scholarly journals Impact of a community-based health education intervention on awareness of influenza, pneumonia, and vaccination intention in chronic patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijuan Chen ◽  
Weiling Gu ◽  
Ben He ◽  
Huijuan Gao ◽  
Pinjing Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Influenza Pneumonia

scholarly journals Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Starla Hairston Blanks ◽  
Henrie Treadwell ◽  
Anya Bazzell ◽  
Whitney Graves ◽  
Olivia Osaji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Health Education ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Primary Care Doctor ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
American Women ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes ◽  
Health Education Intervention

Purpose. The I Am Woman (IAW) Program is a community-based, culturally responsive, and gender-specific nutrition, obesity, and diabetes educational prevention program designed for African American women (AAW). Chronic nutrition-related health conditions such as excess body weight, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and some forms of cancer are common among many African American women.Methods. IAW engaged AAW at risk for such deleterious health conditions by developing a health education intervention that aimed to support weight loss and management, improve knowledge about healthy lifestyle behavioral choices, and facilitate increased access to comprehensive healthcare. This Community Health Worker- (CHW-) led program enrolled 79 AAW aged 18 and older in a 7-week group health education intervention.Results. Following the intervention, results indicated that participants had greater knowledge about nutrition and health, strategies for prevention and management of obesity and diabetes, increased engagement in exercise and fitness activities, and decreased blood pressure, weight, body, and mass index. Cholesterol levels remained relatively unchanged. Additionally, AAW visited a primary care doctor more frequently and indicated greater interest in addressing their health concerns.Conclusion. This model of prevention appears to be a promising approach for increasing awareness about ways to improve the health and well-being of AAW.

scholarly journals Community-based intervention for cervical cancer screening uptake in a semi-urban area of Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal (COBIN-C): study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Trials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aamod Dhoj Shrestha ◽  
Dinesh Neupane ◽  
Sarita Ghimire ◽  
Christine Campbell ◽  
Per Kallestrup
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Screening Uptake ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Abstract Background Previous studies suggest that health intervention designed to increase cervical cancer screening has been effective to reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of a home-based health education intervention for increasing cervical cancer screening uptake delivered by trained female community health volunteers (FCHVs), a category of community health worker in Nepal. Methods A community-based, open-label, two-armed, cluster-randomized trial [seven clusters (geographical wards) randomized for the intervention, and seven for the control arm]. The participants are recruited from a population-based survey with a sample size of 884. Based on population proportion size, 277 women will be recruited for the intervention group and 413 women recruited for the control group. A 12-month community-based health education intervention will be administered mobilizing the FCHVs, based on the Health Belief Model. The primary outcome measure of the study will be the difference in percentage of cervical cancer screening uptake between the two study arms. The primary outcomes will be modeled by using mixed-effect logistic regression analysis. Discussion COBIN-C is the first study investigating the effect of a community-based health education intervention by FCHVs on increasing cervical cancer screening uptake among women in Nepal. The purpose of this study is to develop and implement a home-based, culturally sensitive program to increase cervical cancer screening coverage at the community level. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03808064. Registered on January 14, 2019.

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