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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"preventive health care"”.
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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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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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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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Barriers to Prevetative Health Care fo Indian Women Immigrants
… for South Asian immigrant women to seek preventive health care and what health care professionals can do to minimize this.</p> <p><strong>Design</strong>: This is a descriptive survey research study to obtain the information needed to understand immigrant Indian women's delay in using …
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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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The Effect of the Cooper Wellness Program in Promoting Long- Term Lifestyle Behavior Changes
<p>Most research on health behavior change programs examines their effectiveness in producing initial behavior changes, but fails to evaluate long-term maintenance of those changes. This study examined the effectiveness of the Cooper Wellness Program (CWP) in Dallas, Texas, in promoting maintenance …
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Exploring the Relationship between Family Social Capital and Utilization of Well Child Preventative Health Care Services
… Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 increased insurance coverage for children, however possession of health care insurance doesn’t always equate to effective use of health care services. Misuse and underutilization of health care homes is associated with higher …
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Community Assessment of Cardiovascular Health and Risk Among People of Mexican Descent in Berwyn, Illinois
… understanding of selected social and physical health determinants and risk factors which may contribute to cardiovascular disease in people of Mexican descent in the community of Berwyn.</p><p>Methods: The Healthy People 2010 model for assessing a community's health status guided this study. …
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Contextual factors on health and mental health service use among immigrants in the United States: moderation of citizenship status and race/ethnicity
… access to social service programs and health services has been largely limited, particularly for non-citizens. Latino and Asian immigrants in the United States as the major growing immigrant populations have been found to under use health and mental health services compared to U.S.-born …
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Essays in Health Care and Public Economics
… areas of interest - the nonprofit sector and health care, - and in particular by the growing number of community health centers in the United States in the last decade. The dissertation consists of three chapters: In the first chapter, I estimate the causal impact of community health centers …
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Screening and clinical detection of alcohol disorder in general practice
… general practice using a model of screening by healthcheck. Alcohol risk is presented as the likelihood of an individual to develop alcohol-related complications. Definitions of alcohol disorder are discussed and the reasons for adopting the DSM111R criteria explained. A study is reported in …