scholarly journals A Multilevel Logit Estimation on the Determinants of Utilization of Preventive Health Care and Healthy Lifestyle Practice in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lida Fan ◽  
Jianye Liu ◽  
Nazim N. Habibov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Logit Estimation

scholarly journals A Parent-Focused Pilot Intervention to Increase Parent Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Young Children and Families

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha Fleary ◽  
Robert W. Heffer ◽  
E. Lisako McKyer ◽  
Aaron Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The Relationship

Health literacy affects caregivers’ ability to engage in preventive health care behaviors for themselves and their children. Studies suggest that health literacy among low-income families needs improvement, and this possibly contributes to disparities in preventive health care rates. Additionally, parents and caregivers may not be able to provide or seek preventive health care for their children because of lack of knowledge and skills to do so effectively. This study designed and piloted an intervention that delivered to parents of young children (1) health literacy information in an experiential manner and (2) practical skills to engage their families in healthy lifestyle choices. Specifically, the intervention focused on diet/nutrition, physical activity, sleep hygiene, parenting, and mental wellness. Postintervention improvements were noted for factual knowledge for diet/nutrition, physical activity, and sleep, beliefs about diet/nutrition, and the relationship between mental health and stress. Additionally, postintervention improvements were noted for general knowledge and beliefs about sleep, knowledge about the relationship between sleep and health, knowledge about common childhood sleep problems, and parents’ bedtime interactions with children. The efficacy of the intervention should be evaluated on a larger, more diverse sample in the future with considerations for multiple health behavior change in the evaluation.

scholarly journals ORGANIZATION OF UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING OF DOCTORS FOR THE WORK WITH THE POPULATION ON PROMOTING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND A COMMITMENT TO MEASURES OF MEDICAL PREVENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-399
Author(s):  
I. A. Mishkich ◽  
E. N. Kadyskina ◽  
E. A. Baimakov ◽  
O. B. Aluf
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Substantial Proportion ◽  
Undergraduate Training ◽  
Professional Literature

The research includes the assessment of the lifestyle factors of the major players of the educational process (students and teachers) in the modern medical school, the analysis of sources of knowledge on a healthy lifestyle and preventive measures, the awareness of a healthy lifestyle; the development and testing of new educational programs for training students and teachers, developing tactics on improving medical education to meet practical needs of the network of health care facilities and institutions of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor). Medical and sociological studies of lifestyle factors of students showed 62.9% of respondents to have insufficient sleep duration. Lack of exercise is the second most frequent factor(51.7%). 31.1% of students noted disturbances of the dietary pattern. 20.0% of the surveyed students were cigarette smokers. 12.7% of students regularly gambled mostly with the use a computer. 2.8% of respondents admitted that they regularly used drugs and 1.7 % of respondents drank alcohol every day. The data obtained show the lifestyle of a substantial proportion of the future doctors to be failed to be considered healthy. Analysis of the sources of students’ knowledge on a healthy lifestyle shows 59.9% of them to gain knowledge in the process of becoming a doctor, 42.7% - from specialized professional literature. However, a substantial proportion of the students receive the information about the preventive health care measures from the nonprofessional sources. For the improvement of the educational process and preservation of health of major players we consider a comprehensive interdisciplinary program that includes specialized courses for the first and fifth year students, advanced training sessions for teachers and the consolidated program on preventive health care and health promotion in all disciplines of undergraduate training to be necessary.

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