Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jan 2012
Spiritual and religious identities predict the use of complementary and alternative medicine among US adults.
To determine whether spiritual and religious identities predict complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use above and beyond other known influences such as gender, region of residence, social status, personality, health, and access to conventional medicine. ⋯ After controlling for established predictors including educational attainment, personality, social support, and access to conventional medicine, the present study demonstrates that spirituality and religiousness are associated, in unique ways, with CAM use. Additional research on this topic is clearly warranted.
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Preventive medicine · Jan 2012
Interactions between psychosocial and built environment factors in explaining older adults' physical activity.
To evaluate ecological model predictions of cross-level interactions among psychosocial and environmental correlates of physical activity in 719 community-dwelling older adults in the Baltimore, Maryland and Seattle, Washington areas during 2005-2008. ⋯ Results supported synergistic interactions between built environment and psychosocial factors in explaining physical activity among older adults. Findings suggest multilevel interventions may be most effective in increasing physical activity.
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Preventive medicine · Jan 2012
Secular trends in weight status and weight-related attitudes and behaviors in adolescents from 1999 to 2010.
To examine secular trends from 1999 to 2010 in weight status and weight-related attitudes and behaviors among adolescents. ⋯ Trends indicate a need to intensify efforts to prevent obesity and other weight-related problems, particularly for boys from ethnic/racial minorities. The decreases in unhealthy weight control behaviors among girls are encouraging.
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Preventive medicine · Jan 2012
The impact of public transportation strikes on use of a bicycle share program in London: interrupted time series design.
To investigate the immediate and sustained effects of two London Underground strikes on use of a public bicycle share program. ⋯ Events that greatly constrain the primary motorised mode of transportation for a population may have unintended short-term effects on travel behaviour. These findings suggest that limiting transportation options may have the potential to increase population levels of physical activity by promoting the use of cycling.
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Preventive medicine · Jan 2012
Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration.
To examine the effects of diabetes on coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and cardiovascular disease according to category of body mass index. ⋯ Body mass index does not modify the effect of diabetes on major cardiovascular outcomes.