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Becker, Craig; Whetstone, Lauren; Glascoff, Mary; Moore, Justin B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Background: Traditional health measurement tools use a pathogenic, or disease origins framework, to assess for the absence of disease or risk factors. Good or positive health, however, is more than the absence of disease and current tools do not reflect this. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the adult…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Life Satisfaction, Health Conditions
Cooke, Martin; Guimond, Eric; McWhirter, Jennifer – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2008
The demographic aging of the Registered Indian population suggests that the social, economic, and health conditions of older Registered Indians will be increasingly important for communities and policymakers. We have adapted the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Index using data from the Census of Canada and the Indian…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Conditions, Living Standards, Older Adults
Oreopoulos, Philip; Stabile, Mark; Walld, Randy; Roos, Leslie L. – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
We use administrative data on a sample of births between 1978 and 1985 to investigate the short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of poor infant health. Our findings offer several advances to the existing literature on the effects of early infant health on subsequent health, education, and labor force attachment. First, we use a large sample…
Descriptors: Twins, Infants, Siblings, Child Health
Chan, Darius K-S.; Lam, Chun Bun; Chow, Suk Yee; Cheung, Shu Fai – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2008
This study was designed to examine the job-related, psychological, and physical outcomes of sexual harassment in the workplace. Using a meta-analytic approach, we analyzed findings from 49 primary studies, with a total sample size of 89,382, to obtain estimates of the population mean effect size of the association between sexual harassment and…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Job Satisfaction, Health Conditions, Physical Health
Degenholtz, Howard B.; Rosen, Jules; Castle, Nicholas; Mittal, Vikas; Liu, Darren – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: Previous research on nursing home resident quality of life (QOL) has mainly been cross-sectional. This study examined the association between changes in QOL and changes in resident clinical factors. Design and Methods: A longitudinal study of resident QOL was conducted in two nursing homes. Self-report interviews using a multidimensional…
Descriptors: Interviews, Physical Disabilities, Health Conditions, Quality of Life
Babamoto, Kenneth S.; Sey, Kwa A.; Camilleri, Angela J.; Karlan, Vicki J.; Catalasan, Joana; Morisky, Donald E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
The increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, growing health disparities, and shortage of bilingual and culturally trained health care professionals underscore the role of trained community health workers (CHWs) to provide economically sustainable and culturally relevant services. This prospective randomized design evaluated the relative…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Health Education, Physical Activities
Fertig, Angela R.; Reingold, David A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
This paper explores the relationship between public housing, health outcomes, and health behaviors among low-income housing residents. While public housing can be a dangerous and unhealthy environment in which to live, the subsidized rent may free up resources for nutritious food and health care. In addition, public housing may be of higher…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Behavior, Health Conditions, Family Violence
DeSimone, Jeffrey S. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
This paper estimates the effect of paid employment on grades of full-time, four-year students from four nationally representative cross sections of the Harvard College Alcohol Study administered during 1993-2001. The relationship could be causal in either direction and is likely contaminated by unobserved heterogeneity. Two-stage GMM regressions…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Health Conditions, Financial Support, Student Employment
Messina, Nena P.; Marinelli-Casey, Patricia; Hillhouse, Maureen; Ang, Alfonso; Hunter, Jeremy; Rawson, Richard – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2008
To describe the prevalence of childhood adverse events (CAEs) among methamphetamine-dependent men and women, and assess the relationship of cumulative CAEs to health problems. Data for 236 men and 351 women were analyzed assessing CAEs. Dependent variables included 14 self-reported health problems or psychiatric symptom domains. Mental health was…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Substance Abuse, Agency Cooperation, Incidence
Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey developed by the ACHA in 1998 to assist institutions of higher education in achieving this goal. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Health Needs, Health Conditions
Csikai, Ellen L.; Durkin, Daniel W. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
As the number of older adults in the United States increases, so will the expected number of allegations of elder abuse. Adult protective services (APS) staff are likely to handle much more complex situations, and in growing numbers, due to the presence of chronic and life-limiting conditions of their clients. The APS workers, in this national…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elder Abuse, Continuing Education, Older Adults

Ip, Wai Cheung; Chiu, Lai Lin; Kwan, Ying Keung – Social Indicators Research, 2004
The paper discusses, by making use of past experiences in the area, the main issues and the methodology of developing a health status instrument for a developing country from a well-established instrument. The use of Thurstone's model of paired comparisons in evaluating the relative importance of health symptoms has been reviewed and some…
Descriptors: Models, Health Conditions, Scaling
Onyx, Jenny; Leonard, Rosemary – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
This article explores a relatively new and little understood phenomenon, that of the Australian Grey Nomads. Every year increasing numbers of older Australians take to the road. This article explores the phenomenon both empirically and theoretically. A grounded approach is used by which the experience is explored from an ethnographic account…
Descriptors: Migrants, Social Networks, Health Conditions, Foreign Countries
Bakker, Nelleke – History of Education, 2007
As in other Western countries in the Netherlands during the first half of the twentieth century, large numbers of school children were sent to holiday camps or "health colonies" to gain weight and recover strength. At first this large-scale hygienic enterprise was led by teachers, who wanted to "save" poor, undernourished…
Descriptors: Health Conditions, Psychiatry, Children, Foreign Countries
Fletcher, Paula C.; Bryden, Pamela J. – College Student Journal, 2007
University and college campuses are not immune to acts of violence. Unfortunately there is limited information regarding violence in the academic setting among women employees. As such, the purpose of this exploratory research was to examine issues that female faculty and staff members have about safety on and around campus, including concerns…
Descriptors: Health Services, Campuses, Women Faculty, Safety