data were collected from 310 participants who participated in the progr...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Dowd AJ,Chen MY,Schmader T,Jung ME,Zumbo BD,Beauchamp MR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00