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COVID-19 Mitigation Compliance and Vaccination Status among Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in the United States
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Testa, Alexander; Fahmy, Chantal – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: To examine the relationship between incarceration history and an individual's compliance toward COVID-19 mitigation strategies and vaccination status/intentions. Method: Data are from the "Crime, Health, and Politics Survey" (N = 1,735), a national probability sample of community-dwelling adults aged 18 and above living in…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Compliance (Psychology), Health Behavior
Promoting Community Health and Understanding of Science Topics by Reading Graphic-Style Stories Aloud Together
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Kohli, Eshika; Morris, Edith; Humphries, Jaqueline; Gertz, Susan; Mabisi, Keren; Hershberger, Susan; Butsch Kovacic, Melinda – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Limited health literacy and access to engaging, relevant, understandable health promotion and disease prevention materials are barriers to achieving and maintaining health. The We-Engage-4-Health program co-created the graphic-style story "Foamy Soap Fun" with community members to reinforce the importance of the primary preventive…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Health Promotion, Disease Control, Reading Aloud to Others
The Relation of Threat Level and Age with Protective Behavior Intentions during COVID-19 in Germany
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Lages, Nadine C.; Villinger, Karoline; Koller, Julia E.; Brünecke, Isabel; Debbeler, Joke M.; Engel, Kai D.; Grieble, Sofia; Homann, Peer C.; Kaufmann, Robin; Koppe, Kim M.; Oppenheimer, Hannah; Radtke, Vanessa C.; Rogula, Sarah; Stähler, Johanna; Schupp, Harald T.; Renner, Britta – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
To contain the spread of COVID-19, engagement in protective behaviors across the population is of great importance. The present study investigated protective behavior intentions during the early phases of COVID-19 in Germany (February 2-April 3, 2020) as a function of threat level and age using data from 4,940 participants in the EUCLID project.…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, COVID-19, Pandemics, Age Groups
Psychosocial Factors Mediating the Effect of the CHoBI7 Mobile Health Program on Handwashing with Soap and Household Stored Water Quality: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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George, Christine Marie; Bhuyian, Md. Sazzadul Islam; Thomas, Elizabeth D.; Parvin, Tahmina; Monira, Shirajum; Zohura, Fatema; Hasan, M. Tasdik; Tahmina, Sanya; Munmun, Farzana; Sack, David A.; Perin, Jamie; Alam, Munirul – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Household members of diarrhea patients are at higher risk of developing diarrheal diseases (>100 times for cholera) than the general population during the 7 days after the diarrhea patient is admitted at a health facility. There is growing evidence demonstrating that theory-driven water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are likely…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Role of Dental Nutrition Knowledge and Socioecological Factors in Dental Caries in Low-Income Women
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Sachdev, Prageet K.; Freeland-Graves, Jeanne; Ranjit, Nalini; Babaei, Mahsa – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Dental caries is a chronic oral condition that disproportionately affects low-income women. The aim of this research was to investigate relationships between dental nutrition knowledge, socioecological factors, and prevalence of dental caries in low-income women. This quantitative cross-sectional study involved 220 women who were recruited from…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Knowledge Level, Low Income Groups, Females
The Role of Rural and Urban Geography and Gender in Community Stigma around Mental Illness
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Schroeder, Shawnda; Tan, Chih Ming; Urlacher, Brian; Heitkamp, Thomasine – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Empirical evidence describes the negative outcomes people with mental health disorders experience due to societal stigma. The aim of this study was to examine the role of gender and rural-urban living in perceptions about mental illness. Participants completed the Day's Mental Illness Stigma Scale, a nationally validated instrument for measuring…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Social Bias
Stay Socially Distant and Wash Your Hands: Using the Health Belief Model to Determine Intent for COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors at the Beginning of the Pandemic
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Guidry, Jeanine P. D.; O'Donnell, Nicole H.; Austin, Lucinda L.; Coman, Ioana A.; Adams, Jay; Perrin, Paul B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread around the world, and since currently no treatments that are safe and effective for large groups of people nor a vaccine are available, the best way to prevent the illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus causing it. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of both…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
How Fear Appeal Approaches in COVID-19 Health Communication May Be Harming the Global Community
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Stolow, Jeni A.; Moses, Lina M.; Lederer, Alyssa M.; Carter, Rebecca – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
As health professionals develop health communication for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we implore that these communication approaches do not include fear appeals. Fear appeals, also known as scare tactics, have been widely used to promote recommended preventive behaviors. We contend that unintended negative outcomes can result from fear…
Descriptors: Fear, Disease Control, Epidemiology, Public Health
Social Distancing and Incarceration: Policy and Management Strategies to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission and Promote Health Equity through Decarceration
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Henry, Brandy F. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Incarcerated people are at disproportionately high risk of contracting COVID-19. Prisons are epicenters for COVID-19 transmission, including to the community. High rates of preexisting health conditions, limited access to quality health care, and inability to social distance make it impossible to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. Due to a…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Public Policy, Disease Control
Facing a Health Threat in a Complex Information Environment: A National Representative Survey Examining American Adults' Behavioral Responses to the 2009/2010 A(H1N1) Pandemic
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Lin, Leesa; McCloud, Rachel F.; Jung, Minsoo; Viswanath, Kasisomayajula – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: Recent A(H1N1) studies suggest that intrapersonal and interpersonal factors may exert influence on people's preventive behaviors for avoiding the flu during pandemics. Aims: Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and vaccinations play key roles in containing disease transmission during a pandemic. We examined how intrapersonal and…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Adults, National Surveys, Health Behavior
Associations between Hand Hygiene Education and Self-Reported Hand-Washing Behaviors among Korean Adults during MERS-CoV Outbreak
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Yang, Jieun; Park, Eun-Cheol; Lee, Sang Ah; Lee, Sang Gyu – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Hand washing is an effective way to prevent transmission of infectious diseases. Education and promotional materials about hand washing may change individuals' awareness toward hand washing. Infectious disease outbreak may also affect individuals' awareness. Aims: Our study aimed to examine associations between hand-washing education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Body, Hygiene, Health Education
Psychosocial Factors Mediating the Effect of the CHoBI7 Intervention on Handwashing with Soap: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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George, Christine Marie; Biswas, Shwapon; Jung, Danielle; Perin, Jamie; Parvin, Tahmina; Monira, Shirajum; Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M.; Rashid, Mahamud-ur; Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam; Thomas, Elizabeth D.; Dreibelbis, Robert; Begum, Farzana; Zohura, Fatema; Zhang, Xiaotong; Sack, David A.; Alam, Munirul; Sack, R. Bradley; Leontsini, Elli; Winch, Peter J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote handwashing with soap and water treatment behaviors among highly susceptible household members of cholera patients, we recently developed the Cholera-Hospital-Based…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Intervention