Physical activity and the built environment: perceptions of policy-makers in Oman.

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 study explored the impact of self-rated health (SRH) and work ability on employment, and examined the effects of meaningfulness, social networks and physical activity on health and work ability with a population-based cross-sectional survey data (n = 12 729) of full-time employed and unemployed workers. SRH, perce...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Hult M,Pietilä AM,Saaranen T

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social determinants, or the conditions in which individuals are born, grow, live, work and age, can result in inequities in health and well-being. However, to-date little research has examined alcohol use and alcohol-related problems from an inequities and social determinants perspective. This study reviewed the evide...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Roche A,Kostadinov V,Fischer J,Nicholas R,O'Rourke K,Pidd K,Trifonoff A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis and its related fractures are major public health concerns. Physical activity (PA) is crucial for bone density preservation and fractures prevention. Yet, gaps in understanding exist regarding how ethno-cultural backgrounds might shape attitudes, intentions and actual PA participation. Based on the theory...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Edelstein OE,Vered I,Sarid O

更新日期：2020-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether a public health project to reduce problem behavior in schools and improve the classroom climate, undertaken among eight secondary schools in a municipality in Sweden, was accompanied by favorable changes in the school environment over time. Data were collected from ninth grade students (aged 15-16 y...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Persson L,Hagquist C

更新日期：2020-12-10 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：: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：:Over their lifecourse, young adults develop different skills and preferences in relationship to the information sources they seek when having questions about health. Health information seeking behaviour (HISB) includes multiple, unequally accessed sources; yet most studies have focused on single sources and did not ex...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Gagné T,Ghenadenik AE,Abel T,Frohlich KL

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Despite the Canadian record of concern with the social determinants of health (SDOH), actual public health activities consistent with such an approach are sporadic at best. Canadian research and advocacy activities in the service of strengthening the SDOH are so divorced from everyday public policy activity, media dis...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Raphael D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facilitating community action is a key goal of health promotion. This paper describes a public health advocacy framework. It then presents a case study of its application for planning community action by a community alliance concerned about increased heavy traffic on roads through a small regional city in the South We...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Gomm M,Lincoln P,Pikora T,Giles-Corti B

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of published studies on workplace suicide prevention activities, and an even larger number of activities that are not reported on in academic literature. The aim of this review was to provide a systematic assessment of workplace suicide prevention activities, including short-term training activities...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Milner A,Page K,Spencer-Thomas S,Lamotagne AD

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:Evidence shows that regular physical activity is enhanced by supporting environment. Studies are needed to integrate research evidence into health enhancing, cross-sector physical activity (HEPA) policy making. This article presents the rationale, study design, measurement procedures and the initial results of the fir...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Aro AR,Bertram M,Hämäläinen RM,Van De Goor I,Skovgaard T,Valente A,Castellani T,Chereches R,Edwards N,REPOPA Consortium.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obesity epidemic is a consequence of the interaction of cultural, environmental, genetic and behavioural factors; framing the issue is central to determining appropriate solutions. This study used content and thematic framing analysis to explore portrayal of responsibility for obesity in policy documents in Austra...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Patchett AD,Yeatman HR,Johnson KM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a health asset (HA) framework to explore current perspectives on health, wellbeing and their determinants amongst a group of 15-18-year-old adolescents living in the neighbourhood of Zaidin (Granada, Spain). The study was carried out in Summer 2011 using a qualitative approach. It included 20 semi-stru...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Pérez-Wilson P,Hernán M,Morgan AR,Mena A

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:The field of health promotion has arguably shifted over the past thirty years from being socially proactive to biomedically defensive. In many countries this has been accompanied by a gradual decline, or in some cases the almost complete removal of health promotion designated positions within Government health departm...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： O'Hara L,Taylor J,Barnes M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health promotion programs (MHP) seek to reduce sub-syndromal symptoms of mental distress and enhance positive mental health. This study evaluates the long-term effects of a mindfulness-based MHP program ('Life Balance') provided by health coaches in a multi-site field setting on mental distress, satisfaction wi...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Lyssenko L,Müller G,Kleindienst N,Schmahl C,Berger M,Eifert G,Kölle A,Nesch S,Ommer-Hohl J,Wenner M,Bohus M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper highlights the importance of understanding management theories to development of the settings approach to health promotion. It then provides an overview of two areas of especial pertinence: organization development and systems thinking. This is followed by the articulation of the Healthy Living and Working ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Paton K,Sengupta S,Hassan L

更新日期：2005-03-01 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 life-course perspective is according to the World Health Organization about increasing the effectiveness of health promotion interventions at all ages. This targets the needs of human beings throughout their life. Descriptions of the phenomenon of the inner child invite the possibility that it may be of help when pr...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Sjöblom M,Jacobsson L,Öhrling K,Kostenius C

更新日期：2020-12-10 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：:Using cluster analytical procedure, this study aimed (i) to determine whether people could be differentiated on the basis of coping profiles (or unique combinations of coping strategies); and (ii) to examine the relationships between these profiles and perceived stress and health-related behaviors. A sample of 578 Fre...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Doron J,Trouillet R,Maneveau A,Ninot G,Neveu D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Policies formulated in line with international guidelines are required for the implementation of population-level interventions to reduce the risks. This study describes the utilization of multisectoral approach (MSA) for...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Oluwasanu M,Oladunni O,Oladepo O

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information is lacking on what parents in southern European countries know and how they view clinical shared-decision-making (SDM) for their children. This survey assesses general parental views on SDM and patient-physician SDM relationships in an Italian paediatric outpatients' clinic. In a 3-month cross-sectional su...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Rosati P,Di Salvo V,D'Amico R,Balduzzi S,Giampaolo R,Rita Marina Mazziotta M,Guerra C,Menichella G,Cosentino SP,Carlino C,Di Ciommo V

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the process and key recommendations derived from conducting a rapid participatory asset-focused health and social needs assessment in the small traditional rural village of Tulikup, Bali. The assessment aimed to develop recommendations for a community radio station based in Tulikup to promote soci...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Pepall E,Earnest J,James R

更新日期：2007-03-01 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 study investigated determinants of fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption among regional and remote Western Australian (WA) children, using an Ecological Model of Health Behaviour. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 key informants (Health Workers, Food Supply Workers, and School/Youth Workers) purpo...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Godrich SL,Davies CR,Darby J,Devine A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the sanctions imposed by the USA government upon the Iranian health system, achieving the UHC might face some financial problems. This study aimed to make the best solution for the Iran health care system to overcome not only the temporary sanctions but also a program to reach the UHC goals through the strategi...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Bastani P,Hakimzadeh SM,Teymourzadeh E,Nouhi M

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00