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Health Education
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Definition of 'Health Education'Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis. Common names: Health Education; Education, Health; Community Health Education; Health Education, Community; Education, Community Health |
Friday, November 20, 2009
Household characteristics associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh.
30 Oct 2009 
Handwashing with soap prevents diarrhea and respiratory disease, but it is rarely practiced in high-need settings. Among 100 randomly selected villages in rural Bangladesh, field workers enrolled 10 households per village and observed and recorded ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a serious and preventable disease which pediatric clinicians can help address by counseling to reduce risk. RESEARCH DESIGN: We implemented a multifaceted practice-based intervention in a pediatric ... Read more...
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...
Latest indexed articles for 'Health Education'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Household characteristics associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh. 30 Oct 2009
- Pediatric clinicians can help reduce rates of early childhood caries: effects of a practice based intervention. 30 Oct 2009
- 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
- Human papillomavirus knowledge and awareness among undergraduates in healthcare training in New Zealand. 7 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
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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