News tagged with american journal of health behavior
Enhanced early childhood education pays long-term dividends in better health
Intensive early education programs for low-income children have been shown to yield numerous educational benefits, but few studies have looked more broadly at their impact on health and health behaviors. A new study conducted ...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Depression care program eliminates suicide
A unique program for patients with depression has resulted in two and a half years without a single suicide from Henry Ford's patient population.
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May 18, 2010 |
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Cost to patients barrier to counseling for obesity and smoking
Reducing obesity and smoking have become national priorities in the United States. Research has shown that intensive counseling can positively impact each problem. However, because such counseling is typically not covered ...
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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One disease, not one demographic
The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues. But when they come to the United States, they're often lumped into one ...
Oct 30, 2009 |
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45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health insurance: study
A study published online today estimates nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Long-term exercise, healthy eating habits in young adults: study
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Despite mounting public health concerns about obesity and persistent social pressures dictating that slim is beautiful, young women in their '20s consistently exercise less than young men.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Study finds significant number of kids experience family homelessness
A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifth-graders and their families have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and that the occurrence is even ...
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Where you live may affect your state of mind
Frequent Mental Distress (FMD), defined as having 14 or more days in the previous month when stress, depression and emotional problems were not good , is not evenly distributed across the United States. In fact, certain geographic ...
Apr 14, 2009 |
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