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Molina, Yamilé; San Miguel, Liliana G.; Tamayo, Lizeth; Pichardo, Catherine; Torres, Paola; Robledo, Casandra; Diaz, Leslie; Ruiz, Izalia; Sánchez Díaz, Carola T.; Arroyo, Juanita; Medina, Maria; Coronado, Nora; Hernandez, Olivia; Lucio, Araceli; Fitzgibbon, Marian L.; Kroenke, Candyce H. – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Evaluation of multiple community-based approaches to improve Latinas' breast cancer (BC) screening utilization has resulted in inconsistent findings. Factors contributing to this variation include heterogeneity in approaches (e.g., types of conceptual frameworks) and study quality (e.g., lack of measurement of spillover effects). This pilot study…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Cancer, Females, Hispanic Americans
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Ledderer, Loni; Kjaer, Marianne; Madsen, Emilie Kirstine; Busch, Jacob; Fage-Butler, Antoinette – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Nudging is increasingly used in public health interventions in Western societies to produced health-promoting behavior changes; however, there is lack of clarity as to what constitutes a nudge, scant knowledge of the effectiveness of nudging techniques in public health lifestyle interventions and a number of ethical and value-based concerns. The…
Descriptors: Public Health, Intervention, Health Behavior, Behavior Change
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Floyd, Tiffany D.; DuHamel, Katherine N.; Rao, Jessica; Shuk, Elyse; Jandorf, Lina – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
African American women have the highest colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates among women of any race/ethnicity in the United States. Colonoscopy screening is an efficacious procedure for the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer, making it a promising tool in the effort to eliminate colorectal cancer disparities. Toward…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Screening Tests, Cancer