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Filter by:Transdisciplinary practice-based action research project that aims to develop innovative cognitive-behavioral interventions to empower adolescents, through increased and interactive contact between adolescent and multidisciplinary healthcare team. Project born from the discussion with trans-territorial stakeholders (health professionals and school communities), in the absence of an integrated, creative and dynamic strategy of overweight prevention and promotion of salutogenic behaviors in adolescents. The polytechnics of Leiria, Santarém and Castelo Branco are co-promotors of this project, as well as Município de Leiria (City Council), key partners in the development and implementation of the intervention program. It is expected the partnership with ARS-Centro. The main goal is the development, implementation and evaluation of a program for the promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of obesity in adolescence, based on e-therapy and sustained by the case management methodology.
People of working age spend most of their day at work, and usually have less time to participate in other activities, the work day in Israel being one of the longest in the OECD. Work places, therefore, present the most suitable setting for health interventions, as they are an accessible and available framework and have real potential of creating change. The current Health Promotion in the Work Place training course aims to train female employees to design, implement, and evaluate a health promotion program in their workplace, as well as promote personal change in improving healthy habits, and empowering the participants. A unique course has been designed, consisting of 20 sessions- 15 consecutive sessions, and 5 maintenance sessions throughout the year. The course will focus on acquiring health knowledge and health promotion skills, as well as leadership skills and empowerment.
The primary aims of this study are: 1) To evaluate the impact of supplementation with multiple micronutrients (MMN) from preconception and life skills education among women 15-18.9 years of age at enrolment on the prevalence of anemia in a population setting; and 2) To evaluate the impact of supplementation with MMN from preconception and life skills education among young women 15-24 years of age on the rate of low birth weight (LBW) in a population setting. Infants born to mothers enrolled in the study will be followed for 1 year. This study aims to enrol 25,400 non-pregnant young women in Matiari district. This sample size is anticipated to equate to 1456 births. Participants will be randomized by cluster to receive either MMN supplements and life skills education or the standard of care at enrolment. Clusters have been defined based on health facility catchment areas. MMN supplements will be provided twice weekly during the preconception period, once daily during the pregnancy period, and once daily until 6 months after giving birth during the postpartum period; and a package of life skills education materials will be provided bi-monthly during the preconception period. In addition to the primary outcomes, measurements will include micronutrient status, anthropometrics, birth outcomes, dietary intake and feeding practices, adherence, and indices of empowerment.
The aim of the Stop Diabetes - Knowledge based solutions (StopDia) consortium project (University of Eastern Finland, National Institute for Health and Welfare, and Technical Research Centre of Finland) is to develop and test approaches to identify individuals at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and to empower them in adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle by combining individual and environment level strategies into a dual-process approach targeting deliberative and automatic processes of behavior. We also aim to identify barriers and facilitators of adopting a healthy lifestyle in the society, create a model for the prevention of type 2 diabetes by joint actions of health care, third sector, and other societal actors, and develop methods to monitor the cost-effectiveness of these actions. We will carry out a 1-year randomized controlled trial on the effects of among 10 000 individuals aged 18-70 years at increased risk of type 2 diabetes living in Finland. The participants will be randomized into the control group, the digital lifestyle intervention group, or the combined digital and face-to-face lifestyle intervention group. The aim of the interventions is to enhance diet quality, increase physical activity, decrease body weight, and improve glucose tolerance in individuals at increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an empowerment intervention for community-dwelling persons with young onset dementia and their informal caregivers.
Degenerative arthritis is a common and serious chronic illness that impacts the quality of life of older adults. Knowledge about the effects of empowerment education program in older adults with total hip replacement surgery are limited. As far as the investigators know, this is the first study done using empowerment education intervention to promote total hip replacement patients' self-care. This partnership is achieved through active participation to learn as well as sharing their knowledge and experiences with clinicians and patients. Furthermore, patients had developed some degree of self-efficacy and improve their depressive mood from the disease related knowledge acquired.
Girls for Health (G4H) will promote the economic empowerment, agency, and voice of rural adolescent girls by supporting their transition from secondary school to tertiary training in midwifery, medicine, nursing and other health careers, and in so doing, will address the acute shortage of female health workers in rural Northern Nigeria. G4H will integrate proven girls' education strategies with innovative vocational interventions to build 1350 girls' career aspirations and academic achievement and will significantly increase the number of rural girls entering health training institutions (HTI) in four northern states. The program will include: 1) a bridge program offering accelerated academic instruction in science, math and English; 2) vocational counseling and practicums at local health facilities; 3) safe spaces to enhance critical life skills; 4) four month science immersion courses for girls accepted for admission to a health training institution; and 5) HTI capacity building to cultivate a rural female-friendly learning environment. G4H will work towards sustainability from the start by using existing secondary school and HTI infrastructure, and feeding into government rural health worker employment schemes. G4H will be evaluated using a rigorous cluster randomized controlled trial design, randomizing at the school level to assess its impact on key outcomes of interest that include rural girls' secondary school graduation and subsequent HTI enrollment, retention and completion, as well as delayed marriage and improved agency and voice. Process monitoring and costing analysis will be conducted to support quality implementation and dissemination efforts. The design will ensure that high quality evidence is available to guide the field regarding the effectiveness and costing of in-school bridge programming in broadening rural girls' participation in education and career opportunities in the context of low resource settings characterized by low rates of female participation in education and income generation.
After diagnosis of a dementing illness, patients and their spouses have many concerns related to the disease and their future. This often leads to poor psychological well-being and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the family. Support for Empowerment has been proven to be an effective method to improve prognosis of asthma, heart failure, osteoarthritis.and diabetes. However empowering interventions have not been studied in dementia. Therefore, the investigators aim was to examine, in an objective-oriented group intervention, the efficacy of empowerment support program (ESP) on the HRQoL of dementia patients and their spousal caregivers as well as on the sense of competence and psychological well-being of caregivers. Methods: During the years 2014 to 15, 180 dementia patients and their spouses will be recruited from memory clinics or day centers and randomized into two arms: 90 patients for group-based ESP sessions including topics selected by the participants and the use of the by us for us guides, 90 patients will serve as controls in usual community care. Sessions may include topics on dementia, active lifestyle and prevention for cognitive decline, spousal relationship, future planning and emotional well-being. The patients and spouses will have their separate group sessions (ten participants per group) once a week for eight weeks.
The study is aimed to verify the effect of an online interactive tool on patient empowerment. The tool is based on a validated psychological questionnaire administrated to breast cancer patients before their first encounter with physician.
The investigators have developed an eHealth intervention based on self-regulation for the promotion of self-regulation of physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake among adults who visit general practice. Effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated in a three-arm clustered quasi-experimental design in general practice.