Dissertations / Theses: 'Health promotion projects'

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MOREIRA, ALINE LOPES. "DESIGN, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH PROMOTION: EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27812@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO A Organização Mundial da Saúde reconhece o estresse como o mal do século XXI, por outro lado a busca pela espiritualidade vem sendo reconhecida como uma dimensão importante da saúde e ganhando espaço em diversos campos do saber. Este trabalho explora a relação do Design com estados de relaxamento, calma e equilíbrio e o potencial da atividade em promover a saúde e o bem-estar do indivíduo. Para tanto, identifica exemplos de produtos e ambientes projetados com esse fim, priorizando os que buscam despertar sentimentos como tranquilidade e serenidade. O levantamento e organização desses exemplos tomou como base o referencial teórico da medicina integrativa, assim como terapias e técnicas envolvidas em sua prática, e considerou o papel da tecnologia — mais precisamente a da área chamada Calm Technology (tecnologia calma). Este trabalho resultou na formação de um acervo de produtos e ambientes que utilizam abordagens terapêuticas, exercícios respiratórios, técnicas de biofeedback e meditação. Resultou, também, no planejamento e desenvolvimento das atividades Rezando com os Sentidos: técnicas de meditação e Horta Orgânica para o projeto de educação continuada PUC-Rio mais de 50, destinado ao público maior de 50 anos. Essas atividades deram origem ao domínio Bem-Estar, Espiritualidade e Promoção da Saúde e foram projetadas com base em técnicas de co-design, incluindo a participação do público-alvo no processo projetual. The World Health Organization calls stress the health epidemic of the 21st century, on the other hand, the search for the spirituality has been recognized as another important dimension of health and has gaining ground in several fields of knowledge. This work explores the Design interface with other relaxation states, calm and balance and the potentiality of the activity to promote health and well-being of the individual. Therefore, it identifies examples of products and environments designed for this purpose, prioritizing those in search of rousing feelings of tranquility and serenity. The survey and organization of these examples it was based on the theoretical framework of integrative medicine, and also therapies and techniques involved in its practice and considered the role of technology - precisely the area called Calm Technology. This work resulted in the collection of products and environments that use therapeutic approach, breathing exercises, biofeedback techniques and meditation. It also resulted in the planning and development of activities for Praying with you senses:meditation techniques and The Organic Garden for the project of continuing education PUC-Rio mais de 50 destined to the public over 50 years. These activities gave rise to the field well-being, spirituality and health promotion and were planned based on co-design techniques, including the target public in the design process.

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Milner, Susan Joan. "Health in the high street : an evaluation of a community based health promotion projects." Thesis, Northumbria University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240622.

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Cattan, Mima. "Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people : effectiveness of health promotion interventions." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247917.

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Kickham, Noreen Teresa Mary. "Inter-sectoral collaboration and the World Health Organisation's health for all initiative : a study of five projects in Eastleigh, Hampshire." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239528.

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Bruce, Rebecca. "Barren River District Health Department Health Education/Risk Reduction Demonstration Projects." TopSCHOLAR®, 1989. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2172.

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In July 1980, the Barren River District Health Department (BRDHD), serving eight counties (combined population approximately 204,000) in Southcentral Kentucky, was selected as a demonstration site under the auspices of the federal Health Education Risk Reduction (HERR) Program. With continued HERR funding for eight years, the BRDHD developed several successful health promotion projects. Major components of these projects include: 1) community health promotion, which serves to identify high -risk groups in the community and provide them with health education-health promotion services, 2) school health education which included the development of a preschool health education curriculum, 3) teacher education workshop, which instructs primary and secondary public school teachers in health education methods, 4) smoking cessation. and 5) a large industrial wellness program. This study reports on an eight year program evaluation of the HERR demonstration. Overall, the program evaluation suggests an increase in health knowledge and some attitude and behavior change for many of the participants ii BRDHD programs.

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Schetzina, Karen, Julie Ware, and Anna Morad. "TIPQC Breastfeeding Promotion Projects Monthly Huddle on each of the 10 Steps for Successful Breastfeeding." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5337.

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Mothoagae, Gaolatlhe. "A review of University of the Witwatersrand medical students' community-based health promotion service learning projects in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9418.

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Includes bibliographical references. The purpose of this study was to review past SL projects that have been implemented by GEMP 1 and 2 students, in order to inform the future planning and conduct of the SL programme in the faculty. A document review of all available Power Point presentations for projects implemented from 2006 - 2011 was undertaken employing content analysis. Of approximately 286 projects completed, 183 documents were available for review.

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Jacobson, Malin. "Mötesplatser i Eskilstuna : - en verksamhet för lokalt hälsofrämjande arbete." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213185.

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Inledning: Trots den positiva utvecklingen av folkhälsan i Sverige har skillnaderna i hälsa mellan olika befolkningsgrupper ökat sen 1980-talet. En strategi som kan användas för att minska skillnaderna i hälsa är att arbeta hälsofrämjande på lokal nivå. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att ta reda på hur personalen upplever arbetet med det folkhälsoprojekt som ska genomföras och tanken som finns med att delar av projektet ska kunna implementeras i den ordinarie verksamheten. Metod: Till denna studie har använts en kvalitativ metod där datainsamlingen skett genom intervjuer och analyserats med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Resultaten visar på att personalen överlag var positivt inställd till att arbeta med folkhälsoprojektet och till att försöka få in fungerande delar i ordinarie verksamhet. Personalen ser också till övervägande del positivt på den samverkan som finns. De hinder som finns, både på lång och kort sikt, rör framför allt det organisatoriska. Slutsats: Personalen har en medvetenhet om hälsa och en positiv syn på att arbeta hälsofrämjande. Det finns förutsättningar för folkhälsoprojektet att lyckas om man ser till varje mötesplats egna möjligheter och behov. Samverkan ses som positivt, vilken är en förutsättning för att hälsofrämjande arbete ska lyckas. Förbättrad samverkan kan leda till ännu bättre resultat genom inspiration och en underlättad arbetssituation. Tidsbrist och brist på resurser är det stora hindret för att projektet och en implementering av det ska lyckas. Introduction: Despite the positive development of the Swedish public health, the difference in health between groups of people has increased since the 1980’s. One strategy that can be used to reduce the disparities in health is local health promotion. Purpose: The aim of the study is to find out how the employees experience working with a health promoting project and the thought that is that parts of the projects could be implemented in the ordinary work. Method: For this study has been used a qualitative approach where data collection occurred through interviews and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: The results show that the employees were mostly in favor of working with public health project and trying to get functioning parts into regular activities. The employees also find existing collaboration as something positive. Organizational issues are the main obstacle, both long term and short term. Conclusion: The employees have got an awareness of health and they have a positive approach to working with health promotion. There is potential for public health project to succeed if we consider each meeting place’s opportunities and needs. Collaboration is seen as positive, which is a prerequisite for health promotion to succeed. Improved collaboration can lead to even better results through inspiration and a facilitated work situation. Lack of time and resources is the main obstacle for the project and the implementation of it to succeed.

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Krug, Marilia de Rosso. "O ensino colaborativo como proposta pedagógica para o desenvolvimento de projetos de aprendizagem: a promoção da saúde como eixo articulador." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2016. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/3553.

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In the past few years, the methodology of projects has been the ideal of many teachers who intend to improve the educational process, trying to apply changes, involving knowledge and thoughts about the teaching practice. However, despite this ideal, teachers are experiencing difficulties in its implementation. In this way, through this research, we sought to analyze the perception of teachers, students and graduation students about the prospect of the collaborative learning in the development of learning projects having health promotion as the main subject. We started it with an educational practice guided by the collaborative learning precepts, having a school from the state‟s public system as the strategic scenario. The kind of research that guided this work was the collaborative research-action, having as participant teachers and students from elementary and high school of a state‟s public school of Cruz Alta Rio Grande do Sul, and academics of the physical education graduation course of Cruz Alta‟s University UNICRUZ. The study was performed in three distinct moments: Identification of the school reality; planning, developing, and evaluating a learning project at the elementary school context and at the high school context. To obtain the information concerning the methodology‟s effectiveness, different instruments were used, such as: surveys, interviews, participant observation and field journal. The data was interpreted by its content analysis. After analyzing the results, it was revealed that the methodology of learning projects can constitute as an important strategy for: learning to work in an interdisciplinary way, the perception of teachers; professional growth, motivation and preparation for the future, in the perception of the graduation student; and a better understanding of the subject, the motivation to learn, a greater appreciation of the school and the importance of teamwork for high school students. There was also that collaborative interventions that occur in the classroom, constitute an important strategy for teachers to restructure their existing practices and overcome the difficulty "time" for their training. Thus, we conclude that the adopted perspective of integration of specific content (health promotion) with educational content (collaborative work and project methodology) and the reality of the classroom was an appropriate choice of work. A metodologia de projetos tem sido nos últimos anos o ideal de muitos professores que pretendem melhorar o processo educativo, tentando introduzir mudanças, envolvendo conhecimentos e reflexões sobre a prática pedagógica, no entanto, apesar desse ideal, os professores demonstram dificuldades para a sua implementação. Dessa forma buscou-se com este estudo analisar a percepção de professores, alunos e alunos de graduação sobre as perspectivas do ensino colaborativo no desenvolvimento de projetos de aprendizagem tendo a promoção da sáude como eixo articulador. A modalidade de pesquisa que orientou esse trabalho foi à pesquisa-ação colaborativa, tendo como participantes do estudo professores e alunos do ensino fundamental e médio de uma escola estadual do município de Cruz Alta - RS e acadêmicos do curso de Educação Física - Licenciatura da Universidade de Cruz Alta UNICRUZ. O estudo foi realizado em três momentos distintos: identificação da realidade; planejamento, desenvolvimento e avaliação de um projeto de aprendizagem no contexto do ensino fundamental e um no contexto do ensino médio. Para a obtenção das informações quanto à efetividade da metodologia utilizada, foi utilizado diversos instrumentos, tais como: questionários, entrevistas, observação participante e diário de campo, sendo os mesmos interpretados pela análise de conteúdo. Após analisar os resultados, foi possível perceber que a metodologia de projetos de aprendizagem pode se constituir como uma importante estratégia para: o aprender a trabalhar de forma interdisciplinar, na percepção dos professores; o crescimento profissional, a motivação e a preparação para o futuro, na percepção dos universitários; e, o melhor entendimento do assunto, a motivação para o aprender, uma maior valorização da escola e a importância do trabalho em equipe para os alunos do ensino médio. Observou-se, também, que intervenções colaborativas, que ocorram dentro da sala de aula, se constituem como importante estratégia para os professores reestruturarem suas práticas vigentes e vencerem a dificuldade tempo para sua formação. Dessa forma, concluímos que a perspectiva adotada de integração dos conteúdos específicos (promoção da saúde) com os conteúdos pedagógicos (trabalho colaborativo e metodologia de projetos) e a realidade da sala de aula foi uma opção adequada de trabalho.

