Cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in Finland.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ensuring that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans engage in adequate physical activity is essential to prevent metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, and promote psychological well-being. Identifying factors associated with physical activity in this population will yield areas for targeted interventions aimed at in...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Hoerster KD,Jakupcak M,McFall M,Unützer J,Nelson KM

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:METHODS. One hundred six smokers seen in a family practice received brief physician advice and a prescription for nicotine gum. Smokers were randomly assigned to pay $20, $6, or $0/box of nicotine gum and followed for 6 months. RESULTS. Decreased cost increased the incidence of obtaining gum, the amount of gum used, a...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Hughes JR,Wadland WC,Fenwick JW,Lewis J,Bickel WK

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether 3-month outcomes of a brief image-based multiple behavior intervention on health habits and health-related quality of life of college students were sustained at 12-month follow-up without further intervention. METHODS:A randomized control trial was conducted with 303 undergraduate...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Werch CE,Moore MJ,Bian H,DiClemente CC,Huang IC,Ames SC,Thombs D,Weiler RM,Pokorny SB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking, diet, and lack of exercise are the top preventable causes of death in the United States. Some 23% of high school students currently smoke and many teens do not meet Healthy People 2010 standards for healthy eating or physical activity. This study examined the relationship between smoking and the con...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Wilson DB,Smith BN,Speizer IS,Bean MK,Mitchell KS,Uguy LS,Fries EA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this experiment was to examine the differential impact of a narrative and a non-narrative skin cancer message on health promoting actions and information-seeking behaviors. METHODS:Participants were 230 Flemish university students aged 18 to 25 years who participated in a web based experiment in F...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Lemal M,Van den Bulck J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic testing for cancer susceptibility is an emerging technology in medicine. This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and professional behavior of Italian physicians regarding the use of predictive genetic tests for breast and colorectal cancer, including the BRCA1/2 and APC tests. METHODS:A cross-s...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Marzuillo C,De Vito C,Boccia S,D'Addario M,D'Andrea E,Santini P,Boccia A,Villari P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper identifies factors that predict achievement of a low-fat diet among 242 California adults with low literacy skills, following their participation in the Stanford Nutrition Action Program (SNAP), a randomized classroom-based nutrition intervention trial (1993-1994). METHODS:The intervention classe...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Winkleby MA,Howard-Pitney B,Albright CA,Bruce B,Kraemer HC,Fortmann SP

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between smoking regulations at the workplace and smoking habits was assessed among public-sector employees in southern Germany. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 931 employees who were working under three different, long-existing types of smoking regulations: (a) no restri...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Brenner H,Fleischle B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death among men, and the third most common among women. We aimed to examine CRC screening-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians and nurses working in Brazil's network of health units, and to describe the capacit...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Perin DM,Saraiya M,Thompson TD,de Moura L,Simoes EJ,Parra DC,Brownson RC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on current trends, smoking will remain a major public health problem in the 21st century. Effective smoking prevention approaches offer the best hope for decreasing the rise in adolescent smoking rates. Competence enhancement approaches to smoking prevention are among the most successful. Yet, there is...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Epstein JA,Griffin KW,Botvin GJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper presents reliability and validity analyses of physical activity-related psychosocial questionnaires completed by 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls at baseline and follow-up assessments of pilot intervention studies in the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Study (GEMS). METHODS:Two hundred...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Sherwood NE,Taylor WC,Treuth M,Klesges LM,Baranowski T,Zhou A,Pratt C,McClanahan B,Robinson TN,Pruitt L,Miller W

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parents are integral stakeholders in children's health and development, and yet there is a dearth of research on parental attitudes and parents' personal weight and eating psychopathology, which have the potential to influence pediatric obesity and eating disorder treatments meaningfully. Overvaluation of weight/shape...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Lydecker JA,Grilo CM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social inequalities in health are well documented in the social epidemiology literature. However, less is known about the mechanisms linking individual and area-level socio-economic status to health. In this paper we examine whether health locus of control (HLC) beliefs can help to explain socio-economic dif...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Poortinga W,Dunstan FD,Fone DL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only a small fraction of the health-care dollar is directed toward lifestyle changes that would reduce the social burden from cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Here we discuss the challenge, opportunity, methods, and potential for managed care to implement risk reduction strategies and preventive care. A systematic team ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Smith SC Jr

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization programs have been challenged by vaccine crises. Between 2013 and 2018, China has experienced three major vaccine scandals and crises, which has partly impaired Chinese public trust in domestically produced vaccines. This study aims to explore the associations between parental trust toward CDC-released cr...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Wang X,Lin L,Xu J,Wang W,Zhou X

