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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"lifestyle behaviors"”.
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Factors Affecting Health Promotion Lifestyle Behaviors among Arab American Women
… perceived social support, and health promotion lifestyle behaviors (HPLBs) among a group of Arab American women (AAW) living in Southern California. A second purpose was to explore the psychometric properties of the translated version of the perceived health competence scale (PHCS). A …
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The economics of a new health technology: an evaluation of the impact of statins on lifestyle behaviors
… the second half of the 20th century, changes in lifestyle--such as in diet and exercise--have been the most salient intervention to prevent cardiovascular disease. However, pharmaceutical interventions have gained significant traction in recent decades and may now be supplanting lifestyle change …
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Understanding Motivation to Engage in Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors for Dementia Risk Reduction in Midlife Using a Person-Centered Approach
… certain modifiable risk factors and healthy lifestyle behaviors are most impactful for reducing dementia risk or delaying its onset. However, engaging and maintaining healthy behaviors requires considerable motivation in midlife, as benefits are not readily observed, and risks may not be …
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Bariatric Surgery Regain and Long-Term Weight Loss among Women: Self-Efficacy, Social Support and Health Promotion Lifestyle Behaviors
… is to examine self-efficacy, social support, and lifestyle habits and their relationship to long term weight loss and regain in women post bariatric surgery. Weight regain is observed as early as 18 months to 2 years after bariatric surgery. Patients face challenges sustaining the dramatic …
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Depressive Symptoms in Women Being Screened for Cardiovascular Disease Risk
… between depressive symptoms, health-promoting lifestyle behaviors, heart disease risk awareness, cardiac risk, and quality of life in women at risk for cardiovascular disease. Whether the effect of depressive symptoms on quality of life was mediated by cardiac risk and/or health-promoting …
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Health management of adult hypertension in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
… individuals with hypertension do their health behaviors and how their behaviors change over time based on their diagnostic status and the duration of hypertension. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is a widely used dietary recommendation for individuals with hypertension. …
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Lifestyle Factors Related to Cognitive Aging
… hallmark feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and lifestyle behaviors have been associated with a reduced risk of disease onset and slower rate of cognitive decline. Research examining the relationship of lifestyle factors (LFs) to brain health has typically focused on individual factors in …
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Determinants of Obesity: Racial Differences
… that examines the effects of sedentary and poor lifestyle behaviors and obesity among different racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore, most studies focus on the problem of obesity among children. This study was conducted to examine racial differences in determinants of obesity in adults in the …
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Building the case for delivery of health promotion services within the Vocational Rehabilitation
… secondary health conditions, health promoting lifestyle behaviors, and employment. 162 consumers provided data at baseline and an 18 month follow-up measure, and constitute the study sample.</p> <p>A binary logistic regression model was developed to assess how baseline secondary health …
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Building the case for delivery of health promotion services within the Vocational Rehabilitation
… secondary health conditions, health promoting lifestyle behaviors, and employment. 162 consumers provided data at baseline and an 18 month follow-up measure, and constitute the study sample.</p> <p>A binary logistic regression model was developed to assess how baseline secondary health …
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Role of Breastfeeding and Current Lifestyle on Maternal Long-Term Weight Change
… and weight gain that is independent of lifestyle behaviors.</p> <p><strong>Method:</strong> This cross-sectional study design focused on Non-Black (n=9,546) and Black women (n=l,652) aged >50 years who participated in the Adventist Health Study-2 and had at least 1 live birth. Measures …
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Young Adult Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Connectedness with Their Healthcare Providers
… have psychosocial late effects and engage in lifestyle behaviors that increase their risk of subsequent cancer and other chronic illnesses. Thus, there is a need to identify protective factors during the diagnosis and treatment period to foster healthy lifestyle behaviors. Connectedness with …
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Increasing Diabetes Awareness in Adolescents through Educational Programs.
… knowledge of diabetes and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors to reduce diabetes onset in a community with a relatively high incidence of type 2 diabetes. Three hundred eighty seven students grades 7 – 12 participated in the program and taste test. Changes in knowledge before and after an …
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Dash 2 Wellness: Effects of a Multi-Component Lifestyle Modification Program on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Blood Pressure in Prehypertensive Middle-Aged Adults, a Randomized Controlled Trial
… was to develop, implement, and evaluate a lifestyle modification intervention that did not require extensive, ongoing personal contact to improve lifestyle behaviors shown to lower blood pressure (BP) in adults with prehypertension (N=23, mean age=54, mean BP=126.7/75.1). Incorporating …
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Childhood Obesity and School-Based Interventions: An Evidence-Based Best Practice Guideline
… altering the environment to encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors, and creating a school wellness council have all shown to be effective in decreasing childhood obesity, although to varying degrees. This paper proposes an evidence-based guideline for the management of childhood obesity in …
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Health Promotion in Multiple Domains: Capitalizing on the Spillover Effect
<p>Lifestyle behaviors, such as physical activity and food consumption choices, play a critical role in the development of chronic diseases and ultimately mortality. Optimally, multiple health-related behaviors are changed to reduce risk rather than targeting only one risk behavior. The purpose of …
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Examining the Role Dietary Habits Play with Food Access, Stress, and Chronic Conditions Among African-Americans
… conditions with demographics, stress, and lifestyle behaviors. Over half of participants were female(54.3%), obese(51.8%), and lived in low-income and low access neighborhoods(57.3%). Bivariate analysis found associations between body mass index with income and meals away from home(p0.05). …
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Integrative Health and Wellness Coaches and Patient Self-Efficacy and Empowerment
… the wellness of individuals and improve healthy lifestyle behaviors (Altunkurek & Bebis, 2019; National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching, 2020). As this role and field expands, additional research is needed to contribute to the understanding of the integrative health and wellness coach’s …
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