The Effects of Skin Health Care Awareness on Practic Behavior of Women in Their 20s

This study was conducted to study skin health care awareness and practices for women in their 20s who are highly interested in skin health care. From December 1, 2020, to February 1, 2021, women in their 20s who are currently living in Jinju-si Gyeongsangnam-do and Gwangju, and the study were surveyed using the Internet and SNS, and a total of 300 copies were used as final analysis data. The specific questionnaire consisted of a total of 40 items. Data analysis was conducted using the SPSWIN 21.0 program. First, in the difference between skin health care awareness and skin health care practice behavior according to general characteristics, age ‘26-29 years old’, marriage status ‘unmarried’, final education ‘university student/graduation’, occupation ‘student’, and monthly beauty-related expenses ‘less than 10-130,000 won’ drinking alcohol ‘1-2 times a week’ was the highest, and for the smoking, non-smoking women were the highest. Regarding skin health care awareness according to general characteristics, the overall average was 3.82, ‘harmful factors’ appeared to be the highest, and for the skin health care practice behavior, the overall average was 3.43, showing the highest average in ‘cosmetics selection’, and the difference in skin health care awareness according to age, educational background, and smoking was significant. In response, in this study, it is intended to be used as basic data to help maintain and improve skin health by grasping problems such as awareness of skin health care and practice behavior of women in their 20s.

Texas health educators’ practice in basic genomics education and services

Background: Health educators (HEs), who are specialized in health education, can provide basic genomics education/services to the public. Such practice of HEs is unknown. We examined HEs’ genomics knowledge and practice, intention, attitudes, self-efficacy and perceived barriers in providing basic genomics education/services. Materials & methods: Texas HEs (n = 662) were invited to complete the survey that was developed based on theoretical constructs (i.e., practice/behavior, intention, attitudes, self-efficacy, knowledge and perceived barriers) from various health behavior theories. Results: Among 182 HEs completed the survey, most had never/seldom provided basic genomics education/services. Participants’ practice was positively associated with their intention in performing basic genomics education/services and previous genomics training. Intention to offer such education/services was positively related to HEs’ self-efficacy and attitudes, which were correlated to previous genomics training. Conclusion: Texas HEs lacked basic genomics education/services practice. As previous genomics training was associated with HEs’ practice, providing continuing education may enhance their practice.

Athletic Trainers' Knowledge and Practice Application of Public Health Topics

Context Athletic training is at the forefront of the prevention of injury and illness. As the push for population-level approaches continues, including the expansion of standards related to professional preparation, there is a need to examine the knowledge and practice application of public health topics of athletic trainers (ATs), as they may serve as role models or preceptors. Objective To assess ATs' knowledge and practice application of public health topics. Design and Setting Online survey with knowledge assessment. Participants Four hundred eighty-seven ATs (age = 35.8 ± 11.1 years, years credentialed = 12.8 ± 10.6) voluntarily participated. Intervention(s) The instrument included a demographic section, a pre and post perceived-knowledge assessment, a practice-behavior frequency matrix, and the Public Health Assessment Tool (PHAT) developed by the authors and Delphi panelists. Main Outcome Measure(s) Measures of central tendency were calculated for the practice-behavior frequency matrix. Perceived knowledge was compared pre- and post-PHAT. We calculated a total PHAT score to measure actual knowledge, and compared perceived and actual knowledge to determine if a knowledge gap existed. Results A significant difference (P > .001) was identified for perceived knowledge before and after the PHAT. On the PHAT, participants scored 12.14 ± 2.21 out of 19. The 3 most commonly missed questions directly related to the 3 least practiced topics: social determinants of health, assessing environmental health factors, and assessing health-related quality of life. When exploring the relationship between perceived and actual knowledge, we identified a weak, significant relationship between post-PHAT perceived-knowledge mean and actual-knowledge assessment scores (r = 0.105, P = .022). Conclusions A knowledge gap exists concerning public health topics in ATs. A lack of knowledge related to public health topics identifies the need for ATs to be mindful of the intersection of daily clinical practice and population health with a future emphasis on deploying community-based health promotion.

Media Pendidikan Gizi dalam Mengenali dan Mengatur Makanan Cegah Balita Gizi Kurang

Posyandu is a form of Community-Based Health Efforts (UKBM) which is managed by the community, especially in monitoring nutritional status. Nutrition status monitoring is important because nutrition influences brain development and behavior, work ability and productivity as well as resistance to infectious diseases. Toddlers are an age group that cannot yet manage their own food so parents need supervision, a group of toddlers vulnerable to malnutrition. So that the proper way of Infant and Child Feeding (PMBA) is important to be socialized. The implementation method is in the form of counseling, discussion, practice simulation and pre-post test evaluation. Evaluation monitoring is carried out by looking at indicators of success in the aspect of attendance of targets attending each meeting at the service activities and practices to the target, reflection and feedback from participants as well as PMBA practice behavior can be implemented by the target. After education, there is an increase in the ability of mothers to practice PMBA simulations. It was concluded that the use of media in providing information to mothers is very effective in increasing the ability of mothers in the correct PMBA so that it is expected to reduce nutritional problems in children. A program that is continuous with supervision by health workers and involves cadres in providing information to mothers of toddlers needs to be done.

