Actual versus perceived peer sexual risk behavior in online youth social networksTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 3 - Trang 312-319 - 2013
Sandra R Black, Sarah Schmiege, Sheana Bull
Perception of peer behaviors is an important predictor of actual risk behaviors among youth. However, we lack understanding of peer influence through social media and of actual and perceived peer behavior concordance. The purpose of this research is to document the relationship between individual perception of and actual peer sexual risk behavior using online social networks. The data are a result...... hiện toàn bộ
Advancing understanding of the sustainability of lay health advisor (LHA) programs for African-American women in community settingsTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 7 - Trang 415-426 - 2017
Rachel C. Shelton, Thana-Ashley Charles, Sheba King Dunston, Lina Jandorf, Deborah O. Erwin
Lay health advisor (LHA) programs have made strong contributions towards the elimination of health disparities and are increasingly being implemented to promote health and prevent disease. Developed in collaboration with African-American survivors, the National Witness Project (NWP) is an evidence-based, community-led LHA program that improves cancer screening among African-American women. NWP has...... hiện toàn bộ
Twitter classification model: the ABC of two million fitness tweetsTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 3 - Trang 304-311 - 2013
Theodore A. Vickey, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Maciej Dabrowski
The purpose of this project was to design and test data collection and management tools that can be used to study the use of mobile fitness applications and social networking within the context of physical activity. This project was conducted over a 6-month period and involved collecting publically shared Twitter data from five mobile fitness apps (Nike+, RunKeeper, MyFitnessPal, Endomondo, and da...... hiện toàn bộ
Adherence to evidence-based guidelines among diabetes self-management appsTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 3 - Trang 277-286 - 2013
Jessica Y. Breland, Vivian M. Yeh, Jessica Yu
Smartphone apps can provide real-time, interactive self-management aid to individuals with diabetes. It is currently unclear whether existing diabetes self-management apps follow evidence-based guidelines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which existing diabetes self-management apps address the seven self-management behaviors recommended by the American Association of Diabet...... hiện toàn bộ
Building practitioner networks to support dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programs in community settingsTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 7 - Trang 532-541 - 2017
Shoba Ramanadhan, Sara Minsky, Vilma Martinez-Dominguez, Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Insufficient capacity to use evidence-based programs (EBPs) limits the impact of community-based organizations (CBOs) to improve population health and address health disparities. PLANET MassCONECT was a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project conducted in three Massachusetts communities. Researchers and practitioners co-created an intervention to build capacity among CBO staff member...... hiện toàn bộ
RE-AIM analysis of a randomized school-based nutrition intervention among fourth-grade classrooms in CaliforniaTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 5 - Trang 315-326 - 2015
Andrew L. Larsen, Trina Robertson, Genevieve Dunton
Childhood overweight and obesity are major health problems. School-based programs enable intervening with large groups of children, but program overall health impact is rarely completely assessed. A RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) analysis tested the overall public health impact of the fourth-grade “Nutrition Pathfinders” school-based nutrition-education program. A ...... hiện toàn bộ
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) position statement: ban indoor tanning for minorsTranslational Behavioral Medicine - Tập 4 - Trang 124-126 - 2013
Sherry Pagoto, Joel Hillhouse, Carolyn J Heckman, Elliot J Coups, Jerod Stapleton, David Buller, Rob Turrisi, June Robinson, Alan C Geller
The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), an interdisciplinary professional organization focused on the science of health behavior joins the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a host of other national and international organizations in support of a total ban on indoor tanning for minors under the age of 18. According to the International Agency for Research on...... hiện toàn bộ