Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Health Knowledge"
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Breast cancer risk perception, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and screening behaviors of Chamorro women in Guam
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health issue in Guam and in the world. Chamorro women in Guam have the highest incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer among other ethnic groups of women living in Guam. ... -
Cardiovascular knowledge, beliefs and healthcare practices of the Amish in Northern Indiana
Background. The Amish are a conservative ethno-religious Christian subculture who are doubling in number every 14 years. There are now more than 249,000 located in 28 states and Ontario, Canada. To our knowledge, no previous ... -
Deciding to engage in advance care planning: A comparison of participants' experiences
Advance care planning (ACP) is a dynamic decision-making process that assists people to construct and communicate their preferences for end of life care. Two decades of research have shown that when preferences are not ... -
Development of a foot care knowledge test for elderly people with diabetes
Purpose of the study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure foot care knowledge in elderly people with diabetes. Utilizing a three phase design, Phase I focused on survey of foot care content deemed ... -
The effects of health beliefs, acculturation, and a culturally appropriate teaching intervention on parents' knowledge of and compliance with tuberculosis treatment in a Mexican-American population: A preliminary analysis
The primary purpose of this research study, using a correlational and comparative descriptive design, was to examine the effects of health beliefs, acculturation, and a culturally appropriate Spanish-language audiotaped ... -
Examining constructs of the health belief model as predictors of Haitian men's intention regarding prostate cancer screening
(2017-01-27)Background: The most recent report of Global Burden of Cancer (GLOBOCAN) indicated the incidence rate of prostate cancer in Haiti as 38.6 and the mortality rate as 32.3 per 100,000. The literature supports a high ... -
How Latinas come to know about AIDS and AIDS prevention
By the year 2000, Latinos will become the largest minority group in the United States. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is occurring at a disproportionately high rate among Latinos. As care-giver and health ... -
The impact of health partner participation in cardiac rehabilitation on health partner knowledge of cardiac disease risk factors
(2017-09-20)Background: Cardiac disease remains the top cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. In order to achieve optimal long-term outcomes, people who have experienced an acute cardiac event must undergo several ... -
Improving safe skin behaviors in high school freshman
(2017-09-19)OBJECTIVE: Sun exposure is common among teenagers but teenagers also have poor sun protection strategies. Sun exposure during adolescence or teenage years is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer later in life. ... -
Knowledge of stroke warning symptoms and risk factors: Variations by rural and urban categories
Stroke continues to have a devastating disabling effect on Americans while remaining the third leading cause of death in the United States. Most Americans do not recognize the symptoms of stroke causing delay in receiving ... -
The meaning of health among midlife Russian-speaking women in the United States
This study sought to explore the meaning of health among midlife Russian-speaking women from the Former Soviet Union. A hermeneutic, phenomenologic, descriptive and interpretive design following the Utrecht School was used. ... -
Parental perceptions of sleep hygiene practices of urban, minority school-aged children: A descriptive qualitative study
(2017-12-22)Results from an expanding body of research suggest that sleep problems resulting in inadequate sleep may be particularly prevalent among children of minority status and/or low ... -
Transgender individuals and osteoporosis prevention
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-07)BACKGROUND: Risk behaviors and hormone use place transgender individuals (TIs) in jeopardy for osteoporosis. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to expand the science about the knowledge, health beliefs, and osteoporosis ...