OBJECTIVE The present paper investigates on lay people's beliefs regarding cancer risk factors' and their correlates, especially people's socioeconomic status (SES), as they may heavily contribute to social health inequalities. METHODS We used data from the 2010 Baromètre Cancer, a national representative telephone survey conducted in France (N = 3359, age 15-75, participation rate 52%). RE...

Human behavioral factors are fundamental to understanding, detecting and mitigating insider threats, but to date insufficiently represented in a formal ontology. We report on the design and development of an ontology that emphasizes individual and organizational sociotechnical factors, and incorporates technical indicators from previous work. We compare our ontology with previous research and d...

abstract background: the increase in breast cancer incidence has enhanced attention towards breast cancer risk. the aim of this study was to determine the risk of breast cancer and risk perception of women, factors that affect risk perception, and to determine differences between absolute risk and the perception of risk. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out among 346 women whose ...

aim: considering the fundamental role of parents' function and family dynamics including the importance role of family communication pattern on preventing early-onset substance use in children, the present study aimed to determine the correlation between family communication pattern and mothers' preventive behavioral intention regarding preventing early-onset substance use in children...

Abstract Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in the worldwide. Taxi drivers are a high risk group for developing cardiovascular disease, due to exposure to unhealthy working conditions. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among taxi drivers. Methods: This cross-sectional study in 2016, was conducted on 110 taxi drive...

conclusions although older patients need more self-care and the quality of this self-care originates from their attitude toward cvd risk factors, their lack of awareness about the main risk factor of their condition is a major challenge for secondary prevention measures. in addition, younger patients’ significant emphasis on biological risk factors as uncorrectable factors can reduce their sens...

Background: C.V.A is an important health problem.  Efforts to reduce the incidence of C.V.A are essential and such attempts should be based on the knowledge of risk factors.  In this study C.V.A risk factors were evaluated. Materials and Methods: We used a case control method. The cases comprised of 146 patients admitted to stroke unit with acute stroke.  The controls comprised of 147 particip...

Background The Island Study Linking Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease (ISLAND) is a large, online, prospective public health cohort study with nested interventions targeting modifiable dementia risk. objective of ISLAND to investigate the effectiveness strategies aimed at increasing knowledge about behavioral lifestyle factors associated dementia, encourage behavior change reduce future risk...

introduction: metabolic syndrome constitutes a cluster of risk factors such as obesity, hyperglycemia,  hypertension, and dyslipidemia, which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type ii diabetes mellitus. in this review article, we aimed to discuss the possible effects of fasting and regular physical activity on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.  methods: online databases i...