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Showing 1 to 20 of 140 for “"Community Health and Preventive Medicine"”.
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Factors Affecting Condom Use Among College Students
<p>The absence of consistent and correct usage of condoms increases the risk of STI's and HIV/AIDS. However, most studies done to date across the nation indicate a low usage of condoms among college students. In fall of 2004, the National College Health Assessment was administered to a random …
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Effective Health Communication Measures within the Silicon Valley
<p>Effective and reliable communication is vital in the field of Public Health. Fieldwork conducted with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Communication Team demonstrated the importance of using various social media platforms to effectively reach the largest audience. Content creators need to …
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Factors That Influence Mammography Use of Community Health Workers
<p>Community health worker (CHW) interventions promote early detection of breast cancer and mammography use to help eliminate health disparities for minority and low-income women. Data trends show lower mammography use among this population although CHW interventions have been shown to promote …
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Detecting and mapping real-time Influenza-like illness using Twitter stream data
<p>Influenza has been identified by the World Health Organization as a global issue that could be more effectively served through an accelerated and widely-accessible public health surveillance tracking process. The ability to map and predict influenza outbreaks in a real-time heat map would be …
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Impact on Material and Child Health Knowledge as a Result of Participation in a Family Resource\Youth Services Center New and Expectant Parenting Series
… in a Family Resource\Youth Services Center New and Expectant Parenting Series had an impact on maternal and child health knowledge of parents and their future behavior choices. The study had two components. First, a telephone survey was conducted with 40 past program participants asking them …
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Implementation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in San Francisco
… disease has emerged as the predominant public health challenge of the 21st century. Chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and obesity have maintained their top positions as the leading causes of poor health, disability, death, and high health-care expenditures …
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Community-Based Asthma Intervention Programs and their Impact on Childhood Health Outcomes and Burdens on the Healthcare System
… leading to a current rate of 18.4 million adults and 6.2 million children with asthma, high hospitalization and emergency department visit rates, and an overall healthcare spending of 50 billion dollars. However, this increase in prevalence is disproportionately impacting children. Asthma is the …
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An Evaluation of Mammography Rates for Women, 50-74 Years Old, at the San Francisco Department of Public Health
… of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) to increase their overall mammogram screening rate to 76.7% by June 2015 in order to receive funding from the federal government. The target population is women within SF DPH’s primary care …
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Factors Associated with Successful long-term Weight Loss Maintenance in Women
… (n=271) entering physician offices for routine health maintenance care from February 1, 1994 through June 30, 1994. Fifty-three females who had maintained an intentional weight loss of at least 20 pounds for two years within the past 10 years were identified. A comparison group of 45 females who …
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Health Service Utilization and Stigma among HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Health Service Utilization and Stigma among</p> <p>HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia</p> <p>by</p> <p>Roger Lee Blackwell</p> <p>The world has now entered the third decade of the AIDS epidemic. Men-who-have-sex-with-men continue to be …
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The Healing Power of a Whole Foods, Plant-based Diet: A Nutrition Prescription for Cancer
… as one of the biggest threats to population health worldwide (Egger, 2012). Studies have shown that plant based diets are effective at reducing prevalence but are also a viable complimentary treatment approach to healing. Further investigation is needed into how plant based diets can reduce …
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Cognitive and emotional barriers to colorectal cancer surveillance: Increasing screening rates within the community
… colorectal cancers to remain undiagnosed and mortality rates to remain high. Current literature points to lack of education, healthcare access, and physician counseling as key barriers to screening, in addition to cognitive-emotional apprehensions.</p> <p>Objectives: This study examined …
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Toothbrushing, Flossing, and Preventive Dental Visits by Richmond-Area Residents in Relation to Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors
… was conducted to identify factors that influence preventive dental behaviors and, from the results, target groups for intervention.Methods. Data were collected using the 1997 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) resulting in a probability sample of 399 dentate adults living in …
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Targeting the Male in Teen Pregnancy Prevention
… To examine demographic characteristics and contraceptive habits of young men.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted utilizing data analyzed from three waves of the National Survey of the Adolescent Male (NSAM) administered in 1988, 1991, and 1995. The first wave consisted of 1,880, …
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Evaluation of the Hayes E. Willis Health Center in South Richmond -- Has It Served Its Targeted Population?
Objective: The Hayes E. Willis Health Center (HWHC) was opened in a neighborhood of South Richmond in October 1993 to remove the barriers that prevented South Richmond residents from accessing primary healthcare services. The major objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the …
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Exploring the Role of Pharmacists in Management of Hypertension in a Safety Net Clinic
<p>Potrero Hill Health Center through the San Francisco Department of Public Health aims to deliver health promotion, disease prevention, heath maintenance, counseling, and health education of acute and chronic diseases. Hypertension is a common problem to both the health center and to the general …
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CHNA: The Role of the Hospital in Addressing Specific Community Health Needs
<p>The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) added a requirement for nonprofit hospitals to keep their tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue System Code 501(c) 3. This code requires all nonprofit hospitals to complete Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) reports every three …
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The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing Food Insecurity: A Model for Community Feeding
… to suffer from a range of physical, mental, and developmental delays in growth. There is prior evidence that the effects of food insecurity in children can be ameliorated through national feeding programs, like the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which provides daily lunch at school for …
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The Association of Diet with Affect
… fatty acids have been associated with mental health yet few studies have examined whether foods protective or deleterious for cardiovascular disease affect mood. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between consumption of foods typical of Mediterranean and Western diets and …
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The Determinants of Physical Activity in Rural Women, Ages 20-44 Years
<p>Despite multiple health benefits of exercise, it is reported that only 14.7% of American women engage in the recommended amount of physical activity. Whereas the potential negative consequences of not exercising are well documented, there is a scarcity of literature that investigates the …
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