Un modelo predictivo del comportamiento de la práctica deportiva entre la generación Millennial (A predictive model of sports practice behavior among the Millennial generation)

Esta investigación tiene por objetivo diseñar un modelo de predicción del comportamiento de la práctica deportiva a partir de la escala de actitud hacia la actividad física y el deporte previo contraste psicométrico entre la generación Millennial. Además, profundiza en la medición de la actitud hacia la actividad física y el deporte y en la determinación de diferencias en función de género y nivel de práctica deportiva. El trabajo de campo se realizó sobre una muestra de 1141 individuos de la generación Millennial seleccionados por muestreo de cuotas de género y edad. El estudio avanza respecto a la literatura existente apuntando una bi-dimensionalidad de la escala y aporta un modelo predictivo para la población Millennial con una elevada tasa de éxito para clasificar individuos practicantes y no practicantes a partir de la aplicación de la técnica de regresión logística. Esta mirada a los Millennial tiene su valor no tanto en la comparación con otras generaciones sino en la necesidad de predecir comportamientos futuros, siendo esencial desarrollar actitudes que favorezcan hábitos saludables beneficiosos para el individuo y la comunidad en su conjunto. Adicionalmente, los resultados muestran cierta novedad al descubrir particularidades de los Millennials donde la actitud hacia el ejercicio físico y la práctica deportiva es mejor entre las mujeres que entre los hombres. Summary. This research aims to design a model for predicting the behavior of sports practice for the Millennial generation. After psychometric contrast, the study is based on the scale of attitude towards physical activity and sport. In addition, the research deepens in the measurement of the attitude towards physical activity and sport, and explores the existence of differences regarding gender and level of practice. A non-random sample of 1141 Millennial generation individuals selected with gender and age quotas was surveyed. The study goes forward with respect to the existing literature, suggesting a bi-dimensionality of the used scale. It also provides a predictive model for Millennial generation, based on the application of the logistic regression technique, with a high success rate to classify sport practicing and non-practicing individual. This glance at Millennials lays its value in the need of predicting future behaviors rather than comparing with other generations. In this sense, the development of attitudes that promote healthy habits, which are also beneficial both to individuals and the community as a whole is essential. Additionally, results show some novelty concerning particularities of Millennials: their attitude towards physical exercise and sports practice is better among women than men.

The effects of clinical decision support system for prescribing medication on patient outcomes and physician practice performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: The clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) for prescription medications is one of the technologies aimed at improving physician practice behavior and patient outcomes by reducing drug prescription errors. This study, thus, was conducted to investigate the effect of various CDSSs on physician practice behavior and patient outcomes.Methods: This systematic review was conducted by searching in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus and Cochrane Library from 2005 to 2019. Two researchers independently evaluated the studies. Any discrepancies over the eligibility of the studies between the two researchers were then resolved by consulting a third researcher. Finally, we extracted data from the articles. Then, we conducted a meta-analysis based on medication subgroups and outcome categories; we also presented a narrative form of the findings. Meanwhile, we applied random-effects model to estimate the effects of CDSS on patient outcomes and physician practice performance with 95% confidence interval. Q statistics and I2 was then used to measure heterogeneity.Results: Based on the inclusion criteria, 46 studies were considered eligible for the analysis in this review. The CDSS for prescription medications had been used for various diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases, AIDS, appendicitis, kidney disease, malaria, high blood potassium, and mental disease. Meanwhile, other cases such as the concurrent prescription of multiple drugs for patients and its effects on the above-mentioned outcomes were evaluated. The analysis shows that in some cases the application of CDSS provides positive effects on patient outcomes and physician practice behaviors. The effect was statistically significant (std diff in means =0.114, 95% CI: 0.090 to 0.138) as overall. It was also statistically significant for outcome groups such as those showing improved outcomes on physician practice performance and patient outcome or both. No significant difference was observed in comparison between some other cases and conventional methods. We think that this could be due to the disease type, the quantity, and the type of CDSS requirements that influenced the comparison. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that positive effects of the CDSS are due to factors such as user-friendliness, compliance with clinical guidelines, patient and doctor cooperation, integration of electronic health records, CDSS and pharmaceutical systems, consideration of the views of physicians in assessing the importance of CDSS alerts, and their real-time alerts in the prescription.