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Direct linkScotty John Landry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Hope has a powerful influence on individuals, especially those battling critical illness. The problem is the Make-A-Wish wish-granting experience was never designed to improve the health care of children being granted a wish; thus, hope was a mere by-product of the wish experience. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to…
Descriptors: Diseases, Medical Services, Psychological Patterns, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedGesselman, Amanda N.; Ryan, Rebecca; Yarber, William L.; Vanterpool, Karen B.; Beavers, Karly A.; Francis, Heather; Grant, Brandon T.; Wood, Katherine; Graham, Cynthia A.; Milhausen, Robin; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Crosby, Richard A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Dual use of male condoms and female contraceptives is widely advocated for unplanned pregnancy prevention, yet college students often neglect condoms. This feasibility and acceptability study assessed the efficacy of a self-guided home-based condom-promotion intervention among college students in heterosexual relationships.…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Prevention, Pregnancy
Iuliano, Joseph E.; Lutrick, Karen; Maez, Paula; Nacim, Erika; Reinschmidt, Kerstin – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
The goal of "Dance for Your Health" was to explore the relationship between social Latin dance and health as described by members of the Tucson social Latin dance community. Social Latin dance was selected because of the variety of dances, cultural relevance and popularity in Tucson, and the low-key, relaxed atmosphere. Dance has been…
Descriptors: Dance, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Correlation
Peteet, Bridgette; Staton, Michele; Miller-Roenigk, Brittany; Carle, Adam; Oser, Carrie – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Rural incarcerated women have an increased risk of acquiring the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to prevalent engagement in drug use and sexual behaviors. Limited research has investigated HIV and HCV knowledge in this high-risk population. Furthermore, the interplay of sociodemographic factors (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Institutionalized Persons, Females, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Demissie, Zewditu; Clayton, Heather B.; Dunville, Richard L. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
Sexual health education, including HIV prevention information, can help prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2011 and 2013 were used to determine HIV education prevalence among 9,825 currently sexually active students in grades 9-12. Associations between HIV education and…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Contraception, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Pierre-Victor, Dudith; Trepka, Mary Jo; Page, Timothy F.; Li, Tan; Stephens, Dionne P.; Madhivanan, Purnima – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends routine human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization for 11- to 12-year-old adolescents. In 2008, Louisiana required the school boards to distribute HPV vaccine information to parents or guardian of students in Grades 6 to 12. This article investigates the impact of this policy on HPV…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Cancer, Risk, Secondary School Students
Hanusaik, Nancy; Sabiston, Catherine M.; Kishchuk, Natalie; Maximova, Katerina; O'Loughlin, Jennifer – Health Education Research, 2015
In the context of the emerging field of public health services and systems research, this study (i) tested a model of the relationships between public health organizational capacity (OC) for chronic disease prevention, its determinants (organizational supports for evaluation, partnership effectiveness) and one possible outcome of OC (involvement…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Public Health, Prevention, Diseases
Kraus, Shane W.; Rosenberg, Harold – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: Investigate male college students' attitudes toward actors' use of condoms in pornography. Participants: Two hundred thirteen undergraduate males attending a large, state-supported midwestern university in the fall semester, 2012. Methods: Using a Web-based procedure, participants completed questionnaires assessing their pornography…
Descriptors: Males, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior, Prevention
George, Christine Marie; Biswas, Shwapon; Jung, Danielle; Perin, Jamie; Parvin, Tahmina; Monira, Shirajum; Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M.; Rashid, Mahamud-ur; Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam; Thomas, Elizabeth D.; Dreibelbis, Robert; Begum, Farzana; Zohura, Fatema; Zhang, Xiaotong; Sack, David A.; Alam, Munirul; Sack, R. Bradley; Leontsini, Elli; Winch, Peter J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote handwashing with soap and water treatment behaviors among highly susceptible household members of cholera patients, we recently developed the Cholera-Hospital-Based…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Intervention
Griner, Stacey B.; Thompson, Erika L.; Vamos, Cheryl A.; Logan, Rachel; Vázquez-Otero, Coralia; Daley, Ellen M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) may be prevented through the use of barrier methods, but rates of use among US college students are low. Previous research focuses on individual-level factors influencing barrier method use, but few studies consider community-level influences. This study examined consistency of barrier use by college…
Descriptors: College Students, Institutional Characteristics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception
Liu, Yujun; Xie, Yimeng; Brossoie, Nancy; Roberto, Karen A.; Redican, Kerry J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: High levels of alcohol consumption have been shown to be related to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic disease and is an important variable in the global burden of disease. Purpose: This study explored the relationship between alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults in mainland…
Descriptors: Drinking, Older Adults, Risk, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Bruselius-Jensen, Maria; Bonde, Ane Høstgaard; Christensen, Julie Hellesøe – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: Research has shown that developing health literacy in early life is critical to reducing lifestyle-related diseases, with schools being identified as central settings for this purpose. This paper examines how one classroom-based health educational programme, "IMOVE," helped Danish primary school pupils develop health literacy…
Descriptors: Literacy, Health Promotion, Health Education, Life Style
Nesoff, Elizabeth D.; Dunkle, Kristin; Lang, Delia – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
This study sought to explore the impact of condom negotiation self-efficacy, interpersonal factors, and sensational factors on condom use behavior among a population of college-educated women with different patterns and types of sexual partner. We administered an online questionnaire capturing sexual behavior, partnership patterns, perceived…
Descriptors: Contraception, Health Behavior, Sexuality, Clinical Diagnosis
de Groot, Renate; van Dijk, Martin; Savelberg, Hans; van Acker, Frederik; Kirschner, Paul – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: Knowledge about the beneficial role of physical activity (PA) for health and school performance is growing. Studies investigating the link between PA and school absenteeism due to illness are lacking. Therefore, we investigated associations between habitual PA and school absenteeism due to illness in adolescents and explored whether…
Descriptors: Attendance, Physical Activities, Self Concept Measures, Self Esteem
Quaranta, Judith E.; Spencer, Gale A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2015
Ten million children in the United States have asthma. Since children are in school about 6 hr a day, school nurses are positioned to intervene and influence asthma outcomes. A descriptive correlational study was designed to investigate performance of school nurses' asthma management behaviors in relationship to asthma knowledge, asthma attitude,…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Diseases, Child Health, School Nurses
