{"title":"Potential savings for EU economy due to cancer survivors with a disability return to work","authors":"T. Macioch","doi":"10.15761/hec.1000151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/hec.1000151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93179,"journal":{"name":"Health education and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67467828","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}
P. Ferrara, J. M. Ramon-Torrell, C. Masuet-Aumatell
{"title":"Medical students’ perceptions towards e-cigarettes: highlighting the gap in universities’ curricula","authors":"P. Ferrara, J. M. Ramon-Torrell, C. Masuet-Aumatell","doi":"10.15761/hec.1000165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/hec.1000165","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Despite use of electronic cigarettes is having an increasingly disturbing proportion, limited attention has been paid to investigate knowledge of healthcare professionals and medical students towards it use, as well as medical curricula do not include specific training on this topic. The aim of the present study was to assess the level of perception, knowledge, and awareness towards electronic cigarettes amongst medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of students of the School of Medicine of University of Barcelona, Spain, between September and December 2017. Results: A total of 159 medical students returned the survey, being the majority female (82.4%) and first year students (79.9%). The 84.7% of interviewees never smoked, the 5.7% were former smoker, and the remaining 9.6% were current smokers. Responses to the questions about knowledge and awareness towards electronic cigarettes highlighted sub-optimal levels throughout the sample. The vast majority (87.4%) answered that ECs can generate addiction. Regarding EC use as smoking cessation method, only the 35.2% indicated ECs to be an effective. None of the collected characteristics was found as significantly associated with students’ level of knowledge and perceptions. Conclusions: As students are nowadays asked to build a complete passport of their medical skills, reviewing existing training programmes is necessary to address correct knowledge about this topic, also by implementing most effective educational paradigms applicable in school of medicine. *Correspondence to: Josep Maria Ramon-Torrell, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Preventive Medicine Department, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907, Catalonia, Spain, E-mail: jmramon@ub.edu","PeriodicalId":93179,"journal":{"name":"Health education and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67468985","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}
Letícia Koczicki, Laysa Toschi Martins, Luccas Matheus Wischral, Andressa de Souza Klingenfus, A. Lorusso, K. Kubo, H. R. Frigeri
{"title":"Molecular studies on preproghrelin gene: alternative splicing, obestatin effects, coding region and variants","authors":"Letícia Koczicki, Laysa Toschi Martins, Luccas Matheus Wischral, Andressa de Souza Klingenfus, A. Lorusso, K. Kubo, H. R. Frigeri","doi":"10.15761/hec.1000157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/hec.1000157","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93179,"journal":{"name":"Health education and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67467628","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":"Eliminating homelessness in Canada through housing first:From demonstration project to policy and program change","authors":"G. Nelson","doi":"10.15761/hec.1000148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/hec.1000148","url":null,"abstract":"Homelessness is a complex social problem that encompasses personal, interpersonal, and community dimensions that occur in a socio-political context. Complex problems, like homelessness, are uncertain and constantly in flux [1]. and require complex community interventions to address them [2]. It has been estimated that in Canada, there are 35,000 people who are homeless on a given night, and at least 235,000 people who experience homelessness every year [3]. In this paper, I tell the story of how Canada is using the Housing First (HF) approach to eliminate homelessness.","PeriodicalId":93179,"journal":{"name":"Health education and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67467672","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 Y Lumpkins, M K Filippi, N Nazir, C M Pacheco, C M Hester, S M Daley, W S Choi, C M Daley
{"title":"It's not just about recruitment: An exploratory look at tobacco education sessions to increase participation into smoking cessation programs among American Indians.","authors":"C Y Lumpkins, M K Filippi, N Nazir, C M Pacheco, C M Hester, S M Daley, W S Choi, C M Daley","doi":"10.15761/hec.1000137","DOIUrl":"10.15761/hec.1000137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>American Indians (AI) have the highest smoking rates and lowest quit rates of any racial/ethnic group in the U.S. Researchers and community members from the American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance (AIHREA) created and evaluated a culturally-tailored smoking cessation program, All Nations Breath of Life (ANBL) as a recruitment tool for smoking cessation programs among AI. To increase enrollment in ANBL, AI smokers were approached at cultural events and asked to attend a 30-minute educational session (in-person, n= 179; tele-video, n=97). Tele-video (30%) and in-person (9%) session participants were recruited into ANBL. Pre- and post-tests showed participants in both sessions demonstrated increased motivation and confidence to quit smoking but significant differences were present in both sessions (p < 0.0001). Results indicate that theoretically guided and culturally tailored education sessions are viable approaches to educate and recruit underserved populations into programs that promote smoking cessation.</p>","PeriodicalId":93179,"journal":{"name":"Health education and care","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174104/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39068119","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":"Targeting fatigue specific factors in rheumatic inflammatory diseases: A cognitive behavioural approach","authors":"E. Fjerstad, T. Berge, S. Nymo, R. Moe","doi":"10.15761/HEC.1000177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/HEC.1000177","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Fatigue is common and debilitating in rheumatic inflammatory disease. The multifactorial, persistent, invisible, subjective and unpredictable nature of this problem challenge patients’ beliefs in their ability to influence and manage the physical and mental symptoms of fatigue. The objective of this study was to evaluate a new, cognitive behavioural approach, addressing key factors in maintaining and exacerbating symptoms of fatigue. Methods: The study is an observational longitudinal pilot study with observations at three time-points including patients with rheumatic inflammatory disease who had persistent fatigue, recruited from a rheumatology outpatient clinic. A cognitive behavioural approach was developed and applied. Levels of fatigue, pain, and depressive symptoms were measured at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and three months post intervention. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03216616. July 13, 2017. Results: The study population included 40 participants with rheumatic inflammatory disease and persistent fatigue. Mean disease duration was 14 (11) years (SD), and mean age was 45 (10) years (SD). Repeated measure Analysis of variance showed statistically significant improvement in self-reported fatigue and depressive symptoms immediately after the intervention and at 3 months follow-up. There was no change in pain (Visual Analogue Scale) during follow-up. Conclusions: The results indicate a promising beneficial effect of this pragmatic cognitive behavioural intervention targeting fatigue and depressive symptoms, sustained 3 months post treatment. The efficacy should be confirmed in a randomized controlled clinical","PeriodicalId":93179,"journal":{"name":"Health education and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67468927","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}