Neighborhood factors associated with leisure-time physical activity in a Brazilian city
SummaryThe purpose of this study was to estimate the association between environmental variables and leisure-time physical activity levels in an adult population of a medium-sized city in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 965 adults (20 –59 years). Individual, socioeconomic, demographic and behavioral data were obtained through a population-based survey. Environmental data were collected through direct observation and subsequently georeferenced. The outcome variable was leisure-time physical activity level, dichotomized as insuff iciently active (<150 min/week) and active ( ≥150 min/week). Phy...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring physical activity trends and lesson context of incarcerated youth in a sport-leadership program
This study is the first to adopt the SOFIT systematic observation instrument to evaluate and quantify MVPA and lesson context during a sport-leadership program within a juvenile detention center. Results from this study indicate incarcerated youth who participated in this program engaged in MVPA for more than 60% of lesson time. It was reported that overall MVPA of participants within programming slightly decreased across the 20 total lessons. (Source: Health Promotion International)
Source: Health Promotion International - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Obesity prevention and related public health advertising versus competing commercial advertising expenditure in Australia
SummaryMass media campaigns can change attitudes and behaviours to improve population health. However, a key challenge is achieving share of voice in a complex and cluttered media environment. The aim of this study was to compare advertising expenditure on public health campaigns for obesity prevention (and related healthy eating and physical activity campaigns) with competing commercial categories of (a) sugary drinks, (b) artificially sweetened drinks and (c) diet/weight loss products and programmes. These commercial products may either undermine or dilute public health messages by directly contributing to poor health or...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Role of alcohol media literacy in alcohol use among children and adolescents: a systematic review
SummaryEnhancing alcohol media literacy (AML) is a critical strategy to attenuate negative effects of alcohol-related media messages. We aimed to systematically review previous studies on AML in children and adolescents. Through database and hand searches, we identified four non-experimental and 13 experimental studies. From the 17 studies, we extracted data on theoretical framework, AML measures, intervention contents and main findings. Our review revealed the following. First, nine and four studies used a single theory and at least two theories, respectively. The most frequently used theory was the Message Interpretation...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Fake news mediate the relationship between sociopolitical factors and vaccination intent in Brazil
SummaryVaccination hesitancy has become a central concern and is a barrier to overcoming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. Studies have indicated that mis/disinformation plays a role on the attitudes and behaviours towards vaccination. However, further formal statistical models are required to investigate how fake news relates to vaccination intent and how they mediate the relationship between socioeconomic/political factors and vaccination intent. We studied a sample of 500 Brazilians and found that people were mostly not susceptible to vaccine mis/disinformation. In addition, we found that their vaccination inte...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
‘I didn’t even know it was a thing’: Australian young adults’ experience of economic abuse
This study explored young adults’ experiences of economic abuse and identified the factors associated with economic abuse in their relationships. Twenty-four young adults (18 women and 6 men) aged 18–29, were interviewed in-depth using both unstructured n arrative and semi-structured interview questions. Thematic analysis was used to identify forms of economic abuse. Common experiences of economic abuse included: exploitation of financial and other resources, controlling access to money, damage to property and sabotage of employment and study. The co ntextual factors included lack of awareness of economic abuse, valuin...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Reviving health promotion in South Australia: The role of ideas, actors and institutional forces
AbstractGlobally health promotion has remained marginalized while biomedical health systems have maintained and even increased their dominance. During 2019 –2021 we drew on the local and historical knowledge of actors from multiple sectors through semi-structured interviews and focus groups, to assess the implications of the withdrawal of the state from health promotion in a suburban region of South Australia. Institutional theory enabled in-depth an alysis of the ideas, actors, and institutional forces at play in the institutional field, and how these elements come together to maintain the dominance of medicine. We foun...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Promoting food literacy in primary school classrooms through the HealthLit4Kids Program in Australia
