scholarly journals The Interplay of Plans and Intentions: A Pledge-Based Intervention to Reduce Participation in a Single Hazardous Event

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 307-311
Author(s):  
Ellen J. Bass ◽  
Polly A. College ◽  
Susan Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Hazardous Event ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

With respect to harm reduction health promotion interventions, consideration of prior plans is critical in evaluating behavior change. This study addresses prior plans on participation in a singular binge drinking occurrence where some students attempt to drink a fifth (750 ml) of liquor as an unsanctioned component of an annual university event. A pledge campaign with incentives was implemented to reduce participation. A link to an anonymous survey was emailed after the event. The campaign was effective as 90.8% of pledgers did not participate in the event. However, those with prior plans to participate were less likely to engage in the campaign. The association of plan commitment, pledge status and participation status was significant (female: X2(1)=7.95, p=0.005 and males: X2(1)=39.79, p<0.001). Reducing participation for committed students through a pledge campaign alone appears unlikely to change planned behavior. Future research should examine the role of plans and related factors.

scholarly journals Regulatory Role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) Modification in Osteosarcoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujie Zhang ◽  
Yanyan Wang ◽  
Liwei Ying ◽  
Sifeng Tao ◽  
Mingmin Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Rna Modification ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Pathophysiological Role ◽  
Primary Bone ◽  
Non Coding Rnas

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone malignancy, typically occurring in childhood or adolescence. Unfortunately, the clinical outcomes of patients with osteosarcoma are usually poor because of the aggressive nature of this disease and few treatment advances in the past four decades. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most extensive forms of RNA modification in eukaryotes found both in coding and non-coding RNAs. Accumulating evidence suggests that m6A-related factors are dysregulated in multiple osteosarcoma processes. In this review, we highlight m6A modification implicated in osteosarcoma, describing its pathophysiological role and molecular mechanism, as well as future research trends and potential clinical application in osteosarcoma.

scholarly journals Investigating the moderating role of intercultural factors on consumer cross-shopping behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
Hayiel Hino
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Israeli Arabs ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The concept of prejudice has become increasingly important to scientific thinking about relations between groups. Yet, despite extensive research, little is known about how prejudice affects consumer buying behavior, especially regarding activities that involve purchasing products and services thereby crossing to suppliers from the dominant community.  The purpose of this study is twofold: to examine the influence of both positive and negative prejudices on cross-shopping intention in the context of an ethnic minority-majority group relationship; and, to investigate the moderating influence of intercultural-related factors (i.e. online contact, social interaction, and acculturation) on the relationship between negative prejudice and cross-shopping intention. A sample consisting of 202 respondents was obtained from across ethnic-minority consumers (the Israeli Arabs) who routinely interact online and offline with individuals from the majority population (Israeli Jews). The conceptual framework and hypothesis are tested using the partial least squares analyses (PLS). The study results provide a better understanding of the conflicting effects of positive and negative prejudice on cross-shopping intention. Additionally, results shed light on the moderating role of intercultural factors on the relationship between negative prejudice and cross-shopping intention. Implications are identified together with consideration of the study limitations and avenues for future research.

Proposing the concept of Perfection Quotient (PQ) as a measure of readiness for health behavior change

2018 ◽  
pp. e000116
Author(s):  
Manoj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions ◽  
The Impact

Intelligence Quotient (IQ) has been used for a long time to test for readiness of individuals with regard to their learning abilities.  It offers limited utility in ascertaining readiness toward health behavior change.  Work on emotional quotient (EQ) and X quotient (XQ) has been done in recent years but has not been applied for determining readiness toward health behavior change through health education and health promotion interventions.  The purpose of this editorial is to propose a novel concept of perfection quotient (PQ) that integrates IQ, EQ and XQ for ascertaining the readiness for health behavior change through health education and health promotion interventions in a variety of target populations. Such measure will be invaluable in ameliorating the impact of health education and health promotion interventions.

