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Showing 1 to 20 of 317 for “"health behavior"”.
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Socioeconomic Status and Health Behavior in Nepal
… status (SES) is an important determinant of health outcomes, but more research is needed to improve our understanding of the relationship between SES, behavior and health, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Efforts to improve our understanding are limited by the …
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Computer mediated communication for health behavior change
… (CMC) system oriented towards changing health-related behavior was developed and evaluated. Stress management training was used to demonstrate the basic technology. Formative research and pilot-testing was conducted, to identify psychological and communication variables that are …
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Educational gerontology: Health behavior of elderly African-American women
… a research-based context for examining the health behavior and educational needs of elderly African American women.
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The quantified self : the affect on health behavior from self-tracking
The fast rising of various chronicall health issues (e.g. diabetes, obesity) in the world and the increasing strain and cost it delivers on health care systems, can greatly affect peoples lifes, from both health and economic perspective. Due to this current situation, a need for new ways to monitor …
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The Ratio of Positive to Negative Affect, Flourishing, and Health Behavior
… on how PR and flourishing relate to specific health behaviors. The relationships between PR and flourishing with health behavior i.e., physical activity, and diet (fruit, leafy green vegetables [LGV] and meat intake) were investigated in this study. We examined whether PR mediated the …
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The case for multiple health behavior change interventions in multiple sclerosis
… need for alternative approaches to managing healthcare in MS. Targeting multiple, co-occurring health risk factors represents a holistic approach for managing comorbidities and many of the neuroperformance consequences of MS. Methods: Sixty-nine participants with MS completed self-report …
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Design guidelines for behavioral feedback visualizations to support health behavior change
… applications) enable users to monitor personal health behaviors (e.g., daily steps, medication taking) and visualize the behavioral data as feedback via interactive or ambient displays to support health behavior change. The visualization tools could promote a robust understanding and engage …
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Testing For A Descriptive And Injunctive Norm Interaction In Promoting Health Behavior
… have demonstrated efficacy as tools for behavior change interventions. Nonetheless, there is some theoretical and empirical evidence that the efficacy of injunctive norms-based appeals can be undermined by their tendency to 1) arouse psychological reactance among participants, and 2) …
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Test of a Multidisciplinary Health Behavior Model of Medicare Elders' Antihypertensive Acquisitions
… examined the relative utility of the enhanced Health Belief Model as compared to the proposed Pharmaceutical Acquisition Model for Medicare Elders (PAMME) in describing antihypertensive acquisition with usage intentions for Medicare elders (65 years or older) in Southeastern Virginia. Data …
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An Evaluation of Health Behavior Change During a General Education Health Course
… of the one-credit general education health course at Andrews University, Fit for Life, in promoting the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors. Because behavior change is a process that occurs over time, any measurement of student health behaviors must be sensitive enough to detect …
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Influence of Smartphone Addiction on Depression, LD, ADHD, Health Behavior and Recognition
스마트폰의 급격한 확산은 생활의 편리함도 있는 반면, 스마트폰 중독을 일으켜 문제의 심각성이 대두되고 있다. 스마트폰은 휴대폰과 인터넷 기능이 동시에 가능함에 따라 내성(Tolerance), 금단증상(Addiction)이나 일상생활의 어려움, 학습장애, 충동 조절장애 등의 사회적인 문제가 될 가능성이 높다. 본 연구는 스마트폰 사용이 많은 대학생들의 스마트폰 중독 분류군에 따라 중독 관련요인으로 학습장애(LD), 우울증(Depression), 주의력결핍장애(ADHD), 생활요인을 분석하였다. 스마트폰 중독(SPA) 중독 정도가 …
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Differing Religious Motivations are associated with Adolescent Health Behavior through Self-regulation
… However, how religiousness benefits health is not as well known. It has been proposed that self-regulation is the linking mechanism and the current study sought to confirm this theory. Furthermore, religious motivation has been found to have differential effects on a variety of …
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Psychosocial predictors of health behavior and school functioning in elementary school children
… the utility of a multivariate rnodel to predict health care utilization, absenteeism, and achievement functioning. The model included demographic factors and measures of physical health status as well as psychosocial predictors (child mental health, child developmental status, and family …
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The role of behavioral technology in the promotion of oral health behavior
This study implemented two behavior management strategies, self-monitoring and monetary incentives, in a dental clinic and a private periodontal practice to explore the effects of these intervention strategies on subjects' dental flossing frequencies and to compare these strategies to standard …
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Predicting condom use from adolescence to emergent adulthood: A comprehensive health behavior model
<p>The study utilized a comprehensive health behavior model to predict condom use longitudinally from adolescence into emergent adulthood. The comprehensive model was created by combining and extending widely used models of health behavior. Participant data for this secondary analysis were drawn …
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Race, Class, and Health: Health Behavior and Hypertension in Black and White Americans
Previous research has shown that the health of black Americans is persistently worse than that of white Americans. The aim of this dissertation is to comprehend why these racial differences in morbidity and mortality exist. For this purpose racial differences in health behavior and hypertension are …
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Health Behavior among College Students: Assessing Help-Seeking Behaviors in University Wellness Center Clients
… variables that impact readiness for change and health-related behavior. The Wellness Center at Southern Illinois University provides numerous direct services to students, such as alcohol and drug counseling, stress management counseling, nutrition counseling, STD testing, pregnancy counseling, …
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Weight Gain Prevention: Identifying Targets for Health Behavior Change in Young Adults Atttending College
… using the social cognitive model for health behavior change. Eligible students living on-campus to underwent assessments of height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, habitual physical activity and dietary intake, and psychosocial …
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