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Filter by:This research is studying behaviors that young people engage in that may place them at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational program works best to reduce these risky behaviors.
Background: - Chemoprevention is the use of preventive medications to reduce the risk of breast cancer for women who are at a high risk of developing the disease. Although the treatment has shown effectiveness in preventing cancer development, chemoprevention is notably underutilized even by women who are at a high risk of developing breast cancer. - Researchers are interested in determining if better decision support mechanisms, such as interactive Web sites, can help to overcome some of the barriers to chemoprevention. Objectives: - To develop and test a prototype Web-based module that will provide decision support to women who are considering chemoprevention for breast cancer. Eligibility: - Women 35 years of age and older who are at high risk for breast cancer and whose doctor has recommended chemoprevention (either Tamoxifen or Raloxifene), and who have no other history of cancer (apart from non-melanoma skin cancer or precancerous cervical lesions). - Participants must have a working e-mail address and access to a computer with internet access and a telephone. Design: - Participants who are considering chemoprevention will be randomized to a Web-based decision support module or standard care online information resources. - Participation lasts two months and involves using the online resources provided and filling out questionnaires two times during the study (at the beginning and the end). The first time will be at the begin of the study. - No medical treatments are offered as a part of this study
The Elmira follow-up study is designed to assess the extent to which prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses affects the life-course development of 19-year-old youth whose mothers received those services during pregnancy and the first two years of the child's life.
To examine the impact of prenatal and infancy home visiting by paraprofessionals and by nurses from child age 2 through 9.
This project supports the post-third-grade assessment of 693 children and their families who were enrolled in a randomized trial of a program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses that was epidemiologically and theoretically grounded. The project will determine whether the beneficial effects of the program on maternal, child, and family functioning extend through the early elementary school years, giving particular attention to maternal life-course and children's emerging antisocial behavior. Assessments of the children will be based on both mother and teacher reports. Teachers are independent, natural raters of the children's adaptation to an important social context. There are numerous reasons to expect that, from a developmental perspective, the effects of the program will increase as children experience the increased academic demands associated with entry into third grade. In addressing these questions, the current study will determine the extent to which this program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses can produce enduring effects on maternal and child functioning (giving particular attention to the prevention of early-onset disruptive behavior disorders) in urban African Americans that are consistent with those achieved with whites in a central New York state county in a separate trial of this program conducted over the past 20 years.
To examine the impact of prenatal and infancy home visiting by paraprofessionals and by nurses from child age 2 through 6.
To examine the impact of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses from child age 2 through 12.
To provide low-income, under- or uninsured 40- to 64-year-old women with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to improve diet, physical activity, and other lifestyle behaviors to prevent, delay and control cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.