Health Education
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy.

30 Oct 2009 TOPIC: Risk factors for poor adherence or nonadherence to topical glaucoma medication regimens. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Poor adherence to glaucoma medication regimens may be associated with subsequent visual loss and irreversible optic nerve damage. ... Read more...

Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To provide a conceptual description of Faith Moves Mountains (FMM), an intervention designed to reduce the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer among Appalachian women. METHODS: FMM, a community-based participatory research program ... Read more...

Awareness within the French population concerning stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Effective implementation of early treatment strategies for stroke requires prompt admission to hospital which could be delayed for several reasons such as poor awareness of population. OBJECTIVE: To assess current public knowledge of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy. 30 Oct 2009
• Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program. 30 Oct 2009
• How to win trust over flu. 6 Oct 2009
• ACH fitness clinic. Combating pediatric obesity in clinic and through teaching. 29 Sep 2009
• Awareness within the French population concerning stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors. 29 Sep 2009
• Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Randomized clinical trial of behavioral intervention and nutrition education to improve caloric intake and weight in children with cystic fibrosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Experimental pretesting of hand-washing interventions in a natural setting. 29 Sep 2009
• School-based health promotion for mosquito-borne disease prevention in children. 29 Sep 2009
• Intentional exposure to loud music: the second MTV.com survey reveals an opportunity to educate. 29 Sep 2009
• Association between health education needs and stroke caregiver injury. 29 Sep 2009
• Doctors explore research potential of blood samples from newborns. 26 Sep 2009
• The efficacy of HIV/STI behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States: a meta-analysis. 15 Sep 2009
• Key concerns about the current state of bladder cancer: a position paper from the Bladder Cancer Think Tank, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, and the Society of Urologic Oncology. 13 Sep 2009
• Campaigns to reduce antibiotic use in the US cannot compete with drug advertising, study says. 13 Sep 2009
• Implementation of and barriers to routine HIV screening for adolescents. 12 Sep 2009
• Population-based intervention to reduce prehospital delays in patients with cerebrovascular events. 12 Sep 2009
• [Medicine 2.0: the stakes of participatory medicine] 7 Sep 2009
• [The Internet can improve health] 3 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Education'

Definition: Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.

Descriptor UI: D006266

Alternative terms: Health Education; Education, Health; Community Health Education; Health Education, Community; Education, Community Health;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Promotion;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.233.332; N02.421.143.827.407; N02.421.726.407;

Technical Notes: educ of general public or individuals; educ of patients in & outside hosp = PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC