‘No, the government doesn’t need to, it's already self-regulated’: a qualitative study among vape shop operators on perceptions of electronic vapor product regulation
This study, conducted prior to announcement of the deeming regulations, provides insights into vape shop operator attitudes toward potential government regulations of EVPs. In 2015, we conducted 37 in-person interviews of vape shop operators across nine US cities. Shops were identified through extensive web-searches. We used QSR International's NVivo 11 qualitative data analysis software to analyze the transcripts. Many vape shop operators viewed regulations requiring safe production of e-liquids, child-resistant bottles and listing e-juice ingredients as acceptable. They disagreed with the elimination of free samples and ...
Source: Health Education Research - March 26, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Divide and conquer: improving parental understanding of health-related instructions using sequential pictorial instructions
AbstractPatient misunderstandings of healthcare-related instructions result in significant health, social and economic consequences. Pushing the boundaries of traditional academic methods may offer strategies that promote new ways to improve communication and understanding between healthcare providers, caregivers and patients. Comics can be an educational tool, offering an innovative strategy to communicate health-related information. Our study objective was to compare parents ’ understanding of health-related instructions (i.e. prescription labels, medical instructions and emergency situation scenarios) that were presen...
Source: Health Education Research - March 20, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
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Source: Health Education Research - March 19, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Exploring political influences on evidence-based non-communicable disease prevention across four countries
This study aimed to do so in Australia, Brazil, China and the United States. Investigators conducted 10 –13 qualitative, semi-structured interviews of public health practitioners working in functionally similar public health organizations in each country (totalN = 50). Study participants were identified through purposive sampling and interviews were structured around an interview guide covering six domains related to EBNCDP. Interviewees from all four countries identified funding as the primary politically-influenced barrier to implementing EBNCDP. Similarly widespread barriers included government funding priorities that...
Source: Health Education Research - March 14, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Promoting positive condom use experiences among young black MSM: a randomized controlled trial of a brief, clinic-based intervention
AbstractThe aim of this study is to determine, among young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM), the 12-month efficacy of a single-session, clinic-based intervention promoting condom use to enhance sexual pleasure (purpose 1) and the use of condoms from the start-to-finish of anal sex (purpose 2). A pre-test, post-test randomized controlled trial was conducted, using a 12-month period of follow-up observation, in STI clinics. Data from 394 YBMSM completing baseline and 12-month follow-up assessments were analyzed. The experimental condition comprised a one-to-one, interactive program (Focus on the Future) designed for t...
Source: Health Education Research - March 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Consumer perceptions of specific design characteristics for front-of-package nutrition labels
AbstractAn increasing number of countries are developing front-of-package (FOP) labels; however, there is limited evidence examining the impact of specific design characteristics for these labels. The current study investigated consumer perceptions of several FOP label design characteristics, including potential differences among sociodemographic sub-groups. Two hundred and thirty-four participants aged 16 years or older completed nine label rating tasks on a laptop at a local shopping mall in Canada. The rating tasks asked participants to rate five primary design characteristics (border, background presence, background co...
Source: Health Education Research - March 3, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Key factors for school health policy implementation in Thailand
This study showed that NSHP was well-disseminated and implemented at whole country. We identified seven positive factors influencing NSHP implementation, namely matching with ongoing educational strategy, competition and encouragement by an awarding system, sustainable human capacity building at school level, participation of multiple stakeholders, sufficient understanding and acceptance of school health concepts, sharing information and collaboration among schools in the same clusters and functional fund raising activities. In addition, we identified three negative factors, namely lack of institutional sustainability, vag...
Source: Health Education Research - March 2, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Corrigendum to: An integrative review exploring black men of African and Caribbean backgrounds, their fears of prostate cancer and their attitudes towards screening
Obrey Alexis and Aaron Worsley* (Source: Health Education Research)
Source: Health Education Research - March 1, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Training reproductive health providers to talk about intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: an exploratory study
Discussion on birth control sabotage and pregnancy coercion was infrequent with patient –participants in both groups (6–17 and 4–13%, respectively). More patients in the clinics that received training reported receiving a safety card (72–84%) as compared to historical controls (9%,P< 0.001 for both). Overall, in this exploratory study, both communication-skills and standard training improved frequency of IPV communication when compared to historical controls but with few differences when compared to each other. (Source: Health Education Research)
Source: Health Education Research - February 28, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Reducing 30-day readmission rates in a high-risk population using a lay-health worker model in Appalachia Kentucky
AbstractThis exploratory study aimed to address the effectiveness of a lay-health worker (LHW) model in addressing social needs and readmissions of high-risk patients admitted in a rural community hospital. A quasi-experimental study design assessed implementation of a LHW model for assisting high-risk patients with their post-discharge social needs. Outcome measures included 30-day hospital readmissions rates during a 4-month baseline period compared with a 6-month post-implementation period. The LHW intervention involved assessment and development of a personalized social needs plan for enrolled patients (e.g. transporta...
Source: Health Education Research - February 21, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
An integrative review exploring black men of African and Caribbean backgrounds, their fears of prostate cancer and their attitudes towards screening
AbstractEvidence suggests that black men are disproportionately more affected than any other ethnicity by prostate cancer. The aim of this review is to identify studies exploring black men of African and Caribbean descent, their fears of prostate cancer and their attitudes towards screening. Four databases were searched and reference lists of relevant papers were hand searched. The inclusion criteria were studies exploring attitudes towards screening and fear of prostate cancer in black men of African and Caribbean backgrounds, peer-reviewed research, qualitative studies, surveys, questionnaires and English language public...
Source: Health Education Research - February 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Physical activity and masculinity in rural men: a qualitative study of men recruited from churches
This study sought to understand rural men ’s perceptions about PA and PA engagement and the influence of masculinity and social norms. From 2011 to 2014, 12 focus groups were conducted with men prior to a church-based health promotion intervention. Men were recruited from Illinois’ rural, southernmost seven counties, where 40% of men re port no exercise in the past 30 days. We used inductive content analysis methods to identify PA-related themes, and subsequently used elements of the Health, Illness, Men, and Masculinities framework as a lens to explore subthemes. We identified four themes: (i) knowledge of the positiv...
Source: Health Education Research - February 8, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Development of the place-based Adelante social marketing campaign for prevention of substance use, sexual risk and violence among Latino immigrant youth
We describe the process and outcome of campaign development and make recommendations for future campaigns. (Source: Health Education Research)
Source: Health Education Research - January 9, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Redefining diabetes and the concept of self-management from a patient ’s perspective: implications for disease risk factor management
AbstractThe colliding epidemics of non-communicable diseases including diabetes with chronic infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa requires contextualized innovative disease management strategies. This qualitative study conducted in a peri-urban township near Cape Town, South Africa aimed to identify and gain in-depth understanding of contextual and environmental issues pertinent to the patient that could influence Type 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM) care and self-management. Participants included purposively sampled diabetics or pre-diabetics from the community, PURE study database, facility health club and health care pr...
Source: Health Education Research - January 5, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
Feasibility of a text-based smoking cessation intervention in rural older adults
AbstractText-based interventions are effective for smoking cessation, but have not been tested in rural older adults. The purpose of this study was to compare the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a text-based Scheduled Gradual Reduction (SGR) program to a non-SGR text messaging support condition among rural older adults. Adults over 60 years were randomized to either: (i) the SGR program (n = 20), a text-based program to reduce smoking over 4-weeks plus text-based support messages; or (ii) control (n = 20), receipt of text-based support messages only. Participants completed surveys at baseline and end...
Source: Health Education Research - January 4, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research
