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Hester, C. M.; Born, W. K.; Yeh, H. W.; Young, K. L.; James, A. S.; Daley, C. M.; Greiner, K. A. – Health Education Research, 2015
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake among minorities and those with lower incomes is suboptimal. Behavioral interventions specifically tailored to these populations can increase screening rates and save lives. The Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) allows assignment of a decisional stage for adoption of a behavior such as CRC screening.…
Descriptors: Cancer, Screening Tests, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups
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Schopp, Laura H.; Bike, Denise H.; Clark, Mary J.; Minor, Marian A. – Health Education Research, 2015
Chronic health conditions and multiple health risk factors afflict Americans and burden employers, but effective, affordable, workplace-based health promotion interventions have not been widely implemented. This is the first study to adapt the empirically validated Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for a general employee population in a…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Self Efficacy, Employee Attitudes
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Denison, J. A.; Tsui, S.; Bratt, J.; Torpey, K.; Weaver, M. A.; Kabaso, M. – Health Education Research, 2012
Restless Development's youth-led model places trained Volunteer Peer Educators (VPEs), aged 18-25 years, in schools to teach HIV prevention and reproductive health (RH). VPEs also run youth centers, extracurricular and community-based activities. This evaluation assesses (i) program effects on students' HIV/RH knowledge, attitudes and behaviors…
Descriptors: Evidence, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention
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Daoud, Nihaya; O'Campo, Patricia; Anderson, Kim; Agbaria, Ayman K.; Shoham-Vardi, Ilana – Health Education Research, 2012
This study aims to better understand the social ecology of infant care (IC) as experienced and perceived by mothers living in a deprived Arab Bedouin community in Israel, where children's health indicators are poor. We used the integrative model of Garcia Coll et al. (Garcia Coll C, Lamberty G, Jenkins R "et al." An integrative model for…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Minority Group Children, Social Environment, Foreign Countries
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Taymoori, P.; Rhodes, R. E.; Berry, T. R. – Health Education Research, 2010
Adolescent Iranian girls are at high risk for physical inactivity due to cultural barriers such as restrictions regarding exercising in public and research is needed to explore ethnic and gender-related factors associated with physical activity (PA) participation. Using social cognitive theory as the guiding model, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Adolescents, Path Analysis
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Wilson, Mark; Allen, Diane D.; Li, Jun Corser – Health Education Research, 2006
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about using IRMs introduced in an earlier paper. It then applies a comparison scheme based on the AERA/APA/NCME "Standards for Educational and…
Descriptors: Health Education, Self Efficacy, Health Behavior, Measures (Individuals)
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Abrahamsson, Agneta; Springett, Jane; Karlsson, Leif; Ottosson, Torgny – Health Education Research, 2005
In general, most women are familiar with the need to stop smoking when they are pregnant. In spite of this, many women find it difficult to stop. Using a phenomenographic approach, this study explored Swedish pregnant and post-pregnant women's ways of making sense of smoking during pregnancy. A total of 17 women who either smoked throughout…
Descriptors: Health Education, Smoking, Females, Self Efficacy