{"title":"The effects of connectedness on health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors in adolescents: evidence from a statewide survey.","authors":"Fang Yang, Kit-Aun Tan, Wendy J Y Cheng","doi":"10.1007/s10935-013-0327-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-013-0327-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a social ecological perspective, we examined the effects of connectedness in multiple domains on health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors among Asian American (AA), Pacific Islander (PI), and Caucasian/White American (WA) adolescents in California. After adjusting for age, gender, and socioeconomic status, the following consistent results emerged across the three ethnic groups: (a) community connectedness increased the odds of physical activity; (b) internal, family, and school connectedness decreased, whereas friend connectedness increased, the odds of substance use; and (c) internal and family connectedness decreased the odds of violent behavior. We also found specific ethnic variations pertaining to the effects of connectedness. Friend connectedness increased the odds of violent behavior for AAs and WAs, but not for PIs. Meanwhile, community connectedness increased the odds of substance use and violent behavior for AAs and PIs, but decreased the odds of these behaviors for WAs. Findings for healthy dietary behavior were inconsistent across ethnic groups and connectedness domains. Our overall findings suggest that the effects of connectedness were more salient for health-compromising behaviors than for health-promoting behaviors. Health prevention and intervention efforts in adolescents could target the role of their connectedness to their multiple social domains. </p>","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"33-46"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10935-013-0327-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31798146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Ringwalt, T. Gwynne, J. M. Edwards, M. Shanahan, Martha W. Waller
{"title":"Letter to Prospective Authors from the Editor","authors":"C. Ringwalt, T. Gwynne, J. M. Edwards, M. Shanahan, Martha W. Waller","doi":"10.1007/s10935-013-0313-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-013-0313-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133904262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Next Wave","authors":"S. Tortolero","doi":"10.1007/s10935-013-0307-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-013-0307-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126289027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Evans, H. Ndetan, Michael A. Perko, Ronald D. Williams, Clark Walker
{"title":"Response to: Commentary to “Dietary Supplement Use by Children and Adolescents in the United States to Enhance Sport Performance: Results of the National Health Interview Survey”","authors":"M. Evans, H. Ndetan, Michael A. Perko, Ronald D. Williams, Clark Walker","doi":"10.1007/s10935-012-0286-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-012-0286-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132898150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Knowledge of Effective Parenting Scale (KEPS): a tool for public health approaches to universal parenting programs.","authors":"Leanne Winter, Alina Morawska, Matthew Sanders","doi":"10.1007/s10935-012-0268-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-012-0268-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Improving the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents is often the aim of parenting-focused public health strategies and parenting programs, yet research on parental knowledge is limited compared with research on other parenting variables. In this study, a nonclinical sample of 62 parents of children aged 2-3 years was assessed for knowledge of child development processes and milestones [using the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (KIDI)] and knowledge of effective parenting strategies [using the Knowledge of Effective Parenting Scale (KEPS)], along with self-reported measures of parenting dysfunction and nurturance, parental confidence, parental affective state, and problematic child behavior. Additionally, in-home observations of parent-child interactions were conducted with dependent measures of aversive and non-aversive parent behavior, a composite measure of parenting competence, and aversive child behavior. Results showed that KEPS scores were significantly negatively related to self-reported parenting dysfunction, internalized problematic child behavior, and parental anxiety, and positively related to observed parenting competence. Knowledge as assessed by the KIDI was significantly positively associated only with KEPS scores. These results suggest that increasing parental knowledge of effective parenting strategies at a population level is likely to be more beneficial to parents than increasing their knowledge of child development processes and milestones.</p>","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"85-97"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10935-012-0268-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40177199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association between school engagement and disclosure of suicidal ideation to adults among Latino adolescents.","authors":"Susan M De Luca, Peter A Wyman","doi":"10.1007/s10935-012-0269-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-012-0269-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined associations between Latino adolescents' school engagement and their likelihood of disclosing suicidal ideation (SI) to adults and of asking for help for SI. A first set of analyses was conducted on a total sample of 14 high schools, and a second set of analyses was conducted on 8 \"Latino-representative\" high schools. The criterion for Latino representation was that ≥10% of the school's total student population was Latino. Across all 14 high schools, 17% (110/663) of Latino students reported SI in the past year, compared to 13% (359/2,740) of