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Direct linkDuffy, F. Daniel; Lynn, Lorna A.; Didura, Halyna; Hess, Brian; Caverzagie, Kelly; Grosso, Louis; Lipner, Rebecca A.; Holmboe, Eric S. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2008
Background: Quality measurement and improvement in practice are requirements for Maintenance of Certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties boards and a component of many pay for performance programs. Objective: To describe the development of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Practice Improvement Module (PIM[superscript…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Physical Activities, Heart Disorders, Physicians
Jones, Melissa; Cook, Robert – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective and Participants: In 2006, the authors examined intention to receive an HPV vaccine among 340 college students. Methods: A total of 138 men and 202 women completed questionnaires. The authors measured intention by asking participants how likely they would be to accept an HPV vaccine that prevented against (1) all HPV, (2) cervical cancer…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Immunization Programs, Cancer, Intention
Peer reviewedVogt, Thomas M. – American Journal of Public Health, 1984
A longitudinal study of 1,761 children found that children in nonsmoking households used significantly more outpatient services than did those in smoking households, a relationship largely accounted for by the use of more preventive medical services by those in nonsmoking households. (CMG)
Descriptors: Children, Medical Services, Parents, Preventive Medicine
Harris, Katherine M.; Martin, Laurie T.; Lurie, Nicole – RAND Corporation, 2009
In 2007, Sanofi Pasteur asked RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation, to study the current climate for adolescent immunization in the United States, to recommend broad strategies for immunizing low-income adolescents (through age 18), and to identify promising "on the ground" practices consistent with the proposed strategic…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Income, Immunization Programs, Child Health
Richler, Jennifer; Luyster, Rhiannon; Risi, Susan; Hsu, Wan-Ling; Dawson, Geraldine; Bernier, Raphael; Dunn, Michelle; Hepburn, Susan; Hyman, Susan L.; McMahon, William M.; Goudie-Nice, Julie; Minshew, Nancy; Rogers, Sally; Sigman, Marian; Spence, M. Anne; Goldberg, Wendy A.; Tager-Flusbert, Helen; Volkmar, Fred R.; Lord, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
A multi-site study of 351 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and 31 typically developing children used caregiver interviews to describe the children's early acquisition and loss of social-communication milestones. For the majority of children with ASD who had experienced a regression, pre-loss development was clearly atypical. Children…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interviews, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children
Peer reviewedIsmail, Amid L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1987
Dental caries and periodontal disease in Mexican American children of the southwestern United States occur mainly in molars, lending strong support for the use of fissure sealants as a preventive procedure. This study also reports on the prevalence of fillings decay and gingivitis in this population. (VM)
Descriptors: Children, Dental Health, Diseases, Health Conditions
Peer reviewedCostin, Max – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1979
A newly discovered treatment for severe pain during menses is described. (JD)
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Medical Research, Preventive Medicine
Peer reviewedRivard, Carol – Journal of School Health, 1979
Although fetal alcohol syndrome is a preventable disease, it is hard to control because identification of the alcoholic mother is difficult. (MM)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Disease Control, Diseases
Peer reviewedMeyer, Marcy; Johnson, J. David; Ethington, Caroline – Journal of Communication, 1997
Uses diffusion of innovations theory to contrast three different preventive health interventions (undertaken by the contractual network of the Cancer Information Service) by their innovation attributes. Shows that innovation attributes were rated differentially by organizational members, depending on the nature of the specific intervention,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Health Education, Health Programs, Innovation
National Inst. of Dental Research (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1988
The graphs in this pamphlet illustrate the decline of the incidence of tooth decay in the nation's schoolchildren. The report, based on a study of more than 40,000 children, found that students have 36 percent less tooth decay than they did in the beginning of 1980. Appended to the graphs is a National Institutes of Health press release which…
Descriptors: Dental Evaluation, Dental Health, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education
Zimmerman, Rick S.; And Others – Health Education Quarterly, 1986
Studies assessed the potential impact of health education messages at blood pressure screenings. Messages sought to motivate hypertensives to seek treatment and normotensives to improve health habits. Each participant viewed a standard or experimental program. Results indicate that the experimental programs were significantly more effective in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Health Education, Hypertension, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedHowe, Holly L.; Hoff, Margaret B. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
The sensitivity and simplicity of Wald's sequential analysis test in monitoring a preventive health care program are discussed. Data exemplifying the usefulness and expedience of employing sequential methods are presented. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Hypothesis Testing, Preventive Medicine
Peer reviewedTurner, H. Spencer; And Others – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1980
A phenol-based preparation, used as a gargle or a spray, and a warm saline gargle are perceived to be equally effective in reducing pain and swelling in sore throats. Choices as to which method to use should be a joint decision between the physician and patient. (CJ)
Descriptors: College Students, Dental Hygienists, Diseases, Internal Medicine
Gresham, Louise S.; And Others – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1988
A mammography public education program which used newspaper press releases, local talk shows, news segments, and announcements, flyers, advertisements, and presentations to companies and select populations increased public awareness and decreased misconceptions about mammography. (CB)
Descriptors: Cancer, Disease Control, Females, Health Education
Peer reviewedGilleskie, Donna B.; Harrison, Amy L. – Economics of Education Review, 1998
Examines education's effects on choice of medical care inputs and the subsequent relationship between these inputs and overall health. Specifically examines consumption of curative and preventive medical care and other lifestyle choices, using nultivariate analysis of three estimation models and 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey data.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Life Style, Mathematical Models, Medical Services
