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Focus groups--some suggestions.

Scandinavian journal of primary health care. Supplement

Palm L, Windahl S.
PMID: 3227206
Scand J Prim Health Care Suppl. 1988;1:91-5.

In this article, the use of focus groups in health information campaigns is discussed from a mass communication theory point of view. The authors argue that information campaigning to a large degree is suffering from a "we-know-best" type of...

On further development of the concept of social validity.

Journal of applied behavior analysis

Finney JW.
PMID: 1890045
J Appl Behav Anal. 1991;24(2):245-9. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1991.24-245.
Free PMC Article

No abstract available.

Evaluating the effect of integrated microfinance and health interventions: an updated review of the evidence.

Health policy and planning

Lorenzetti LMJ, Leatherman S, Flax VL.
PMID: 28453714
Health Policy Plan. 2017 Jun 01;32(5):732-756. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw170.

BACKGROUND: Solutions delivered within firm sectoral boundaries are inadequate in achieving income security and better health for poor populations. Integrated microfinance and health interventions leverage networks of women to promote financial inclusion, build livelihoods, and safeguard against high cost...

Translating the Socio-Ecological Perspective Into Multilevel Interventions: Gaps Between Theory and Practice.

Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education

Schölmerich VL, Kawachi I.
PMID: 26747715
Health Educ Behav. 2016 Feb;43(1):17-20. doi: 10.1177/1090198115605309.

Multilevel interventions are inspired by socio-ecological models, and seek to create change on various levels-for example by increasing the health literacy of individuals as well as modifying the social norms within a community. Despite becoming a buzzword in public...

Identifying adverse effects of area-based health policy: An ethnographic study of a deprived neighbourhood in England.

Health & place

Williams O.
PMID: 28319858
Health Place. 2017 May;45:85-91. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

Health interventions commonly have adverse effects. Addressing these could significantly improve health outcomes. This paper addresses an adverse effect common in the promotion of health behaviours: exacerbation of health inequalities between low- and high-socioeconomic groups. Health behaviours - particularly,...

Health-promoting behaviors benefit the mental health of cirrhotic outpatients.

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

Huang HC, Lin KC, Wu CS, Miao NF, Chen MY.
PMID: 29488140
Qual Life Res. 2018 Jun;27(6):1521-1532. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1818-3. Epub 2018 Feb 27.

PURPOSE: The objectives of this study were to survey the frequency of engaging in a health-promoting lifestyle in patients with liver cirrhosis, and examine the mediating effects of a health-promoting lifestyle on relationships of symptoms and psychological distress with...

A Bold Vision for Physical Therapy.

Physical therapy

Jette AM.
PMID: 29029558
Phys Ther. 2017 Oct 01;97(10):946-947. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzx080.

No abstract available.

Vulnerable characteristics and interest in wellness programs among head and neck cancer caregivers.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Nightingale CL, Sterba KR, Tooze JA, Milliron BJ, Tetrick LA, Paek MS, Weaver KE.
PMID: 26992407
Support Care Cancer. 2016 Aug;24(8):3437-45. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3160-z. Epub 2016 Mar 19.

PURPOSE: Head and neck cancer (HNC) caregivers have poorer psychological health compared to patients and the general population but have not yet been targeted for wellness programs to reduce adverse psychosocial or physical health outcomes. To inform development of...

Aggregation to promote health in an era of data and value based payment.

Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Liaw W, Bazemore AW, Phillips RL.
PMID: 28669857
Healthc (Amst). 2017 Sep;5(3):92-94. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 Jun 29.

No abstract available.

[Health education, patient education and health promotion: educational methods and strategies].

Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)

Sandrin B.
PMID: 24313072
Sante Publique. 2013;25(2):s125-35.

The purpose of this paper is to help public health actors with an interest in health promotion and health care professionals involved in therapeutic education to develop and implement an educational strategy consistent with their vision of health and...

The Role of Social Network Technologies in Online Health Promotion: A Narrative Review of Theoretical and Empirical Factors Influencing Intervention Effectiveness.

Journal of medical Internet research

Balatsoukas P, Kennedy CM, Buchan I, Powell J, Ainsworth J.
PMID: 26068087
J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jun 11;17(6):e141. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3662.

BACKGROUND: Social network technologies have become part of health education and wider health promotion—either by design or happenstance. Social support, peer pressure, and information sharing in online communities may affect health behaviors. If there are positive and sustained effects,...

The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence.

Sleep medicine reviews

Irish LA, Kline CE, Gunn HE, Buysse DJ, Hall MH.
PMID: 25454674
Sleep Med Rev. 2015 Aug;22:23-36. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.10.001. Epub 2014 Oct 16.

The ineffectiveness of sleep hygiene as a treatment in clinical sleep medicine has raised some interesting questions. If it is known that, individually, each specific component of sleep hygiene is related to sleep, why wouldn't addressing multiple individual components...

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