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Carlan, Carolina Braz. "Influência de projetos pedagógicos interdisciplinares na atividade física habitual e no estado nutricional de escolares do ensino fundamental." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/141276.

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Diante do elevado número de crianças e adolescentes apresentando o sedentarismo, sobrepeso e obesidade, é fundamental que temas envolvendo a promoção da saúde sejam integrados no contexto escolar. Devido aos hábitos inadequados quando se refere a um estilo de vida saudável, a inatividade física e o excesso de peso podem acarretar fatores de risco para a saúde do indivíduo. Com base nesse pressuposto o estudo teve como objetivo analisar se projetos pedagógicos desenvolvidos interdisciplinarmente pelos professores influenciam na prática de atividade física e mudanças no estado nutricional em escolares do 5º ao 9º ano do ensino fundamental. Os dados foram coletados em março e dezembro de 2012 (pré e pós-teste). Utilizou-se, para averiguar a frequência da atividade física habitual, um questionário e para o estado nutricional foi realizado um levantamento a partir da relação do índice de massa corporal (IMC) com a idade e sexo do escolar. Empregou-se estatística descritiva (frequência e percentuais) e, para identificar as relações entre as variáveis, à estatística inferencial (paramétrica e não paramétrica). Durante o decorrer do ano formaram-se dois Grupos (A e B) de alunos e professores para desenvolver projetos temáticos voltados para a promoção da saúde, dessa forma a análise também foi realizada de acordo com os grupos. Observou-se que ocorreu diferença significativa entre o pré e pós-teste na frequência semanal da atividade física habitual do Grupo A, já o estado nutricional não se notou melhora. No Grupo B não se evidenciou nenhuma mudança em relação ao estado nutricional, frequência semanal de atividade física e correlação entre essas variáveis. Portanto a frequência semanal de atividade física do Grupo A pode ter aumentado pela participação dos alunos nos projetos interdisciplinares desenvolvidos pelas professoras envolvendo conhecimentos sobre a prática de exercícios, já que os do Grupo B participaram do projeto referente ao desjejum pela manhã. Faced with the high number of children and adolescents presenting physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, it is essential that issues involving health promotion are integrated in the school context. Because of inadequate habits when it comes to a healthy lifestyle, physical inactivity and being overweight can cause risk factors for an individual's health. On that basis the study aimed to examine whether developed interdisciplinary educational projects by teachers influence the physical activity and changes in the nutritional status of schoolchildren from the 5th to 9th grade of elementary school. Data were collected in March and December of 2012 (pre and post-test). We used to ascertain the frequency of physical activity, a questionnaire and nutritional status was a survey from the relationship of body mass index (BMI) at the age and sex of the school. The descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) and to identify the relationships between variables, inferential statistics (parametric and non-parametric). During the course of the year they formed two groups (A and B) of students and teachers to develop focused thematic projects for the promotion of health, thus the analysis was also performed according to the groups. It was observed that there was a significant difference between pre and post-test in the weekly frequency of physical activity of the Group, as the nutritional status not noticed improvement. In Group B there was no evidence any change in relation to nutritional status, weekly frequency of physical activity and correlation between these variables. So the weekly frequency of physical activity of the Group A may have increased the participation of students in interdisciplinary projects developed by teachers involving knowledge of the exercise, as the Group B participated in the project for the breakfast in the morning.

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Silva, Edson Fernandes Cardoso da [UNIFESP]. "Estratégias e ações educacionais do Projeto “Saúde do Escolar” da Secretaria de Educação do Estado de Rondônia – uma análise documental." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2010. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9486.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-06-30. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-11T03:26:06Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 Publico-12610.pdf: 1325187 bytes, checksum: 51e80907498f7072c43076c48443fadd (MD5) Esta pesquisa assumiu como objetivo geral a compreensão dos fundamentos teórico-metodológicos das ações educativas inseridas no Projeto “Saúde do Escolar” da Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Rondônia, desenvolvido na educação escolar básica, particularmente com respeito à saúde do escolar. Como objetivos específicos o estudo buscou apreender os pressupostos de saúde, educação, educação em saúde que fundamentam as ações estratégicas propostas no Projeto “Saúde do Escolar” da Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Rondônia desenvolvido na educação básica e a analisar os princípios teórico-conceituais no campo da saúde do escolar que fundamentam as ações educativas em saúde. O referencial teórico abrangeu uma revisão sobre as concepções do processo saúde-doença, concepções e práticas de promoção de saúde, concepções pedagógicas de Educação e escola como espaço de promoção de ações educativas em saúde. A metodologia envolveu análise documental que abrangeu nove documentos onde apreendeu núcleos temáticos: as concepções de educação, de saúde, de educação em saúde e de saúde do escolar. As responsabilidades compartilhadas sugerem ações norteadas pelo SUS, e que tragam em seu bojo uma proposta que diminua o distanciamento entre aquilo que se encontra no plano teórico dos discursos e aquilo que acontece no fazer prático em saúde. Identifica obstáculos nas condições de trabalho dos profissionais para implantar e implementar um fazer saúde na prática cotidiana da escola, aproximado aos pressupostos do discurso teórico presentes nos documentos estaduais e federais. Reconhecer esses desafios demandam novos estudos provenientes do campo prático das ações em promoção de saúde na escola, tendo como sujeito de pesquisa os atores sociais. Com a análise empreendida foi possível delinear uma proposta de intervenção consubstanciada no “PROJETO EDUCASAÚDE: das demandas sociais em saúde para construção coletiva da integralidade em saúde”, sendo um projeto de promoção em saúde para crianças e adolescentes em fase de escolarização e que vivem em um contexto de vulnerabilidades individuais e sócio-institucionais. Esse projeto conta com contribuições intersetoriais organizadoras de uma atenção integral. This research took as its general objective the understanding of theoretical and methodological foundations of the educational initiatives included in the project "Health School" of the Ministry of Education, Rondônia, developed in basic school education, particularly with respect to the health of school. The specific objectives sought to apprehend the conditions of health, education, health education that underpin the strategic actions proposed in the project "Health School" of the Ministry of Education of Rondonia developed in basic education and to examine the theoretical and conceptual principles in the field of school health education initiatives that support health. The theoretical framework included a review of conceptions of health-disease process, concepts and practices of health promotion, education and pedagogical conceptions of schools as a place to promote educational activities in health. The methodology involved document analysis that included 09 (nine) and seized documents as thematic conceptions of education, health, health education and health education. The shared responsibilities suggest actions guided by the SUS, and bring in its wake a proposal to narrow the gap between what is in the theoretical discourse and what happens in practice to health. Identifies obstacles in the working conditions of professionals to deploy and implement a health in everyday practice to school, come to the assumptions of theoretical discourse in the documents and federal regulations. Recognizing these challenges require new studies from the field of practical actions in health promotion at school, and as research subjects social actors. With this analysis it was possible to outline a proposal for intervention materialized in the "PROJECT EDUCASAÚDE: social health of demands for collective construction of integral healthcare, being a project for health promotion for children and teenagers being educated and living in a context of individual vulnerability and socio-institutional. This project, with contributions intersectoral organizing comprehensive care. TEDE

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Burton, Salma. "Evaluation in health promotion : assessing effectiveness of Healthy City Project evaluations." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326942.

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Lopes, Mônica Guimarães Macau. "Política Carioca Rindo a Toa e o Programa Saúde e Cidadania Dentescola: análise da política de saúde bucal no município do Rio de Janeiro e sua trajetória rumo à implementação considerando a interface com o Brasil Sorridente." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2007. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6789.

