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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
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Carrizal-Dukes, Elvira; Maier, Maria Isela; Jimenez, Sarah Y.; Martinez, Jacob; Hernandez, David; Duke, Ronnie – Community Literacy Journal, 2022
The use of comics can be a powerful tool to expand educational outreach efforts for improving the health and well-being of people everywhere. Dr. Ian Williams coined the term "graphic medicine" to denote the use of comics in medical education and patient care ("Graphic Medicine"). Alzheimer's disease affects approximately five…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Health Promotion, Well Being, Patients
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Vu, Milkie; King, Adrian R.; Jang, Hyun Min; Bednarczyk, Robert A. – Health Education Research, 2020
Georgia experiences higher human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancer burden and lower HPV vaccine uptake compared with national estimates. Using the P3 model that concomitantly assesses practice-, provider- and patient-level factors influencing health behaviors, we examined facilitators of and barriers to HPV vaccine promotion and uptake in…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Barriers, Allied Health Personnel
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Ell, Kathleen; Wu, Shinyi; Guterman, Jeffrey; Schulman, Sandra-Gross; Sklaroff, Laura; Lee, Pey-Jiuan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: To evaluate three approaches adopting collaborative depression care model in Los Angeles County safety net clinics with predominantly Latino type 2 diabetes patients. Methods: Pre-post differences in treatment rates and symptom reductions were compared between baseline, 6-month, and 12-month follow-ups for each approach: (a) Multifaceted…
Descriptors: Clinics, Depression (Psychology), Scores, Diabetes
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Dharmawan, Ruben; Nababan, MR.; Tarjana, M. Sri Samiati; Djatmika – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
This study examines the quality of entry translation in Dorland's Medical Dictionary (DMD) containing mistranslation and maltranslation. This embedded-case study used DMD human-based and website mistranslation leading to maltranslation. The purposively selected data were 111 tropical medicine related the entries and its definition inserted in the…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Medicine, Web Sites, Computer Software
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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
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McNamara, K. P.; O'Reilly, S. L.; George, J.; Peterson, G. M.; Jackson, S. L.; Duncan, G.; Howarth, H.; Dunbar, J. A. – Health Education Research, 2015
Background: Delivery of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programs by community pharmacists appears effective and enhances health service access. However, their capacity to implement complex behavioural change processes during patient counselling remains largely unexplored. This study aims to determine intervention fidelity by pharmacists…
Descriptors: Intervention, Fidelity, Behavior Change, Pharmacy
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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
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Ajaegbu, Okechukwu Odinaka; Ubochi, Ijendu Ihuarulam – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
Health is essential for social and economic development of any country. Nearly 10 million children in developing countries die each year before reaching the age of five from ailments, mostly pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria. The socio-cultural belief about the causation of disease and its curability has direct correlation with the treatment…
Descriptors: Health, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Surveys
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Clark, Noreen M.; Janz, Nancy K.; Dodge, Julia A.; Lin, Xihong; Trabert, Britton L.; Kaciroti, Niko; Mosca, Lori; Wheeler, John R.; Keteyian, Steven – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
A randomized controlled trial of two formats of a program (Women Take PRIDE) to enhance management of heart disease by patients was conducted. Older women (N = 575) were randomly assigned to a group or self-directed format or to a control group. Data regarding symptoms, functional health status, and weight were collected at baseline and at 4, 12,…
Descriptors: Diseases, Heart Disorders, Females, Intervention
Fareed, Naleef – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems could make healthcare delivery safer by providing benefits such as timely access to accurate and complete patient information, advances in diagnosis and coordination of care, and enhancements for monitoring patient vitals. This study explored the nature of EHR adoption in U.S. hospitals and their patient…
Descriptors: Recordkeeping, Delivery Systems, Access to Information, Patients
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Masters, Kevin S.; Hooker, Stephanie A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: Recently, behavioral scientists have developed greater interest in understanding the relations between religiousness and spirituality (R/S) and health. Our objectives were to (a) provide an overview of the R/S and health literature specific to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, (b) discuss the importance of religious culture…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Risk, Well Being, Behavioral Sciences
Bergman, Hannah E.; Reeve, Bryce B.; Moser, Richard P.; Scholl, Sarah; Klein, William M. P. – American Journal of Health Education, 2011
Background: Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States, yet a comprehensive and evidence-based heart disease knowledge assessment is currently not available. Purpose: This paper describes the two-phase development of a novel heart disease knowledge questionnaire. Methods: After review and critique of the…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Diseases, Knowledge Level, Questionnaires
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Kalichman, Seth C.; Cain, Demetria; Knecht, Joanna; Hill, Justin – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2008
Basic factual information about disease is the cornerstone of health promotion and disease prevention interventions. Previous studies have shown that content analysis of the questions asked of service providers can elucidate the information needs of service consumers. Questions asked by individuals at known high risk for HIV infection have not…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Counseling Services, Information Needs, Health Promotion
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Tomioka, Michiyo; Braun, Kathryn L.; Compton, Merlita; Tanoue, Leslie – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the Study: Stanford's Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) has been proven to increase patients' ability to manage distress. We describe how we replicated CDSMP in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. Design and Methods: We used the "track changes" tool to deconstruct CDSMP into its various components…
Descriptors: Exercise, Self Management, Self Efficacy, Pacific Islanders
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