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Community coalitions for prevention and health promotion: factors predicting satisfaction, participation and planning." Health Education Quarterly 23(1
, 1996
"... In the last several years, health promotion specialists have stressed the importance of multiple interventjons aimed both at individuals who are at health risk, and at risk-producing environments and policies ..."
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In the last several years, health promotion specialists have stressed the importance of multiple interventjons aimed both at individuals who are at health risk, and at risk-producing environments and policies
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- REGULATION OF CONTACT INHIBITION OF LOCOMOTION BY EPH-EPHRIN SIGNALLING
"... CARDIOLOGY ®Letter to the Editor Rebuttal to the letter ‘Meta-analysis of biodegradable versus durable polymer drug eluting stents in coronary artery disease: The reality? ’ of Kwong et al. ..."
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CARDIOLOGY ®Letter to the Editor Rebuttal to the letter ‘Meta-analysis of biodegradable versus durable polymer drug eluting stents in coronary artery disease: The reality? ’ of Kwong et al.
Social context, sexual networks, and racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
, 2005
"... Background. Social context (demographic, socioeconomic, macroeconomic, and sociopolitical features of the environment) influences the epidemiology and consequences of individual behaviors that affect health outcomes. This article examines the role of social context in heterosexual networks that faci ..."
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Background. Social context (demographic, socioeconomic, macroeconomic, and sociopolitical features of the environment) influences the epidemiology and consequences of individual behaviors that affect health outcomes. This article examines the role of social context in heterosexual networks that facilitate the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly in relation to persistent racial disparities in rates of STIs in the United States. Methods. Review of the medical, public health, and social science literature. Results. Contextual factors, such as poverty, discrimination, epidemiology of illicit drug use in the community, ratio of men to women, incarceration rates, and racial segregation, influence sexual behavior and sexual networks directly and indirectly through a variety of mechanisms. Disparities in these contextual features likely contribute substantially to the persistence of marked racial disparities in rates of STIs. Conclusions. Given the importance of contextual factors and the sharply contrasting social contexts for blacks and whites, exclusive emphasis on individual risk factors and determinants is unlikely to produce solutions that will significantly decrease HIV rates among blacks. Effective HIV prevention in this population will require mul-tidisciplinary research to address the contextual factors that promote patterns of sexual networks that facilitate transmission of STIs.
Barriers to and Facilitators of Walking and Bicycling to School: Formative Results From the Non-Motorized Travel Study.’’ Health Education & Behavior 35:221–44
, 2008
"... Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school were explored through 12 focus groups made up of fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents who lived near their respective schools. The bar-riers and facilitators reported by parents and children generally fell into one of thre ..."
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Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school were explored through 12 focus groups made up of fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents who lived near their respective schools. The bar-riers and facilitators reported by parents and children generally fell into one of three categories: intrapersonal and interpersonal characteristics of parents and children, environmental characteristics of the neighborhood, and environmental and policy characteristics of the school. Findings indicate that a supportive environment is a necessary but insufficient condition to increase walking and biking to school. Initiatives to increase active school travel may need to include multiple levels of intervention to be effective.
How can we stay healthy when you’re throwing all of this in front of us?” Findings from focus groups and interviews in middle schools on environmental influences on nutrition and physical activity
- Health Education & Behavior
, 2004
"... This study aimed to identify factors in school physical and social environments that may facilitate or com-pete with programs and policies to improve student physical activity and nutrition. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with students, faculty, and staff of two public middle schools. Pa ..."
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This study aimed to identify factors in school physical and social environments that may facilitate or com-pete with programs and policies to improve student physical activity and nutrition. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with students, faculty, and staff of two public middle schools. Participants identified numerous aspects of the school environments as significant. Competition, teasing and bullying, time, and safety were described as major barriers for students to be physically active during physical education class, on sports teams, and before and after school. The quality of the food served, easy access to nonnutritious snacks, limited time for lunch period, and weight concerns emerged as significant reasons why students do not eat nutritious meals in school. When developing programs and policies to improve the health of students, environmental influences that undermine efforts to improve student health behaviors must be addressed.
Supporting community-based prevention and health promotion initiatives: Developing effective technical assistance systems
- Health Education and Behavior 2002;29:620–639. [PubMed: 12238705] Pentz MA. Community Leader Survey. 2001 Pentz MA. Form
"... As research evidence for the effectiveness of community-based prevention has mounted, so has recognition of the gap between research and community practice. As a result, state and local governments are taking a more active role in building the capacity of community-based organizations to deliver evi ..."