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A presente dissertação constituiu um estudo da política na Área de Saúde Bucal em um município de grande porte através dos seus processos - de formulação e implementação - seus atores e sua interface com a Política Nacional Brasil Sorridente. Tomando como referência a experiência do Rio de Janeiro no período de 2001 a 2006, optou-se por um estudo de caso por tratar-se de descrever a unidade a política - em profundidade e em detalhe. A condução de listas livres possibilitou um maior discernimento das mudanças político-organizacionais e principalmente de dois momentos consecutivos: a suposta centralidade da Saúde Bucal na agenda municipal com o decreto do Programa Saúde e Cidadania Dentescola e a oportunidade de se estabelecer uma política de Saúde Bucal contextualizada no acolhimento, no acesso e na universalidade da atenção. O processo de implementação da Política Carioca Rindo à Toa e do Programa Saúde e Cidadania Dentescola dependeu principalmente do aumento de recursos humanos e da aproximação desses com as propostas de Integralidade e Transversalidade. The present dissertation constituted a study of the Oral Health policies in a big city through its processes - of formularization and implementation - its actors and its interface with the National Policy Brasil Sorridente. Choosing as reference the experience of Rio de Janeiro between 2001 and 2006, it was used a case study as it ideals with description of unity - the policy - in depth and detail. The free lists conduction enabled a better understanding of the changes in organizational policies and mainly of two consecutive moments: the supposed centrality of the Oral Health in the municipal agenda with the decree of the Dentescola Health and Citizenship Programme and the chance of establishing one policy of Oral Health in the context of receive, the access and the universal attention. The process of implementation of the "Carioca Rindo à Toa" Policy and of the Dentescola Health and Citizenship Programme depended mainly on the increase of human resources and the approach of these with the proposals of Integrality and Transversality.

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Santos, Brandão Danusa. "Efeito da Implantação da Rede Amamenta Brasil nos Indicadores de Aleitamento Materno em Bento Gonçalves, RS." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/87169.

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Objetivo: Avaliar a influência da implementação da Rede Amamenta Brasil nas prevalências de aleitamento materno (AM) em um município de médio porte do sul do Brasil. Metodologia: Estudo transversal envolvendo 405 crianças menores de um ano que participaram da segunda fase da campanha de multivacinação de 2012. Informações sobre consumo de alimentos pela criança no dia anterior à entrevista foram obtidas por meio de entrevistas com as mães ou responsáveis. Para a obtenção de dados relacionados ao processo de implementação da Rede foram entrevistados o gerente e um profissional de saúde de nível superior de cada unidade que aderiu a esse processo. A associação entre os desfechos - prevalências de AM e AM exclusivo - e adesão ao processo de implementação da Rede foi testada utilizando-se regressão de Poisson com variância robusta. Resultados: A análise multivariada revelou que as prevalências de AM e AME não diferiram significativamente entre a população de menores de um ano assistida por unidades que aderiram ao processo de implementação da Rede Amamenta Brasil e a que frequenta serviços que não aderiram a essa estratégia. Foram identificadas dificuldades na implementação da Rede, tais como alta rotatividade dos profissionais, não cumprimento dos critérios para certificação e acompanhamento insuficiente das unidades pelos tutores da Rede. Conclusão: Contrariando a nossa hipótese, a implementação da Rede Amamenta Brasil não exerceu influência significativa nos indicadores de AM no município estudado. É possível que as dificuldades encontradas na implementação da Rede nesse município tenham influenciado esse resultado. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the influence of implementing the Brazil Breastfeeding Network, which concerns breastfeeding policies, in a medium-size city in the south of Brazil. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study that involves 405 children aged less than 1-year-old which were inoculated in the second phase of the multivaccination campaign in 2012. Mothers or caretakers of the children were interviewed one day prior to the intervention in order to acquire information regarding the children’s food intake. Data concerning the implementation process of the Network were obtained through interviews with the manager and one graduated health professional of every facility that subscribed to the program. Poisson's regression model with robust variation was used to determine the association between the endpoints – prevalences of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding – and the accession of the health facilities to the Network. Results: Through the use of multivariate analysis, it was possible to verify that the prevalences of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding didn’t differ significantly when we compare the children aged less than 1-year-old that are assisted by health facilities that subscribed to the implementation of Brazil Breastfeeding Network and those whose primary health care is provided by a facility that didn’t accessed the Network. It was possible to identify difficulties in implementing the Network, such as the turnover of professionals in the facilities, the non-fulfillment of criteria in order to get certificated and the insufficient monitoring of the facilities by the Network’s tutors. Conclusion: Contrary to the hypothesis of this study, the implementation of the Brazil Breastfeeding Network didn’t represent significant influence in the indicators of breastfeeding of the city. It is possible that the difficulties identified in the Network’s implementation process have influence in this result.

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Schetzina, Karen E., Julie Ware, and Peter Grubb. "Breastfeeding Promotion Project." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5019.

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Schetzina, Karen E., and Julie Ware. "Breastfeeding Promotion Project: Prenatal." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5022.

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Persson, Louise. "Health Promotion in Schools : Results of a Swedish Public Health Project." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-41218.

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All children have the right to a safe school environment that promotes good health. The fact that children’s feeling of well-being is declining is a vital public health concern. Health promotion in schools can help to create an environment that fosters good health, and the Swedish school environment is in need of improvement. The main aim of the thesis was to examine the health promotion activities that have been performed in Karlstad municipality primary schools between 2006 and 2012, from different perspectives, focusing on the school environment. This thesis includes four studies. Studies I and II are qualitative, and are based on interviews with all school managers in a municipality and children’s suggestions for improvement, respectively. Studies III and IV are quantitative and feature a cross-sectional design based on a questionnaire that was distributed at different points in time. In study I the categories: ‘Organization and collaboration’, ‘Optimize the arena’ and ‘Strengthening the individual’ emerged as vital by the school managers in health promotion, to enable ‘Opportunities for learning and a good life’. In Study II, ‘Psychosocial climate’ and ‘Influence’ emerge by the children as essential to increase school satisfaction and improve social relations among peers. Study III shows that classmates’ characteristics and class composition were associated with different perceptions of the classroom climate. Study IV shows that the school environment improved during 2005-2011 in the project municipality schools, and compared to the other municipalities in the county. In sum, it is always important to endeavor to provide a health supportive school environment, as it is a vital prerequisite for children’s health, well-being and academic achievements. This thesis contributes to the field by showing what is needed to enhance future health promotion in Swedish schools from different perspectives, to improve children’s opportunities for learning and a good life. All children have the right to a safe school environment that promotes good health. Health promotion in schools can help to create an environment that fosters good health. The aim of this thesis was to examine the health promotion activities that have been performed in Karlstad municipality primary schools, between 2006 and 2012 from different perspectives, focusing on the school environment. The results complement with new knowledge about how schools work with health promotion, and describe how school satisfaction and social relations might be improved, if children’s perspectives are considered in the planning of health promotion. The school environment has improved in the Karlstad municipality secondary schools 2005-2011, at both the municipality- and school level. The thesis contributes to the field of public health sciences, by showing what might be needed to further enhance school health promotion in Sweden and thereby improving schoolchildren’s opportunities for learning and living a good life.

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Flynn, Kathryn M. "College Health Clinic Population Health Improvement Plan Project." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3881.

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A college community health improvement plan (CHIP) focusing on the indicators of nutrition and weight status, and physical activity and fitness is designed with the goal of reducing obesity risk, improving health, and preventing chronic disease. The precede proceed model, logic model, innovative care for chronic conditions model, self-care theory, and Bandura's social cognitive learning theory were used as a research design framework for assessing, planning, and managing sustainability through a two-year college health clinic. The research questions were: what are the current health promotion inputs and activities in terms of environment, ecology, education, and policy and what could be supplemented to improve outputs and health outcomes? An integrated review of the literature, observation of the site, regulatory investigation, and focus group sessions were the methods of data collection. The precede-proceed model provided the analytical strategies to assess initiatives and resources, and to determine supplementary initiatives and resources. Results showed that environmental, educational, administrative, and policy resources were available but limited and not well promoted. Conclusions were that health promotion, wellness staffing, and education exist, but are underutilized, under promoted, and funding is necessary. Recommendations include a wellness program, increased activity initiatives, case management, grant funding, and increased community partnerships. The contribution to nursing is to fill a gap-in-practice for health planning in 2-year colleges. The implications for positive social change are improved knowledge, sustained health behaviors, decreased amount of obesity, improved health outcomes and quality of life, decreased chronic diseases, and lower healthcare costs.

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Williams, Wendy Christine. "Women in decision making: does it make a difference? : case studies of Newfoundland and Labrador Heart Health Project sites /." Internet access available to MUN users only, 2002. http://collections.mun.ca/u?/theses,159758.

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Schafer, Tim. "Promoting user empowerment in mental health : a participative research project." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247456.

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Gorman, Jane Adelaide. "The promotion of Physical best: An inclusive tool for interdisciplinary physical education." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1624.

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Vieira, Neiva Francenely Cunha. "Issues in the implementation of a school-based HIV/AIDS education project in Fortaeza, Brazil." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263916.

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Mundel, Erika. "Story-gathering with the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2527.

