INTRODUCTION The stalled U.S. infant mortality rate and persistent disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes may be addressed by optimizing a woman's health throughout her childbearing years. This study examines women's knowledge and behaviors related to preconception risk factors in two community health centers serving lower income, racially diverse populations. METHODS A survey was administ...

Today, life is full of dominant changes. Interaction of individual characteristics with environment determines the adjustment and reactive responses. Economic and social changes are important factors that have influence on adolescence's life (1). Change in life has positive or negative effects. Negative changes in life lead to high risk behaviors and increase the risk of unsecure behaviors. Hig...

background: the belief, attitude, subjective norm, enabling factors (basnef) model is one of the most complete models for evaluating behaviors and creating new behaviors. therefore, this research was designed and performed to describe factors related to cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) preventive behaviors on the basis of the basnef model in endemic areas of yazd, iran. methods: in this cross-secti...

DESIGN The social, cultural, and economic context can be an important variable in the perception and adoption of risk behaviors in adolescents. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of simultaneous health risk behaviors and associated socioeconomic factors in adolescents living in the metropolitan region of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil. METHODS The sample c...

INTRODUCTION Modifiable health risk behaviors such as physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, and tobacco use are linked to the most common chronic diseases, and chronic diseases contribute to 70% of deaths in the United States. Health risk behaviors can be reduced by helping small workplaces implement evidence-based workplace health promotion programs. The American Cancer Society's HealthLinks ...

This study integrates insights from evolutionary psychology and social epidemiology to present a novel approach to contextual effects on health-risk behaviors (unprotected sex, drunkenness episodes, drugs and tobacco experimentation) among adolescents. Using data from the 2012 Brazilian National Survey of Adolescent Health (PeNSE), we first analyzed the effects of self-reported violent victimiz...

CONTEXT Adolescence marks a time when many young people engage in risky behaviors with potential implications for long-term health. Interventions focused on adolescents' parents and other caregivers have the potential to affect adolescents across a variety of risk and health-outcome areas. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Community Guide methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness of caregiver-target...

Background: Socially damaged women population is reportedly at higher risk for STIs than the general population. The objective of this study was to explore the cause of unprotected sexual relationship among socially damaged women. Materials and Methods: Qualitative method was utilized to determine family's role in HIV/AIDS/STD risk behaviors. Between February to May 2013 two focus groups a...