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As research evidence for the effectiveness of community-based prevention has mounted, so has recognition of the gap between research and community practice. As a result, state and local governments are taking a more active role in building the capacity of community-based organizations to deliver evidence-based prevention interventions. Innovations are taking place in the establishment of technical assistance or support systems to influence the prevention and health education activities of community-based organizations. Several challenges for technical assistance systems are described: (1) setting prevention priorities and allocating limited technical assistance resources, (2) balancing capacity-building versus program dissemination efforts, (3) collaborating across categorical problem areas, (4) designing technical assistance initiatives with enough “dose strength ” to have an effect, (5) balancing fidelity versus adaptation in program implementation, (6) building organizational cultures that support innovation, and (7) building local evaluative capacity versus generalizable evaluation findings. As research evidence for the effectiveness of community-based substance abuse pre-vention has mounted,1-3 so has recognition of the gap between research and community practice.4-8 Community-based initiatives appear compelling to funding sources and com-munity activists alike because broad-based community partnerships have the potential to
The effectiveness of interventions to promote mammography among women with historically lower rates of screening
- Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
, 2002
"... This study examines mammography-enhancing intervention studies that focus on women in groups with historically lower rates of mammography use than the general population. These groups consist of women who are disproportionately older, poorer, of racial-ethnic minorities, have lower levels of formal ..."
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This study examines mammography-enhancing intervention studies that focus on women in groups with historically lower rates of mammography use than the general population. These groups consist of women who are disproportionately older, poorer, of racial-ethnic minorities, have lower levels of formal education, and live in rural areas. We refer to them as diverse populations. The purpose of this report is to determine which types of mammography-enhancing interventions are most effective for these diverse populations. For this report, United States and international studies with concurrent controls that reported actual receipt of mammograms (usually based on self-report) as an outcome were eligible for inclusion. Intervention effects were measured by
The mental health and well-being of Aboriginal children and youth: Guidance for new approaches and services. Chiliwack, BC: Sal ‘i’ shan Institute
, 2004
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Determinants of Healthy Eating in Canada: An Overview and Synthesis
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
"... This article uses a population health perspective to examine the complex set of interactions among the determinants of healthy eating. An overview of current knowledge on determinants of healthy eating was organized as follows: 1) individual determinants of personal food choices and 2) collective de ..."
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This article uses a population health perspective to examine the complex set of interactions among the determinants of healthy eating. An overview of current knowledge on determinants of healthy eating was organized as follows: 1) individual determinants of personal food choices and 2) collective determinants, including a) environmental determinants as the context for eating behaviours and b) public policies as creating supportive environments for healthy eating. A conceptual synthesis of the literature revealed that individual determinants of personal food choice (physiological state, food preferences, nutritional knowledge, perceptions of healthy eating and psychological factors) are necessary, but not sufficient, to explain eating behaviour, which is highly contextual. Collective determinants of eating behaviour include a wide range of contextual factors, such as the interpersonal environment created by family and peers, the physical environment, which determines food availability and accessibility, the economic environment, in which food is a commodity to be marketed for profit, and the social environment, in which social status (income, education and gender) and cultural milieu
Establishing LA VIDA: A Community-Based Partnership to Prevent Intimate Violence Against Latina Women
"... evolved in response to community concern about the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the lack of culturally competent preventive and support services for Latino women and men in southwest Detroit. Since 1997, diverse organizations have mobilized as a community-academic partnership to en ..."
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evolved in response to community concern about the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the lack of culturally competent preventive and support services for Latino women and men in southwest Detroit. Since 1997, diverse organizations have mobilized as a community-academic partnership to ensure the availability, accessibility, and utilization of IPV services. This article describes and analyzes the evolution of LA VIDA within a community-based participatory research framework using a case study approach that draws on multiple data sources including group and individual interviews and field notes. The challenges and lessons learned in addressing a complex multifaceted problem such as IPV in an ethnic minority community are highlighted in an examination of the process of mobilizing diverse organizations, conducting community diagnosis and needs assessment activities, establishing goals and objectives within a social ecological framework, and integrating evaluation during the development phase. The complex nature of public health problems such as intimate partner violence (IPV)—that is, physical, psychological/emotional, and/or sexual abuse against a woman by a male spouse or partner—that are rooted in a broader social, cultural, political, and economic fabric, has led to an emphasis on multiple interventions across multiple levels of the social ecology. 1 The development of community coalitions for prevention and