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This research focuses on the work of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project (the Garden Project). The Garden Project aims to be a culturally appropriate health promotion project with urban Aboriginal people, drawing on traditional Indigenous approaches to health and healing, and rooted in community food work. The project is situated within the context of colonialism, the destruction of traditional foodways, and subsequent increased need for Indigenous people to rely on a dominant food system that is seen as destructive to human and ecological health. The purpose of my research is to describe the Garden Project’s main goals and achievements from the perspective of project leaders, project participants as well as through my own observations and experiences. The research methodology was guided by participatory and community based approaches to research and qualitative methods were employed, focusing primarily on semi-structured interviews with project participants and project leaders. I also participated in and observed the project for two years, from September 2006-September 2008. Data collection and analysis happened through an iterative process of action and reflection. Based on my time with the Garden Project, I suggest that it can be seen simultaneously as a community food security, health promotion, and Indigenous health project. It connects participants with food as a natural product, builds skills around cooking and growing food, and increases knowledge about food system issues. Drawing on the health promotion discourse, it can be seen building community and social support networks, treating the whole person, and empowering participants to take actions around their own health needs. It is rooted in Indigenous approaches to health and healing in the way it promotes individuals’ physical, mental/emotional and spiritual health, the health of the community through cultural revitalization, and the health of the Universe through the opportunity it provides for awareness about ecosystem health. This research project was very site specific. Nevertheless, the findings suggest that food work with urban Indigenous people, carried out in a culturally sensitive manner, may be a powerful leverage point for promoting health with this population. These types of projects can also be vehicles for social change.

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Schetzina, Karen E., Julie L. Ware, Peter H. Grubb, et al. "Preliminary Progress Toward a Statewide Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Prenatal Breastfeeding Promotion." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5048.

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Case Report: Through the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (www.tipqc.org), four pilot prenatal (Family Medicine and OB-GYN) practices representing academic and private groups from across the state established primary improvement teams including relevant stakeholders. An online toolkit of evidence-based practices and published tools from the AAP, ACOG, ABM, and elsewhere was developed by an interdisciplinary team and provided to pilot practices. The toolkit included a menu of “potentially better practices” (PBPs) that could be implemented individually, or as a bundle. Success of this project relied on use of rapid Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. Pilot practices were educated on basic QI procedures, data collection, toolkit content, etc. and shared experiences through monthly webinars called “Huddles”. Regional trainings were also provided at various intervals by the TIPQC staff. Before implementation of a PBP, each practice collected their baseline breastfeeding rate at the 4-8 week postpartum visit. Practices used a web-based, HIPAA-compliant data-entry system through REDCap. The project was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) of participating pilots, and funded under an agreement with the state of Tennessee. PBPs implemented by the pilot practices included: - Providing resident and provider education - Distributing written literature on breastfeeding benefits and advice - Providing written breastfeeding prescriptions - Having patients view educational breastfeeding videos - Creating a breastfeeding-friendly office environment Baseline pilot data revealed that at presentation for the first postpartum visit, 28.1%, 23%, and 49% of mothers were exclusively feeding breastmilk, feeding a mix of breastmilk and formula, and exclusively feeding formula, respectively (n=196). Baseline data was successfully collected, and early data following the first PDSA has been collected across the four pilot participants. For participating practices, this is the first time they have systematically looked at their 6-week breastfeeding rates. Open communication and brainstorming across the various practices has been very helpful. A numbers of challenges have been cited, including time constraints related to large volumes of patients and inability to extract data electronically, coordination of efforts among large numbers of providers and staff who may be unfamiliar with breastfeeding, and a need for more family, hospital, and community provider support for breastfeeding. Discussion: This quality improvement prenatal breastfeeding promotion pilot project provides insight into the process of team building and use of thin data sets to drive practice level improvement, and lays the groundwork for statewide spread, where challenges encountered in the pilot centers can be addressed. Participants are now looking at the reliability of their implementation, and determining whether their initial selections from the menu/toolkit were effective.

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Cox, Taylor, Claire Gleadhill, William Seagrave, et al. "Promoting Health Education and Literacy in Rural Tennessee: The Go-Packs Pilot Project." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/86.

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Little Milligan Elementary School in rural Carter County, Tennessee was provided with health literacy resources in the form of health education Go-Packs––easily implementable lessons contained in a small storage tote––as part of the community project requirement of the James H. Quillen College of Medicine Rural Primary Care Track Curriculum. These Go-Packs included detailed lesson plans and accompanying materials that were designed to facilitate health education in the classrooms by providing easily deployable lessons for the teachers to utilize. Four Go-Packs were provided for hygiene, oral health, tobacco use, and nutrition that teachers used to augment instruction during teachable moments that arose in their classrooms. Our objective was to determine whether the development and implementation of these Go-Packs increased the amount of health education delivered to the students and determine what barriers persist to provide health education in the classroom. Participants were randomly assigned a number which they placed on their pre and post surveys. A focus group was also conducted to better understand the faculty’s experience utilizing the Go-Packs and where improvements could be made. A paired sample t-test showed no significant differences in pre and post attitudes of teachers at the school. The focus group and survey questions identified the need to improve the usability of specific Go-Packs, map the Go-Packs to state mandated curriculums and target Go-Pack usage towards non-core instructors.

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Heer, Hendrik de. "Project L.E.A.N. : an after-school health and exercise program for elementary school children in El Paso, Texas /." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Vernon, Lesley. "Nursing and health promotion : an exploration of pre-registration nursing students' perceptions of the concept." Thesis, Brunel University, 2000. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5547.

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Considerable conceptual confusion exists regarding the meaning of health promotion, yet nurses are called to be leaders in the movement. Pre-registration nursing curricula have been designed purporting to incorporate health promotion principles. In the United Kingdom this change in nursing education has been called Project 2000. Empirical evidence in the United Kingdom suggests that nurses perceive health promotion from an individualistic biomedical perspective. Chapters 1- 4 explore the philosophical and social origins of the concept. It is argued that this is evolutionary, rooted in health education, derived from ancient Greek philosophy. The development of health promotion theory and application to nursing is examined through the development of nursing theory in the United States. Critical comparisons are made by review of national and international literature relating to the focus of health promotion in nursing. Chapters 5-11 contain the main body of the thesis. Three longitudinal case studies investigate Project 2000 nursing student's perceptions of the concept. Three intentions aim to determine the students' health beliefs and values of health promotion on entry to nursing, to establish if any changes in their perceptions of health promotion could be attributed to the philosophical shift from intervention to prevention in nurse education and healthcare generally, and finally to develop an instrument to be used to measure changes in perception as part of curriculum evaluation. The results of the study are reported and contextualised by the influence of teachers, the curriculum and the climate of change in healthcare at that time. The properties of the instrument and the implications for its purpose are addressed. Weaknesses in the design of the strategy are examined. The thesis concludes with a review of the evidence presented. More recent conceptual development is examined. Final conclusions lead to recommendations for further refinement of the instrument, by development of psychometric properties.

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Marwah, Elizabeth Vp. "Understanding How Young People Experience Risk with Online-to-Offline Sexual Encounters: A Second Qualitative Phase for the CH@T Project." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5988.

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This study investigates how heterosexual young people understand and manage risks related to meeting sexual partners online in the United States. The purpose of this study is to help inform the development of culturally-appropriate sexual risk communication and health promotion messages for young people by linking public health knowledge of adolescent sexual health and eHealth with anthropological theories of risk. With qualitative data from two rounds of semi-structured interviews and two group interviews with university students in central Florida, this study shows how young people experience and prioritize more social-emotional risks in meeting online-to-offline sexual partners compared to physical risks. The prominence of these social-emotional risks implies the need for more health promotion messages that incorporate both physical and social-emotional health risk communication.

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Nichols, Gloria Nichols. "Bone Health Education for Osteoporosis Risk Reduction in Premenopausal Women: A Quality Improvement Project." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2676.

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In the United States, about 8.5 million women live with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a debilitating systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass and reduced bone mineral density that occurs with the loss of estrogen. The mortality rate for this group is about 3 to 4 times higher than other women and as many as 1 in 3 experience a fracture. Guided by the Health Belief Model, this project evaluated how a bone health fact sheet impacts knowledge about osteoporosis and self-efficacy for preventative behavioral change in premenopausal women (age 40-58 years). The project also evaluated if an electronic medical record (EMR) alert system with an additional bone health education in the patient instruction menu can improve participation by 11 health care providers (HCPs). Prior to the participants receiving the fact sheet, the knowledge, health beliefs, and perceived risks for developing osteoporosis were measured using the Revised Osteoporosis Knowledge Test (ROKT) and the Osteoporosis Health Belief Scale (OHBS). Although 87% of participants identified menopause as a major osteoporosis risk factor, fewer women (33%) knew that surgical removal of the ovaries was also a risk factor and half agreed or strongly agreed that calcium and exercise can prevent osteoporosis. After receiving the fact sheet, the participants had an average confidence score of 62% on the Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale (OSES) for engaging in exercise and an average confidence score of 65% for adhering to calcium intake guidelines. Furthermore, the EMR alert system facilitated 100% documentation by HCPs. These results indicated the fact sheet can motivate premenopausal women to engage in osteoporosis preventive behaviors. Importantly, the EMR reminder with education fact sheet can facilitate the active involvement of HCPs in patient education.

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Vieira, Francisca Maria Bezerra Ribeiro. "Interprofessional collaboration Project in Health and Prevention in Schools: the case Sobral." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=9751.

