An evaluation of the implementation of a parent-led, games-based physical activity intervention: the Active Play at Home quasi-randomized trial.

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：:Given the high prevalence of young adult smoking, we examined (i) psychosocial factors and substance use among college students representing five smoking patterns and histories [non-smokers, quitters, native non-daily smokers (i.e. never daily smokers), converted non-daily smokers (i.e. former daily smokers) and daily...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Pinsker EA,Berg CJ,Nehl EJ,Prokhorov AV,Buchanan TS,Ahluwalia JS

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:The early years life-stage (1 year either side of childbirth) is an important period for preventive action focusing on optimizing nutritional health for mothers and babies. Community pharmacy is a much utilized, easily accessed setting for health promotion and exposure to the primary health care system. The literature...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Maher JH,Hughes R,Anderson C,Lowe JB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Story-based learning is well recognized as an effective strategy for adult health education. However, there is a scarcity of research on story-based health education among women in South Asian diasporic communities. To address this gap, we undertook a pilot study in Toronto to explore how South Asian women respond to ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Wong JP,Kteily-Hawa R,Chambers LA,Hari S,Vijaya C,Suruthi R,Islam S,Vahabi M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess whether our online closed community heart care support group and information resource could sustain changes in health behaviour after the moderators withdrew their support. Heart patients (n = 108) living in a deprived area of Greater Manchester were recruited from general practitio...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Lindsay S,Smith S,Bellaby P,Baker R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight-related outcomes were examined among high school students in Minnesota public school districts according to the quality of district wellness policies. Wellness policy strength and comprehensiveness were scored using the Wellness School Assessment Tool (WellSAT) for 325 Minnesota public school districts in 2013....

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Hoffman PK,Davey CS,Larson N,Grannon KY,Hanson C,Nanney MS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:School-based interventions for increasing physical activity among children are widespread, however there is still a lack of knowledge about how school context factors are linked to implementation quality and effectiveness of programmes. The aim of this paper is to examine teacher-perceived effectiveness of a Danish na...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Guldager JD,Andersen PT,von Seelen J,Leppin A

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：: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：:Project Northland is a community-wide research program funded by the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, for a 5-year period (1990-95). The aim of the study is to prevent or delay onset of alcohol use among young adolescents, as well as to reduce use among those who are already drinkers. Twenty communi...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Perry CL,Williams CL,Forster JL,Wolfson M,Wagenaar AC,Finnegan JR,McGovern PG,Veblen-Mortenson S,Komro KA,Anstine PS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to conduct an evaluation of Reach Out Central (ROC), an online gaming program designed to support the mental health of people aged 16-25. The evaluation sought to determine the benefit of playing ROC on alcohol use, use of coping strategies, psychological distress, resilience and satisf...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Shandley K,Austin D,Klein B,Kyrios M

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:While policy makers argue for a greater share of health resources to go to health promotion, action is stalled by, among other things, the perception that little is known about which interventions offer the best health returns. Additionally, what is missing is any sense of what the economic literature in health promot...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Rush B,Shiell A,Hawe P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study followed a predominantly qualitative approach to explore the perspectives of employers in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, call centres (CCs) regarding physical activity (PA) promotion in workplaces, by identifying current practices and employers' motivation to promote PA, as well as perceived facilitators and bar...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Renton SJ,Lightfoot NE,Maar MA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engaging men is a critical component in efforts to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV). Little is known regarding men's perspectives of approaches that challenge inequitable gender norms, particularly in settings impacted by armed conflict. This article describes men's experiences with a women's empowerment program...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Falb KL,Annan J,King E,Hopkins J,Kpebo D,Gupta J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Parents of Asthmatics Quit Smoking (PAQS) project contrasts two theory-based smoking cessation interventions for parents of children with asthma, and compares mechanisms of behavior change within and across theoretical perspectives. We hypothesize that enhancing the perception of risk to self and child will motiva...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Borrelli B,McQuaid EL,Becker B,Hammond K,Papandonatos G,Fritz G,Abrams D

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the number of bone marrow (BM) donors is important to ensure sufficient diversity on BM registries to meet the needs of patients. This study used an experimental approach to test the hypothesis that providing information about the risks of BM donation to allay unsubstantiated fears would reduce male and fem...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Mclaren PJ,Hyde MK,White KM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a theory-based, step-by-step approach to intervention development and illustrates its application in India to design an intervention to promote tobacco-use cessation among school personnel in Bihar. We employed a five-step approach to develop the intervention using the Social Contextual Model of ...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Nagler EM,Pednekar MS,Viswanath K,Sinha DN,Aghi MB,Pischke CR,Ebbeling CB,Lando HA,Gupta PC,Sorensen GC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation and quality assurance have, over time, become the bedrock of health promotion practice in ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of programme planning and delivery. There has been less emphasis, however, on formal recognition of the contribution of the personal characteristics and perspectives of those who p...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Fleming P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health education interventions aimed at changing children's diets often target their mothers. However, little is known about what factors influence mothers' food choice for themselves and how this is related to their choice of food for their children. The present study aimed to examine the types of foods mothers eat t...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： St John Alderson T,Ogden J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Message tailoring is a promising innovative approach to persuasive communication that involves designing messages to meet a person's psychological, behavioral and/or demographic characteristics. Although the tailored intervention literature has many strengths, a weakness is inconsistency in reporting information relat...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Harrington NG,Noar SM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes spectator recall of SunSmart skin cancer prevention advertising displayed on the Brisbane Cricket Ground scoreboard at intermittent periods throughout the 1999/2000 cricket season and the sun-protective behaviors of these spectators. Two hundred and thirty-one spectators were asked a series of fi...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Lynch BM,Dunn J

更新日期：2003-08-01 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 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 explosive increase in Internet accessibility and use offers unique opportunities for providing health information to adolescents via the Internet. The purpose of this evaluation study was to explore the opinions of adolescents regarding an Internet-based health monitoring instrument and its individually tailored e...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： de Nooijer J,Veling ML,Ton A,de Vries H,de Vries NK

更新日期：2008-06-01 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

abstract：:Little documentation exists about male community health workers (promotores) networks. The experiences of promotores can provide input on how to attract, train, supervise and maintain male promotores in CHW programs. We present the experience and perspectives of promotores who participated in a male promotores network...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Macia L,Ruiz HC,Boyzo R,Documet PI

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) therapy has proved its short-term efficacy among women with urinary incontinence. Long-term success with PFME therapy is hampered by non-adherence. So far, specific knowledge on determinants of adherence behavior has been scarce. A cross-sectional study was c...

journal_title：Health education research

authors： Alewijnse D,Mesters I,Metsemakers J,Adriaans J,van den Borne B

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00