Positive effects of a psycho-educational group intervention for children with a chronic disease: First results

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob F. Last ◽  
Heleen Stam ◽  
Anne-Martine Onland-van Nieuwenhuizen ◽  
Martha A. Grootenhuis
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Educational Group ◽  
First Results

scholarly journals Considerations for Evaluation of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Low-Literate Spanish-Speaking Participants in USDA Food and Nutrition Education Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-238
Author(s):  
Jinan Banna
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Food Assistance ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Spanish Speaking

Rates of obesity and associated chronic disease are high in Hispanics in the United States. Nutrition education interventions promoting dietary change in underserved populations have been shown to have positive effects on behaviors such as fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, thereby reducing the chronic disease burden. Evaluation tools in the Spanish language to assess the dietary behavior changes made in response to the intervention are important in determining the success of such efforts. Currently, there are no Spanish-language tools focused exclusively on FV intake and behaviors that include features to enhance readability for use in low-literacy participants of US Department of Agriculture (USDA) food assistance and education programs. There is a need for such tools to determine the degree to which programs are able to promote behavior change. In designing these tools, researchers should take into account potential issues that may arise when administered. For example, respondents may have difficulty estimating consumption for mixed dishes and vegetables added to food. To address such issues, researchers should employ strategies to assist respondents to understand what constitutes FV and appropriately identify amount consumed. Addition of images to tools or development of accompanying instruction guides may be helpful. Once developed and tested, such scales may be used with Spanish-speaking participants of USDA food assistance and education programs aimed at improving FV behaviors and ultimately, intake.

Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention on Acculturation

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Yan Pan ◽  
Petrus Ng ◽  
Daniel Kim-Wan Young ◽  
Schoepf Caroline
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
University Students ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Positive Effects

Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) in improving mental health and promoting postmigration growth for Mainland university students in Hong Kong. Methods: Thirty-six Mainland students with mild-to-moderate levels of psychological distress have completed a 8-session CBI group. Various mental health measures have been administered at the pre-, post-, and 3-month follow-up tests. Results: The levels of psychological distress, acculturative stress, and negative emotions and negative thoughts of the participants were significantly reduced, while their positive emotions and postmigration growth were significantly increased upon completion of the CBI group. The positive effects were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Conclusions: CBI group appears to be an effective intervention approach for improving the mental health and promoting postmigration growth for Mainland university students in Hong Kong. Implications for social work practices when engaging with Chinese international students were provided.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of an educational group intervention in primary healthcare for continued exclusive breast-feeding: PROLACT study

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Martín-Iglesias ◽  
M. Jesús Santamaría-Martín ◽  
Ahinoa Alonso-Álvarez ◽  
Milagros Rico-Blázquez ◽  
Isabel del Cura-González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Educational Group

76 Support group intervention after breast cancer treatment: first results of a prospective randomized study

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Granstam Björneklett ◽  
C. Lindemalm ◽  
M.L. Ojutkangas ◽  
H. Letocha ◽  
P. Strang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Breast Cancer Treatment ◽  
Prospective Randomized Study ◽  
First Results

scholarly journals Influence Mechanism of The Affordances of Chronic Disease Management Apps on Continuance Intention: Mediating Role of Health Empowerment (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongmei Liu ◽  
Peiyang Lin ◽  
Fei Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Management ◽  
Chronic Disease Management ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Health Empowerment ◽  
Positive Effect

BACKGROUND Mobile health apps are becoming increasingly popular, and they provide opportunities for effective health management. The existing chronic disease management (CDM) apps cannot meet users’ practical and urgent needs, and user adhesion is poor. Few, however, have investigated the factors that influence the continuance intention (CI) of CDM app users. OBJECTIVE Starting from the affordances of CDM apps, this study aimed to analyze how such apps can influence CI through the role of health empowerment (HE). METHODS Adopting a stimulus-organism-response framework, an antecedent model was established for CI from the perspective of perceived affordances, uses and gratifications theory, and HE. Perceived affordances were used as the “stimulus,” users’ gratifications and HE were used as the “organism,” and CI was used as the “response.” Data were collected online through a well-known questionnaire survey platform in China. 323 valid questionnaires were obtained. The theoretical model was tested using structural equation modeling. RESULTS Perceived connection affordances (PCA) were found to have significant positive effects on social interactivity gratification (SIG) (t=6.201, P<.001) and informativeness gratification (IG) (t=5.068, P<.001). Perceived utilitarian affordances (PUA) had significant positive effects on IG (t=7.029, P<.001), technology gratification (TG) (t=8.404, P<.001), and functions gratification (FG) (t=9.812, P<.001). Perceived hedonic affordances (PHA) had significant positive effects on FG (t=5.305, P<.001) and enjoyment gratification (EG) (t=13.768, P<.001). Five gratifications (t=2.767, P<.01; t=4.632, P<.001; t=7.608, P<.001; t=2.496, P<.05; t=5.088, P<.001) had significant positive effect on HE. SIG, IG, and FG had significant positive effects on CI. TG and EG had no significant effect on CI. HE had a significant positive effect on CI. HE and gratifications play mediating roles in the influence of affordances on CI. CONCLUSIONS HE and gratifications of users' needs are effective ways to promote CI. The gratifications of users' needs can realize HE and then inspire CI. Affordances are key antecedents that affects gratifications of users' needs, HE and CI.

From despair to hope: A longitudinal study of illness perceptions and coping in a psycho-educational group intervention for women with breast cancer

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten J. Fischer ◽  
Marion E. Wiesenhaan ◽  
Aukje Does-den Heijer ◽  
Wim C. Kleijn ◽  
Johan W. R. Nortier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Illness Perceptions ◽  
Educational Group ◽  
And Coping
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document