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FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico Nosso cotidiano profissional Ã permeado por relaÃÃes sociais constantes que ocorrem nas organizaÃÃes de trabalho; assim, a colaboraÃÃo interprofissional se constitui num tema de grande significado no contexto dessas organizaÃÃes; no sentido de responder Ãs necessidades nos trabalhos em equipe, de forma especial nos serviÃos de atenÃÃo Ã saÃde. Estudar a colaboraÃÃo interprofissional no Projeto SaÃde e PrevenÃÃo nas Escolas (PSPE) Ã relevante pela potencialidade de analisÃ-la em um projeto que tem por princÃpio a intersetorialidade, sinalizando a evidÃncia de potencialidades e fragilidades nas relaÃÃes entre os profissionais envolvidos nessa proposta; alÃm das possibilidades de fortalecer o desenvolvimento teÃrico-conceitual sobre colaboraÃÃo interprofissional e enriquecer a literatura cientÃfica acerca deste tema relevante para a concretizaÃÃo de prÃticas adequadas em saÃde. Neste estudo objetivou-se analisar em que dimensÃo ocorre a colaboraÃÃo interprofissional no PSPE no municÃpio de Sobral - CE. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, com abordagem qualitativa. Na fase de coleta de dados examinamos documentos relativos ao Projeto SaÃde e PrevenÃÃo nas Escolas e aplicamos questionÃrios aos sujeitos-chave. O referencial teÃrico-metodolÃgico do Modelo de ColaboraÃÃo Interprofissional de DâAmour (1997) subsidiou a organizaÃÃo, anÃlise e interpretaÃÃo dos dados. Relativamente Ãs quatro dimensÃes e aos dez indicadores propostos, os resultados evidenciaram que: os articuladores do PSPE alcanÃam parcialmente Ãxito na realizaÃÃo de suas atividades ao trabalharem juntos em torno de objetivos comuns; os profissionais do PSPE guiam suas condutas de acordo com seus interesses profissionais e nÃo conforme os interesses dos adolescentes e jovens; existem poucas oportunidades para que os integrantes do Projeto se conheÃam e interajam entre si; percebe-se uma confianÃa nas competÃncias e na capacidade dos outros em assumirem responsabilidades; os acordos formais ocorridos dentro do Projeto nÃo sÃo consensuais e ainda estÃo em processo de negociaÃÃo ou construÃÃo; a infra-estrutura de troca de informaÃÃo nÃo Ã usada adequadamente e/ou estÃ incompleta; o papel das esferas pÃblicas nÃo estÃ promovendo adequadamente a implementaÃÃo de estruturas para o desenvolvimento das aÃÃes realizadas dentro do PSPE; a lideranÃa existente no Projeto Ã do tipo fragmentada e pouco impactante; existem momentos de capacitaÃÃo para os profissionais integrantes do PSPE, porÃm, os sujeitos revelam que os articuladores responsÃveis por esses momentos nem sempre estÃo bem preparados para realizÃ-los; os espaÃos e momentos de encontro dos profissionais do PSPE sÃo para discussÃo de questÃes pontuais e especÃficas, que nÃo abordam aspectos contextuais como um todo. Esses resultados sinalizam que o nÃvel de colaboraÃÃo interprofissional desenvolvido neste Projeto Ã do tipo colaboraÃÃo âem desenvolvimentoâ, a qual para DâAmour et al. (2008) se constitui na colaboraÃÃo que nÃo estÃ com as raÃzes fincadas nas culturas das organizaÃÃes e podem ainda estarem sujeitas Ã reavaliaÃÃo com base interna ou fatores ambientais. Percebe-se neste estudo que a realizaÃÃo no nÃvel mÃximo (ativo) de colaboraÃÃo interprofissional dentro do referido Projeto Ã algo possÃvel; entretanto, ainda Ã um desafio a ser conquistado. Ã necessÃrio inserir na agenda de aÃÃes dos gestores e profissionais envolvidos no contexto do PSPE, aspectos conceituais e a prÃtica da colaboraÃÃo para a melhoria de condiÃÃes de vida dos adolescentes e jovens de nossa sociedade. Our daily work is permeated by constant social relations that occur in work organizations, so the interprofessional collaboration constitutes a topic of great significance in the context of these organizations, in order to meet the needs in teamwork, especially in the form of services health care. Studying interprofessional collaboration in Health and Prevention in Schools (PSPE) is relevant for the potential to analyze it in a project, whose principle intersectorality, signaling the evidence of strengths and weaknesses in the relationship between the professionals involved in this proposal; beyond the possibilities of strengthening the theoretical and conceptual model for interprofessional collaboration and enrich the scientific literature on this subject relevant to the achievement of best practice in health. This study aimed to examine to what extent occurs in interprofessional collaboration PSPE the city of Sobral - CE. This is a case study with a qualitative approach. At the stage of data collection examined documents relating to the Health and Prevention in Schools and applied questionnaires to key subjects. The theoretical and methodological Interprofessional Collaboration Model D'Amour (1997) supported the data analysis. For the four dimensions and the ten indicators, the results showed that: the articulators of reach PSPE partially successful in conducting its activities to work together around common goals; PSPE professionals guide their behavior according to their professional interests and not according to the interests of teenagers and young people are few opportunities for members of the Project to meet and interact with each other, there is a perceived competence and confidence in the ability of others to take responsibility; formal agreements occurring within the Project not are consensual and are still under negotiation or construction, the infrastructure for the exchange of information is not used properly and / or is incomplete, the role of public spheres is not adequately promoting the implementation of structures for the development of actions taken within the PSPE; existing leadership in the Project is the type fragmented and somewhat shocking, there are moments of training for professional members of PSPE, however, subjects reveal that the articulators responsible for these moments are not always well prepared to perform them, the spaces and moments of meeting professionals are PSPE to discuss specific issues and specific, that do not address contextual issues as a whole. These results indicate that the level of interprofessional collaboration developed in this project is kind of collaboration "in development", to which D'Amour et al. (2008) constitutes the collaboration that is not stuck with the roots in the cultures of the organizations and may still be subject to revaluation based internal or environmental factors. It is observed in this study that the performance at maximum (active) interprofessional collaboration within this project is something possible, however, remains a challenge to be conquered. You must enter the action agenda of managers and professionals involved in the context of PSPE, conceptual aspects and practice of collaboration for the improvement of living conditions of adolescents and youth of our society.

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Lienesch, Jane M. "Corning Corporation back injury prevention project: the effects of an exercise program on self-reported back discomfort." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06112009-064013/.

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Wright, Mary-Frances. "The factors that professionals identify as having influenced their decisions about participation in a community-based adolescent sexual health promotion project." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ36541.pdf.

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Friberg, Sofie, Josefine Johansson, and Angelica Olsson. "Bättre sent än aldrig : - en explorativ studie om ett hälsofrämjande projekt för äldre." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37914.

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På grund av det ökade antalet äldre kommer befolkningsstrukturen förändras på många håll i världen, vilket ökar behovet av hälsofrämjande projekt. Det är av betydelse att insatserna har en pedagogisk utgångspunkt och att de anpassas utefter äldres förväntningar och upplevelser för att det ska ge goda resultat. Syftet med studien var att utifrån ett hälsopedagogiskt perspektiv belysa ett hälsofrämjande projekt riktat till äldre. De begrepp som använts för att analysera och tolka resultatet är fysisk litteracitet och holistiskt perspektiv. Studien utgick från en kvalitativ ansats där en gruppintervju och två fokusgruppsintervjuer användes som datainsamlingsmetod. Urvalet bestod av tre projektansvariga samt tio deltagare i ett hälsofrämjande projekt. Resultatet analyserades utifrån en konventionell kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Projektets hälsopedagogiska idéer innebar att främja villkor för ökad kunskap, öka fysisk och psykisk hälsa samt främja självständighet. Deltagarna i projektet talade om förväntningar och upplevelser kring följande; att bli sedd, chanser till nya bekantskaper och utveckling av fysiska förmågor. De projektansvarigas idéer och ambitioner med projektet var i linje med de förväntningar och upplevelser de äldre hade på sitt deltagande. Deltagarna såg positivt på projektets upplägg och att det inkluderade kunskapsutveckling, fysiska träningsmoment och social gemenskap. Due to the increased number of older people the population structure will change in many parts of the world, which increases the need of health promotive projects. It is important that these interventions is based on pedagogical strategies and gets adapted to the expectations and experiences of the elderly to get good results. The aim of this study was, based on a health educational perspective, highlight a health promotion project directed at the elderly. The concepts that was used to analyze and interpret the results were physical literacy and holistic perspective. This study was based on a qualitative onset where one group interview and two focusgroup interviews where used as a method for data collection. The sample consisted three project leaders and ten participants of a health promotion project. The result was analyzed from a conventional qualitative content analysis. The health educational ideas of the project was to promote increased knowledge, increase physical and psychological health and to promote independence. The participants of the project mainly talked about their expectations and experiences about the following categories; to be seen, chances to make new acquaintances and the development of physical abilities. The project leaders’ ideas and ambitions with the project was in line with the expectations and experiences the elderly had on their participation. The participants valued the project's design and that it included knowledge development, physical training and social community.

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Baardseth, Cheryl R. "The impact of the LaCrosse [sic] Wellness Project on the health behaviors and attitudes of students residing on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse [sic] /." Connect to online version, 1986. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/38782.

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Than, Nhan V. "A web-based application to support the La Crosse Wellness Project /." Connect to unofficial version of: A web-based application to support the La Crosse Wellness Project, 2006. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/1793/18755/1/ThanNhan.pdf.

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Doetsch, Jane Marie. "Initial planning of a school-based clinic: pilot project in the Moreno Valley Unified School District." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/539.

