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Delivering the Science
and the Art of Health Promotion |
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Robert F. Allen
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| Michael P. O'Donnell | iv | Editor’s Notes:
Editor's Notes: The Connection Between Global Warming and Health Promotion |
| 224 | Instructions to Authors | |
| 229 | Call for Conference Proposals | |
| THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH PROMOTION | ||
| Interventions | ||
| Fitness | ||
| Melbourne F. Hovell Mary M. Mulvihill Michael J. Buono Sandy Liles Debra R. Schade Tabitha A. Washington Ruth Manzano James F. Sallis |
155 | Culturally Tailored Aerobic
Exercise Intervention for Low Income Latinas This study assessed the efficacy of community-based, culturally tailored aerobic dance intervention on moderate and vigorous physical activity and physiological outcomes of 151 low income Latinas. Though exercise and fitness decreased at follow-up, vigorous exercise (p=.001) and relative VO2max (p<.001) remained higher in the exercise group, suggesting maintenance at one year. Culturally tailored aerobic dance can increase vigorous physical activity, possibly generalizing to walking, and the combination can improve cardiorespiratory fitness in low income, overweight, sedentary Latinas. |
| Medical Self-Care | ||
| Theodore V. Cooper Margaret DeBon C. Keith Haddock Denise Rodriguez Esquivel Robert C. Klesges Harry Lando G. Wayne Talcott |
164 | Demographics and Risky Lifestyle
Behaviors Associated With Willingness to Risk Sexually Transmitted Infection
in Air Force Recruits A cross-sectional study of Air Force recruits (N = 32,144) in Texas completed a questionnaire that included rating the statement, “Sex without condoms is sometimes worth the risk of possibly getting AIDS or sexually transmitted diseases.” The 16% who reported willingness toward risky STI behaviors were less likely to use seat belts, more likely to binge drink, had more positive views of drugs, and reported eating fewer fruits and vegetables. This study suggests sexual risk, risky behavior, and lifestyle behaviors may be interrelated. |
| Smoking Control | ||
| Donna Shelley Nam Ngyuen Rajeev Yerneni Marianne Fahs |
168 | Tobacco Use Behaviors and
Household Smoking Bans Among Chinese Americans This cross-sectional survey of 600 current Chinese-American smokers residing in New York City examined the relationship between household smoking restrictions and smoking patterns. Smokers with a full household smoking ban smoked fewer cigarettes on weekdays and weekends than smokers with no household smoking ban, and were 3.4 times more likely to report having at least one quit attempt in the past 12 months. Smokers with knowledge of the dangers of ETS exposure were 2.8 times more likely to have at least one quit attempt in the past 12 months compared to those who were unaware of the dangers. This is the first study to demonstrate an association between smoking behaviors and household smoking restrictions among an immigrant population. |
| Akshay Sood Jennifer Andoh Steven J. Verhulst Naveen Rajoli Patricia Hopkins-Price |
176 | Characteristics of Smokers
Calling a National Reactive Telephone Helpline A cross-sectional study described the characteristics of the current smokers calling a national reactive telephone helpline. The study examined selected demographic and smoking-related characteristics of adult current smokers (n=890) who were new callers to a national reactive helpline. There was a significant overrepresentation of blacks, non-Hispanics, women, and urban residents, as well as poorer, older, less educated, and heavier smokers in the study population. Reactive telephone helplines may be preferentially used by population segments that are disadvantaged or smoke heavily. |
| Strategies | ||
| Behavior Change | ||
| Gaston Godin Mark Conner |
180 | Intention-Behavior Relationship
Based on Epidemiologic Indices: An Application to Physical Activity The study examined the usefulness of epidemiological indices in furthering the understanding of the physical activity intention-behavior relationship. Six prospective data sets were used encompassing various segments of the population (students, employees) in various settings (school, workplace). Each data set measured intention at baseline and behavior at follow up via survey. Sensitivity was 86.3% which reflects the high sensitivity of intention for exercising. Specificity was 49.5% which suggesting a significant number of inactive individuals held a positive intention. With respect to predictive values, a low intention was a very good predictor of being inactive (PV- = 88.1%) whereas a positive intention was a moderate predictor of being active (PV+ = 45.5%). |
| Communication | ||
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Melanie B. Turner Amanda M. Vader Scott T. Walters |
183 | An Analysis of Cardiovascular
Health Information in Popular Young Women's Magazines: What Messages are
Women Receiving? This study evaluated the consistency of cardiovascular health information in six issues of four magazines (Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Vogue, Shape) against the American Heart Association’s (AHA) guidelines for nutrition, physical activity, weight management, and smoking. Among the 162 articles rated, physical activity was the most common topic, followed by nutrition, weight management, and cigarette smoking. Information about nutrition (78%) was the most consistent with AHA guidelines, while information about weight management (19%) was the least consistent. Popular magazines need to improve the consistency of their information in light of evidence-based guidelines for CVD prevention. |
