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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"Behavioral risk"”.
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Validity of Self-Reported Data on Seat Belt Use: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
… two of the most effective means to reduce the risk of death and serious injury of occupants in motor vehicle crashes.</p> <p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NHTSA monitor the use of seat belts by surveying the population. The CDC annually conducts a telephone survey …
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A Multi-Level Examination of Influenza Vaccination Disparities from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
… whites at a micro and macro level from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Previous research on racial and ethnic health disparities, attitudinal difference, and other demographic characteristics are reviewed in the literature. The Behavioral Model of Health Services was employed …
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Intensity of Occupational Physical Activity and Obesity in US Workers: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009.
… METHODS: Cross-sectional design utilizing 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2009 data employing logistic regression to examine multiple confounders and potential modification by gender, age and compliance with leisure time physical activity guidelines. The primary exposure was …
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A Four Year Longitudinal Follow-Up Study of Adolescent Health Characteristics and Behavioral Risk Indicators (Attitudes)
… tracking the previously classified (1981/82) "at-risk" students.
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Difficulty Walking and Contraceptive Use among Reproductive Aged Women: The 2019 CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
… This study was conducted using the CDC’s 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). A total of 30,596 sexually active reproductive aged women (ages 15-44), not currently involved in a same-sex couple relationship, comprised the analytic population. Exposure was defined based on …
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Sexual minority health: Using the 2016 National Health Interview Survey to evaluate physical activity, behavioral risk factors, and health outcomes
… health (Gorczynski & Brittain, 2016) as well as risk factors associated with those health outcomes (ODPHP, 2014). Due to the scarcity of research on PA and health outcomes based on sexual orientation, this study sought to determine if sexual orientation is a predictive factor of certain health …
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Examining the mediating role of teacher-related variables on the relationship between classroom management and student social--emotional and behavioral risk
… children experience social-emotional and behavioral (SEB) difficulties in a given year (Perou et al., 2013). It is important to understand students' challenging behaviors in relation to their ability to regulate their emotions and begin to intervene to support those students. One way in …
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The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Texas: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2015, 2017, and 2019
… an increased exposure to cardiovascular disease risk factors throughout their lifespan, and these exposures are further exacerbated by negative experiences associated with minority stressors. Texas is home to the second-largest SGM population, however due to a lack of state-level data collection …
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Integrated behavioral health in pediatric primary care: Identifying latent patient subgroups and differential outcomes
… concerns, medical history, and psychosocial risk factors was conducted using Mplus software. The results indicated a four- class solution: Broad Presentation + Psychosocial Risk, High Behavioral Risk, Attention-Related Concerns, and Depression-Anxiety. Covariates were assigned to the model …
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Investigating the Impact of Employment and Demographic Factors on Health Among Bereaved Adults: A Quantitative Approach
… health among working-age adults. The Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) offered a large dataset for examining these relationships.</p> <p>This retrospective, exploratory, correlational quantitative study used the 2019 and 2022 Georgia BRFSS datasets to examine …
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The Association between Adult Self-reported Asthma & Potential Exposures to Asthma Triggers in Virginia Workplaces: An Ecological Study
… between workplace asthma triggers, other asthma risk factors, and asthma prevalence in Virginia. The third objective was to identify the specific health districts in which workers face the highest risk of WRA. Methods: This ecological study required merging three datasets. Information on weight, …
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Essays on the relationship between public transit usage and obesity
… populations. The 2009 health data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and transportation data from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) are aggregated and matched at the county level. Measures of county level public transit accessibility and vehicle …
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The Human Factor in Supply Chain Risk Management
… theory building approach, we synthesize behavioral risk management and supply chain risk management theory to propose behavioral supply chain risk management as a new topic area. This paper is microeconomic in nature and focuses mostly on individuals as the unit of analysis in a SCRM …
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Neuroeconomic Predictors of Adolescent Risky Decision-Making
… deaths in the United States are due to risky behaviors such as reckless driving and risky sexual behavior (Kann et al., 2016). In order to better understand what drives adolescent risk-taking, the current studies utilized an interdisciplinary approach, which combined behavioral economic …
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The Influence of Neurocognitive Impairment on Treatment Outcomes among Drug-involved People Living with HIV/AIDS
<p>Drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors and sub-optimal adherence to HIV medication regimens can jeopardize the health of HIV–infected injection drug users (IDUs) and threaten community health. Findings to date indicate that it is feasible to deliver a brief behavioral risk reduction/medication …
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Impact of Combat Stress on Mental Health Outcomes: BRFSS Survey Data 2006
… (n = 264,154) were performed on the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Veteran status and a host of demographic and health status questions were analyzed in relation to diagnosis of anxiety or depressive disorder (multiple logistic regression) and to number of …
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Location, Location, Location: Assessing the Role of Context in Moderating the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Mental Health Burden
… While literature has focused on individual risk factors for ACEs and their burden on health, there are social and physical environmental contextual factors outside the individual that have been overlooked in studies of childhood adversity. This dissertation sought to understand how …
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Queering and Intersectionalizing Health Services Research: Structural Influences on Minoritized Sexual and Gender Populations’ Mammogram Usage
… and marginalized by rurality. Using 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data, this research is among the first to explore the relationship between mammogram usage and the intersections of sexual orientation, gender identity, rurality, race and ethnicity. This …
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Social and lifestyle predictors of perceived health in the United States: A replication and extension of Statistics Canada.
Using United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) and Census data, this study replicated and extended previous research conducted using the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) by Statistics Canada. It examines the associations among both lifestyle and social determinants …
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The Heavy Hand of Government: an Economic Study of Obesity
… literature, there is no study of the secondary behavioral effects of an income tax. In this thesis, I explore the relationship among income, marginal income tax, and body weight. Namely, I show that under general conditions the Engel curve for the optimal weight is an inverted U-shaped function …
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