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Direct linkChen, Yao; Zhong, Qinyi; Luo, Jiaxin; Tang, Yujia; Li, Mingshu; Lin, Qian; Willey, James Allen; Chen, Jyu-Lin; Whittemore, Robin; Guo, Jia – Prevention Science, 2022
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an intensive lifestyle modification program tailored to rural Chinese women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus compared with usual care. In a cluster randomized controlled trial, 16 towns (clusters) in two distinct rural areas in China were randomly selected (8 towns per district); and 320 women…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Health Promotion, Health Programs, Diabetes
Mao, Aimei – Health Education Research, 2015
Chinese family is a patriarchal power system. How the system influences young mothers' agency in managing family men's smoking is unknown. Applying a gender lens, this ethnographic study explored how mothers of young children in Chinese extended families reacted to men's smoking. The study sample included 29 participants from 22 families.…
Descriptors: Barriers, Smoking, Sex Role, Females
Weeks, Margaret R.; Li, Jianghong; Liao, Susu; Zhang, Qingning; Dunn, Jennifer; Wang, Yanhong; Jiang, Jingmei – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Social and public health scientists are increasingly interested in applying system dynamics theory to improve understanding and to harness the forces of change within complex, multilevel systems that affect community intervention implementation, effects, and sustainability. Building a system dynamics model based on ethnographic case study has the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Health Promotion
Headey, Bruce; Na, Fu; Zheng, Richard – Social Indicators Research, 2008
This paper reports results from a "natural experiment" taking place in China on the impact of dogs on owners' health. Previous Western research has reported modest health benefits, but results have remained controversial. In China pets were banned in urban areas until 1992. Since then dog ownership has grown quite rapidly in the major…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Fitness, Foreign Countries, Health Promotion
Sun, Xinying; Guo, Yan; Wang, Sisun; Sun, Jing – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2007
Objective: To test the feasibility and effectiveness of social marketing on the improvement of women's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding iron-fortified soy sauce (FeSS). Design: A community-based intervention was conducted among 4 groups, experimental rural (E[subscript R]), control rural (C[subscript R]), experimental urban…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Females
Chen, Huey-Tsyh; Liao, Quilan – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
The rapid growth of the HIV epidemic in China has raised a number of concerns among health care providers, governmental agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This article (a) briefly discusses the HIV epidemic in China, (b) explains why Chinese NGOs need to join the fight against the epidemic, (c) describes the development of an…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Nongovernmental Organizations
Download full textShier, Nathan W., Ed.; Torabi, Mohammad R., Ed. – 1997
This monograph presents a collection of articles on nutrition education: "Using the DINE Score To Improve Food Choice Behavior" (Darwin Dennison and Kathryn F. Dennison); "Self-Reported Food Intake Patterns of Older Adults in Australia, China, and the United States" (Alyce D. Fly, Nathan W Shier, Barbara A. Hawkins, Susan J.…
Descriptors: Athletes, Behavior Change, Blacks, Child Health
