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Friday, November 20, 2009

A clinician's guide to the assessment and management of nonadherence in glaucoma.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: To apply lessons learned in the treatment of systemic hypertension to the problem of nonadherence in glaucoma medical therapy. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Although physicians recognize that nonadherence with glaucoma medication is a problem, most ... Read more...

Patient-centered communication to assess and enhance patient adherence to glaucoma medication.

30 Oct 2009 TOPIC: Using an understanding of a patient's difficulty in revealing nonadherence and patient-centered communication skills to identify and address barriers to adherence to glaucoma medication regimens. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In addition to cost and ... Read more...

Photovoice as community-based participatory research: a qualitative review.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore the use of photovoice as a research methodology to identify and explore community health and disability priorities. METHODS: Published studies (n = 31) that applied photovoice as a research methodology to promote and enhance ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: an introduction. 30 Oct 2009
• A clinician's guide to the assessment and management of nonadherence in glaucoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Patient-centered communication to assess and enhance patient adherence to glaucoma medication. 30 Oct 2009
• Photovoice as community-based participatory research: a qualitative review. 30 Oct 2009
• Stress and nutrition among African American women with hypertension. 30 Oct 2009
• Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans. 30 Oct 2009
• Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
• Neighborhood resources for physical activity and healthy foods and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Multi-Ethnic study of Atherosclerosis. 10 Oct 2009
• Knowledge of drinking guidelines does not equal sensible drinking. 8 Oct 2009
• An agenda for personalized medicine. 6 Oct 2009
• Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study. 4 Oct 2009
• Maternal licorice consumption and detrimental cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in children. 2 Oct 2009
• Pollyanna or Fright Night? Over-optimism versus negativity in the sexual health setting. 29 Sep 2009
• How to influence patient oral hygiene behavior effectively. 29 Sep 2009
• Reconciling the construct of walking in physical activity and transportation research. 29 Sep 2009
• Meta-analysis of workplace physical activity interventions. 29 Sep 2009
• The built environment and physical activity levels: the Harvard Alumni Health Study. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• The University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative. 29 Sep 2009
• Experimental pretesting of hand-washing interventions in a natural setting. 29 Sep 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