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Valdez, Luis A.; Garcia, David O.; Ruiz, John; Oren, Eyal; Carvajal, Scott – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Evidence suggests that Hispanic and non-Hispanic White men (NHW) have comparable prevalence rates of alcohol use. However, Hispanic men consistently have higher prevalence rates of alcohol misuse compared with NHW men. Consequently, Hispanic men experience disproportionate levels of adverse health consequences of alcohol misuse when compared with…
Descriptors: Males, Alcohol Abuse, Incidence, Comparative Analysis
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Delobelle, Peter; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi; Freudenberg, Nicholas – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) impose a growing burden on the health, economy, and development of South Africa. According to the World Health Organization, four risk factors, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, unhealthy diets, and physical inactivity, account for a significant proportion of major NCDs. We analyze the role of tobacco, alcohol, and…
Descriptors: Risk, Smoking, Drinking, Foreign Countries
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Persson, Roger; Cleal, Bryan; Jakobsen, Mette Øllgaard; Villadsen, Ebbe; Andersen, Lars L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Objective: To examine the help preferences of employees in the Danish police who had acknowledged that they wished to change health behaviors. In addition, we explored whether preferences varied with age, gender, chronic health concerns, positive expectations of good health, and past experiences of in-house health promotion services (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Behavior Change, Police