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Amanda J. Aubel; Garen J. Wintemute; Aaron B. Shev; Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Optimism bias is common across health risk assessments, including firearm injury risk, and can have behavioral consequences. Using data from the 2018 California Safety and Wellbeing Survey, we examine whether optimism bias influences firearm injury prevention practices and policy support by comparing the characteristics, behaviors, and opinions of…
Descriptors: Prevention, Injuries, Weapons, Safety
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Borzekowski, Dina L. G. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
In the past, researchers would consider media's impact on youth in terms of three "Cs": consumption, content, and context. This article introduces a new construct--constancy--which supplants the previous terms. Constancy refers to the ubiquitous and continuous state of connected screens in the lives of children and adolescents. Constancy…
Descriptors: Mass Media Effects, Children, Adolescents, Mass Media Use
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Calise, Tamara Vehige; Ryder, Amanda; Spezeski, Jenette; Tong, Katherine; Spitzer, Natalie; Hatcher, Ashley – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: Place-based efforts offer promise in reducing childhood obesity. Yet, lack of public demand and support may hinder implementation. Aims: This study aimed to assess whether the emphasis on place-based solutions, community-wide strategies, and multisector engagement in the Healthy Schools Healthy Communities (HSHC) initiative would shift…
Descriptors: Obesity, Case Studies, Health Promotion, Correlation
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Dombrowski, Rachael D.; Kelley, Michele A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Reports of small business owner motivations for participation in health promotion interventions are rarely reported in the literature, particularly in relation to healthy eating interventions. This study explicates and defines the development of healthy corner stores as community-based enterprises (CBEs) within eight low-income, suburban…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Retailing, Health Promotion, Suburbs
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Schwebel, David C.; Lewis, Terri; Simon, Thomas R.; Elliott, Marc N.; Toomey, Sara L.; Tortolero, Susan R.; Cuccaro, Paula M.; Schuster, Mark A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Firearms in the home are associated with increased injury risk, especially when loaded and unlocked. In this study, 5,010 fifth-graders and their caregivers in three U.S. metropolitan areas participated in the 2004-2006 Healthy Passages study on adolescent health. Firearm ownership and storage patterns were examined by four self-reported…
Descriptors: Weapons, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Family Environment
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Minkler, Meredith – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
Although community-based participatory research (CBPR) shares many of the core values of health education and related fields, the outside researcher embracing this approach to inquiry frequently is confronted with thorny ethical challenges. Following a brief review of the conceptual and historical roots of CBPR, Kelly's ecological principles for…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Health Education, Values, Ethics