Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2010
Where can they play? Outdoor spaces and physical activity among adolescents in U.S. urbanized areas.
To estimate behavior-specific effects of several objectively measured outdoor spaces on different types of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in a large, diverse sample of U.S. adolescents. ⋯ Provision of outdoor spaces may promote different types of physical activities, with potentially greater benefits in female adolescents, who have particularly low physical activity levels.
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2010
Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, smoking and alcohol consumption in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
To examine the association of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination with smoking and alcohol consumption in adults participating in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. ⋯ Our findings suggest that the experience of discrimination is associated with greater prevalence of unhealthy behaviors. Specifically, the use of smoking and alcohol may be patterned by experience of discrimination.
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2010
Innovation to motivation--pilot study of a mobile phone intervention to increase physical activity among sedentary women.
This uncontrolled pilot study assessed changes in pedometer-measured step counts and self-reported physical activity during a 3-week mobile phone-based intervention. We also explored whether age, BMI, and psychosocial factors were associated with changes in step counts. ⋯ The intervention appeared to motivate sedentary women to increase their physical activity. A randomized controlled clinical trial is warranted and feasible.
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2010
School health education programs in Crete: evaluation of behavioural and health indices a decade after initiation.
To assess the long-term effectiveness of a school-based health education intervention program 10 years after its initiation. ⋯ This program appears to improve children's health and decrease risk factors for chronic diseases. If these positive effects are maintained in the forthcoming decades, the risk of chronic diseases may well be reduced.
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2010
Biography Historical ArticleIn memoriam: Remembering Jerry Morris on his 100th birthday.