abstract background: beginning and continuing pregnancy with obesity and being overweight has some known side effects for the mother and the fetus. preventing these complications requires medical interventions before pregnancy. because designing health improvement interventions requires understanding of the related factors of the behavior, the aim of this study was to determine the relation bet...

background: drug addiction is known as a health, therapeutic, and social problem of the recent century. recent studies have shown that young people have little resistance against drugs, but they have the ability to understand and accept the risk of using drugs. this study has been done among students to determine the preventive behaviors of drug addiction based on the health belief model. metho...

Title of Document: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NEGATIVE CONFLICT BEHAVIOR AND SUBCLINICAL LEVELS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY SYMPTOMS IN CLINIC COUPLES: AN ACTOR-PARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL APPROACH EXAMINING MEDIATION BY PERCEIVED CRITICISM AND MODERATION BY POSITIVE COMMUNICATION Anna Alice White, Master of Science, 2015 Directed By: Dr. Norman B. Epstein, Department of Family Science Past research on f...

Unhealthy behaviors increase individual health risks and are a socioeconomic burden. Harnessing social influence is perceived as fundamental for interventions to influence health-related behaviors. However, the mechanisms through which social influence occurs are poorly understood. Online social networks provide the opportunity to understand these mechanisms as they digitally archive communicat...

This study attempted to answer the question, "Do nurses perceive coping kits to be effective at meeting the needs of hospitalized children with developmental disabilities who are at increased risk for challenging behaviors?" A cross-sectional post-test survey study design was used, with a convenience sample of 24 registered nurses at a Midwestern free-standing children's hospital. A coping kit ...

background: one of the most important health concerns is dust phenomenon causing adverse effects on health. it often leads to serious problems in the city of ahvaz. in most communities there are a larger number of schools comparing to health centers, as a consequence we can easily use them for health education and promotion. therefore, the aim of this study is to determine knowledge, attitude a...

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This study examined the direct and indirect associations of general and smoking-specific parenting practices with Chinese adolescents' smoking behaviors. Adolescents aged 14-17 years (N = 658) and their parents were recruited from three high schools in mainland China. Adolescents completed an anonymous online survey on their smoking behaviors, perceptions of parenting behaviors, and smoking-rel...