Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2024
Black college women's preventive health behaviors: Applications of a Black Feminist-Womanist research paradigm.
The researchers applied Lindsay-Dennis' Black Feminist-Womanist research paradigm to Andersen's Behavioral Model for Health Service Use to guide initial research about Black American women's preventive health behaviors. ⋯ This article highlights the fit of a Black Feminist-Womanist research paradigm to Andersen's model to better understand Black women's health experiences and illustrates ways that medical mistrust, health literacy, and past experiences with health care can influence health service use. Areas for future research on barriers and facilitators to preventive care and implications for reducing health disparities are also discussed.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2024
Association between self-reported child maltreatment and risk of hospital-treated infectious diseases in middle-aged and older adults: A UK Biobank cohort study.
This study aimed to explore the association between child maltreatment and hospital-treated infectious diseases in middle-aged and older adults. ⋯ Child maltreatment may increase susceptibility to a broad spectrum of infectious diseases in adulthood, highlighting the need for early-life maltreatment prevention policies.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2024
Association between physical activity and the N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in a middle-aged Japanese population: The interaction with alcohol consumption, 2005-2006.
Higher N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels are a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The current study aimed to clarify the cross-sectional association of physical activity (PA) with NT-proBNP and to identify the interaction of PA with alcohol consumption or cigarette smoking in middle-aged individuals. ⋯ Higher total PA was associated with better NT-proBNP in middle-aged individuals. Additionally, the effect of substituting LPA with MVPA on NT-proBNP was greater in men than in women. Furthermore, the association between PA and NT-proBNP may be modified by alcohol consumption.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2024
Association between life satisfaction, self-esteem, and health checkup participation: A population-based longitudinal study in South Korea.
Previous studies have shown that background sociodemographic factors are associated with health checkup participation. However, little is known about the psychological determinants of health checkup participation in longitudinal studies. This study explored the psychological determinants of health checkup participation based on a longitudinal study in South Korea. ⋯ Although the effect sizes were modest, high life satisfaction and self-esteem were associated with an increased likelihood of participating in health checkups.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2024
Disparities in trends of smoke-free home associated with socioeconomic disadvantages in the United States from 2001 to 2019.
To examine disparities in trends of smoke-free home (SFH) rule prevalence in the United States from 2001 to 2019 by individuals' number of socioeconomic disadvantages. ⋯ Despite a large increase in the SFH prevalence, disparities remain. Our findings underscore the need for continued efforts to promote SFH, particularly among socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers.