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Filter by:Background: Preschoolers' lifestyles have become physically inactive and sedentary, their eating habits unhealthy, and their sleep routines increasingly disturbed. Parental involvement appears to be crucial to combat unhealthy lifestyle of preschoolers. Because of recognized barriers of traditional face-to-face interventions (such as time commitment for parents), easy access and lower costs make electronic health (eHealth) interventions appealing. Previous studies that examined the effectiveness of parent-based eHealth on preschooler's (physical activity) PA, dietary behaviors (DB), and sleep have either emphasized on one variable or failed to balance the dosage of PA, diet, and sleep modules or consider the intervention sequence during the intervention period and there is an acknowledged gap in parent-based eHealth interventions which target preschoolers raised in Chinese cultural contexts. Objective: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of parent-based eHealth intervention on Chinese preschoolers' PA, DB, and sleep problems. Methods: This two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial comprises a 12-week intervention with a 12-week follow-up. 206 parent-child dyads will be randomized to either eHealth intervention group or control group. Participants allocated to the eHealth intervention will receive 12 interactive modules on PA, DB, and sleep, with each module rot on a weekly basis to reduce the sequence effect on variable outcomes. The intervention is grounded upon Social Cognitive Theory and will be delivered through social media, where parents can obtain valid and updated educational information, social rapport, and interact with other group members and facilitators. Participants in the control group will receive weekly brochures on PA, DB, and sleep recommendations from the kindergarten teachers, but they will not receive any interactive components. Data will be collected at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months. The primary outcome will be the preschooler's physical activity. The secondary outcomes will be the preschooler's dietary behaviors, preschooler's sleep duration, and preschooler's sleep problems, parent's PA, parenting style, and parental feeding style. Significance of this study: The parent-based eHealth intervention has potential to overcome the aforementioned barriers of face-to-face interventions, which will offer a novel approach for promoting healthy lifestyle of preschoolers. If found to be efficacious, the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles among preschoolers may be alleviated at a low cost, which not only has a positive influence on the health of the individual and the well-being of the family but also reduces the financial pressure on society to treat diseases caused by poor lifestyle habits.
A healthy lifestyle is defined as knowing and controlling all the behaviors that may affect the health of the individual and regulating his daily activities by choosing the appropriate behaviors for his/her own health status. While many factors are effective on healthy lifestyle behaviors, health literacy is one of these factors. One of the health literacy measurement tools is e-health literacy. E-health literacy is "the ability to search for, find, understand, evaluate health information from electronic sources and apply this information to addressing or solving a health problem. Digital literacy is the ability of an individual to access, select, use, criticize and evaluate information in new and developing digital technologies. In this respect, the importance of digital literacy is an undeniable fact in the health sector and is thought to be related to e-health literacy. In this direction, this research was planned to evaluate the effect of web-based education to be given to young and old individuals on e-health literacy, digital literacy and healthy lifestyle behaviors.
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if a cultural intervention for Navajo families will improve healthy beverage habits, health outcomes, and family cohesion. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does Water is K'é results in healthier beverage habits among children aged 2 to 5, compared with children in a control group? - Does the intervention improve the health of other family members? - How does the intervention affect family well-being? Participants will take part in a four-month program at the early child education site (such as a Head Start or the Bureau of Indian Affair's Family and Child Education or FACE Program) where the child is enrolled. They will take part in lesson plans, a social media campaign, and a family water access plan. Researchers will compare the participating families with families at wait-list early child educations sites. We will collect information through surveys, health measurements, and qualitative interviews and compare results to learn if Water is K'e improves health behaviors, health outcomes, and family cohesion.
The aim of this online study is the evaluation of planetary health behaviors in relation to levels of eco-anxiety, general well-being, and levels of loneliness. As climate change progresses at a dangerous rate, it is important to establish and maintain lifestyles that are productive, fulfilling, environmentally conscious, and low in anxiety. Through a better understanding of the interconnected nature of planetary health behaviors with other aspects of healthy living and perception of social isolation, this study will add to current state of science to help inform the creation of interventions promoting sustainable, healthy, happy living among the general public and specific subgroups.
