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Direct linkBrown, R.; Van Godwin, J.; Edwards, A.; Burdon, M.; Moore, G. – Health Education Research, 2023
Early intervention to support mental health and well-being of school-aged children may be of significant benefit in preventing escalation of mental health problems in later life. While there are limitations to current understanding of the best ways for schools to support mental well-being, a whole school approach (WSA), involving all those who are…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Stakeholders, Attitudes
Satoe Okabayashi; Kyoko Kitazawa; Hisashi Noma; Yoshimitsu Takahashi; Taku Iwami; Takashi Kawamura; Takeo Nakayama – Health Education Research, 2024
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is helpful for laypersons' decision-making. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning materials on the essential components of EBM for laypersons. We conducted a web-based, open-label, randomized controlled trial with laypersons in Japan aged [greater than or equal to]20 years who used the internet.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Materials, Medicine, Randomized Controlled Trials
P. Adomako Gyasi; L. Zhou; Z. Chen; E. E. Numawoseh; A. S. Opoku-Agyemang – Health Education Research, 2024
School health has been identified as a neglected aspect of primary health care in Ghana, leading to compromised health, well-being and life satisfaction among students. To address this concern, this study identified the barriers hindering the implementation of school-based health programs in Ghana. It employed a qualitative approach, including 116…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Primary Health Care
Mohtasham Ghaffari; Bita Sadeghi; Sara Dadipoor; Ali Safari-Moradabadi – Health Education Research, 2024
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on the transtheoretical model aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) participation among female employees in Bandar Abbas city (Iran) healthcare centers in December 2017 and August 2018. Using a semi-experimental interventional study design with a randomized and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Females, Employees, Allied Health Personnel
Thomas, Karmella T.; Friedman, Sarah A.; Larson, Madalyn J.; Jorgensen, Troy C.; Sharma, Sneha; Smith, Amie; Lavi, Mordechai S. – Health Education Research, 2023
Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Nevada applied the ECHO virtual hub-and-spoke telementoring model over nine 6-week cohorts (between November 2019 and November 2021) supporting community health workers (CHWs) who advise clients with diabetes or pre-diabetes. This study describes the program implementation, including…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Health Personnel, Diabetes, Health Education
Soltani, Danesh; Azizi, Bayan; Behnoush, Amir Hossein; Meysamie, Alipasha; Aein, Afsaneh; Nayebirad, Sepehr; Vasheghani-Farahani, Ali; Akbari Sari, Ali – Health Education Research, 2023
Hypertension (HTN) management continues to be a concern due to challenges with behavioral risk factors. Patient education to modify unhealthy behaviors appears to be effective in managing HTN. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to determine whether individualized face-to-face education and counseling have a beneficial effect on systolic and…
Descriptors: Hypertension, Risk, Health Behavior, Meta Analysis
Nagourney, Emily M.; Robertson, Nicole M.; Rykiel, Natalie; Siddharthan, Trishul; Alupo, Patricia; Encarnacion, Marysol; Kirenga, Bruce J.; Kalyesubula, Robert; Quaderi, Shumonta A.; Hurst, John R.; Checkley, William; Pollard, Suzanne L. – Health Education Research, 2020
More than 90% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries; however, few studies have examined the illness experiences of individuals living with and providing treatment for COPD in these settings. This study characterizes illness representations for COPD in Nakaseke, Uganda from the…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Diseases, Health Education, Foreign Countries
Wiggins, Lisa; O'Malley, Gabrielle; Wagner, Anjuli D.; Mutisya, Immaculate; Wilson, Kate S.; Lawrence, Sarah; Moraa, Hellen; Kinuthia, John; Itindi, Janet; Muhenje, Odylia; Chen, Tai-Ho; Singa, Benson; Mcgrath, Christine J.; Ngugi, Evelyn; Katana, Abraham; Ng'ang'a, Lucy; John-Stewart, Grace; Kholer, Pamela; Beima-Sofie, Kristin – Health Education Research, 2022
School-related factors may influence retention in care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We analyzed data from in-depth interviews with 40 adolescents with HIV (aged 14-19 years), 40 caregivers of adolescents with HIV, and 4 focus group discussions with healthcare workers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Caregivers
Kienen, Nadia; Wiltenburg, Thais Distefano; Bittencourt, Lorna; Scarinci, Isabel C. – Health Education Research, 2019
The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a theory-based, culturally and gender-relevant Community Health Worker (CWH)-led tobacco cessation intervention for low-income Brazilian women who augments the tobacco cessation program offered through the public health system using Intervention Mapping (IM). We began with the…
Descriptors: Smoking, Intervention, Program Development, Females
Ou, Judy Y.; Warner, Echo L.; Nam, Gina E.; Martel, Laura; Carbajal-Salisbury, Sara; Fuentes, Vicky; Wetter, David W.; Kirchhoff, Anne C.; Kepka, Deanna – Health Education Research, 2019
Hispanics have the lowest colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates of all racial/ethnic groups and comprise the largest proportion of low-income manual laborers in the nation. We partnered with businesses to implement a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention among Hispanic workers in service-related and manual labor occupations, which often…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Cancer, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Spears Johnson, C. R.; Kraemer Diaz, A. E.; Arcury, T. A. – Health Education Research, 2016
This analysis describes the nature of community participation in National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects, and explores the scientific and social implications of variation in community participation. We conducted in-depth interviews in 2012 with…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Research Projects, Community Involvement, Interviews
Masupe, T. K.; Ndayi, K.; Tsolekile, L.; Delobelle, P.; Puoane, T. – Health Education Research, 2018
The colliding epidemics of non-communicable diseases including diabetes with chronic infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa requires contextualized innovative disease management strategies. This qualitative study conducted in a peri-urban township near Cape Town, South Africa aimed to identify and gain in-depth understanding of contextual and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diabetes, Qualitative Research, Self Management
Singh, Debra; Cumming, Robert; Negin, Joel – Health Education Research, 2015
When trusted, Community Health Workers (CHWs) can contribute to improving maternal and newborn health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries through education. Issues of acceptability of CHWs by communities were explored through experiences gained in a qualitative study that is part of a cluster randomized trial in East Uganda. Initially,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Health Education, Mothers
Karkee, Rajendra; Baral, Om Bahadur; Khanal, Vishnu; Lee, Andy H. – Health Education Research, 2014
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BP/CR) program has been promoted in Nepal to equip pregnant women with obstetric knowledge so as to motivate them to seek professional care. Using a prospective design of 701 pregnant women of more than 5 months gestation in a central hills district of Nepal, we evaluated if having obstetric knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Birth, Role, Obstetrics
Nanjappa, S.; Chambers, S.; Marcenes, W.; Richards, D.; Freeman, R. – Health Education Research, 2014
A theory-led narrative approach was used to unpack the complexities of the factors that enable successful client adherence following one-to-one health interventions. Understanding this could prepare the provider to anticipate different adherence behaviours by clients, allowing them to tailor their interventions to increase the likelihood of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Education, Health Behavior, Attachment Behavior
