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Dubowitz, Tamara; Ncube, Collette; Leuschner, Kristin; Tharp-Gilliam, Shannah – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
A growing body of evidence has highlighted an association between a lack of access to nutritious, affordable food (e.g., through full-service grocery stores [FSGs]), poor diet, and increased risk for obesity. In response, there has been growing interest among policy makers in encouraging the siting of supermarkets in "food deserts," that…
Descriptors: Low Income, Research Design, Community Involvement, Evidence
Peckover, Sue – Children & Society, 2013
This study examines the location of British health visiting in contemporary policy discourses concerned with public health and safeguarding children. It argues that professional identity and orientation can be understood through health visiting's long history of public health work with children and families, which has included an engagement with…
Descriptors: Public Health, Child Safety, Foreign Countries, Well Being
Joly, Brenda Morissette; Williamson, Martha Elbaum; Bernard, Kimberly Pukstas; Mittal, Prashant; Pratt, Jennifer – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2012
Background: Community health efforts often include outreach activities designed to increase awareness and ensure uptake of services or programs. Yet, few comprehensive outreach evaluations exist, particularly those designed to improve access to and use of mental health services. Purpose: This article summarizes the use of two established…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Mental Health Programs, Focus Groups, Public Health
MkNelly, Barbara; Nishio, Stephanie; Peshek, Cynthia; Oppen, Michelle – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Health care providers could help achieve the necessary shift to healthful eating and active living; however, lack of coverage or reimbursement, lack of time, and limited information about appropriate interventions are some of the documented barriers. This report highlights the potential for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Demonstration Programs, Nutrition Instruction, Federal Programs
Holt, Cheryl L.; Wynn, Theresa A.; Lewis, Ivey; Litaker, Mark S.; Jeames, Sanford; Huckaby, Francine; Stroud, Leonardo; Southward, Penny L.; Simons, Virgil; Lee, Crystal; Ross, Louis; Mitchell, Theodies – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: Prostate and colorectal cancer (CRC) rates are disproportionately high among African-American men. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an intervention in which barbers were trained to educate clients about early detection for prostate and CRC. Design/methodology/approach: Working with an advisory panel of local…
Descriptors: Intervention, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Public Health
Zanjani, Faika; Rowles, Graham D. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
Geographical, economic, social and cultural barriers to accessing services in rural areas are widely reported. Less widely discussed are dilemmas posed by individual and community reluctance to address sensitive health issues. This article, focusing on the highly sensitive area of mental health, and employing a participatory action approach,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Intervention, Mental Health, Rural Areas
Juretic, Meghan; Hill, Robert; Luptak, Marilyn; Rupper, Randall; Bair, Byron; Floyd, James; Westfield, Brian; Dailey, Nancy K. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Context: The challenge of providing meaningful health care services to veterans living in rural communities is a major public health concern that involves redefining the traditional facility-based model of care delivery employed in urban areas. Purpose: This paper describes the steps of a demonstration project, the Elko Telehealth Outreach Clinic.…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Education, Public Health, Demonstration Programs
National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW), Rockville, MD. – 1971
This document explains what community consultation and education is, what it does, and how it works; its concern with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health is examined. More specifically, the document is designed to cast a spotlight upon the preventative and educative services which community mental health centers are…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Programs, Community Services, Consultants
Charlier, N.; Glover, M.; Robertson, J. – Health Education Research, 2009
Community participation in program decision-making and implementation is an ideal that community and academic stakeholders aspire to in participatory research. This ideal, however, can be difficult to achieve. We describe lessons learned about community participation from a quasi-experimental trial aimed at reducing the uptake of smoking among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Intervention, Health Personnel
Bencivenga, Marcyann; DeRubis, Susan; Leach, Patricia; Lotito, Lisa; Shoemaker, Charles; Lengerich, Eugene J. – Journal of Rural Health, 2008
Context: Multiple national agencies and organizations recommend that women age 40 years and older have an annual screening mammogram. Women who are poor, less educated, lack a usual source of care, and reside in rural Appalachia are less likely to have had a recent mammogram. Purpose: To increase use of mammography among a rural Appalachian…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Community Action, Cancer
Clark, Noreen M.; And Others – 1974
The program of consumer education for Comprehensive Health Planning was developed to assist consumers to assume leadership roles in community decision-making with regard to health services. This paper presents a description of a project that was developed to train leaders for the program. The project consisted of special, advanced training…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Consumer Education, Health Programs, Leadership Training

Parrish, Theodore – Journal of Environmental Health, 1971
Descriptors: Administration, Community Health Services, Consumer Education, Health Facilities
Corner, Rosemary; And Others – Health Services Reports, 1972
Authors describe their experience in an unusual free clinic in Galveston, Texas, and present implications derived from that experience. (DM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Health Programs, Program Descriptions
Haley, Martin – MH, 1976
Some practical suggestions for a business-like approach to community mental health, particularly transitional residences. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Health Services, Community Relations, Federal Aid
Glaser, Frederick B. – Amer J Orthopsychiat, 1969
Descriptors: Administration, Community Health Services, Day Programs, Group Therapy