Do adolescents perceive police officers as credible instructors of substance abuse prevention programs?

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：:Limiting exposure to sunlight during childhood can significantly reduce the risk of skin cancer. This was the first national study to assess the sun protection policies and practices of early childhood services across Australia. It also examined the key predictors of services' sun protection practices. In 2007, 1017 r...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Ettridge KA,Bowden JA,Rayner JM,Wilson CJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent hearing loss is a public health problem that has eluded effective intervention. A persuasive message strategy was tested for its effectiveness on adolescents' intention to listen to music at a reduced volume. The messages manipulated both type of message frame [positive consequences of listening to music at...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： de Bruijn GJ,Spaans P,Jansen B,van't Riet J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been widely used in public health research in the last decade as an approach to develop culturally centered interventions and collaborative research processes in which communities are directly involved in the construction and implementation of these interventions and i...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sandoval JA,Lucero J,Oetzel J,Avila M,Belone L,Mau M,Pearson C,Tafoya G,Duran B,Iglesias Rios L,Wallerstein N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Vaccinating school-aged children has been demonstrated to be beneficial to the child and in reducing viral transmission to vulnerable groups such as the elderly. This qualitative study sought to identify reasons parents and students...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Herbert NL,Gargano LM,Painter JE,Sales JM,Morfaw C,Murray D,Diclemente RJ,Hughes JM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As countries experience the 'epidemiological transition' with a relative decline in infectious diseases, accident rates tend to increase, particularly road traffic accidents. The health promotion interventions intended to prevent or minimize the consequences of accidents have been developed in predominantly Western, i...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Dixey RA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a comprehensive review of policies and research regarding body mass index (BMI) screening in schools in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although there are potential benefits to conducting screenings in schools, there is also the potential to do harm to the children who are identified as overweight. S...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Ikeda JP,Crawford PB,Woodward-Lopez G

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:AIDS is a disease which has received a great deal of attention from the popular media, which in turn has attracted the interests of those who analyse media. The health information conveyed to the general public by the popular press is a topic of special interest to health educators. This paper documents the Australi...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Lupton DA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African-American women report higher levels of chronic conditions and church attendance relative to the overall US population. Therefore, efforts have increased over the past decade to design church-based health promotion programs. The present study compared changes in religiosity, religious social support and general...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Story CR,Knutson D,Brown JB,Spears-Laniox E,Harvey IS,Gizlice Z,Whitt-Glover MC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been known that fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations. In the year 2001, 33 boats were lost and 10 fishermen killed in UK waters. Despite the dangerous nature of the occupation, very little research has been conducted on fishermen's health and safety. The few studies that have been conducted are...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Lawrie T,Matheson C,Ritchie L,Murphy E,Bond C

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between parental support and physical activity enjoyment appears to be mediated by individual-level factors. The aim of this study was to examine whether the relationship between perceived parental support and physical activity enjoyment is mediated by overweight and obese adolescents' physical fitnes...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： De la Torre-Cruz MJ,Suárez-Manzano S,López-Serrano S,Ruiz-Ariza A

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：: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：:Community-based distributors (CBDs) have been trained and utilized to promote a variety of health commodities. In addition, a variety of different types of community residents have been trained ranging from traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to patent medicine vendors. A training programme for CBD agents in the Akiny...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Ande O,Oladepo O,Brieger WR

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Soaring obesity rates in the United States demand comprehensive health intervention strategies that simultaneously address dietary patterns, physical activity, psychosocial factors and the food environment. Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls (HBHS) is a church-based, community-participatory, cluster-randomized health inter...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Wang HE,Lee M,Hart A,Summers AC,Anderson Steeves E,Gittelsohn J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qualitative research may be able to provide an answer as to why adults and children do or do not participate in sport and physical activity. This paper systematically examines published and unpublished qualitative research studies of UK children's and adults' reasons for participation and non-participation in sport an...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Allender S,Cowburn G,Foster C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobile phone text messages (SMS) are a promising method of health promotion, but a simple and low cost way to obtain phone numbers is required to reach a wide population. We conducted a randomised controlled trial with simultaneous brief interventions to (i) evaluate effectiveness of messages related to safer sex and ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Gold J,Aitken CK,Dixon HG,Lim MS,Gouillou M,Spelman T,Wakefield M,Hellard ME

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home related injuries are a major threat to the health of pre-school children in the Netherlands. Many risk situations can only be avoided through parental safety behaviour, especially with measures taken to structure the child's environment. This study was meant to contribute to the information needed to develop a ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Wortel E,de Geus GH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of iodine in the diet can cause a spectrum of conditions, known as iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). While iodized salt has been retailed in Australia since the 1960s, sales have remained low, at approximately 10% of total edible salt sales. Salt has never been promoted, advertised or discounted by retailers or ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Li M,Chapman S,Agho K,Eastman CJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is increasingly argued that the effectiveness of health promotion interventions should be measured to inform policy and practice. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) continues to be regarded as the 'gold standard' of health services research but health promotion practitioners have raised concerns about the RCT's ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Audrey S,Holliday J,Parry-Langdon N,Campbell R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Media literacy education to promote health among youth involves them in a critical examination of media messages that promote risky behaviors and influence their perceptions and practices. Research on its effectiveness is in its infancy. Studies to date have been conducted with more or less rigor and achieved differin...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Bergsma LJ,Carney ME

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While they demonstrate some ability to critically analyze the more obvious forms of deceptive weight-loss advertising, many girls do not recognize how advertising evokes emotional responses or how visual and narrative techniques are used to increase identification in weight-loss advertising. This study examined how gi...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Hobbs R,Broder S,Pope H,Rowe J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes is epidemic in the United States with greater incidence rates in African-American communities. Lifestyle interventions during the phase of insulin resistance mitigate cardiovascular risk and prevent diabetes. The primary aim of this study is to test the impact of a Community Health Advisor (CHA)-based ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Faridi Z,Shuval K,Njike VY,Katz JA,Jennings G,Williams M,Katz DL,PREDICT Project Working Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships and sexuality education for young people in Australia and elsewhere is a controversial topic. Numerous studies in Australia have focused on curriculum, policy, teachers, schools, sexting and other behaviours, and knowledge regarding sexually transmitted infection (STI)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Waling A,Bellamy R,Ezer P,Kerr L,Lucke J,Fisher C

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the findings of a multiple case study of a European health promotion project--Shape Up--a school-community approach to influencing determinants of a healthy and balanced growing up. The project sought to develop children's capacity to critically explore and act to improve health-related conditions...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Carlsson M,Simovska V

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Attitudes are often referred to, researched and considered in the discipline of health education and health promotion. This paper highlights Q methodology as an appropriate and relevant means of exploring and studying attitudes within this field. It begins by discussing the difficulties in defining attitude and the pr...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Cross RM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00