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 Perceptions of Preventive Health Care and Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Low Income Families: A Qualitative Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha A. Fleary ◽  
Reynolette Ettienne-Gittens ◽  
Robert W. Heffer
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Choices

This paper examines Head Start parents’ perceptions of preventive health and healthy lifestyle choices and Head Start administrators’ perceptions of the needs of parents they serve. To address the preventive health of the population, it is necessary that we explore perceptions, risks, and protective factors of preventive health. Focus groups were conducted with parents and administrators to elicit this information and to obtain suggestions for improving preventive health and healthy lifestyle choices among this group. Overall, nutrition and physical activity emerged as themes in parents’ definition of preventive health and healthy lifestyle choices. They further identified social support and education as major protective factors for engaging in preventive health and healthy lifestyle choices. Results of this study can be used to inform research and practice to develop interventions to increase preventive health and healthy lifestyle choices among low income families.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS AND TUBERCULOSIS IN REVIEW OF PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSTICS AND PREVENTION

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Celine ◽  
Chai Jia Yee ◽  
Muhammad Shahzad Aslam
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Treatment Side Effects ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Bidirectional Relationship ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Choices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by M. tuberculosis, also known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. There is a bidirectional relationship between TB and diabetes, and they both impact the presentation of each other. Diabetes is being increasingly recognized as a risk factor for TB. The expected rise in diabetes cases in developing countries having the brunt of tuberculosis would increase the influence of diabetes on TB in the coming future. The impact and relationship between TB and diabetes will vary across different regions of the world depending on the incidence and prevalence of each condition. Patient education is so important in understanding the disease nature (both TB and diabetes), duration of treatment, side effects of drugs, and complications of disease as well as the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices. The objective of this review is to determine the prevalence, diagnostic and prevention strategy between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis. The selected studies were identified using Pub Med database. The identified studies define lifestyle as important risk factor that may worsen the progression of the disease. This article also discussed about the prevalence of tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus over a span of 8 years.

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.

Money Alone Won't Do It

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 1005-1006
Author(s):  
DAVID COPELAND
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Industrialized Countries

To the Editor.— After reading the supplement, "Preventive Health Care for Young Children" (Pediatrics. 1992;89:983-998),1 I was left with the conclusion that the authors believe more money together with improved tracking and delivery will raise US standards to the level of other industrialized countries. It seems more probable, however, that the current rate of production of welfare babies has the capacity to stay ahead of any system we are likely to fund. Further, this burgeoning dependent subculture is a problem which similarly burdens no other country with whom we are being compared.

scholarly journals The Association between Lifestyle Choices and Schizophrenia Symptoms

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Sylwia Kalinowska ◽  
Beata Trześniowska-Drukała ◽  
Karolina Kłoda ◽  
Krzysztof Safranow ◽  
Błażej Misiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Health Habits ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Insufficient Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Due to poor eating habits, insufficient physical activity, and nicotine use, schizophrenia patients are at increased risk of lifestyle diseases. Factors contributing to unhealthy behaviors include lower socioeconomic status and level of education as well as social isolation. Schizophrenia manifestations such as amotivation, apathy, and cognitive deficits can further hinder development of proper health habits. The aim of this study was to assess the possible association between lifestyle-related choices and schizophrenia symptoms severity. This observational study enrolled 106 patients with schizophrenia (42 Males/64 Females), 18–69 years (mean: 41.89 ± 9.7 years). Mean duration of schizophrenia was 14.61 ± 9.7 years. Multiple significant correlations were found between patients’ lifestyle and their biochemical laboratory parameters (lipid profile and fasting glucose). Most importantly, a significant link emerged between presented habits and schizophrenia symptom severity. There were also significant gender differences in the intake of sweets and sweet beverages. Quite unexpectedly, a behavioral shift towards more healthy lifestyle choices was observed after completion of questionnaires on lifestyle and health habits. There are clear benefits to systematic provision of educational interventions concerning physical activity and proper eating habits to schizophrenia patients. These simple preventive measures could significantly improve both mental and physical health outcomes in schizophrenia patient populations.

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