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The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space: An Avenue for Health Promotion
Social cohesion involves the interpersonal dynamics and sense of connection among people. Increased social cohesion can be associated with various physical and psychological health benefits.
Viniece Jennings, Omoshalewa Bamkole
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Background India accounts for more than two-third of mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in south-east Asia. The burden is high in Karnataka, one of the largest states in southern India. There is a need for integration of disease prevention,
Krishnamurthy Jayanna+13 more
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A qualitative study of user experience, knowledge and attitude of e-cigarette use in Shanghai
ObjectiveTo understand the experience, knowledge and attitudes of e-cigarette users in Shanghai, and to provide evidence for the development of intervention programs for e-cigarette use.MethodsThe Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) method was used to ...
DING Yuan+8 more
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Translating Social Ecological Theory into Guidelines for Community Health Promotion
Health promotion programs often lack a clearly specified theoretical foundation or are based on narrowly conceived conceptual models. For example, lifestyle modification programs typically emphasize individually focused behavior change strategies, while ...
D. Stokols
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Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health promotion.
Schools provide an important setting for promoting health, as they reach over 1 billion children worldwide and, through them, the school staff, families and the community as a whole. Health promotion messages can be reinforced throughout the most influential stages of children's lives, enabling them to develop lifelong sustainable attitudes and skills.
Kwan, S.Y.L.+3 more
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PRINCIPLES OF ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION
Health is the ability of an organism to adapt to new threats and infirmities. Health promotion addresses the determinants of health, which influence modifiable risk behaviors. Health promotion includes the involvement of communities in setting priorities,
Adina Oana Armencia+8 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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Aims & Backgrounds. Reduced physical activity in pregnant women is highly stemmed from their misconceptions and attitudes during pregnancy. This study is aimed at recognizing the facilitators, barriers, and structural factors that influence activity ...
Leila Kianfard+3 more
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Network topology drives population temporal variability in experimental habitat networks
Habitat patches connected by dispersal pathways form habitat networks. We explored how network topology affects population outcomes in laboratory experiments using a model species (Daphnia carinata). Central habitat nodes in complex lattice networks exhibited lower temporal variability in population sizes, suggesting they support more stable ...
Yiwen Xu+3 more
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Evidence-informed health intervention planning that incorporates theoretical and empirical evidence and engages key stakeholders and community members or patients in the planning process results in interventions that are more effective.
Maria E. Fernandez+3 more
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