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Feasibility of Intervention Program to Prevent Adolescent Health-Compromising Behaviors
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Chia-Kuei Lee; Li-Ling Liao – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Most people start experimenting with and/or initiating health-compromising behaviors and establishing behavioral patterns during adolescence. Possible selves and episodic future thinking have been used to foster behavioral changes. In this study, we aimed to: (1) develop a program incorporating possible selves and episodic future thinking to…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Intervention, Prevention, Health Behavior
The Effects and Retention of Cooperative Learning Integrating Pedometer-Based Self-Management Strategies on Adolescents' Physical Activity and Cardiopulmonary Fitness
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Chen-Hui Huang; Chun-Liu You; Yi-Ya Zhang; Yi-Hsiang Pan – Health Education Journal, 2025
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of cooperative learning integrated into self-management support in influencing adolescents' physical activity (PA) and cardiopulmonary fitness (CRF), and to examine retention following an experimental intervention. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: Elementary school setting the…
Descriptors: Self Management, Cooperative Learning, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness
Emotions in Fear Appeals: Examining College Students' Attitudes and Behavioural Intentions towards Colorectal Cancer Prevention in Taiwan
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Li, Shu-Chu Sarrina; Lu, Pei-Chi; Chen, Shih-Chieh – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objectives: One criticism of the extended parallel process model (EPPM) is its lack of focus on the role of emotion and its relation to behaviour change. Another criticism of the EPPM is regarding its proposition that threat and efficacy have a moderating effect on recipients' attitudes and behaviours. This study aimed to examine emotions and the…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Student Behavior, College Students, Health Behavior
The Experiences of South-Western Taiwanese Male Adolescents Controlling Their Smoking after Exposure to an Education Program
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Hong, Rei-Mei; Chen, Mei-Yen; Guo, Su-Er; Hee, Lisa – SAGE Open, 2015
Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of chronic diseases and cancers worldwide. In south-western Taiwan, tobacco use has become one of the top risk behaviors. Smoking in young people has been associated with alcohol addiction and drug abuse in later life; and most smokers start young. Initiation of cigarette smoking at an early age leads to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Health Behavior, Program Effectiveness
Applying the Transtheoretical Model to Investigate Behavioural Change in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
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Lin, Shu-Ping; Wang, Ming-Jye – Health Education Journal, 2013
Background: Long-term behaviour change in type 2 diabetic patients may provide effective glycemic control. Purpose: To investigate the key factors that promote behaviour change in diabetic subjects using the transtheoretical model. Methods: Subjects were selected by purposive sampling from type 2 diabetes outpatients. Self-administered…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Health Behavior, Diabetes, Patients
Online Health Information (OHI) Utilization among Selected Worksite Employees in Taiwan
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Hou, Su-I; Hsiao, Tun-Jen; Hou, Peng-Hsi – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2012
Purpose: This study compared Internet and online health information (OHI) utilization among selected employees age 40-49 and 50-64 years, and examined the influence of age, gender, education, and worksite. Methods: A questionnaire was administered to participants from two worksites in Taiwan. Results: A total of 527 employees completed the survey…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Foreign Countries, Internet, Employees