scholarly journals Cracking open death: death conversations in primary care

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Llewellyn ◽  
Chrystal Jaye ◽  
Richard Egan ◽  
Wayne Cunningham ◽  
Jessica Young ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Life Context ◽  
Meaningful Engagement ◽  
The Media ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Research supports talking about death outside the end-of-life context. Benefits include allaying death anxiety to increased engagement in health promotion interventions. Nonetheless, the focus on death conversations remains centred on the imminently dying. This qualitative study investigated New Zealanders’ perspectives on the value of, opportunities for, and barriers to death conversations in primary healthcare. METHODS Twenty-one participants were interviewed. Participants were young older adults (54–65 years) not receiving palliative care or diagnosed with a terminal illness. Most were women who identified ethnically as New Zealand European. An immersion–crystallisation approach to thematic development was used to accommodate the multidisciplinary research framework. RESULTS Four core themes were identified: ‘a need to talk about death’; ‘the role of the GP’; ‘broaching the topic’; and ‘media’. CONCLUSION A cultural silence on death has rendered both the medical and lay community insufficiently prepared for frank and meaningful engagement with the topic, exacerbated by restricted consultation timeframes. The ease of death conversations may be facilitated by taking a family-centred approach, using community organisations and settings, and harnessing conversation entry points provided by the media. Future research should aim to develop tailored resources and frameworks to support general practitioners’ meaningful engagement with the topic of death both within and outside of the end-of-life context.

scholarly journals A Scoping Review of Positive Lifestyle and Wellness Interventions to Inform the Development of a Comprehensive Health Promotion Program: “HealthPro”

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. P. Schuette ◽  
Evelyn Cordero ◽  
Katherine Slosburg ◽  
Elizabeth L. Addington ◽  
David Victorson
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

Background. Lifestyle medicine has emerged as a transformational force in mainstream health care. Numerous health promotion and wellness programs have been created to facilitate the adoption of increased positive, modifiable health behaviors to prevent and lessen the effects of chronic disease. This article provides a scoping review of available health promotion interventions that focus on healthy adult populations in the past 10 years. Methods. We conducted a scoping review of the literature searching for health promotion interventions in the past 10 years. Interventions were limited to those conducted among healthy adults that offered a face-to-face, group-based format, with positive results on one or more health outcomes. We then developed a new health promotion intervention that draws on multiple components of included interventions. Results. Fifty-eight articles met our inclusion criteria. Physical activity was the primary focus of a majority (N = 47) of articles, followed by diet/nutrition (N = 40) and coping/social support (N = 40). Conclusions. Efficacious health promotion interventions are critical to address the prevention of chronic disease by addressing modifiable risk factors such as exercise, nutrition, stress, and coping. A new intervention, discussed is this article, provides a comprehensive approaches to health behavior change and may be adapted for future research.

scholarly journals Behavioural and social sciences to enhance the efficacy of health promotion interventions: redesigning the role of professionals and people

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCESCA PENNUCCI ◽  
SABINA DE ROSIS ◽  
ANNA MARIA MURANTE ◽  
SABINA NUTI
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions ◽  
Levers And Barriers

AbstractEvidence on the effectiveness of health promotion interventions is mixed, especially in terms of the magnitude of their impact and long-term adherence. This paper proposes a comprehensive approach informed by behavioural economics of developing behavioural change programmes, which is designed to educate, activate, engage and empower people by taking into consideration individual and social mechanisms. Three applied pilots and their results are presented in order to illustrate the approach using cognitive and social mechanisms to lead to better health outcomes, individually and community-wide. More research is needed to explore levers and barriers for the systemic adoption of this framework in implementing health promotion interventions.

scholarly journals Advancing the Field of Social Marketing Through the Lens of Group Dynamics: An Overview and Research Agenda

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Farooq Ahmad ◽  
Syed Ali Raza Hamid ◽  
Muhammad Nawaz Qaisar
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Marketing Social ◽  
The Social

Social marketing is an emerging sub-discipline of marketing. Social marketing deals with attitudinal reconstruction and helps to augment behavioral changes to address various social issues. Social marketing also uses conventional elements of 4Ps to influence behavior change. In this study, a systematic literature review was examined from peer-reviewed journals on social marketing. The focus of this literature review was on important theoretical contributions and theories used in the social marketing domain. Social marketing employed the theories initially developed in psychology and social psychology to study the phenomenon of behavior change as a function of intra-individual processing, persuasive techniques, and one-way communication. Individual centered approaches have been used in this context. The role of group dynamics a strategic tool has not been explored in the domain of social marketing. The research paper has identified possible future research areas in the domain of social marketing in the context of group dynamics.

