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Kelley, Dannielle E.; Noar, Seth M.; Seidenberg, Andrew B. – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: To respond to the Surgeon General's call to develop, disseminate, and evaluate messages to reduce indoor tanning (IT) in the 2014 Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer, an understanding of the IT communication environment is necessary. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the most prevalent false or misleading IT claims.…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Content Analysis, Health, Safety
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Flynn, Samantha; Hulbert-Williams, Nicholas; Hulbert-Williams, Lee; Bramwell, Ros – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Increased life expectancy has led to an increase in diagnoses of chronic illness in people with an intellectual disability; despite this increase, research about the psychological impact is rare. This review explored the psychosocial experiences of chronic illness in adults with an intellectual disability, revealing potential…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Chronic Illness, Intellectual Disability, Psychological Patterns
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Scully, Maree; Makin, Jennifer; Maloney, Sarah; Wakefield, Melanie – Health Education Research, 2014
This study aimed to determine whether there have been shifts in news coverage of sun protection issues over a 12-year period in the context of an evolving skin cancer prevention agenda. A content analysis was performed on all relevant articles (N = 552) published in the two metropolitan daily newspapers in Melbourne, Australia, from 2001 to 2012.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Cancer, Health Promotion
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Long, Kristin A.; Marsland, Anna L. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2011
This systematic review integrates qualitative and quantitative research findings regarding family changes in the context of childhood cancer. Twenty-eight quantitative, 42 qualitative, and one mixed-method studies were reviewed. Included studies focused on family functioning, marital quality, and/or parenting in the context of pediatric cancer,…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Cancer, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship