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Filter by:Skin Carotenoid Scores (SCS) are a biomarker of overall antioxidant status. This study extends an earlier study in which an increase in skin carotenoid scores (SCS) was observed in subjects who increased their intake of fruits and vegetables. The scores were determined using the Raman Spectroscopy. In that study subjects were assigned to one of four groups based on their baseline SCS. For unknown reasons, the groups with the highest and lowest baseline SCS failed to show an increase whereas the two intermediate groups did. One possible explanation might be that intakes varied more than expected and was not obvious due to self-reporting of intake of fruits and vegetables with different contents.
The investigators hypothesize that monetary incentives and messaging, such as making nutritious foods relatively less expensive than less nutritious foods and framing the price difference in a positive or negative way, will influence purchasing behavior of households.
A school based pedometer competition among Year 9 pupils (12 - 14 years old) to promote physical activity (PA).
This purpose of this study is to adapt, implement and test the ability of a sophisticated point-of-care electronic health record-based clinical decision support that identifies and prioritizes all available evidence-based treatment options to reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with serious mental illness.
Background. The cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory coupling (CVCRC), focusing to recognize the synergies of standard or modified physiology that promote healthy. The investigators aim to study the effects of different training modalities and detraining on CVCRC. Methods. 32 young males were distributed in four randomized training groups: aerobic (AT), resistance (RT), aerobic plus resistance (AT+RT) and control (C). They were tested before, after the training (6 weeks) and after the detraining (3 weeks) through a graded maximal test. A principal component (PC) analysis of the time series of selected cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory variables was performed to evaluate the CVCRC. The PC1 coefficient of congruence in the 3 experimental conditions (before, after training and after detraining) was calculated for each group.
The investigators will use a web-based survey to collect data on individual attitudes and self-reported health behaviour changes following genetic testing for personalized nutrition. Participants (n=80) are employees of a large multi-national food company's R&D division located in Australia, Switzerland, USA and the UK. They underwent a genetic test for personalized nutrition in March 2015 that was offered at no cost through the company wellness program. A registered dietitian completed a pre-test consultation and disclosed the test results with DNA-based dietary advice. The test provided information on 7 components of diet and additional information on individual risk for gluten intolerance.
CommunityRx is a health information technology-based innovation that, starting with the patient-health care provider encounter, facilitates self-care coordination for patients, caregivers, and providers. The CommunityRx database interfaces with electronic medical records to provide patients with a "HealtheRx." A HealtheRx is a list of community-based self-care resources tailored to the patients health needs (e.g., a person with diabetes receives information about podiatrists, nutrition classes, and other resources need to manage diabetes). CommunityRx aims to measurably improve health and health care while reducing health care costs especially in underserved health care settings. Specifically, the proposed research aims to 1) evaluate the impact of CommunityRx on health care utilization, cost, health, and patient-centered outcomes for program participants compared to controls; 2) examine the flow and spread of information to and through primary agents including: program participants, community health information experts, healthcare providers, and community-based service providers (businesses and organizations providing self-care resources); and 3) build and use an agent-based model to test the distributed impact, including economic effects, of CommunityRx system adoption on the demonstration area and predict performance over time by conducting experiments that vary assumptions about agent, environment, and population-level characteristics.
The Grenada Heart Project (GHP) conducted an observational study within a randomly selected adult sample of Grenadians in 2008-2009. The aim of the study was to assess the clinical, biological and psychosocial determinants of the cardiovascular health in Grenada, in order to develop and implement a nationwide cardiovascular health promotion program. The sample of 2,827 adults was randomly selected from the national electronic voter list. The main outcome measures were self-reported cardiovascular disease and behavioral risk factors, anthropometric measures, blood pressure (BP), point-of-care testing for glucose and lipids, and ankle-brachial index. Analysis of the data revealed prevalence rates of obesity, hypertension and diabetes significantly exceeding those seen in the U.S. Since the completion of this assessment, an additional effort has contributed significantly to the current project. A parallel community health-promotion project was carried out in Cardona, Spain called the "Cardona Integral Fifty-Fifty" project with 80 subjects. The preliminary results of the Cardona study have a shown that peer motivation may significantly improve healthy behaviors and thus modify cardiovascular risk. The GHP CHANGE community -based intervention aims to promote positive behaviors and focus more on what creates health, rather than what prevents sickness. It is built on the foundations of social support, assessing whether people going through similar challenges will support each other, work together to identify and address barriers to success, and motivate each other to move forward. In this program we test for the impact of promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviors through peer motivation on blood pressure, physical activity, eating behavior, weight, and smoking.
This cluster randomized trial will test the affect of individual participation in culturally- and socially-related activities on health and well-being, in comparison also with the classic individual determinant, in relation to urban renovation schemes. Investigators will using a questionnaire based on several areas such as individual psychological well-being (PGWBI), individual happiness positioning (Keyes Scale) and health status perception (SF-12 Health Survey). Secondary outcomes will be related to social capital density (relationships and trust), culture (participation) and religion. The survey will be undertaken in a mid-size Italian metropolitan area, namely the Metropolitan City of Bologna.
The primary objective of this protocol is to test whether an activity monitor with an online motivational rewards component will increase physical activity levels of middle school-aged students. The secondary objective is to learn about the functionality and utilization of the activity meter device among this age group.