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Coupling Financial Incentives with Direct Mail in Population-Based Practice: A Randomized Trial of Mammography Promotion
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Slater, Jonathan S.; Parks, Michael J.; Malone, Michael E.; Henly, George A.; Nelson, Christina L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Financial incentives are being used increasingly to encourage a wide array of health behaviors because of their well-established efficacy. However, little is known about how to translate incentive-based strategies to public health practice geared toward improving population-level health, and a dearth of research exists on how individuals respond…
Descriptors: Incentives, Financial Support, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
The Impact of Multiple Strategies to Encourage Fruit and Vegetable Consumption during School Lunch
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Thompson, Emily; Johnson, David C.; Leite-Bennett, Amy; Ding, Yingmei; Mehrotra, Komal – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: Hennepin County partnered with schools to implement lunchroom strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption. An in-depth evaluation measured changes in consumption following implementation of encouragement strategies including slicing apples and attractive labels. Methods: A pre-post prospective evaluation measured changes in…
Descriptors: Food, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests, Eating Habits
Interpersonal Communication in Response to an Intervention and Its Impact on Smoking Cessation within a Low-Income Population
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Parks, Michael J.; Kim, Soyoon – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: It is a priority to develop population-based strategies for reducing barriers to smoking cessation among low-income populations. Harnessing secondary transmission such as interpersonal communication (IC) has helped to reduce tobacco use, but there is a dearth of quasi-experimental research that examines IC and the full spectrum of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Smoking, Predictor Variables, Barriers
It Takes a Village: Promoting Parent and Family Education on Healthy Lifestyles for Minnesota Secondary Students
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Hearst, Mary O.; Wang, Qi; Grannon, Katherine; Davey, Cynthia S.; Nanney, Marilyn S. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: This study examines school strategies to educate parents over time about physical activity and nutrition and how those strategies are related to adolescent health behaviors. Methods: Data from the Minnesota School Health Profiles Lead Health Education Teacher survey (2008-2012) and the Minnesota Student Survey (MSS, 2013) included…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Life Style, Child Health, Parent Education
High-Risk Drinking and Academic Performance among College Student Veterans
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Grossbard, Joel R.; Widome, Rachel; Lust, Katherine; Simpson, Tracy L.; Lostutter, Ty W.; Saxon, Andrew – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2014
Heavy drinking and psychiatric symptoms pose challenges to college student Veterans and may undermine academic success. We used Boynton College Student Health Survey data to assess highrisk drinking (HRD), psychiatric symptoms, and psychosocial stressors among student Veterans (N = 1,679) with and without prior deployment. Rates of HRD and…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Academic Achievement, College Students
A Latent Class Analysis of Weight-Related Health Behaviors among 2-and 4-Year College Students and Associated Risk of Obesity
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Mathur, Charu; Stigler, Melissa; Lust, Katherine; Laska, Melissa – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Little is known about the complex patterning of weight-related health behaviors in 2-and 4-year college students. The objective of this study was to identify and describe unique classes of weight-related health behaviors among college students. Latent class analysis was used to identify homogenous, mutually exclusive classes of nine health…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Health Behavior, College Students, Two Year College Students