the prevent alcohol and risk related trauma in youth (p.a.r.t.y.) program is an injury prevention program set up in 2011 at a level-1 trauma center in germany. its objective is the prevention of road traffic accidents among young road users. our goal is to enable adolescents to recognize risks and to improve life-changing behavior to reduce the severity of injury and the number of killed young ...

background success of screening programs depends on the people belief toward the importance and necessityof these programs . this study was conducted to determine the effect of health belief on participation of official administrative personnel of shiraz university of medical sciences with an average risk (age: 40 years) for colorectal cancer in fecal occult blood test (fobt). materials and met...

PROGRAM EVALUATION: Themes in the writing included dysphoria, impotence of the physician, and the healing power of compassion. Our focus group data suggested that this workshop served as a creative outlet from the rigors of medicine, created a sense of community among participants, enhanced both self-awareness and awareness of their patients’ lives, and increased intra-institutional and extra-i...

Intervention: The intervention consisted of a 10-week group (with weekly 2-hour sessions) of a Mindful Attention Program (MAP) designed to facilitate a non-localized awareness (the ability to balance both internal and external awareness) through guided mindful meditation. The treatment involved an increased awareness of internal and external experiences through attentive meditation and cultivat...

As sponsors of a university Society for Neuroscience (SfN) organization, we and our student members are committed to neuroscience outreach but with limited resources, it is not feasible for us to host a week-long program during National Brain Awareness Week (BAW). Hence, we decided on a half-day program wherein attendees are provided with information about the workings of the nervous system and...

BACKGROUND Schoolboys (N = 156, M age = 13 years) participated in a disability awareness training program that included guest speakers (athletes from the Paralympics and the Special Olympics), a documentary about people with a disability, a disability simulation activity, and factual information about different disabilities. METHOD Participants were allocated to a training program or a contro...

The Communities for Healthy Living program used a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to empower Head Start parents in designing and pilot testing a multi-component family-centered obesity prevention program. One program component was a childhood obesity awareness campaign addressing common parental misconceptions about obesity. The campaign was designed by a community adviso...

BACKGROUND It is postulated that interventions aimed at facilitating interoceptive awareness (i.e., awareness of inner body sensations) may facilitate regulation and improve substance use disorder (SUD) treatment outcomes. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to better understand the role of interoceptive training in SUD treatment, an identified gap in the literature. METHODS On the basis of ...