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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"preventive health"”.
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Marketing health care services for a preventive health care agency : a categorical study
The purpose of the study was to determine the needs of one marketing segment of clients seen in a contraceptive clinic in the Midwest. The marketing segment targeted for study was women with positive Pap smears. A comparison group of women with negative Pap smears was sampled from the same clinic …
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A Study of the Factors That Impact Female Military Beneficiaries Obtaining Preventive Health Services
… a military retiree, ages 40 to 64, will obtain preventive health services, specifically, Pap smears, mammograms, and clinical breast examinations. Based on the findings of the study, it is suggested that it may be important for the Department of Defense to broaden their scope of interest to …
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The Effect of Mailing HPV Self-sampling Kits to Women Underscreened for Cervical Cancer on Uptake of Preventive Health Services
… reported that adults who attended an in-clinic health screening are more likely to attend other preventive services, yet the effect of home-based screening on adherence to other preventive services is unknown. This study examined the effect of receiving or using a high-risk (hr) human …
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Bergführer im Spannungsfeld zwischen Idealismus und Leistungsfähigkeit – Eine Analyse der Bedeutung von Präventionsbildung für die Leistung von Bergführern
… mountain guides face significant occupational health risks, including injuries, accidents, environmental exposures and psychological stressors. This study aims to answer the questions, whether mountain guides manage to stay healthy despite diverse conditions, and whether they take preventive …
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Our Health Matters: Promoting the Health of Sexual Minority Women in the New Media Landscape
… in the mediascape and the field of public health offer new opportunities for promoting the health and wellness of sexual minority women. As a population that has historically been underserved by the healthcare system, sexual minority women face multiple barriers to achieving positive health …
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An Investigation of the Health Beliefs and Health Behaviors of Recent Soviet Jewish Immigrants
The study was undertaken to identify the health beliefs and health behaviors of recent Soviet Jewish immigrants to Chicago in order to respond to the health education needs of this population. The Health Belief Model provided the conceptual framework for the study. The four major areas investigated …
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Risk Perceptions, Past Vaccination, and Vaccine Acceptance for Seasonal and Outbreak (2009 H1N1) Influenzas Among a University Sample
… also was expected to disproportionately affect healthy, young persons under the age of 25 years. However, acceptance and uptake of preventive health behaviors among this cohort is poorly understood, thus precluding a comprehensive understanding of this group’s perceptions of outbreak illnesses …
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An elicitation study of the condom use behaviour and intentions of migrants youth in South Africa
… and compromise their ability to negotiate preventive health care choices. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence behavioural intentions and attitudes of young migrants in Cape Town South Africa towards condom use. The study is a qualitative study that utilized …
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An empirical investigation of the patronage behavior of nutrition oriented consumers
… consumers' patronage behavior of grocery stores, health food stores or restaurants would be significantly related to attitudes and concerns toward nutrition and toward attitudes of their overall present and future state of health. This study relied on theories of retail patronage behavior, and …
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A realistic evaluation approach to understanding the uptake of cardiovascular health checks
… complex intervention which aims to address this health inequality. The intervention targets cardiovascular health checks at population groups who are likely to be at high risk, but tend not to engage with traditional services. Practitioners have tried to increase engagement with the target groups …
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Essays on Health Economics
… makeup but underestimate the influence of their health-related choices, such as smoking, on their longevity. This finding can partially explain why even though US elderly are found to be more concerned with their health and more forward-looking than we would have concluded using a model which …
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Sattva: The Harmony of Balanced Living - Architecture for Holistic Wellness
… center, employing a salutogenic approach to health and wellness. Salutogenesis is an approach that focuses on promoting a healthy lifestyle and prevention of disease through the creation of supportive environments. The project is based on the proposition that architectural and environmental …
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Queering and Intersectionalizing Health Services Research: Structural Influences on Minoritized Sexual and Gender Populations’ Mammogram Usage
… cancer screening. A notable barrier to preventive health service use among SGM communities is cisheteropatriarchy, yet many SGM people also have overlapping experiences of oppression from structural racism and urbanism. Little research explores how structural oppression manifests for …
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Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?
… Malawian sector spent about 3.3% of its GNP on health services in 1995/96. The public sector alone spent about 6.2% of its total revenue on health services and this is much high than most other Sub- Saharan African countries (e.g. Zambia, Kenya, Uganda). Despite such high levels of public …
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"Talking About Down There": The Development of a Public Discussion of Cervical Cancer in the Twentieth Century
… between scientific knowledge, public health, and popular practice. The public dialogue about cervical cancer prevention, I argue, was complex. There were numerous groups that were part of this public discussion including medical doctors, the medical profession, medical educators, …
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Profile Creation with Topic Modeling and Semantic Analysis from Conversations about COVID-19 among U.S. Older Adults
… pandemic on Black and white U.S. older adults’ preventive health behavior and healthcare use. To facilitate the qualitative coding process, we propose an approach for automated topic extraction with sentiment analysis using a natural language processing technique known as topic modeling. While …
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