更新日期：2021-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether formulating specific plans with regard to sunscreen use can influence parental sun protection behavior (i.e., applying sunscreen to their child). METHOD:In the spring of 2005, an electronic survey on sun protection behavior was performed among 436 parents in the Netherlands. Participants...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： van Osch L,Reubsaet A,Lechner L,de Vries H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated total homocysteine (tHcy) levels (>/= 15 micromol/L), resulting from enzyme or vitamin deficiency, increase risk for cardiac, cerebral, and peripheral vascular disease. This study examines tHcy levels in an Israeli population and the relationship to vitamin status and disease. The need for screening...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Samuels N

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Youth who experience alcohol-related problems are at increased risk for developing alcohol dependence. Identifying factors associated with adolescent alcohol-related problems is essential, but most studies have focused on risk factors or a limited number of protective factors, with little attention to sex differences....

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Clements-Nolle K,Oman RF,Lu M,Lensch T,Moser L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of a population screening program for cervical cancer in 1976, more than 85% of the female population between the ages of 35 and 54 years in the region of the city of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, has been screened. At first screening, severe epithelial abnormalities were diagnosed in 4.4 per 1,000...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： van der Graaf Y,Klinkhamer PJ,Vooijs GP

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The North Karelia Youth Project was a 2-year intervention study aimed at preventing cardiovascular diseases risk factors among 13-year-old adolescents at the project's start. It was carried out during the years 1978 to 1980 in the county of North Karelia, Finland. The smoking prevention portion of the program was aime...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Vartiainen E,Pallonen U,McAlister A,Koskela K,Puska P

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the burden of colorectal cancer and improved health care outcomes with early detection and treatment, screening rates among eligible adults are low. We previously developed through a series of studies an interactive electronic tool, Colorectal Web, to promote colorectal cancer screening. METHOD:From ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Ruffin MT 4th,Fetters MD,Jimbo M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper examines the short-term risk of cause-specific death following widowhood. METHOD:We followed all individuals registered as married in Norway in 1975 for marital status and mortality until 2006. Widowed individuals were followed for mortality for 7years following widowhood. Causes of death were cat...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Brenn T,Ytterstad E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which older people are willing to engage in different falls prevention activities, and how this may vary in different sectors of the older population. METHODS:A survey sent to patients aged over 54 in ten general practices in the Southampton, Bristol and Manchester areas of the UK ...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Yardley L,Kirby S,Ben-Shlomo Y,Gilbert R,Whitehead S,Todd C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity was not identified as a risk factor for influenza until the recent 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Based on a cohort of 66,820 subjects aged 65 years and over with the follow-up period from July 1998 to December 2010 in Hong Kong, we assessed the modifying effect of obesity on mortality risks specifically attribu...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Yang L,Chan KP,Lee RS,Chan WM,Lai HK,Thach TQ,Chan KH,Lam TH,Peiris JS,Wong CM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effect of two different types of short text message service (SMS-text) reminders on the uptake of screening mammogram. METHODS:A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2010 among females aged between 40 and 75, benefiting from the Health Insurance Plan at the American University of Beiru...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Lakkis NA,Atfeh AM,El-Zein YR,Mahmassani DM,Hamadeh GN

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the ban on oral contraceptive use in Japan, only high-dose combined pills (HDCP), permitted as treatment for menstrual disorders, can be used as a contraceptive. We determined the prevalence of the use of such preparations in a community in Japan and assessed the health characteristics of the user...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Nagata C,Matsushita Y,Inaba S,Kawakami N,Shimizu H

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers have advocated mediational analysis for behavioral intervention studies to link the supporting theory used in an intervention with the mediating variables and with its ultimate success or failure. Few mediational analyses have been reported for school-based nutrition studies. The conduct of media...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Reynolds KD,Bishop DB,Chou CP,Xie B,Nebeling L,Perry CL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in lifestyle that promote health-enhancing behaviors and inhibit health-compromising behaviors have been recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General as an integral component of our general strategy for improving the health of the nation. A variety of innovations including new knowledge, new products, and new servi...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Orlandi MA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Numerous studies have observed higher rates of smoking among adults with mental health conditions. We examined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and smoking over a 7-9year period among adults with firsthand exposure to the 9/11 attacks enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry. METHOD:Data were c...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Welch AE,Jasek JP,Caramanica K,Chiles MC,Johns M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on previous studies on the blocking effect of Chinese tea in the formation of N-nitroso compounds in rats and humans, experiments were carried out to study the effects of Chinese tea on the occurrence of esophageal tumors induced by N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine (NMBzA) in rats. METHODS:In the first expe...

journal_title：Preventive medicine

authors： Chen J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00