Making healthy eating and physical activity policy practice: process evaluation of a group randomized controlled intervention in afterschool programs.

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：:Promotion of healthy diets often involves provision of information about which food types are most favourable for health. This is based on the assumption that the rational consumer will, other things being equal, choose the food that they know is healthier. However, health information may not always have a positive ef...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Wardle J,Huon G

更新日期：2000-02-01 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

abstract：:The purpose of this paper was to describe the development of a comprehensive, stage-based model for the prevention of drug use titled the multi-component motivational stages (McMOS) model. The McMOS model is proposed as a multi-element, integrative theoretical framework for the development of prevention strategies an...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Werch CE,DiClemente CC

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:While many studies have looked at the stressful effects of chronic illness of those who suffer such conditions, less is known about the effects on caregivers, especially in developing countries. Mothers in particular must bear the brunt of care and stress for children who have sickle cell disease (SCD). A sample of 20...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Olley LB,Brieger WR,Olley BO

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilizes discrete-time survival analysis to assess the effect of level of academic achievement (both contemporaneously and prospectively) and changes in academic achievement on initiation of marijuana use among rural adolescents in junior high school. In the sample under consideration, 36% of boys and 23% o...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Henry KL,Smith EA,Caldwell LL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to examine the effect of socioeconomic status (SES), age, weight and gender on the body image and weight control practices of children and adolescents, and to investigate whether health education about weight issues should target low socioeconomic groups. The study participants were a randomly...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： O'Dea JA,Caputi P

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The Internet offers a unique means of health promotion through the use of interactive tools like chat rooms, E-mail, hyperlinks and the like. This paper reports a study examining links between learning and interactivity of health-related websites. We address three research questions. First, are tools of interactivity ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Stout PA,Villegas J,Kim H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacious 'packaged' teen smoking cessation treatment programs, those developed by national organizations, are widely disseminated to local communities to help teens quit smoking. The implementation fidelity of these programs in community settings has not been documented. The efficacy of these programs could be less...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Sterling K,Curry S,Sporer A,Emery S,Mermelstein R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In autumn 1995 The Norwegian Cancer Society in cooperation with The Research Center for Health Promotion, University of Bergen started a study of school-based interventions aiming at preventing smoking among pupils in Norwegian secondary schools. The study comprised a nationwide sample of 4441 students at 99 schools (...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Jøsendal O,Aarø LE,Bergh IH

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:A public campaign was launched in 2000 as part of the four-level community-based intervention 'Nuremberg Alliance Against Depression' (NAD) in Nuremberg, Germany. Evaluation results will be presented. A baseline survey was done before the campaign in Nuremberg and Wuerzburg (control region), two surveys followed 10 an...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Dietrich S,Mergl R,Freudenberg P,Althaus D,Hegerl U

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albinism is a relatively common genetic condition in Zimbabwe, a tropical country in southern Africa. Those affected have little pigment in their hair, skin or eyes, in sharp contrast to the normal dark pigmentation. This article describes the responses to a self-report questionnaire covering health, social and educat...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Lund PM

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Within the literature on community-based heart health promotion and chronic disease prevention, the North Karelia project is often viewed as a model program for achieving community-wide reductions in risk factors and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease. In the present study, we examine the tendency to att...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： McLaren L,Ghali LM,Lorenzetti D,Rock M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the development and first results of a brief self-management course for patients recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The intervention incorporates elements from proactive coping and self-regulation theory in a five-step plan to help newly diagnosed patients formulate and carry out intentions ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Thoolen B,de Ridder D,Bensing J,Gorter K,Rutten G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovative and effective health promotion interventions targeted on older adults within a public health framework will be increasingly important as the US population ages dramatically. The benefits of healthier lifestyles for older adults include increased functional ability and improved quality of life. The Study of ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Clark PG,Nigg CR,Greene G,Riebe D,Saunders SD,Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders Project Team.

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet offers a promising medium for delivering nutrition education. This study aimed to evaluate user perceptions and usage patterns of an innovative healthy eating website promoting the Mediterranean diet. The website was evaluated over a 6-month period by female employees of University of Glasgow, aged 25-55 ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Papadaki A,Scott JA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined a prediction model that integrated three categories of predictors likely to influence adoption of the Quebec Healthy Schools (HS) approach, i.e. attributes of the approach, individual and contextual characteristics. HS receptivity was considered as a potential mediator. For this study, 141 responde...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Deschesnes M,Trudeau F,Kébé M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the effect of a school-randomized fruit and vegetable intervention consisting of a subscription to the Norwegian School Fruit Programme at no parental cost, and the Fruit and Vegetables Make the Marks (FVMM) educational programme, both delivered in the school year of 2001-02. Nine randomly chosen sc...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Bere E,Veierød MB,Bjelland M,Klepp KI

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although program recipients' attitudes toward instructors are crucial to program outcomes, they have not been adequately examined in the substance abuse prevention literature. This study uses survey data to explore attitudes toward instructors of prevention programming held by students from a national longitudinal eva...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Hammond A,Sloboda Z,Tonkin P,Stephens R,Teasdale B,Grey SF,Williams J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapse prevention theory and practice has focussed on teaching coping skills to deal with withdrawal and temptations to relapse with the result that treatments appear to be effective in reducing relapse over the short term, but not over the longer term. Once cravings subside ex-smokers face a further task of adjustin...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Segan CJ,Borland R,Hannan A,Stillman S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever is a natural protective response of the host organism. Mild to moderate fevers, up to 40.0 degrees C, have immunological benefits and do not need to be reduced. However, parents regularly reduce fever with medications to prevent perceived harmful outcomes. This study identified the determinants of parents' inten...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Walsh A,Edwards H,Fraser J

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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