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Direct linkHadi, Ella N.; Tambunan, Eviana S.; Pratomo, Hadi; Priyohastono, Sutanto; Rustina, Yeni – Health Education Research, 2022
This study aimed to assess the impact of health education on the caring practices of low-birthweight (LBW) infant mothers in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. A quasi-experiment design with a pretest--post-test control group model was conducted on 159 mothers (78 in the intervention group and 81 in the control group) of LBW infants treated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Body Weight, Infants
Spears, Erica C.; Guidry, Jeffrey J.; Harvey, Idethia S. – Health Education Research, 2018
There is a paucity in the literature examining the African American middle-class. Most studies of African Americans and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) have concentrated on lower-SES individuals, or make no distinction between African Americans of varying socio-economic positions. Middle-class African Americans are vulnerable in ways often…
Descriptors: Diabetes, African Americans, Middle Class, Statistical Analysis
Shonkoff, Eleanor; Folta, Sara C.; Fitopoulos, Theodore; Ramirez, Cynthia N.; Bluthenthal, Ricky; Pentz, Mary Ann; Chou, Chih-Ping; Dunton, Genevieve F. – Health Education Research, 2020
Less than 1% of children in the United States concurrently meet guidelines for fruit/vegetable intake, physical activity, screen time, and sugar-sweetened beverages. Prior evidence suggests that parents of this 1% potentially cope with stress differently. This qualitative study used a positive deviance-based approach to locate mothers whose…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Eating Habits, Child Health, Parent Role
Strand, Mark A.; He, Meizi; Johnson, Ryan; Perry, Judith; Yin, Zenong – Health Education Research, 2019
High prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes has emerged as a concern in China. The Pathway to Health Program was designed to prevent type 2 diabetes onset in prediabetic women in a north China urban community. This process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial analysed participant surveys at the 6- and 12-month assessment times, participant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Health Promotion, Prevention
Romm, Katelyn F.; Patterson, Brooke; Wysota, Christina N.; Wang, Yan; Berg, Carla J. – Health Education Research, 2021
Given the global impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on mental and physical health, we examined young adults' changes in mental health, intimate relationship quality, alcohol use and weight-related behaviors during COVID-19 and their correlates (depressive symptoms, resilience, social context and COVID-19-related factors). We analyzed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health, Physical Health
Halbert, Chanita Hughes; Bellamy, Scarlett; Briggs, Vanessa; Delmoor, Ernestine; Purnell, Joseph; Rogers, Rodney; Weathers, Benita; Johnson, Jerry C. – Health Education Research, 2017
Obesity and excess weight are significant clinical and public health issues that disproportionately affect African Americans because of physical inactivity and unhealthy eating. We compared the effects of alternate behavioral interventions on obesity-related health behaviors. We conducted a comparative effectiveness education trial in a…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Weight, Public Health, African Americans
