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Fahamina Ahmed; Meva Beganovic; Fatima Zeini; Candice Smith; Amne Borghol – Discover Education, 2025
Introduction: Various methods are used to assess healthcare professional students' physical exam skills. Hypertension is a common chronic disease that affects nearly half of adults in the United States, therefore measuring blood pressure is a clinical skill often assessed in a healthcare program curriculum. Methods: This study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Pharmacy, Physical Examinations, Physiology
Alejandra Quezada Ochoa; Marilyn Massey-Stokes – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2023
Purpose: To examine the relationship between acculturation indicators and metabolic syndrome among Hispanic adults living in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas metropolitan area. Methods: This study utilized secondary data collected from a larger 2014 study among 128 Hispanic adults living in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. The current study…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Adults, Acculturation, Metabolism
Merianos, Ashley L.; Jacobs, Wura; Oloruntoba, Oluyomi; Gittens, Olivia E.; Smith, Matthew Lee – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: Cardiometabolic risk factors are related to the early onset of chronic health conditions. Purpose: To identify factors associated with perceptions about the severity of three interrelated cardiometabolic risks (i.e., high blood pressure, obesity, and cardiovascular disease) among U.S. college students. Methods: Data were analyzed from…
Descriptors: Obesity, Heart Disorders, Hypertension, Chronic Illness
Cuffee, Yendelela L.; Hargraves, Lee; Rosal, Milagros; Briesacher, Becky A.; Allison, Jeroan J.; Hullett, Sandral – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: John Henryism is defined as a measure of active coping in response to stressful experiences. John Henryism has been linked with health conditions such as diabetes, prostate cancer, and hypertension, but rarely with health behaviors. Aims: We hypothesized that reporting higher scores on the John Henryism Scale may be associated with…
Descriptors: Coping, Stress Management, Hypertension, African Americans
Lin, Lan-Ping; Liu, Chien-Ting; Liou, Shih-Wen; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The aims of this study were to explore the mean and distribution of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and to examine the influence of gender, body weight and health behaviors on hypertension in adults with disabilities. We analyzed the 2010 annual community health examination chart of adults with disabilities in east Taiwan. The study samples…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Marital Status, Hypertension, Public Health
Lee, Young Ji – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, but they are the most underserved population in terms of access to online health information. The specific aims of this descriptive, correlational study were to examine factors associated with online health information seeking behaviors of Hispanics and to examine the…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Access to Information, Internet, Health
von Stumm, Sophie; Deary, Ian J.; Kivimaki, Mika; Jokela, Markus; Clark, Heather; Batty, G. David – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Childhood behavior problems are associated with premature mortality. To identify plausible pathways that may account for this association, we explored the extent to which childhood behavior problems relate to health behaviors and health outcomes at midlife. Methods: The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF) study comprises 12,500…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Gender Differences, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems
Fuller-Thomson, Esme; Brennenstuhl, Sarah; Frank, John – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: Although, the relationship between childhood physical abuse and adult heart disease has been documented, very few studies have controlled for many of the known risk factors for heart disease. The objective of the current study, therefore, was to investigate the association between childhood physical abuse and adult heart disease while…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Heart Disorders, Public Health, Diseases
Graf, Christine; Jouck, Stefanie; Koch, Benjamin; Platschek, Anna-Maria; Arnold, Christiane; Bohm, Michael; Dordel, Sigrid; Tokarski, Walter – Physical Education and Sport, 2008
Study aim: To examine the prevalence of obesity and its correlation with blood pressure, waist circumference and other health related risk factors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and TV/PC-screen time) in German youths. Material and methods: A cohort of 831 boys and 808 girls, fifth- to tenth-graders from 3 German high schools…
Descriptors: Obesity, Socioeconomic Status, Physical Activities, Smoking