PubMed · 14583694
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Ravinder Pal Singh Makkar. 2003. Self-management behavior.. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mlr.0000097801.19001.cd
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The study was designed to examine how intensity of anti-smoking media campaigns and differing types of anti-smoking community-based programs influence young adolescents' tobacco use and related psychosocial variables. Sixth grade students attending 11 middle schools in eight study communities assigned to varying intervention conditions were assessed by a pre-intervention survey conducted in spring 2000. The assessment was followed by summer and fall 2000 media and community interventions that were evaluated by post-intervention data collection taking place with a new cohort of sixth graders in the same 11 schools in late fall 2000. In analyses conducted at the school level, the enhanced school and comprehensive community program conditions outperformed the no intervention program condition to reduce tobacco use and intentions to use tobacco. Combining the intensive or low media campaign with the comprehensive community program was most effective in suppressing positive attitudes toward smoking, while the enhanced school program alone was less effective in influencing attitudes. The most consistent changes, at least short-term, to reduce teen tobacco use, susceptibility to smoking and pro-smoking attitudes were achieved by combining the intensive media campaign with the comprehensive community program condition.
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Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong condition. It represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality, often brought about by diabetic microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy) and macrovascular (peripheral vascular disease, cardiovascular disease and stroke) complications. Although incurable, it is nevertheless possible for the person with diabetes to lead a normal life by adhering to a self-care management regimen. However, this complex, lifelong activity cannot be achieved in isolation. The role of the nurse, particularly as an educator and facilitator of learning, is therefore critical. This article aims to increase nurses' knowledge regarding the importance of ongoing education for the person with diabetes in order to minimize the development of microvascular and macrovascular complications. It also emphasizes the importance of including the individual in any decision-making process to ensure that empowerment is visible.