this study aimed to explore the effects of national targeted subsidies policy on health behavior of iranian households.in this qualitative study, data were collected between january 2012 and december 2013 through face-to-face interviews (23 experts in national and provincial levels of health system and 18 household heads) and through a comprehensive and purposive document analysis. the data was...

Objective. To evaluate the effect of an Emergency Department (ED) based, educational intervention for at-risk health behaviors. Methods. A randomized trial over a one-year period. African American women, aged 21-55, presenting to the ED waiting room were eligible. Each participant took a computer-based survey on health risk behaviors. Participants who screened positive on any of four validated ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the level of knowledge about depression in two selected areas of district Rawalpindi. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey report. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Union council Rehmatabad and mohalla Sultanpura, Rawalpindi, from June to December 2007. METHODOLOGY Strata of community were interviewed regarding the knowledge about depression using an indigenously developed...

BACKGROUND Recent studies show several health-related behaviors to cluster in adolescents. This has important implications for public health. Interrelated behaviors have been shown to be most effectively targeted by multimodal interventions addressing wider-ranging improvements in lifestyle instead of via separate interventions targeting individual behaviors. However, few previous studies have ...

Health and Behavior Lifestyles, Risk Factors, and Health Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Preventing Illness Problems in Promoting Wellness What Determines People’s Health-Related Behavior? General Factors in Health-Related Behavior The Role of Beliefs and Intentions The Role of Less Rational Processes Developmental, Gender, and Sociocultural Factors in Health Development and Health Gender and...

Vermont is one of the more forward-thinking states in the nation with a history of taking groundbreaking approaches to complex social issues. In his Jan 8, 2014 State of the State Address, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin announced that Vermont was in the midst of an opioid addiction epidemic. Though Vermont had called attention to its opioid crisis, it soon became clear that many other states sh...

BACKGROUND In this paper, we show how counselors and psychologists can use emails for online management of substance abusers, including the anatomy and content of emails that clinicians should send substance abusers. Some investigators have attempted to determine if providing mental health services online is an efficacious delivery of treatment. The question of efficacy is an empirical issue th...