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The health-promoting family: a conceptual framework for future research
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A theoretical framework is proposed for studies of the 'health-promoting family' with particular focus on children's health and well-being, suggesting a new emphasis on the family's ecocultural pathway, family practices and the child as a health- Promoting actor.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2004-07-01. It has received 218 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health promotion & Conceptual framework.read more
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Randomized controlled trial of the MEND program: a family-based community intervention for childhood obesity.
Paul M. Sacher,Maria Kolotourou,Paul Chadwick,Tim J Cole,Margaret S. Lawson,Alan Lucas,Atul Singhal +6 more
TL;DR: High‐attendance rates suggest that families found this intensive community‐based childhood obesity intervention acceptable, and benefits in cardiovascular fitness, physical activity levels, and self‐esteem were sustained.
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Addressing the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Through School-Based Interventions: What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go From Here?
Karen E. Peterson,Mary Kay Fox +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-component program to prevent and control childhood obesity in schools is proposed. And the authors suggest that the improvements to proven strategies, coupled with careful evaluation, can contribute to accumulation of evidence needed to design and implement the next generation of optimal interventions.
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The potential of schoolchildren as health change agents in rural western Kenya.
TL;DR: A prospective, quasi-experimental study was carried out in Bondo district in western Kenya to determine the potential of schoolchildren as health change agents in a rural community and the impact of the project was reflected in concrete changes in the school environment as well as the home environments.
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Caring for Somali women: implications for clinician-patient communication.
Jennifer K. Carroll,Ronald M. Epstein,Kevin Fiscella,Teresa Gipson,Ellen M. Volpe,Pascal Jean-Pierre +5 more
TL;DR: Effective communication, access to healthcare services with female interpreters and clinicians, and community programs to promote health literacy are themes associated with respectful and effective healthcare experiences among Somali women.
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Influence of mothers' oral health knowledge and attitudes on their children's dental health.
TL;DR: Because twice-daily tooth-brushing behaviour and sound dentition in 9-year-olds were associated with their mothers’ positive oral health-related attitudes, in developing oral health promotion programs for children and adolescents, the considerable potential of mothers should be a major focus of oral health professionals.
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The Sociological Imagination
TL;DR: The sociological imagination is a sociological vision, a way of looking at the world that can see links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues as discussed by the authors.
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
TL;DR: The first International Conference on Health Promotion was held in Ottawa, Canada in November 1986 and aimed for action to achieve 'Health for all' by the year 2000 and beyond.
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A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives
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A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology
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