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PubMed2000

Black cosmetologists promoting health program: pilot study outcomes.

BACKGROUND: African Americans suffer a disproportionate burden of illness and premature mortality. METHODS: A health education program delivered via cosmetologists was pilot tested as a supplement to other programs seeking to reach this community with information designed to remedy this inequality. Eight cosmetologists were randomized to either an active or a passive educational intervention arm, with the active arm (experimental arm) focused on breast cancer early detection. RESULTS: Both cosmetologists and clients found this an acceptable intervention. Nearly all women in the study demonstrated that they had heard the mainstream messages about the value of breast cancer early detection, but a considerable proportion appeared not to realize breast cancer's high level of morbidity and mortality within their own community. CONCLUSION: The results suggest this approach is worthy of further evaluation.

Adult↗
PubMed2005

Shake-It-Up: health promotion and capacity building for people with spinal cord injuries and related neurological disabilities.

PURPOSE: This is a description of a model demonstration project called Project Shake-It-Up. This project promotes the health and empowerment of people with spinal cord injuries and related neurological disabilities. It also builds the capacity of community organizations that provide services to this population. METHODS: Participants are involved in interactive seminars concerning health and advocacy on topics like nutrition and being assertive with healthcare providers. They take part in physical and recreational activities such as seat kayaking, kite-flying and hand cycling. Case coordinators support their project participation and personal goal attainment. RESULTS: Community organizations and university researchers developed a successful partnership. Individual members of the first cohort supported one another and benefited physically and psychologically. CONCLUSIONS: Project-Shake-It-Up provides positive initial signs of the value of combining the resources of universities and community agencies. Working together, these organizations can develop distinctive, multi-faceted programmes to support the health and empowerment of people with spinal cord injuries and other related neurological disabilities.

Activities of Daily Living↗
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Promoting health and preventing disability in older adults: lessons from intervention studies carried out through an academic-community partnership.

This article describes a partnership between an academic center and community-based organizations for the purpose of improving the health of older adults. Three sequential randomized trials of interventions that have been conducted by this partnership, along with an effectiveness study of one of the interventions, are presented as evidence of the partnership's success. Characteristics of an effective partnership are highlighted; these include: (1) a shared vision and a commitment to achieving similar goals; (2) complementary expertise and resources; (3) a willingness to contribute time and effort on projects that are jointly undertaken; (4) regularly scheduled meeting times to review progress and barriers to progress; and (5) time spent getting to know each other on a personal level. The iterative nature of research and programming that is carried out as part of this partnership is described.

Academic Medical Centers↗
PubMed1984

Use of the life history in pattern identification and health promotion.

The life history is presented as a tool for the identification of human patterning and as a process of nursing intervention for the promotion of health through expansion of consciousness. The life history process is presented in a pilot study involving a selected sample of eight persons aged 65. Qualitative study findings were interpreted through integration of two theoretical perspectives on patterning. Recommendations for further study are made that will increase the validity and reliability of life history as a measure of patterning and increase the ability to generalize study findings.

Aged↗
PubMed2005

Positive factors associated with promoting health in low-risk and high-risk populations of 15- and 16-year-old pupils in Oslo, Norway.

AIM: To explore possible risk-reducing factors associated with the incidence of common illnesses and use of healthcare services among adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional questionnaire study conducted in all Oslo schools among all 15- and 16-y-olds in 2000 and 2001. The adolescent population was divided into a low-risk (LR) and a high-risk (HR) group, and into quartiles, based on a sum score of different negative life experiences. The groups were compared with respect to potential risk-reducing factors. RESULTS: 88% of the 8316 pupils filled in the questionnaires. The difference between the LR and HR groups was largest for the possible risk-reducing factor "my family values my opinion" (LR group = 92%; HR group = 82%), and "I manage to solve serious problems myself" (LR = 91%; HR = 86%). The family valuing the adolescents' opinions was the risk-reducing factor most often associated with lower incidences of illness and healthcare utilization. Among the adolescents at highest risk, less depression was strongly related to positive relationships with friends, boys: odds ratio = 0.1 (CI 95%: 0.0-0.7); and girls: 0.2 (0.1-0.5). Adolescents reporting that they managed their own problems had about half the risk of depression. CONCLUSION: Good relations with family and friends, and a feeling of managing one's own life, are significantly related to lower rates of illness, in particular depression, and less healthcare-seeking behaviour. The risk-reducing effects increase with increasing risk. Healthcare workers therefore need to pay more attention to HR patients.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Health educators' role in promoting health literacy and advocacy for the 21st century.

This article discusses the relationship between health literacy and advocacy for health and health education, cites achievement of advocacy as a critical outcome of health education, and identifies health advocacy competencies for both students and health educators. The paper also delineates a role for health education in developing health-literate citizens and in training health educators to advocate for health and health education. The article draws on recent initiatives in comprehensive school health education and coordinated school health programs to identify content and strategies for developing health advocacy skills among elementary, middle, and senior high school students. The article provides a variety of approaches and strategies for developing advocacy skills among preservice and inservice health educators.

Consumer Advocacy↗
PubMed1995

Strengthening individual and community capacity to prevent disease and promote health: in search of relevant theories and principles.

The dominant theoretical models used in health education today are based in social psychology. While these theories have increasingly acknowledged the role of larger social and cultural influences in health behavior, they have many limitations. Theories seek to explain the causes of health problems, whereas principles of practice, which are derived from practical experience, assist intervenors to achieve their objectives. By elucidating the relationships between theory and practice principles, it may be possible to develop more coherent and effective interventions. The key research agenda for health education is to link theories at different levels of analysis and to create theory-driven models that can be used to plan more effective interventions in the complex environments in which health educators work.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1985

Physicians' beliefs about the importance of 25 health promoting behaviors.

A mail survey of 1,040 primary care physicians in Maryland examined their beliefs about the importance of 25 behaviors for promoting the health of the average person. Physician consensus existed across specialties in rating most health behaviors as very important and few as very unimportant. Eliminating smoking was most important and taking vitamin supplements least important.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Learning disability: promoting health equality in the community.

A project to discover if people with a learning disability would benefit from a pop-in health clinic has shown that a needs-led service, co-ordinated by a health professional, can reduce gaps and inequalities within healthcare provision.

Adolescent↗