Civil society action against transnational corporations: implications for health promotion.

abstract：:Adolescents in Panama face multiple barriers that affect their health, such as high rates of teenage pregnancy, increased human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and sexual violence. Equal relationships between women and men are likely to reduce such risks. Here, we suggest that the school-based enhancement of S...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Araúz Ledezma AB,Massar K,Kok G

更新日期：2020-10-14 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：:The 'healthy city' concept has only recently been adopted in developing countries. From 1995 to 1999, the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, supported healthy city projects (HCPs) in Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Fayoum (Egypt), Managua (Nicaragua) and Quetta (Pakistan). The authors evaluat...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Harpham T,Burton S,Blue I

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engaging in physical activity (PA) on a regular and adequate basis generates considerable benefits for health. In developed countries, the time spent doing PA is decreasing, whilst sedentary time (ST) is increasing. A multicomponent school-based intervention programme, called 'Sigue la Huella' (Follow the Footprint), ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Murillo Pardo B,Julián Clemente JA,García González L,García Bengoechea E,Generelo Lanaspa E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the rise in obesity rates in North America, concerns about obesity-related costs to the health care system are being stressed in both the popular media and the scientific literature. With such constant calls to action, care must be taken not to increase stigmatization of obese people, particularly of children. W...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： MacLean L,Edwards N,Garrard M,Sims-Jones N,Clinton K,Ashley L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intersectoral policymaking to improve public health includes integrated health promotion (HP) intervention packages that address a variety of health behavior determinants. The involvement of different partners is assumed to be necessary to implement such integrated packages. We examined how partnership diversity was a...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Grêaux KM,de Vries NK,Bessems KMHH,Harting J,van Assema P

更新日期：2020-08-27 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：: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：:Over 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year, and the majority of them go online to learn about their condition. Unfortunately, the online diabetes landscape is crowded, and the quality of website content is unknown-guidance for patients and healthcare providers regarding online diabetes informati...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Holtz BE

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children in early adolescence and their mothers were studied to clarify the association between a child's sense of coherence (SOC) and its mother's SOC, the quality of family relationships as gauged by the mother, and the child's positive life experiences at home. An anonymous self-administered group questionnaire was...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Togari T,Sato M,Otemori R,Yonekura Y,Yokoyama Y,Kimura M,Tanaka W,Yamazaki Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Being overweight or obese is a major risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes but weight loss through lifestyle interventions can markedly reduce its incidence. The Internet provides an opportunity for the development and implementation of lifestyle intervention programs that promote self-managed behavioural change....

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： McCoy MR,Couch D,Duncan ND,Lynch GS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental tobacco smoke exposure is an important health risk for small children. The development, spread and evaluation of a national child health-centre-based counselling method targeting environmental tobacco smoke is described. The work progressed in six steps. In a first step, accomplished in 1994, it was foun...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Arborelius E,Bremberg S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In Australia, significant resources have been invested in producing health promotion best practice guidelines, frameworks and tools (herein referred to as health promotion tools) as a strategy to improve Indigenous health promotion programmes. Yet, there has been very little rigorous implementation research ...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Percival NA,McCalman J,Armit C,O'Donoghue L,Bainbridge R,Rowley K,Doyle J,Tsey K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea that the Holocene is over and a new human-dominated geological epoch, the Anthropocene, is in progress has been widely discussed. The article aims to outline the published definitions and current patterns on the Anthropocene, highlighting an agenda of emerging risks, challenges and possibilities for the healt...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Moysés SJ,Soares RC

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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：:This study attempts to develop and verify the effectiveness of a health promotion program for office workers based on the social ecological model and the World Health Organization's Healthy Workplace Framework. This study involved 272 office workers of a small and medium-sized enterprise in Korea. Data were analyzed t...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Ryu H,Jung J,Moon J

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:An evaluability assessment was conducted to plan a community-based, multi-strategy approach to physical activity promotion (MSAPAP) to maximize young children's physical activity in an ethno-racially and socio-economically diverse city. This assessment involved consultation with various stakeholders to develop a progr...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Dwyer JJ,Hansen B,Barrera M,Allison K,Ceolin-Celestini S,Koenig D,Young D,Good M,Rees T

更新日期：2003-09-01 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

abstract：:Generic medicines have been available to consumers for ∼40 years, with varying degrees of uptake in different countries. Despite offering equivalent therapeutic qualities, generic medicines still struggle to be accepted by consumers. This study examines the role of a consumer's affective state and framing effects on t...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Barton BL,Burke PF,Waller DS

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ottawa Charter both gave health promotion a solid framework and health promoters an identity. Yet, health promotion has far from reached its potential in being internalized in public health politics. Advocacy for health is one of the core missions for health promotion and the 25-year celebration of the Ottawa Char...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Pettersson B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is a recognized link between high levels of exposure to advertising of unhealthy foods and overweight and obesity among children, there is little research on the extent to which these exposures include persuasive marketing techniques. This study aimed to measure children's exposure to the use of persuasive...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Kelly B,Hattersley L,King L,Flood V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of 'health promoting schools' has been embraced internationally as an effective way of promoting the health of children, adolescents, and the wider school community. It is only recently that attempts have been made to evaluate health promoting schools. This paper reviews evaluations of health promoting sch...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Mũkoma W,Flisher AJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:A holistic well-being approach, understood as an approach that pays attention to the promotion of individual, relational and collective well-being in a particular context, is proposed as a way to address the fragmented nature in which mental health and well-being programmes are implemented in school communities in Sou...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Kitching AE,van Rooyen B

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion that adolescent daughters can provide their mothers with health information that could actually impact the mothers' behavior is a novel area of health promotion research. The goal of this study is to explore the reasons why adolescent daughters would give their mothers cervical cancer information, and why m...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Mosavel M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These reflections from a Child Public Health perspective underline the dramatic changes in children's conditions in Europe over this last century, including a considerable improvement in health. However, we still face problems, disturbing facts and alarming signs. There are important gaps in our knowledge about essent...

journal_title：Health promotion international

authors： Köhler L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00