Food environment and policies in private schools in Kolkata, India.

abstract：:Population health information interventions (PHIIs) use information in efforts to promote health. PHIIs may push information to a target audience (communication), pull information from the public (surveillance), or combine both in a bidirectional intervention. Although PHIIs have often been framed as non-invasive and ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Greyson D,Knight R,Shoveller JA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article, a critical essay, presents the notion of an emancipatory promotion of health (EPH), which seeks to relate the field of public health in theoretical and practical terms with the reinvention of utopias and relevant social struggles of our time principally in the Global South, a metaphor designating the peri...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Porto MF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article-third in a series of three-uses theoretical frameworks described in Part 1, and empirical markers reported in Part 2, to present evidence on how power dynamics shifted during the early years of a major English community empowerment initiative. We demonstrate how the capabilities disadvantaged communities ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Powell K,Barnes A,Anderson de Cuevas R,Bambra C,Halliday E,Lewis S,McGill R,Orton L,Ponsford R,Salway S,Townsend A,Whitehead M,Popay J

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomized controlled study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program entitled 'Capacity building for community leaders in a healthy living environment,' and to assess the usefulness of a participatory style of education and the applicability of an intersectoral approach in the educati...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Hien le TT,Takano T,Seino K,Ohnishi M,Nakamura K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in reducing the hidden HIV-epidemic, but many diagnostic opportunities are missed in primary care. This study aimed at informing the development of an HIV-testing intervention for GPs in Flanders (Belgium) using formative research with a participatory approach. Through the a...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Apers H,Nöstlinger C,Van Beckhoven D,Deblonde J,Apers L,Verheyen K,Loos J,HERMETIC Study Group .

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information is lacking on the role shared decision making plays in the care of transgender (trans) youth. This qualitative, descriptive study explored how trans youth, parents and health care providers engaged or did not engage in shared decision-making practices around hormone therapy initiation and what conditions s...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Clark BA,Virani A,Marshall SK,Saewyc EM

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how socio-economic processes inter-relate with young people's mental health is important to inform the development of responsive mental health promotion initiatives. Thirty diverse Canadian young people were engaged within a process of social praxis, underpinned by a historical-dialectical ontological pe...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Laliberte S,Varcoe C

更新日期：2020-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the factors that have enabled the Healthy Cities Noarlunga (HCN) initiative to be sustainable over 18 years (1987-2005). Sustainability related to the ability of the initiative to continue to operate continuously in a manner that indicated its existence was accorded value by the community and local...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Baum F,Jolley G,Hicks R,Saint K,Parker S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Males employed in the construction industry are at greater risk of suicide than other employed males. It is plausible that a high level of stigma against mental health problems explains the elevated rates of suicide among this group. This study sought to test the effectiveness of an electronic mental health stigma int...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Milner A,Aitken Z,Law PCF,LaMontagne AD,Mann C,Cooper T,Witt K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of students' smoking in China (n = 1896), comparing medical students with college students in non-medical majors, was carried out to determine whether a medical education has a preventive effect on smoking uptake. The survey, sampling students from 12 universities in three cities, found no significant differe...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Zhu T,Feng B,Wong S,Choi W,Zhu SH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing children's exposure to unhealthy food advertising is an accepted strategy to end childhood obesity. This study aimed to (i) measure children's space-time exposures to unhealthy food advertising in public outdoor spaces, using GPS and wearable cameras; and (ii) test effectiveness of banning options. We compile...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Liu W,Barr M,Pearson AL,Chambers T,Pfeiffer KA,Smith M,Signal L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empowerment, a multi-level construct comprising individual, community and organizational domains, is a fundamental value and goal in health promotion. While a range of scales have been developed for the measurement of empowerment, the qualities of these have not been rigorously assessed. The aim of this study was to e...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Cyril S,Smith BJ,Renzaho AM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the associations between neighbourhood perceptions and social participation in a sample of older adults living in medium-sized cities in Flanders, Belgium. Strong evidence of the influence of place on older people's physical and mental health exists. However, the question of how neighbourhoods prom...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Buffel T,De Donder L,Phillipson C,Dury S,De Witte N,Verté D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is Part I of a three-part series on community empowerment as a route to greater health equity. We argue that community 'empowerment' approaches in the health field are increasingly restricted to an inward gaze on community psycho-social capacities and proximal neighbourhood conditions, neglecting the outward gaze...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Popay J,Whitehead M,Ponsford R,Egan M,Mead R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A team of researchers, including one behavioral scientist (S.M.N.) and three epidemiologists (L.Q., O.S. and S.N.) conducted community analyses to assess the social and cultural factors that affect the detection and reporting of disease cases in a surveillance system, using acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance i...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Ndiaye SM,Quick L,Sanda O,Niandou S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a school- and family-based intervention to prevent obesity in children aged 5-7 years. In addition, the efficacy of three different intervention programmes was compared. Children aged 5-7 years (n=213) were recruited from three primary schools in O...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Warren JM,Henry CJ,Lightowler HJ,Bradshaw SM,Perwaiz S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health literacy can be defined as the knowledge, motivation and competence to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make decisions in terms of healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion. Health literacy is a European public health challenge that has to be taken seriously by policy-makers. It c...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Quaglio G,Sørensen K,Rübig P,Bertinato L,Brand H,Karapiperis T,Dinca I,Peetso T,Kadenbach K,Dario C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Thailand, a health-promoting school (HPS) program is in place nationwide. However, this policy has not covered Burmese migrant schools. Therefore, to ensure the feasibility of the implementation of a HPS program, we conducted evaluations and an intervention on school health in migrant schools in Thailand. We includ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Akiyama T,Win T,Maung C,Ray P,Kaji A,Tanabe A,Jimba M,Kobayashi J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'culturally sensitive' is often used to describe interventions adapted for minority ethnic communities. However, understanding of strategies for adapting behavioural interventions for such communities is limited. The questions addressed in this paper are: What are the main strategies for adapting intervention...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Netto G,Bhopal R,Lederle N,Khatoon J,Jackson A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population health as developed by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) has influenced the shape and direction of Canadian public health policy, and has the potential to do so in the USA and elsewhere. There is reason to be concerned about this ascendence of CIAR thinking: population health is rooted wit...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Raphael D,Bryant T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate possible effects of a total smoke-ban in Norwegian bars and restaurants (introduced on June 1st 2004) on employees' job satisfaction. A national representative sample was randomly selected from the public registry of all companies in the hospitality business. A baseline survey w...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Hetland J,Hetland H,Mykletun RJ,Aarø LE,Matthiesen SB