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Fernandes, Natacha Alexandra Ramos. "Promoção de Práticas Alimentares Saudáveis e Melhores Cuidados de Higiene em Meio Prisional: um Programa de Educação por Pares." Master's thesis, [s.n.], 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/4789.

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Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa, como parte dos requisitos necessários para a obtenção do grau Mestre em Criminologia O acesso aos cuidados de saúde é um direito fundamental de todos os cidadãos; no entanto, durante séculos, foi visto apenas como um privilégio para aqueles se encontravam em reclusão. Somente no século XX estas crenças se modificaram e, hoje em dia, a maioria dos países desenvolvidos considera essencial oferecer aos seus reclusos a oportunidade de utilizar os serviços de saúde regularmente. Contudo, a iliteracia da comunidade prisional nesta área contribui para que esta não utilize adequadamente estes cuidados, uma vez que considera esta actividade desnecessária, já que não compreende a importância da adopção de atitudes preventivas, prejudicando, desta forma, a sua condição física e psicológica. A educação para a saúde torna-se assim imprescindível no interior dos estabelecimentos penitenciários, oferecendo à comunidade reclusa não só a oportunidade de assimilar informações básicas nesta área, mas também capacitá-la para a transmissão dos conhecimentos adquiridos aos seus companheiros e familiares, promovendo atitudes mais saudáveis e preventivas, assim como a capacidade de realização de auto-cuidados. O combate à iliteracia em saúde entre a população reclusa é, assim, uma prática cada vez mais comum em diversos países, que, através da educação por pares, promovem programas de intervenção que contribuem para o bem-estar físico e psicológico de uma população maioritariamente enferma. Access to health care is a fundamental right of all citizens, however for centuries has only been seen as a privilege for those in prison. Only in the XX century these beliefs have changed and today most developed countries considers essential to offer its inmates the opportunity to use the health care services regularly. However the illiteracy of the prison community in this area contributes for a not proper use of these services, such as it considers this an unnecessary activity, since they do not understand the importance of taking preventive measures, thereby undermining their physical and psychological condition. The health education thus becomes essential within the prisons, providing the inmate community, not only the opportunity to assimilate basic information in this area, but also enabling them for the transmission of knowledge acquired to their companions and family members, promoting healthier and preventive measures, as well as the ability to perform self-care. Tackling health illiteracy among the prison population is, therefore, an increasingly common practice in many countries that through peer education promote intervention programs that contribute to the physical and psychological well-being of a majority sick population.

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Mikkonen, S. (Sini). "“It’s you experiencing yourself”:an ethnographic study on an arts project promoting participation among young people with mental health issues." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201310111785.

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The purpose of this ethnographic study is to describe and understand the meaning of an art project aimed for young people facing the risk of exclusion. Some young people cannot adapt to the expectations the society has towards them. According to the statistics, there are at the moment 51 341 youth between 15–29 years who are not taking part in any meaningful activities, i.e. they are not working or studying further after finishing the compulsory education. The recess years in the 1990’s broke many social structures which had an influence on the conditions the young generation have to live in today. Young people’s mental health has been discussed widely during the past years. The theoretical background of the study consists mainly of two concepts: exclusion and the essence of art. Exclusion is hard to define solely on the basis of statistics. Nevertheless exclusion is always a change in being which means exclusion is a process with different conditions. It might result from individual’s own actions or from the surrounding society. In the project discussed in the present study, the main reason for exclusion was mental health issues. I wanted to see if art can be a tool in enabling the participants of the project to interact and open up. The data collection in an art project organized by Myrsky took two months. Myrsky is a nationwide youth project aiming at preventing social exclusion by improving young people’s wellbeing through art. According to Frances Kaplan (2006) art has three major effects on us: art transforms our emotions, art is a tool for communication, and making of art is a special kind of a process. What makes art process so unique is the simultaneous combination of mental intensity and sensorimotor skills. It is a holistic and intuitive process where material reality and feelings are connected. This enables art to connect individual’s inner and outer worlds. Triangulation of data was used by collecting a field diary including informal conversation quotes from the participants, a joint interview with the two instructors, and feedback questionnaires from the participants asking about their expectations concerning the project. Six young people took part in the art project that was led by two instructors. I created participant profiles which revealed that mental health issues can very well trigger young persons’ exclusion. By analyzing the instructors’ interview I found out the main challenges in the project: communication and self-expression. The main role of artistic activities in promoting participation was to help facing these challenges. Art enabled communication and created metaphors in dealing with difficult matters; hence art carried a therapeutic value. By summing up the feedback questionnaires I found out about the positive effects of an art project: meeting new people, experiencing good group spirit and getting support during the project. Despite the difficulties in communication and in self-expression, the youth had gained some positive experiences from the project; in feedback, discussing and listening were mentioned the most. This art project gave the participants hope for a better future which shows that art can indeed make a difference by creating participation and contributing to social change Tämän etnografisen tutkimuksen tarkoitus on kuvailla syrjäytymässä oleville nuorille suunnattua taideprojektia ja selvittää mikä merkitys tällaisella projektilla on näille nuorille. Osa nuorista ei pysty vastaamaan yhteiskunnan heille asettamiin haasteisiin. 1990-luvun lama rikkoi yhteiskuntarakenteita vaikuttaen nuorten elinoloihin. Tämän hetkisen (2013) tilastotiedon mukaan 51 341 15–29-vuotiaista ei ole työelämässä tai suorittamassa minkäänlaista peruskoulunjälkeistä tutkintoa; he eivät ylipäätään osallistu juuri mihinkään toimintaan. Myös nuorten mielenterveys on herättänyt paljon keskustelua viime aikoina. Teoriataustassa käsitellään sekä syrjäytymistä että taiteen olemusta ja merkitystä yksilölle. Syrjäytymistä on vaikea määritellä vain tilastotietojen perusteella. Syrjäytymisprosessi merkitsee muutosta, johon vaikuttavat sekä yksilö itse että ympäröivä yhteiskunta. Tässä tutkimuksessa olennaisin syy syrjäytymiseen oli mielenterveydellinen. Halusin nähdä, pystyykö taide olemaan väline, jonka avulla nuoret pystyisivät kommunikoimaan ja kokemaan osallistumisen tunnetta. Keräsin aineistoa kahden kuukauden ajan Myrskyn järjestämässä taideprojektissa. Myrsky on valtakunnallinen nuorisoprojekti, joka pyrkii estämään syrjäytymistä kohentamalla taiteen avulla nuorten hyvinvointia. Frances Kaplan (2006) jakaa taiteen vaikutukset kolmeen luokkaan: taide muuttaa tunteita, taide on kommunikoinnin väline ja taiteen tekeminen on erityinen prosessi. Taiteen ainutlaatuisuus piilee mielen voiman ja sensomotoristen taitojen yhteisvaikutuksessa. Taiteen tekeminen on kokonaisvaltainen ja vaistonvarainen prosessi, jossa materiaalinen todellisuus yhdistyy tunteisiin. Tämä mahdollistaa yksilön sisäisen ja ulkoisen maailman yhdistymisen. Aineistotriangulaatiota käytettiin kokoamalla aineistoksi havaintopäiväkirja, joka sisälsi epävirallisia keskusteluja osallistujien kanssa, yhteishaastattelu kahdelta ohjaajalta sekä osallistujien palautelomakkeet, joissa tiedusteltiin heidän projektiin liittyviä odotuksiaan ja niiden täyttymistä projektin aikana. Toimintaa veti kaksi ohjaajaa ja projektiin osallistui kuusi nuorta. Aineistoon perustuen loin osallistujaprofiilit, jotka paljastivat mielenterveydellisten ongelmien hyvinkin voivan syrjäyttää nuoren. Analysoimalla ohjaajien haastattelun sain selville, että kommunikaation vaikeus ja itseilmaisu olivat projektin olennaisimmat haasteet. Taidetoiminnan päärooli oli luoda osallisuutta vastaamalla juuri näihin haasteisiin. Taide mahdollisti kommunikaation ja loi metaforia, joiden avulla nuoret pystyivät puhumaan vaikeistakin asioista. Taiteella oli myös terapeuttinen vaikutus nuorten terveydentilaan. Palautelomakkeiden mukaan taideprojekti vaikutti myönteisesti varsinkin uusien ihmissuhteiden, hyvän ryhmähengen ja projektin aikana saadun tuen kautta. Vaikka osallistujilla oli vaikeuksia keskustella ja ilmaista itseään, he olivat palautteiden mukaan kokeneet projektissa myönteisiä asioita. Keskustelujen ja kuuntelemisen tärkeys mainittiin eniten. Tämä projekti osoitti, että taide pystyy tukemaan nuorten osallisuutta ja antamaan heille myönteisen kuvan tulevaisuudesta; taiteen avulla pystytään muuttamaan sekä yksilöä että yhteiskuntaa

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Krogman, Jennifer Tena. "Handbook on eating disorders for dance teachers: A guide to understanding anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and promoting proper nutrition in young female dancers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2244.

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This project discusses the problem of eating disorders in dancers. The development of eating disorders can be attributed to sociocultural development, and psychological factors. Dance places an emphasis on thinness, and the pressure to obtain ideal standards of thinness appear to be particularly salient in the development of eating disorders in dancers.

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Piscalho, Isabel Alexandra Damasceno. "Promoção e educação para a saúde: Educação da sexualidada na escola - Um projecto de investigação-acção com adolescentes que frequentam o 10º ano de escolaridade." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/816.

