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Direct linkLipkus, Isaac M.; Cobb, Caroline O.; Eissenberg, Thomas – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: Waterpipe tobacco smoking is associated with many negative health outcomes due to toxicants produced by heating the tobacco using charcoal or electrical heaters. Little is known about how young adult waterpipe tobacco smokers perceive harms of these heating sources. Aims: To examine young adult waterpipe tobacco smokers' perceived…
Descriptors: Cancer, Health Behavior, Risk, Smoking
Kobayashi, Lindsay C.; Smith, Samuel G. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Information seeking is an important behavior for cancer prevention and control, but inequalities in the communication of information about the disease persist. Conceptual models have suggested that low health literacy is a barrier to information seeking, and that fatalistic beliefs about cancer may be a mediator of this relationship. Cancer…
Descriptors: Cancer, Information Seeking, Prevention, Access to Information
Download full textMahmoud, Sahar; Elaziz, Nahla Ahmed Abd – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Leukemia is a significant public health and life-threatening problem for pediatric cancer patients. Family caregivers of cancer patients receive little preparation, information, or support to perform their care giving role. This study aims to assess the effect of psycho-educational training program to enhancing practice and psychosocial adaptation…
Descriptors: Cancer, Child Health, Psychoeducational Methods, Parent Education
Mansour, Suzan E.; Mohamed, Hanan E. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Sexuality is an important part of normal human functioning. Gynecological cancer diagnosis and treatment has devastating effect on Sexual issues. Study aim was to investigate Oncology Nurses knowledge and attitudes in Relation to Provision of Sexual Health Care to Women Diagnosed with Gynecological Cancer. The study setting was conducted at…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Gynecology, Nursing, Barriers
Fernández, María E.; Savas, Lara S.; Wilson, Katherine M.; Byrd, Theresa L.; Atkinson, John; Torres-Vigil, Isabel; Vernon, Sally W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Objective: To assess colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) prevalence and psychosocial correlates of CRCS among Latinos in South Texas. Method: Using multivariable analyses, we examined the association of perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, pros and cons, subjective norms, knowledge and fatalism on CRCS among 544 Latinos (50 years and older).…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Cancer, Hispanic Americans, Incidence
Bradlyn, Andrew S.; Beale, Ivan L.; Kato, Pamela M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2003
We present a systematic review of published research on psychoeducational interventions for children with cancer. The current lack of an organizational model for this literature makes it difficult to form a coherent picture of the scattered literature and draw nomothetic conclusions. A model is described that is based on functional concepts from…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Instructional Design, Intervention, Video Games