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Summary:This study attempted to determine the effects of restrictions on television (TV) food advertising on children's food environments in South Korea. It examined changes that occurred in the marketing mix of food companies following enactment of those restrictions. An on-line survey was conducted with marketers or ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Lee Y,Yoon J,Chung SJ,Lee SK,Kim H,Kim S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity in young people is a major public health concern. Energy balance, the interrelationship between diet and physical activity, is known to be a key determinant. Evidence supports the development of school-based approaches to obesity prevention. ASSIST (A Stop Smoking in Schools Trial) is an effective school-based...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Bell SL,Audrey S,Cooper AR,Noble S,Campbell R

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Health Promoting School (HPS) and Comprehensive School Health Program (CSHP) initiatives have been proposed as a means of going beyond some of the limitations associated with health promotion initiatives aimed at school-aged children. This involves moving beyond practices that rely mainly on classroom-based health...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Deschesnes M,Martin C,Hill AJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dog health in rural and remote Australian Indigenous communities is below urban averages in numerous respects. Many Indigenous communities have called for knowledge sharing in this area. However, dog health education programs are in their infancy, and lack data on effective practices. Without this core knowledge, heal...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Constable SE,Dixon RM,Dixon RJ,Toribio JA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2003, the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) initiated the national Cooperation-Network (CN) 'Equity in Health'. The CN is constantly increasing in size and scope, supporting setting approaches aimed at reducing health inequalities. A detailed description of the CN has not yet been available in Engli...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Mielck A,Kilian H,Lehmann F,Richter-Kornweitz A,Kaba-Schönstein L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite socio-economic, demographic and epidemiological facts and realities that point to a potential risk for explosion in the prevalence of childhood mental health problems in sub-Saharan Africa, there is still a severe dearth of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) policy or strategy to respond to the situatio...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Atilola O

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Informal employment, in which workers have no security of employment and receive few or no health insurance benefits, has risen sharply in urban China in the last decade. The percentage of women in informal employment in China is higher than in the formal employment sector; 'feminization' has thus become a key feature...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Liu C,Bryson SA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has shown that taxi drivers are at risk for numerous health concerns, such as low back and leg pain, linked to their highly sedentary occupation, long work hours and stressors related to the job (e.g. low income, safety threats). The goal of this study was to explore occupational health risks and opportunitie...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Murray KE,Buul A,Aden R,Cavanaugh AM,Kidane L,Hussein M,Eastman A,Checkoway H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the policy change process that resulted in the current sugar-sweetened beverages taxes in Mexico and Chile, using the Kaleidoscope Model for Policy Change, a framework developed for nutrition and food policy change analysis. We used a qualitative study design, including 24 key informant (KI) inte...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Fuster M,Burrowes S,Cuadrado C,Velasco Bernal A,Lewis S,McCarthy B,Shen GC

更新日期：2020-05-10 00:00:00