This study aimed to assess the promotion of FL, a subtype of health literacy, in primary school classrooms across five schools. Teachers planned and implemented classroom activities over a 12-month period. Researchers examined lesson plans created by teachers and ‘artefacts’ (e.g. drawings, models) created by students during activities. Most classroom activities considered the nutritional knowledge and interpersonal communication skills associated with healthy eating, whereas fewer activities addressed students’ ability to critically analyse and apply information relating to food. The FL themes considered most freque...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Predicted and observed impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns: two Health Impact Assessments in Scotland and Wales
AbstractHealth Impact Assessment is a key approach used internationally to identify positive or negative impacts of policies, plans and proposals on health and well-being. In 2020, HIAs were undertaken in Scotland and Wales to identify the potential health and well-being impacts of the ‘stay at home’ and physical distancing measures implemented at the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. There is sparse evidence evaluating whether the impacts predicted in HIAs occur following policy implementation. This paper evaluates the impacts anticipated in the COVID-19 H IAs against actual observed trends. The pr...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A teacher professional development programme to enhance students ’ critical health literacy through school-based health and physical education programmes
SummaryHealth literacy is a critical asset for adolescents to develop given its positive impact on health outcomes. The few studies that have targeted teacher knowledge and attitudes show that teachers themselves find it difficult to: navigate the multi-modal nature of health information; critically evaluate the different modes and texts; and apply health-related information in a variety of contexts. This research study aimed to address this issue through developing and implementing a teacher professional development (PD) programme for three Australian secondary schools and nine Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Health literacy, financial insecurity and health outcomes among people living with HIV in Australia
SummaryIt is well documented that lower socio-economic status is associated with poorer health outcomes, while health literacy is considered important for improving health. What is less clear, is the extent to which greater health literacy can improve health outcomes among people for whom poverty or financial insecurity are important barriers to health. The paper presents findings from an Australian survey of people living with HIV (PLHIV) (N = 835) in which we explored the relationship between financial insecurity and health outcomes, looking at the extent to which health literacy mediates this relationship. The study dre...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Community priorities for obesity prevention among low-income adults in Kuala Lumpur: a discrete choice experiment
SummaryNon-communicable diseases and associated risk factors, such as obesity, are prevalent and increasing in Malaysia. To address this burden and the heightened vulnerability of low-income communities to these risk factors, the Better Health Programme Malaysia conducted a partial-profile discrete choice experiment (DCE) to inform the design of a community-based obesity-prevention programme. The DCE survey was conducted with community members (n = 1453) from three publicly supported low-cost, high-rise flat complexes in urban Kuala Lumpur. In the survey, community members were asked to choose between different sets of pot...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Development of a health-promoting sports club ’s intervention in France applying participatory action research
This article describes a participatory research approach, implicating 29 stakeholders in sports and HP (6 HP researchers, 9 HP professionals, 6 representatives from regional and national sports organizations and 8 representatives from SC), leading to the co-construction of a health-promoting SC intervention. Stakeholders were mobilized through four stages: (i) analysis of effective programs, (ii) co-construction workshops, (iii) evaluation of relevance and acceptability, and (iv) beta-testing of a massive open online course (MOOC). A qualitative analysis was carried out on data collected through notetaking, recordings, tra...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Vales+T ú: a cluster-randomized pilot study to reduce workplace injuries among US Latino day laborers
SummaryLatino day laborers (LDL) are a vulnerable population of workers facing considerable risk for occupational injury. Under the guidance of our Community Advisory Board, we developed and tested the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects ofVales+T ú (You Are Worth More), a workplace injury risk-reduction program implemented bypromotores on street-corners where LDL seek employment. The program was informed by theoretical perspectives emphasizing individual and group agency and self-determination. A pilot three-arm cluster-randomized community trial was conducted among 75 LDL. The intervention arms consisted ...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Examining COVID-19 vaccine attitude using SEM-Artificial Neural Networks approach: a case from Reddit community
This study highlights the importance of harnessing online communities in designing COVID-related public healt h interventions and accelerating normative change in relation to vaccination. (Source: Health Promotion International)
Source: Health Promotion International - November 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