This is a Phase 2 prospective, randomized, controlled, double-arm study to assess personalized self-management training (PSMT) intervention efficacy and patient experiences compared to standardized self-management training (SSMT). A total of 120 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients will be enrolled and randomized 1:1 to complete a 6-week self-management training program (either PSMT or SSMT) to be carried out by licensed occupational therapists with doctoral training. This study aims to examine whether PSMT is more effective in increasing adherence to healthy behavior recommendations compared to SSMT in CRC patients.
Healthy Communities is a multidisciplinary health-promotion initiative. The objective of the present study is to determine whether such an intervention will be efficacious to improve cardiovascular health compared to the current approach. A quasi-experimental controlled longitudinal community-based intervention study will be carried out comprising approximately 2000 individuals from the age of 12 years from the cities of Cardona (intervention city) and Sallent (control city), in Spain. The core of the intervention will be based on the previous health promotion programs developed and evaluated by the Science, Health and Education (SHE) Foundation: the SI! Program (Salud Integral -Comprehensive Health) for children, and the Fifty-Fifty Program for adults. Coupled to infrastructure development, we will promote the understanding of the benefits of active living to increase awareness on the relevance of healthy lifestyle to improve health and wellbeing in three consecutive phases (Phase 1- full supervised program; Phase 2- transition period, and Phase 3- self-community driven program), which will provide full empowerment to the community. The primary outcome will be measured with the validated composite Fuster-BEWAT (Blood pressure, Exercise/physical activity, body Weight/BMI, Alimentation/diet, and Tobbaco/smoking) score consisting of a 0-15 scale for behaviors/health risk factors. Assessments will be performed at baseline, at 2.5 and 5 years. Follow-up assessments will be conducted to determine the between group differences (intervention vs. control) in the change of the Fuster-BEWAT score at phase 2 and phase 3.
The aim of the research is to identify innovative methodologies to improve the psychological well-being of ageing people.
The investigators will compare two brain health programs in older adults with subjective cognitive decline and lifestyle risk factors for dementia. The primary aim of the study is to determine the credibility, expectancy, feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, fidelity, and satisfaction of the programs.
Tomatoes and tomato-based products could play an important role in modulating microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) interactions due to their high content of fiber and phytochemicals. Phytochemical metabolites derived from the consumption of tomato-based products can act directly as neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, crossing the blood-brain barrier, or indirectly by modulating the MGBA. These metabolites can thus alter gut bacterial composition and brain biochemistry. Therefore, researchers propose a new interventional study to assess the impact of daily tomato consumption in the organism, and to evaluate the effect on the MGBA. The final aim of this study is to spread a message of the health benefits of tomato consumption for the general population.
Objectives: The overall objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the STAR-C digital coaching intervention for health-related lifestyle behavioural change. Study design: This intervention is designed as a two-arm individual pragmatic one-sided crossover randomised controlled trial, with participants receiving immediate access to the digital coaching intervention (Arm 1) and no digital coaching intervention (Arm 2, delayed access six months). Setting: The intervention is integrated into the Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP) in Västerbotten Region. In total, 1000 participants will be recruited from all VIP-participating primary healthcare centres in Västerbotten, proportional to the size of the VIP participants in each centre. All participants will receive regular VIP intervention with the VIP nurse before recruitment into the STAR-C intervention study. The intervention is planned to run for 12 months, with in-person recruitment at the baseline and follow-up at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. Individuals who are bedridden, terminally ill or have severe communication problems and those who receive behavioural change treatment at the Behavioural Medicine Clinic will be excluded. Measures: The primary outcome of the intervention is change in the readiness for behaviour change. The secondary outcomes include: (i) actual changes in the behaviours, including use of tobacco cessation clinics, higher smoking and snus cessation rate, reduction in alcohol consumption, adoption of healthy food habits, increased level of physical activity and reduction of sedentary behaviours, self-rated health and well-being, comparing baseline and follow-up data; (ii) patterns and usage of the digital tool during the intervention period (for the intervention group). These outcomes will be measured quantitatively using questionnaires. In addition, interviews and group interviews will be conducted to explore the barriers and facilitators for the adoption and maintenance of the STAR-C digital coaching intervention for VIP nurses and the adult population.