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Direct linkBayirli, Hakan; Coskun Keskin, Sevgi; Keskin, Yusuf – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: Adolescence is a critical phase of life, involving both risks and opportunities. Preventive health services in this phase contribute to the development of adolescents' models for adulthood. The current study aimed to illuminate adolescents' experiences regarding health education through a patient visit in a hospital, which provides a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, High School Students, Field Trips
Aditi Tomar; Idethia Shevon Harvey; Xiao Meng – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: HPV is associated with several cancers, yet HPV vaccine uptake rates remain suboptimal. Enhancing HPV vaccine promotion requires looking beyond individual characteristics and conducting a thorough evaluation of how health-related and health system factors may influence HPV vaccine uptake. Purpose: Our study explores the relationship of…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Education, Patient Education
George, Christine Marie; Bhuyian, Md. Sazzadul Islam; Thomas, Elizabeth D.; Parvin, Tahmina; Monira, Shirajum; Zohura, Fatema; Hasan, M. Tasdik; Tahmina, Sanya; Munmun, Farzana; Sack, David A.; Perin, Jamie; Alam, Munirul – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Household members of diarrhea patients are at higher risk of developing diarrheal diseases (>100 times for cholera) than the general population during the 7 days after the diarrhea patient is admitted at a health facility. There is growing evidence demonstrating that theory-driven water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are likely…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Saftner, Melissa A.; Pruitt, Kelsey S.; McRee, Annie-Laurie – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Communication with sexual partners about protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is associated with safer sexual behaviors among general populations of youth, but little is known about partner communication among American Indian youth. We assessed the prevalence of adolescents' communication with sexual partners about STI…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior
Harris, Megan A.; Colvin, Kimberly F.; Lindner, Nora E.; Manganello, Jennifer A.; Mohamed, Liban; Shaw, Andrea V. – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) refugees and immigrants in the United States (U.S.) face barriers to accessing health care, and are more likely to have worse health outcomes as it relates to chronic disease. Better understanding health literacy for this population can identify gaps in knowledge, facilitate health…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigrants, Health, Information Literacy
Allegrante, John P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
This article describes advances in the behavioral self-management of chronic disease from the perspective of a 25-year trajectory of National Institute of Health-funded research in arthritis and cardiopulmonary diseases that has sought to develop a transdisciplinary understanding of how applied behavioral science can be used to improve health…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Social Theories, Epistemology, Health Behavior
Zamboni, Brian; Bezek, Katelyn – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Sexual health topics are not well-covered in US medical schools. Research has not typically asked medical students what sexual health topics they would like addressed and their preferred methods of sexual health education. This study attempted to address this deficit via an online survey of medical students at an institution where little sexual…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Health Education, Sex Education, Sexuality
Choi, Tammie S. T.; Walker, Karen Z.; Ralston, Robin A.; Palermo, Claire – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate a type 2 diabetes education programme for Chinese Australians, based on the experience of participants and by exploring the unique needs of Chinese patients, their health beliefs and their cultural behaviours. Design and setting: A qualitative ethnographic study was undertaken in a community health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Diabetes, Asians
Ansburg, Pamela I. – Educational Gerontology, 2016
Older adults hold many misconceptions about health and wellness that reduce their health literacy. To counter these misconceptions, health educators commonly turn to educational interventions that include myth-busting--making explicit health-related myths and refuting those myths. Because of typical age-related changes in memory functioning, there…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Patients, Older Adults, Misconceptions
Jenkins, Carolyn; Arulogun, Oyedunni Sola; Singh, Arti; Mande, Aliyu T.; Ajayi, Eric; Benedict, Calys Tagoe; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Lackland, Daniel T.; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Akinyemi, Rufus; Akpalu, Albert; Obiako, Reginald; Melikam, Enzinne Sylvia; Laryea, Ruth; Shidali, Vincent; Sagoe, Kwamena; Ibinaiye, Philip; Fakunle, Adekunie Gregory; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Owolabi, Mayowa O. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Stroke is the leading cause of neurological hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the second leading cause of death globally. The Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network [SIREN] seeks to comprehensively characterize the genomic, sociocultural, economic, and behavioral risk factors for stroke and to build effective teams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Medical Research, Health Education
Shaw, R.; Gillies, M.; Barber, J.; MacIntyre, K.; Harkins, C.; Findlay, I. N.; McCloy, K.; Gillie, A.; Scoular, A.; MacIntyre, P. D. – Health Education Research, 2012
Secondary prevention programmes can be effective in reducing morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD). In particular, UK guidelines, including those from the Department of Health, emphasize physical activity. However, the effects of secondary prevention programmes with an exercise component are moderate and uptake is highly…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Heart Disorders, Prevention
Sperber, Nina R.; Bosworth, Hayden B.; Coffman, Cynthia J.; Lindquist, Jennifer H.; Oddone, Eugene Z.; Weinberger, Morris; Allen, Kelli D. – Health Education Research, 2013
We explored whether the effects of a telephone-based osteoarthritis (OA) self-management support intervention differed by race and health literacy. Participants included 515 veterans with hip and/or knee OA. Linear mixed models assessed differential effects of the intervention compared with health education (HE) and usual care (UC) on pain…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Health Education, Intervention, Race
Rustvold, Susan Romano – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A self-perpetuating cycle of poor health literacy and poor oral health knowledge and behavior affects approximately 90 million people in the United States, most especially those from low-income groups and other at-risk populations such as those with addiction. Poor oral health can result from lack of access to regular preventive dental…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Health Behavior, At Risk Persons, Anxiety
Kao, Yu-Hsiu; Huang, Yi-Ching; Chen, Pei-Ying; Wang, Kuo-Ming – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of an exercise education intervention on exercise behavior, depression and fatigue status of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Design/methodology/approach: This was a pilot study using an exercise education program as an intervention for CKD patients. The authors used the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diseases, Exercise, Depression (Psychology)
Raffle, Holly; Ware, Lezlee J.; Ruhil, Anirudh V. S.; Hamel-Lambert, Jane; Denham, Sharon A. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2012
Objective: To determine factors contributing to successful diabetes self-management in Appalachia, as evidenced by daily blood glucose monitoring. Methods: A telephone survey (N = 3841) was conducted to assess health status and health care access. The current investigation is limited to the subset of this sample who report having diabetes (N =…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Health Behavior, Patients, Diabetes