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Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia da Saúde Esta investigação é, de facto, um Projecto de Formação de Educação da Sexualidade num grupo de 31 adolescentes frequentando o 10° Ano de Escolaridade da Escola Secundária Marquesa de Alorna de Almeirim. Avaliámos, através de um questionário fundado no modelo das Representações Sociais da Sexualidade, em dois momentos (antes da acção formativa e depois dela), as modificações, entretanto, acontecidas. Nos resultados obtidos observa-se que as Representações Sociais da Sexualidade (ao nível das dimensões: Intenções Comportamentais, Informação, Crenças e Atitudes) dos adolescentes, foram alteradas.

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Pennington, Janice. "A Staff Education Project and Screening Tool to Identify Calciphylaxis." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5246.

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Calciphylaxis is a deadly disease seen primarily in patients with end stage renal disease. Literature indicated that improved patient outcomes are seen with routine screenings. Many dialysis providers lack fundamental knowledge that would enable early identification of calciphylaxis in patients with renal disease. The purpose of this project was to design a screening instrument and develop a staff education program that would transform calciphylaxis management by promoting early identification and treatment of the disease. Knowles's theory of andragogy was used as the theoretic framework for the project. Dialysis center staff (n = 26) participated in the education. The number of participants was based on the number of staff working at the partner dialysis site. There were no exclusions as all members of the interdisciplinary team play an important role in calciphylaxis management. Surveys conducted following the education were used to determine whether dialysis staff believed they had acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to identify early signs of calciphylaxis. Descriptive data collected by the surveys indicated 60% of participants were not at all comfortable identifying patients at risk for developing calciphylaxis prior to attending the education presentation. Following the presentation, 68% of participants felt very comfortable identifying at-risk patients, an increase of 82.3%. This project exemplified that calciphylaxis detection is a secondary prevention nursing intervention that has potential for promoting positive social change by improving patient outcomes, reducing mortality rates in the end stage renal disease population, and providing empirical data to inform evidence-based therapies for at-risk patients.

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Stevenson, Mary-Jean Paula. "Barriers to development and implementation of school district nutrition and wellness policies in San Bernardino County, California." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3215.

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The primary research question to be answered from this study was: to what degree have school districts in the County of San Bernardino been able to respond to federal legislation mandating the design and implementation of local school wellness policies. A major finding was that the majority of districts have not yet implemented nutrition and wellness policies.

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Geidne, Susanna. "The non-governmental organization as a health promoting setting : examples from alcohol prevention projects conducted in the context of national support to NGOs." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-24174.

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Mikati, Nadine. "The Effect of Project ProHEART- Promoting Healthy Eating and Activity using Robot-assisted Training- on Healthy Eating Habits and Physical Activity in School-Aged Children." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2620.

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The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a 6 week afterschool nutrition and physical activity intervention administered by a registered dietitian with the help of a humanoid robot targeting elementary school aged children aged 6-12 years. The study was conducted across four Young Men’s Christian’s Association (YMCA) sites in Miami-Dade County, Florida (N= 114, Mean age: 8.16 ±1.57 years) using a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design via randomly assigned intervention (two sites; n=63) and comparison groups (two sites; n=51). The validated Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) kids club questionnaire and the validated Previous Day Physical Activity Recall (PDPAR) were used to assess nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitudes/beliefs and behavior change. The Inbody 230 instrument (Biospace, California) was used to calculate body composition and weight. Body Mass Index (BMI) percentiles and associated BMI z-scores for age and gender were calculated based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts. Data measures were collected at baseline (week 0) and one-week post intervention (week 7). Statistical analysis included independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-squared test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test and logistic regression. Results indicated that nutrition knowledge score significantly increased from 67.43% ±21.03 to 81.31% ±18.47 in the intervention group (p

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Arsov, Svetoslav A. "Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services in a Federally Qualified Health Center." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6966.

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Between 2013 and 2016, 8.1% of U.S. adults 20 years and older suffered from depression, but only 29% of them sought help. This project addressed the low depression screening rate in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that supported integrated care. The purpose of the project was to evaluate the integration of behavioral health into primary care in an FQHC through the rate of depression screenings. Two theoretical frameworks, the find-organize-clarify-understand-select/plan-do-study-act model and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's framework for program evaluation in public health were combined into a list of questions and data validity tests that were used to conduct the evaluation. This quality improvement (QI) project evaluated an existing QI initiative. Findings revealed that 75% of the patients seen, and not the initially reported 53%, received depression screenings, which indicated an improved outcome. Other findings were inadequate use of theoretical frameworks, poor data quality, and suboptimal effectiveness of QI team processes. The strategies and tools recommended in this project could be used by organizational leaders and QI teams to evaluate and improve QI initiatives. The project's contribution to awareness about depression through integrated care could increase patients' access to care, quality of life, and life expectancy, and positively impact social change.

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Robl, Joyce Madeline. "THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL SMOKING IN KENTUCKY AND EFFECT OF THE GIVING INFANTS AND FAMILIES TOBACCO-FREE STARTS PILOT PROJECT ON SMOKING CESSATION AND BIRTH OUTCOMES." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/khp_etds/4.

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Smoking during pregnancy remains a significant public health issue despite knowledge about the adverse maternal and fetal health effects. This research had six purposes: identifying effective smoking cessation strategies for low income pregnant women; identifying characteristics of Kentucky women who smoke during pregnancy; estimating the role of smoking on birth outcomes in Kentucky; exploring the impact of tobacco reduction on birth outcomes; identifying the characteristics of women participating in the Giving Infants and Families Tobacco-free Starts (GIFTS) pilot program; and evaluating the impact of GIFTS on smoking status and birth outcomes. Seven randomized controlled trials targeting low income women with smoking cessation interventions identified social support and incentives as promising strategies. Only one study focused on women living in rural settings. Live birth certificate data from 2004-2008 revealed that 26% of Kentucky women reported smoking during pregnancy. Continuing to smoke approximately doubled the odds for low birth weight (LBW) [Estimated Odds Ratio 1.95 (95% Confidence Interval 1.87-2.03)] and no breastfeeding initiation (NBI) [1.93 (1.87-1.98)] versus no pre-pregnancy smoking. Continuers also had higher odds for preterm birth (PTB) [1.25 (1.20-1.29)] and neonatal intensive care unit admissions (NICU) [1.20 (1.14-1.26)]. Reducers and quitters had increased odds of LBW and NBI. The probability of quitting relative to the probability of continuing was increased for women aged less than 25, non-White, Hispanic, graduate degree, obese and "other" payor source for the delivery. The GIFTS program targeted pregnant women receiving local health department services who reported recent or current tobacco use. Significantly increased odds of participation were identified for women reporting 1-5 [2.05 (1.06-3.94) ], 6-10 [2.06 (1.10-3.83)] and ≥11 [2.17 (1.12-4.20)] cigarettes per day compared to those reporting no cigarettes. Women with one [1.55 (1.07-2.24)] or two [1.83 (1.21-2.76)] previous quit attempts also had increased odds for participation compared to those with no quit attempts. GIFTS participants were significantly less likely to have preterm infants (p=.0369) than a matched comparison group. No significant differences were found on tobacco cessation, tobacco reduction or cessation, LBW, NICU, or NBI. This research has implications for future cessation efforts as well as policy development.

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Shepherd, Deborah Pamela. "The promotion of mental health and emotional wellbeing of children (5-13) through participatory partnership work with school communities in one local authority : a realistic evaluation of the 'treasure project', a three-year children's fund project." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1613/.

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This is an evaluative study of an ecological, multi-faceted, multi-levelled school-based mental health and emotional wellbeing project , called the ‘Treasure Project’. The project team directly supported 3,452 children and trained 607 staff from 56 schools. Realistic Evaluation (Pawson & Tilley, 1997) informed the evaluation. Theories, developed from a review of literature, were used to derive a framework of hypotheses about effective work in the area of mental health and emotional wellbeing. Data collected about the project was checked against the framework leading to new theories and hypotheses being developed. Findings from the evaluation suggest that: 1) projects aiming to promote children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing have more impact if they are multi-faceted, multi-levelled and include a whole school approach; 2) direct interventions supporting children’s emotional needs are more effective if school staff’s capacity is simultaneously increased through training and partnership work; and 3) capacity building is most effective when it takes place over time, is aimed at building staff’s support skills, and is rooted in evidence-based approaches providing good resources for future reference. The enquiry’s limitations are discussed, together with a consideration of how these findings might useful to professionals, including educational psychologists, working in partnership with schools.

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Silva, Ayodele Floriano. "O enfoque da promoção da saúde nos projetos de extensão universitária na área da saúde." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6135/tde-24052011-142041/.

