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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"heart health"”.
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Sleep and Cardiac Tachyarrhythmia: Results from the Cross-Sectional Sleep Heart Health Study
… data for all who participated in the Sleep Heart Health Study (age 44-90 y) was screened for this analysis. Participants with missing critical data were excluded from the final analysis. ECG data was utilized to find participants with cardiac arrhythmias. Exposure variables included blood …
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An epidemiological study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in Scotland: The Scottish Heart Health Study
The Scottish Heart Health Study was conducted in response to a report by a Working Group of the Chief Scientist Organisation and followed an initial of the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit. The aims of the study were to establish the levels of coronary risk factors in Scotland, to determine the …
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The Role of Public Health Education in Promoting Heart Health and Preventing Coronary Artery Disease among adults worldwide: A Systematic Literature Review
… disease (CAD) continues to be a major global health issue, contributing significantly to the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease globally. Public health education interventions play a crucial role in promoting heart health and preventing CAD. However, there is a need …
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THE INFLUENCE OF EXERCISE BEFORE AND DURING PREGNANCY ON OFFSPRING HEART FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
… benefits for fetal and infant development (e.g. heart health and development). Most studies examining the influence of exercise during pregnancy on infant outcomes have enrolled women that were previously active and the exercise during pregnancy was self-reported. Therefore, we do not know if …
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The identity of the heart patient in the context of the gift economy: HeartNET and media framing
This health communication research examines the identity levels of the heart patient on a therapeutic website HeartNET through an empirical investigation of site interactions as manifestations of a gift economy. The thesis also explores the media’s representation of heart health in both television …
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Parental Awareness, Consumption And Feeding Practices Of Functional Foods
Functional foods are believed to improve overall health and well-being and reduce the risk of specific diseases. Research has examined adult awareness and consumption of functional foods. However, research on whether parental awareness and consumption of functional foods results in feeding their …
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The "Dine To Your Heart's Content" program in Virginia: assessment of restaurateurs and consumers
The "Dine To Your Heart's Content" program was assessed from points of view of selected patrons and restaurateurs in Virginia. Restaurateurs were interviewed and patrons responded to a mail questionnaire. Patrons were divided into four groups: 1)those following a heart healthy diet due to a …
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The Relationship Of Parental Barriers To Parents Feeding Their Children Health-Promoting, Functional Foods
… examined the barriers parents face to consuming health-promoting, functional foods as well as the relation of these barriers to feeding their children functional foods. The age group 45–54 was less likely to perceive taste as a barrier (p<.05) to consuming functional foods, while individuals with …
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Understanding and optimising access to heart healthcare for rural Māori communities
… of the barriers and facilitators to accessing heart healthcare for rural Māori and Indigenous Peoples, semi-structured interviews with rural whānau Māori and healthcare providers in Te Tai Tokerau Northland, a quantitative analysis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction outcomes by ethnicity and …
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The Effect of a Teaching Intervention on Cardiac Risk Factor Knowledge Among Elementary School Children
The effect of using the American Heart Association's Heartpower kit to increase the knowledge level of fifth grade elementary students on heart disease was investigated. A quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test study was conducted with two groups of students. Administration of five one-hour …
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Cardiovascular health risk profiling of Niagara Region grade 9 students : implications for elementary curriculum /
… of this study was to determine if Ontario's health and physical education curriculum contributes sufficiently to ensure the health of our children and young adults. To determine the curriculum effect, the health risk profile of Niagara Region's grade 9 students was compared to Canada's …
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A Comparison of the Effects of Two Adult Cardiovascular Education Approaches on Risk Reduction Behaviors of Adults and Their Children
The major problem yet unsolved in community based health education programs is the determination of the minimum degree of personal instruction needed to give maximum yield from mass media at the lowest possible cost. The present research provides an assessment of amount of individual contact …
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Content complexity of nutrition apps
… with 58% of U.S. mobile phone users downloading health apps and 62% of dietitians recommending diet/physical activity tracking apps. App behavior change techniques include goal setting, self-monitoring, and feedback; however, dietitian involvement in app content development remains uncertain. …
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SIRT1 ACTIVATION IMPROVES HEART FUNCTION THROUGH INHIBITION OF INFLAMMATION IN CHAGAS DISEASE
… 1 (SIRT1) would be beneficial in maintaining heart health in Chagas disease. We found that treatment with SIRT1 agonists, given in a therapeutic window of time after Trypanosoma cruzi infection, had no beneficial effects in reducing the cardiac remodeling and mitochondrial biogenic defects in …
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Voices of Black Youth:Creating Communicative Spaces in the Context of Heart Disease among African American Teenagers in Marion County Indiana
… processes in the executing of a culture centered heart health project among black youth in Marion County, Indiana. Culture Centered Approach (CCA) (Airhihenbuwa, 1995, Dutta, 2008) foregrounds equity and social justice as sine qua non for addressing disparities. It promotes engagement of cultural …
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Decisional Needs of African, Caribbean, and Black Patients Diagnosed with Brain-Heart Conditions
… populations, face barriers to equitable brain-heart healthcare. These barriers contribute to unmet decisional needs and challenges in making informed health decisions. For my master's thesis, I aimed to investigate the decisional needs of ACB patients with brain-heart conditions and the unique …
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What significance does physical activity and sedentary behaviour have for members of online health promoting communities? Learning from AustraIia’s HeartNET community
My study used the HeartNET (HN) community to investigate the significance of physical activity and sedentary behaviour for members of online health-promoting communities by using online surveys and netnography. It found concerns about heart health and general health can be both a barrier and an …
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Parental Attitudes, Concerns, Health & Knowledge of Nutrition and Their Relationship to Usage of Functional Foods in Parental Feeding
… self-reported knowledge of nutrition, overall health, and concern for their children's diets play a role in the provision of specific categories of functional foods (digestive health, weight management, bone health, cancer prevention, heart health, and other) to their children. Participants …
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Opportunities for the development of marine ingredients for functional food markets
… for purchase in a supermarket setting, targeting health needs, such as brain and heart health and are positioned to be consumed around the evening meal, would be most successful on the market. This research provides valuable new insights focused on developing the Irish seafood industry through a …
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Sleep and Cardiometabolic Health in Adults: Contributions of Lifestyle and Dietary Factors, Objective vs. Subjective Sleep, and Change in Sleep Habits
Sleep is necessary for cardiometabolic health, but compared to the 1980s, greater proportions of adults in developed countries are sleep deprived. The primary objectives of this dissertation were three-fold: i) to estimate the contributions of inflammation, oxidative stress, antioxidants, and …
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