The Role of Targeted E-Mail Messaging at the Worksite

2012 ◽  
pp. 504-513
Author(s):  
Betsy B. Aumiller
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Worksite Health ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Insight Into

Employers are vested in pursuing educational strategies that work to improve employee health and decrease health care utilization. The use of e-mail for health promotion efforts at the worksite presents the freedom to deliver messages outside the boundaries of time and location; preliminary studies suggest that it is an effective way to encourage health behavior. This chapter explores health behavior change, adult learning theory, and media effects research regarding targeted e-mail messaging at the worksite to offer insight into how people perceive and interact with different forms of messages and what kinds of visual enhancements may positively impact perception of the message itself. Results of a qualitative study investigating employees’ interpretations of message meaning, perceptions of visual e-mail enhancements and associated health behavior change will be discussed as promising research in worksite health promotion.

scholarly journals Health Brokers: How Can They Help Deal with the Wickedness of Public Health Problems?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celeste E. van Rinsum ◽  
Sanne M. P. L. Gerards ◽  
Geert M. Rutten ◽  
Ien A. M. van de Goor ◽  
Stef P. J. Kremers
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Intersectoral Collaboration ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Operational Approach ◽  
Related Factors

Background. The role of health broker is a relatively new one in public health. Health brokers aim to create support for efforts to optimise health promotion in complex or even “wicked” public health contexts by facilitating intersectoral collaborations and by exchanging knowledge with different stakeholders. The current study aimed to explore the role of health brokers, by examining the motivational, contextual, and behaviour-related factors they have to deal with. Methods. Fifteen professionals from various backgrounds and from various policy and practice organisations were recruited for a semistructured interview. To structure the interviews, we developed the “Health Broker Wheel” (HBW), a framework we then specified with more details derived from the interviews. Results. We identified seven primary types of behaviour that health brokers need to engage in: recognizing opportunities, agenda setting, implementing, network formation, intersectoral collaboration, adaptive managing, and leadership. Determinants of health brokers’ behaviours were identified and categorised as capability, opportunities, motivation, and local or national contextual factors. Conclusion. The health brokers’ role can be seen as an operational approach and is visualised in the HBW. This framework can assist further research to monitor and evaluate this role, and health promotion practitioners can use it as a tool to implement the health brokers’ role and to facilitate intersectoral collaboration.

scholarly journals A Mobile Phone–Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for Female Sex Workers in Kenya: Development and Qualitative Study

10.2196/15096 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e15096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances H Ampt ◽  
Kelly L'Engle ◽  
Megan S C Lim ◽  
Kate F Plourde ◽  
Emily Mangone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Message Content ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

Background Female sex workers (FSWs) have high rates of both unintended pregnancy and HIV, but few health promotion interventions address their contraceptive needs or other sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) concerns. A broader approach integrates contraceptive promotion with HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and management, alcohol awareness, gender-based violence and rights, and health care utilization. The Women’s Health Intervention using SMS for Preventing Pregnancy (WHISPER) mobile phone intervention uses a participatory development approach and behavior change theory to address these high-priority concerns of FSWs in Mombasa, Kenya. Objective This paper aimed to (1) describe the process of development of the WHISPER intervention, its theoretical framework, key content domains and strategies and (2) explore workshop participants’ responses to the proposed intervention, particularly with regard to message content, behavior change constructs, and feasibility and acceptability. Methods The research team worked closely with FSWs in two phases of intervention development. First, we drafted content for three different types of messages based on a review of the literature and behavior change theories. Second, we piloted the intervention by conducting six workshops with 42 FSWs to test and refine message content and 12 interviews to assess the technical performance of the intervention. Workshop data were thematically analyzed using a mixed deductive and inductive approach. Results The intervention framework specified six SRHR domains that were viewed as highly relevant by FSWs. Reactions to intervention content revealed that social cognitive strategies to improve knowledge, outcome expectations, skills, and self-efficacy resonated well with workshop participants. Participants found the content empowering, and most said they would share the messages with others. The refined intervention was a 12-month SMS program consisting of informational and motivational messages, role model stories portraying behavior change among FSWs, and on-demand contraceptive information. Conclusions Our results highlight the need for health promotion interventions that incorporate broader components of SRHR, not only HIV prevention. Using a theory-based, participatory approach, we developed a digital health intervention that reflects the complex reality of FSWs’ lives and provides a feasible, acceptable approach for addressing SRHR concerns and needs. FSWs may benefit from health promotion interventions that provide relevant, actionable, and engaging content to support behavior change.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document