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Nandha, B.; Krishnamoorthy, K. – Health Education Research, 2012
Globally mosquito-borne lymphatic filariasis (LF) is targeted for elimination by 2020. Towards this goal, the scope of community-based vector control as a supplementary strategy to mass drug administration (MDA) was assessed through an intensive education campaign and evaluated using pre- and post-educational surveys in an intervention and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Health Education, Public Health
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O'Grady, Megan A.; Wilson, Kristina; Harman, Jennifer J. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a single-session peer-led safer sex intervention, based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills theoretical model, for college students residing in campus residence halls. Participants (N = 108) were assigned to either an hour long control or 5-module intervention session. Compared to the control…
Descriptors: College Students, Disease Control, Intervention, Dormitories
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Gitlin, Laura N.; Chernett, Nancy L.; Harris, Lynn Fields; Palmer, Delores; Hopkins, Paul; Dennis, Marie P. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: We describe the translation of K. R. Lorig and colleagues' Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) for delivery in a senior center and evaluate pre-post benefits for African American participants. Design and Methods: Modifications to the CDSMP included a name change; an additional introductory session; and course augmentations…
Descriptors: African Americans, Self Efficacy, Physicians, Diseases
Prager-Decker, Iris J.; Decker, William A. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1980
A discussion is presented on the relative effectiveness of four relaxation techniques when used in conjunction with a psychosocial stressor. (JMF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disease Control, Exercise Physiology, Health Education