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Health Behavior - Ethnology
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Definition of 'Health Behavior'Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural. Common names: Health Behavior; Behavior, Health; Behaviors, Health; Health Behaviors |
Monday, November 23, 2009
Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans.
30 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVES: To determine differences in screening for routine physical exam and cancers among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Americans. METHODS: The sample consisted of 2011 participants. Chi square was used to identify relationships ... Read more...
Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study.
4 Oct 2009 The authors used data from the Black Women's Health Study to assess the association between neighborhood urban form and physical activity. Women reported hours/week of utilitarian and exercise walking and of vigorous activity in 1995 and on biennial ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are designed to provide comprehensive health care, including primary care to their enrollees. However, HMOs deliver care through a wide variety of physician networks, settings and methods throughout the nation ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Health Behavior - Ethnology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans. 30 Oct 2009
- Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study. 4 Oct 2009
- African Americans in commercial HMOs more likely to delay prescription drugs and use the emergency room. 29 Sep 2009
- Acculturation and gender: influence on healthy dietary outcomes for Latino adolescents in California. 30 Aug 2009
- Awareness and causal attributions of risk factors for heart disease among immigrant women living in Australia. 30 Aug 2009
- Patterns of responses to cardiac events over time. 30 Aug 2009
- Pilot testing of the PRAISEDD intervention among African American and low-income older adults. 30 Aug 2009
- Self-reported diabetes in Hispanic subgroup, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white populations: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2005. 30 Aug 2009
- Differential trends in weight-related health behaviors among American young adults by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status: 1984-2006. 18 Aug 2009
- Neighborhood characteristics, adherence to walking, and depressive symptoms in midlife African American women. 30 Jul 2009
- The effects of cultural competence, social class, and ethnicity on the doctor-patient relationship.
30 Jul 2009 - Family health history and health behaviors in Alaska native and American Indian people. 30 Jul 2009
- Convergence of body mass index of immigrants to the Canadian-born population: evidence from the National Population Health Survey (1994-2006). 28 Jul 2009
- Dietary patterns and incident cardiovascular disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 20 Jul 2009
- Long-term fish intake is associated with less severe depressive symptoms among elderly men and women: the MEDIS (MEDiterranean ISlands Elderly) epidemiological study. 6 Jul 2009
- Breast cancer risk perception and lifestyle behaviors among White and Black women with a family history of the disease. 29 Jun 2009
- Ethnographic evaluation of a lay health promoter program to reduce occupational injuries among Latino poultry processing workers. 29 Jun 2009
- Race and ethnic differences in a multicenter study of home safety with vouchers redeemable for free safety devices. 29 Jun 2009
- Cultural and social influences on food consumption in dutch residents of Turkish and moroccan origin: a qualitative study. 29 Jun 2009
- Significant differences in the use of healthcare resources of native-born and foreign born in Spain.
23 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Health Behavior'
Definition: Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.
Descriptor UI: D015438
Alternative terms: Health Behavior; Behavior, Health; Behaviors, Health; Health Behaviors;
Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology;
Tree Number: F01.145.488;
History Note: 89