OBJECTIVES This study investigated the prevalence and patterns of lifestyle risk behaviors in Korean adults. METHODS We utilized data from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 14,833 adults (>20 years of age). We used association rule mining to analyze patterns of lifestyle risk behaviors by characterizing non-adherence to public health recommendations related...

skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in most of the countries and more than 90% of cancer cases are related to ultra violet rays of the sun. therefore protective behaviors against sunlight are considered the most essential measures for skin cancer prevention. this study has been conducted to determine the frequency of protective behavior against sunlight among female students of teh...

background: the number of aids patients is increasing worldwide including iran. patients' risky behaviors play an important role in this arising trend. assessing the perception and behaviors may facilitate for clarifying and planning to reduce the incidence of the risky behaviors. this study aimed to investigate the perception and the behaviors of the hiv/aids patients.   methods: this qualitat...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as threatened, attempted, or completed physical or sexual violence or emotional abuse by a current or former intimate partner. IPV can be committed by a spouse, an ex-spouse, a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, or a dating partner. Each year, IPV results in an estimated 1,200 deaths and 2 million injuries among women and nearly 600,000 injurie...

The majority of adolescents emerge from the second decade of life relatively unscathed by serious social, psychological, or physical disability. I4 Risk behaviors are largely responsible for the negative health outcomes among the remaining significant minority of adolescents. The primary immediate threats to adolescent health are preventable behaviors such as substance use, dangerous vehicle us...

AIM To examine the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with varying levels of familial and perceived risk of breast cancer with the goal of preventing breast cancer. METHODS Cross-sectional data on CAM use were collected on 2,198 women (mean age, 63 years) personally unaffected by breast cancer in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study. CAM use was compared across w...