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Petersen, Suni; Do, Trina; Shaw, Christy; Brake, Kaile – Health Education Research, 2016
Worldwide more deaths occur due to conditions that can be ameliorated by behavior change. Changing health behaviors using models popularized in non-western countries has not proven particularly successful. The purpose of this study was to test variables elicited during qualitative interviews and cultural conversations to develop a model of health…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Females
Sialubanje, Cephas; Massar, Karlijn; Hamer, Davidson H.; Ruiter, Robert A. C. – Health Education Research, 2014
Low maternal healthcare service utilization contributes to poor maternal and new born health outcomes in rural Zambia. The purpose of this study was to identify important factors influencing women's intention to use these services in Kalomo, Zambia. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 1007 women of reproductive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Educational Attainment, Income
Cleland, Verity; Ball, Kylie – Health Education Research, 2013
This study aimed to investigate preferences for, perceived feasibility of and barriers to uptake of hypothetical physical activity promotion strategies among women from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 purposively recruited women (18-45 years) living in socioeconomically…
Descriptors: Females, Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Disadvantaged
Song, In Han; Kim, Sang-A; Park, Woong-Sub – Health Education Research, 2012
The objective of this study was to examine the effects of a hypertension management program provided by a primary health care post located in a distant rural area in South Korea on the level of knowledge of hypertension. The panel data consisted of a total of 319 people or the entire population aged above 40 years of five villages located in…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Hypertension, Primary Health Care, Rural Areas
Audet, Carolyn M.; Matos, Carla Silva; Blevins, Meridith; Cardoso, Aventina; Moon, Troy D.; Sidat, Mohsin – Health Education Research, 2012
In Zambezia province, Mozambique, cervical cancer (CC) screening was introduced to rural communities in 2010. Our study sought to determine whether women would accept screening via pelvic examination and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) at two clinical sites near the onset of a new CC screening program. A cross-sectional descriptive study…
Descriptors: Females, Screening Tests, Cancer, Gynecology
Renju, Jenny; Nyalali, Kija; Andrew, Bahati; Kishamawe, Coleman; Kimaryo, Micheal; Remes, Pieter; Changalucha, John; Obasi, Angela – Health Education Research, 2010
Little is known about the nature and mechanisms of factors that facilitate or inhibit the scale-up and subsequent implementation of school-based adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) interventions. We present process evaluation findings examining the factors that affected the 10-fold scale-up of such an intervention, focussing on…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Formative Evaluation, Focus Groups
Escoffery, Cam; Kegler, Michelle Crozier; Butler, Susan – Health Education Research, 2009
The home is a significant place for exposure to secondhand smoke for children and non-smoking adults. This study explored factors that would convince families to adopt household smoking bans and actions to create and maintain smoke-free homes. Interviews were conducted with adults in 102 households in rural Georgia. Participating families had a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Family (Sociological Unit), Early Adolescents, Rural Areas
Kegler, Michelle C.; Malcoe, Lorraine Halinka – Health Education Research, 2005
This study assesses similarities and differences in anti-smoking socialization beliefs of White and Native American parents in a low-income, rural population in northeastern Oklahoma. Data are from a population-based, cross-sectional children's environmental health study in which in-home interviews were conducted with 356 parents (56.2% White,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Rural Population, Low Income, Smoking
Kaljee, L. M.; Genberg, B. L.; Minh, T. T.; Tho, L. H.; Thoa, L. T. K.; Stanton, B. – Health Education Research, 2005
Research suggests that youth are consuming more alcohol and at younger ages than in the past. Data also indicate that alcohol consumption is associated with participation in other risk behaviors including aggression and sexual behaviors. As part of a randomized control effectiveness trial for an HIV prevention program, 480 Vietnamese youth (15-20…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Females, Prevention, Drinking
Power, R.; Langhaug, L. F.; Nyamurera, T.; Wilson, D.; Bassett, M. T.; Cowan, F. M. – Health Education Research, 2004
Much attention has been placed on the need to develop and evaluate complex interventions targeting public health issues, such as reproductive health. However, and as has been the case in the recent past, even well-designed trials will be flawed unless meticulous attention is paid to ensuring the most appropriate intervention is designed and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Feasibility Studies, Sex Education, Participant Observation