Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Impact of a simple educational intervention on awareness regarding cardiovascular disease among school‑going adolescents in a rural area of Bengaluru district, India

. Vivek Bhat; . Reubel Coates; . Deepthi Shanbhag; . Natasha Pillai; . Neha Zacharias; . Reema D’Souza; . Geo Judes Mathew

Volume 13, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in India.Atherosclerosis begins in the second decade of life; thus, preventive efforts beginning in adolescenceare ... Read More

Social networks: A quality tool for health dissemination?

. Carmen García‑Méndez; . Francisca María García‑Padilla; . Macarena Romero‑Martín; . Elena Sosa‑Cordobés; . María del Mar Domínguez-Pérez; . José Miguel Robles‑Romero

Volume 12, Issue 10 , November 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Social networks are integrated in our lives and, amongst other functions, theyare a means of dissemination. There are numerous social network accounts dedicated to healththat ... Read More

Evaluation of cancer awareness, cancer education, and prevention intervention techniques among university‑level students in the United States and India

. Adam D. Burke; . Jared W. Burns; . Swati Chakraborty; . Tanima Saha; . Amitabha Ray; . Daniel M. Borsch

Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-7

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BACKGROUND: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. A considerable number ofdifferent cancer types may be preventable, using primary intervention techniques, such as ... Read More BACKGROUND: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. A considerable number ofdifferent cancer types may be preventable, using primary intervention techniques, such as healtheducation, cancer awareness, behaviors and lifestyle modifications. The present study conducted acomparative assessment of cancer awareness among undergraduate students of the United Statesand India.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Students from an Institution in India (KC) (55 females, 33 males),and an Institution in the United States of America (SHU) (226 female, 58 male) during 2019–2020participated in this study. Participants (n = 372) across all majors and all years (first throughfourth year) completed an online questionnaire and answered the questions on their demographiccharacteristics (e.g., gender, age, and location), academic status (e.g., year of study, major),multiple‑choice questions about cancer knowledge, and opinion questions (e.g., “where would youfind info,” “should therapies be free”). Student responses were collected using Qualtrics SurveySoftware. Excel was used to analyze responses. We conducted statistical Χ2 tests for independenceto determine whether there is a statistically significant difference between the expected frequenciesand the observed frequencies in one or more categories of a contingency table, with a significanceof ɑ = 0.01. While small sizes due to the small institutions and the response pool, we note that weachieved the necessary “n” for all tests reported.RESULTS: Our research shows a few important statistically significant differences, includingknowledge of cancer and breast lumps is dependent on location, ranking of global cancer deaths isdependent on location, and that cancer knowledge is dependent on the information source. All forΧ2 tests with P < 0.001.CONCLUSIONS: Further encouragement of education for young people in various aspects ofcancer and cancer prevention, as well as information facility and sources of reliable data, could behelpful for improving the overall health and primary prevention. A thorough assessment is neededto understand the responsible factors for the observed cancer knowledge variations among studentsof two different places.

Predictability of constructs of theory of planned behavior in adopting urinary tract infection prevention behaviors among pregnant women

. Sheida Moradpour; . Hossein Shahnazi; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 11, Issue 5 , June 2021, , Pages 1-5

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BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection is a common infection in women during pregnancy, leading tomany complications for both mother and fetus if untreated. The present study aimed to ... Read More

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Impact of a simple educational intervention on awareness regarding cardiovascular disease among school‑going adolescents in a rural area of Bengaluru district, India

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Social networks: A quality tool for health dissemination?

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Evaluation of cancer awareness, cancer education, and prevention intervention techniques among university‑level students in the United States and India

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Predictability of constructs of theory of planned behavior in adopting urinary tract infection prevention behaviors among pregnant women

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