| Applications | ||
| Health Promoting Community Design | ||
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Katie M. Heinrich Rebecca E. Lee Gail R. Regan Jacqueline Y. Reese- Smith Hugh H. Howard C. Keith Haddock Walker S. Carlos Poston Jasjit S. Ahluwalia |
187 | How Does the Built Environment
Relate to Body Mass Index and Obesity Prevalence Among Public Housing
Residents? This cross-sectional study examined associations of built environment variables with obesity prevalence and individual BMI among 421 impoverished residents of public housing developments (HD). The findings suggest that male gender and more supportive neighborhoods, with greater resource accessibility, more amenities, greater street connectivity, higher quality physical activity feature ratings, and fewer incivilities, were related to lower obesity prevalence rates and BMI among residents. This study is one of the first to use direct measurements of environmental physical activity resources and then compare those measurements with individual level BMI data. |
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Michael W. Beets John T. Foley |
195 | Association of Father
Involvement and Neighborhood Quality With Kindergartners' Physical Activity:
A Multilevel Structural Equation Model This study examines the effects of father-child involvement and neighborhood characteristics with young children’s physical activity (PA) within a multilevel framework using a cross-sectional analysis of 10,694 kindergartners in 1,053 neighborhoods. Multilevel structural equation modeling with children nested within neighborhoods was used to examine the data. Results indicated that at the child level, father-child time and family time doing sports together were positively associated with children’s’ PA. At the neighborhood level, parental perception of a safe neighborhood fully mediated the effect of neighborhood quality on children’s PA. |
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Kevin M. Leyden Bill Reger-Nash Adrian Bauman Tom Bias |
204 | Changing the Hearts & Minds of
Policymakers: An Exploratory Study Associated with the West Virginia Walks Campaign An eight-week mass media social-ecological campaign designed to encourage moderate intensity walking among insufficiently active 40- to 65-year-olds was conducted in Morgantown, WV. The purpose of this study was to pilot test whether the campaign changed local policymakers’ awareness of walking related issues. Statistically significant increases in the perceived importance of walking-related issues were observed among policymakers in Morgantown, but not in the comparison community. Integrated community-wide health promotion campaigns designed to influence the public can also affect the perceptions of policymakers. |
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Research Methods |
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| Measurement Issues | ||
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Brian D. Fisher Thomas Golaszewski |
208 | Heart Check Lite: Modifications
to an Established Worksite Heart Health Assessment Heart Check is a 226-item assessment of employer supports for cardiovascular health. This version may be too long for use within some worksites and is less than ideal as a self-administered questionnaire. For these reasons, the researchers used ordinary least squares regression analyses and other statistical tools to identify instruments with fewer items that could perform as well as the full Heart Check survey. Two shorter versions – Heart Check Lite surveys with 27 and 55 items – were found to have a moderate to strong ability to reproduce the results observed with the original Heart Check instrument. |
| Abstracts | 213 | 13 abstracts are featured from a variety of publications. |
| DataBase: Research and Evaluation Results | 219 | Four new studies are critiqued and added to the DataBase chart. |
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The Art of Health Promotion |
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Raymond Fabius Sharon Glave Frazee |
1 | The “Trusted Clinician”: An
Alternative Approach to Worksite Health Promotion? A trusted primary care clinician located in the workplace and serving all employees is presented as a desirable model for delivering prevention services to employees in this edition of The Art of Health Promotion. Many of the clinical studies that support this model are reviewed by the authors and their implications are discussed. Finally, the authors call for large scale experimentation to test the potential of the model to improve health risks status, lifestyle behaviors and health care utilization and cost. |
| 7 | Selected Abstracts Abstracts are provided for nine (9) peer review articles that are related to the concept of the Trusted Clinician. |
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| Larry S. Chapman | 10 | Closing Thoughts Editorial comments on the use of the Trusted Clinician concept are provided. |
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American Journal of Health Promotion | 248-682-0707 |
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