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Choi, Kwonho; Kim, Jae Yop – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of the "Thank you-Sorry-Love" (TSL®) program on posttraumatic growth (PTG) and cortisol level in parents of children with cancer. Methods: A total of 15 mothers of children with cancer were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 7) with the TSL intervention or a control…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Cancer, Mothers
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Ornelas, India J.; Ho, Khanh; Jackson, J. Carey; Moo-Young, Jaime; Le, Anh; Do, H. Hoai; Lor, Bouapanh; Magarati, Maya; Zhang, Ying; Taylor, Victoria M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Many refugee women emigrate from countries with high cervical cancer incidence rates and have low rates of cervical cancer screening both before and after resettlement. Refugee women face many barriers to cervical cancer screening, including limited knowledge of cervical cancer and screening recommendations and cultural and linguistic barriers to…
Descriptors: Cancer, Refugees, Females, Video Technology
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Borrayo, Evelinn A.; Rosales, Monica; Gonzalez, Patricia – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Background: The evidence is limited comparing the effects of entertainment-education (E-E) narrative versus nonnarrative interventions to educate and motivate Latinas to engage in mammography screening. Aims: This study compared an E-E narrative intervention to two nonnarrative interventions' effects among Latinas on breast cancer knowledge and…
Descriptors: Cancer, Screening Tests, Pretests Posttests, Video Technology
Webb, Paula – Online Submission, 2017
Students with physical and health disabilities struggle with basic mathematical concepts. The purpose of this research study was to increase the students' mathematical computation skills through implementing new strategies and/or methods. The strategies implemented with the students was utilizing the ten-frame tiles and technology with the purpose…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods
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Pettigrew, Simone; Jongenelis, Michelle I.; Glance, David; Chikritzhs, Tanya; Pratt, Iain S.; Slevin, Terry; Liang, Wenbin; Wakefield, Melanie – Health Education Research, 2016
In response to increasing calls to introduce warning labels on alcoholic beverages, this study investigated the potential effectiveness of alcohol warning statements designed to increase awareness of the alcohol-cancer link. A national online survey was administered to a diverse sample of Australian adult drinkers (n = 1,680). Along with…
Descriptors: Cancer, Drinking, Health Behavior, Foreign Countries
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Lemos, Marina Serra; Rothes, Inês Areal; Oliveira, Filipa; Soares, Luisa – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To evaluate the incremental efficacy of a Short Message Service (SMS) combined with a brief video intervention in increasing the effects of a health education intervention for cervical cancer prevention, over and beyond a video-alone intervention, with respect to key determinants of health behaviour change--knowledge, motivation and…
Descriptors: Cancer, Females, Video Technology, Intervention