Health Promotion - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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...

Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Vietnamese-American women underutilize breast cancer screening. DESIGN: An RCT was conducted comparing the effect of lay health workers (LHWs) and media education (ME) to ME alone on breast cancer screening among these women. ... Read more...

Expanding the public health research agenda for ovarian cancer.

30 Aug 2009 Since the year 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has undertaken an active public health research agenda in ovarian cancer, focused mainly on research related to earlier recognition of symptoms, methods for earlier diagnosis, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Promotion - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program. 30 Oct 2009
• A recommendation to improve employee weight status through worksite health promotion programs targeting nutrition, physical activity, or both. 29 Sep 2009
• Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach. 29 Sep 2009
• Flu vaccination campaign poses monitoring difficulties. 19 Sep 2009
• Bending the cost curve: a critical component of health care reform. 14 Sep 2009
• Expanding the public health research agenda for ovarian cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• International child health. 30 Aug 2009
• Recommendations for the concepts and form of Healthy People 2020. 30 Aug 2009
• Adolescent coping across time: implications for psychiatric mental health nurses. 30 Aug 2009
• Using practice development methodology to develop children's centre teams: ideas for the future. 30 Aug 2009
• Sociocultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS among Middle Eastern immigrants in the US: bridging culture with HIV/AIDS programmes. 30 Aug 2009
• The Infant Mortality National Support Team. 30 Aug 2009
• Strengthening health systems and cross-government capacity to address health inequalities. 30 Aug 2009
• Tobacco use among India's street children raises concern. 30 Aug 2009
• Global women's health: a spotlight on caregiving. 30 Aug 2009
• Promoting wellness in women across the life span. 30 Aug 2009
• Gestational diabetes and health promotion. 27 Aug 2009
• European network for promoting the physical health of residents in psychiatric and social care facilities (HELPS): background, aims and methods. 26 Aug 2009
• Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities. 22 Aug 2009
• Smoking. Sticking with quitting. 18 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Promotion'

Definition: Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.

Descriptor UI: D006293

Alternative terms: Health Promotion; Promotion, Health; Promotions, Health; Promotion of Health; Health Promotions; Promotional Items; Item, Promotional; Items, Promotional; Promotional Item; Wellness Programs; Program, Wellness; Programs, Wellness; Wellness Program; Health Campaigns; Campaign, Health; Campaigns, Health; Health Campaign;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Behavior;

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

Tree Number: N02.370; N02.421.726.507;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: IM