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Introdução: A extensão universitária é uma das atribuições da universidade. Acredita-se que os projetos de extensão representem um instrumento de formação de profissionais aptos para atuar na perspectiva da Promoção da Saúde preconizada pelo SUS. Nesse contexto, o enfoque da Promoção da Saúde para olhar estas intervenções na área da saúde é pertinente para verificar as potencialidades de tais atividades. Objetivos: Analisar as atividades de extensão universitária desenvolvidas em três unidades da USP - Faculdade de Medicina, Faculdade de Saúde Pública e Escola de Enfermagem -, sob o enfoque da Promoção da Saúde e conhecer a percepção de professores e estudantes quanto à contribuição da extensão universitária em saúde na formação profissional dos estudantes participantes. Material e Métodos: Foram identificadas e quantificadas as atividades de extensão realizadas entre 2005 e 2009. Em seguida, foi feita análise documental dos projetos selecionados (Projeto Assunção, Projeto Bandeira Científica e Jornada Universitária de Saúde) e entrevistados seus professores coordenadores e estudantes participantes. Resultados: A quantidade de projetos foi menor em relação às outras categorias de atividades de extensão universitária existentes. O projeto Assunção foi o que apresentou mais aproximações e convergências com a perspectiva da Promoção da Saúde. Professores e estudantes destacaram as contribuições dos projetos de extensão para a formação profissional. Conclusão: Os projetos de extensão são importantes instrumentos na formação de profissionais aptos para atuar com a perspectiva da Promoção da Saúde junto ao Sistema Único de Saúde Introduction: The extension is one of the powers of the university. It is believed that the extension projects are a training tool for professionals able to work in the perspective of health promotion proposed by SUS. In this context, the focus of Health Promotion to look at these interventions in health is relevant for evaluating the potential of such activities. Objectives: To analyze university extension activities carried out in three units of USP - Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and School of Nursing - under the focus of Health Promotion and know the perception of teachers and students on the contribution of university extension health professional training of participating students. Material and Methods: We identified and quantified the extent of activities carried out between 2005 and 2009. Then was documentary analysis of selected projects (Projeto Assunção, Projeto Bandeira Científica e Projeto Jornada Universitária de Saúde) and interviewed their teachers and coordinators participating students. Results: The number of projects were low in relation to other categories of existing university outreach activities. The project was the assumption that showed more similarities and convergences with the perspective of Health Promotion Faculty and students emphasized the contributions of the extension projects for vocational training. Conclusion: The extension projects are important tools in training professionals able to act with the prospect of Health Promotion by the Sistema Único de Saúde

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Mminele, Monanana Margaret. "HIV/AIDS education and lifeskills training : a need in the corporate world/workplace in the WCP study project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50610.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS has been seen as a thorn in the Corporate World's flesh. It is destroying the workforce like a swarm of locust on a wheat field. The Government Departmental Sectors are no exceptions. This paper has been written after a through project that was undertaken at the Department of Transport and Public Works in Cape Town. It was found that there is a great need for HIV/AIDS Education and Life skills Training amongst all Government Departments. The objectives of the researcher were also based on the ILO's document and our South African Labour Law. The employees at 7 (Seven) District Offices were educated and workshoped on HIV/AIDS Education. It was impossible to have all three Employee Assistant Programmes conducted within 7 (Seven) months of the project. The programmes for HIV/AIDS Education and Training entailed Pre-Awareness, Awareness and Post-Awareness. Only the Pre- Awareness programme was completed with a bit of Awareness was covered. In the workplace situation, time means money and it seems as if less time is allocated to the health part of the employees. Common and better methods in facilitating for HIV/AIDS Education and Trainings were by "Cascade Model, On-Job-Training (OJT) or Front Line Training (FLT) and Workshop Sessions" seem to be more appropriate, yielding better communication skills between the employees and employers. A simple questionnaire was constructed on the basis that the sample group was workshopped. The response was great and constructive comments were received from the employees, for example a question was "Do you find it good to celebrate the 09th - 15th February: Condom Week; 16th May: International AIDS Candle Memorial Day and 01st December: World AIDS Day"? Answer: YES - It creates awareness and unites people for the same course. It became interesting to the researcher in noticing how HIV/AIDS Education and Life Skills Training(HAELST) is very much needed in both Corporate/Private Sectors and Government Departments. In conclusion, recommendations are suggested to all Government Departmental and Private Sectors in HIV/AIDS Education and Training. The ball remains in the Corporate World to apply them as a tool to avoid loosing well qualified and skilful employees because of HIV/AIDS. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om die noodsaaklikheid van opleiding aan regeringsinstansies in MIV/Vigs en lewensvaardighede te beklemtoon. Die studie het op die Departement van Vervoer en Openbare Sake gefokus. Werknemers van 7 distrikskantore het werkswinkels in die verband bygewoon. Die werkswinkels het hoofsaaklik op voor-bewustheid, bewustheid en na-bewustheid van MIV/Vigs gefokus. Die data is deur middel van ‘n vraelys ingesamel wat die proefpersone na afloop van die werkswinkel voltooi het. Dit is bevind dat daar ‘n geweldige behoefte vir MIV/Vigs en lewensvaardigheid opleiding by privaat- sowel as regeringsinstansies is. Die aanbeveling is dat die instansies hul werknemers in die verband moet oplei op te verhoed dat hul gekwalifiseerde en vaardige werknemers as gevolg van MIV/Vigs verloor.

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Souza, Simone Marcela dos Santos. "As ações de educação ambiental em escolas rurais de Itabaiana-SE." Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2014. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4153.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior The Environmental Education actions are contained in the construction of values, attitudes, skills and abilities for the sake of conservation of the environment and human health. At school directors and teachers play a fundamental role in decision making, planning, organization, implementation and evaluation of actions may, in their practices, relate to Environmental Education to health as a way to promote in the school environment. This study aimed to analyze the actions of Environmental Education held in rural schools in Itabaiana - SE and its relation to health promotion. And the following objectives: a) determine whether the actions of Environmental Education and health promotion were included in the Political - Pedagogical Project (PPP) school; b) describe the characteristics of Environmental Education actions carried out in rural schools of Itabaiana - SE and its relation to health promotion; c) observe whether the school environment offering basic conditions for the occurrence of ealth promotion. Thus, we developed three instruments: the interview guide, the questionnaire and the observation script. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee, and Research at the University Federal of Sergipe (seems N° 483.783) is characterized as exploratory and descriptive. A total of ten directors and seventy-three teachers from ten rural schools. The first stage consisted of survey data on educacional institutions by the Municipal Itabaiana of Education and the second of two field visits to schools. During the field visit I was required in each school, the consent of direction for the research and access to the PPP. Additionally, observation was mad of the school environment, being recorded in the II field visit was handed the Informed Consent Term (IC) to interested participants; conduceted the interview with the directors and applied the questionnaire to teachers. The collected data were submitted to Bardin (2011) conten analysis and relative frequencies and percentages of categories, calculated with the aid of Excel software. The ratio of the shares of Environmental Education to the promotion of health has been indentified in four PPPs analyzed. The school environment proved to be appropriete, requiring adjustments in some schools in the aspects of reform, expansion and provision of toiletries. Regarding the actions of Environmental Education have been reported several initiatives involving issues related to health promotion, and most punctual. It was also reported the need for greater involvement of the school and the outside community, the greater availability of time for teachers to take these actions and increase the number of partner ships. It is expect that the results serve as indicators for the increase for Environmental Education actions related to health promotion in schools and encourage new studies on the subject. As ações de Educação Ambiental estão contidas no processo de construção de valores, atitudes, competências e habilidades em prol da conservação do meio ambiente e da saúde humana. Na escola, os diretores e os professores têm papel fundamental na tomada de decisão, planejamento, organização, realização e avaliação de ações podendo, em suas práticas, relacionar a Educação Ambiental à saúde como uma das formas de promovê-la no ambiente escolar. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo geral analisar as ações de Educação Ambiental realizadas em escolas rurais de Itabaiana SE e sua relação com a promoção da saúde. E como objetivos específicos: a) verificar se as ações de Educação Ambiental e a promoção da saúde estavam inclusas no Projeto Político Pedagógico (PPP) das escolas; b) descrever as características das ações de Educação Ambiental realizadas em escolas rurais de Itabaiana SE e a sua relação com a promoção da saúde; e c) observar se o ambiente escolar oferecia condições básicas para ocorrência da promoção à saúde. Para tanto, foram elaborados três instrumentos: o roteiro de entrevista, o questionário e o roteiro de observação. A pesquisa aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética, e Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (Parece N. 483.783) é caracterizada como exploratória e descritiva. Participaram 10 diretores e 73 professores de 10 escolas rurais. A primeira etapa da pesquisa constou do levantamento de dados sobre as instituições de ensino junto à Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Itabaiana e a segunda de duas visitas de campo às escolas. Durante a visita de campo I foi solicitada, em cada escola, a anuência da direção para a realização da pesquisa e o acesso ao PPP. Além disso, foi realizada a observação do ambiente escolar, sendo registrados, no roteiro de observação, os seus principais aspectos. Na visita de campo II foi entregue o Termo de Consentimento Livre Esclarecido (TCLE) aos participantes interessados, realizada a entrevista com os diretores, e aplicado o questionário com os professores. Os dados coletados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo de Bardin (2011) e as frequências relativas e porcentagens das categorias, calculadas com auxílio do software Excel. A relação das ações de Educação Ambiental com a promoção da saúde foi identificada em quatro dos PPPs analisados. O ambiente escolar apresentou-se adequado, necessitando em algumas escolas de ajustes nos aspectos de reforma, ampliação e disponibilização de produtos de higiene pessoal. Em relação às ações de Educação Ambiental foram relatadas várias iniciativas envolvendo temas relacionados a promoção da saúde, sendo a maioria de caráter pontual. Também foi relatada a necessidade de maior envolvimento da comunidade escolar e externa, a disponibilização maior de tempo para que os professores pudessem realizar tais ações e aumento do número de parcerias. Espera-se que os resultados obtidos sirvam de indicadores para o incremento de ações de Educação Ambiental relacionadas à promoção da saúde nas escolas e suscitem novos estudos sobre o tema.

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