non-Hispanic White students and 11% (78/719) of African American students. Of Latino students with SI, 24% (26/110) told an adult and 35% (38/110) sought help. In the 8 Latino-representative schools, higher levels of reported school engagement were associated with a greater likelihood of seeking help (OR = 6.17) and disclosure of SI to an adult (OR = 7.64) for Latino males. For Latinas, however, school engagement was not associated with either disclosure of SI to an adult or seeking help. Additional research is needed to clarify the processes, including social connectedness, that contribute to the disclosure of and help-seeking for SI among Latino adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"99-110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10935-012-0269-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40186852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How parents of adolescents store and monitor alcohol in the home.","authors":"Bettina Friese, Joel W Grube, Roland S Moore","doi":"10.1007/s10935-012-0267-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10935-012-0267-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we explored how and where parents store alcohol in the home, and how they monitor this stored alcohol. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents of youths, aged 15-18 years, in northern California. We found that parents typically stored alcohol in unsecured locations easily accessible to adolescents. Parental monitoring of alcohol included counting or marking bottles and hiding alcohol. However, parents reported that they relied primarily on their memory and intuition to monitor alcohol and admitted that they would not notice if small amounts of alcohol disappeared.</p>","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"79-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407279/pdf/nihms349757.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40177198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Should people with unhealthy lifestyles pay higher health insurance premiums?","authors":"David R Buchanan","doi":"10.1007/s10935-011-0235-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-011-0235-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This commentary sets the article by Dubois on the ethical justification for charging higher insurance premiums for people with unhealthy lifestyles in the context of US health care reform. It reviews the relevance and strength of normative concerns identified by Dubois about the acceptability of such differentiated \"means-tested\" plans. It identifies key issues involving whether certain health behaviors matter ethically, and if so, the grounds that would justify an obligation for people to take action. The article frames the answer in terms of the need to achieve an ethically acceptable balance between the principle of equality and principle of merit and concludes with four ethical standards to focus the terms of the debate.</p>","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"17-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2011-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10935-011-0235-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29661444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to \"Should people with unhealthy lifestyles pay higher health insurance premiums?\".","authors":"Mikael Dubois","doi":"10.1007/s10935-011-0236-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-011-0236-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"23-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2011-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10935-011-0236-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29770115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SangNam Ahn, James N Burdine, Matthew Lee Smith, Marcia G Ory, Charles D Phillips
{"title":"Residential rurality and oral health disparities: influences of contextual and individual factors.","authors":"SangNam Ahn, James N Burdine, Matthew Lee Smith, Marcia G Ory, Charles D Phillips","doi":"10.1007/s10935-011-0233-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-011-0233-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purposes of the study were (a) to identify disparities between urban and rural adults in oral health and (b) to examine contextual (i.e., external environment and access to dental care) and individual (i.e., predisposing, enabling, and lifestyle behavioral) factors associated with oral health problems in a community population. Study data were derived from a two-stage, telephone-mailed survey conducted in 2006. The subjects were 2,591 adults aged 18 years and older. Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel statistics for categorical variables were applied to explore conditional independence between both health access and individual factors and oral health problems after controlling for the urban or rural residence. Logistic regression was used to investigate the simultaneous associations of contextual and individual factors in both rural and urban areas. Approximately one quarter (24.1%) of the study population reported oral health problems. Participants residing in rural areas reported more oral health disparities. Oral health problems were significantly associated with delaying dental care. These problems also were more common among those who were less educated, were African American, skipped breakfast every day, and currently smoked. The study findings suggest that oral health disparities persist for people in rural areas, and improving oral health status is strongly related to better access to oral health care and improved lifestyles in both rural and urban areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":231565,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Primary Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"29-41"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2011-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10935-011-0233-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29611463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}