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- Health beliefs: A comparison between young adult smokers and nonsmokers.
- Creator
- Gamble, Julia Lynn., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
- Abstract/Description
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This descriptive comparative research study described the perceived susceptibility and seriousness of smoking-related diseases in young adults. In addition, the perceived benefits and barriers of young adults to quitting smoking were described. This study's framework was based on Rosenstock's Health Belief Model. A random sample of 264 students, ages 18-35, from a Southeastern university completed a 39-item questionnaire on the knowledge of the effects of smoking, perceived susceptibility and...
Show moreThis descriptive comparative research study described the perceived susceptibility and seriousness of smoking-related diseases in young adults. In addition, the perceived benefits and barriers of young adults to quitting smoking were described. This study's framework was based on Rosenstock's Health Belief Model. A random sample of 264 students, ages 18-35, from a Southeastern university completed a 39-item questionnaire on the knowledge of the effects of smoking, perceived susceptibility and seriousness of smoking-related diseases, as well as the benefits and barriers to quitting smoking. There were significant differences between the smokers' and nonsmokers' responses in the following areas: knowledge of the effects of smoking, perceived seriousness of smoking-related diseases, as well as the benefits and barriers to quitting smoking. Smokers did not believe that smoking was as harmful as the nonsmokers believed it was. In the area of perceived susceptibility smokers and nonsmokers scored relatively similar scores.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15310
- Subject Headings
- Teenagers--Tobacco use, Youth--Tobacco use, Smoking, Cigarette smokers--Attitudes, Health risk communication, Health attitudes
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Partnering: An exploration of the process occurring between couples engaged in a Partner Breast Exam Program.
- Creator
- Scheinberg-King, Caryn R., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of what happens when partners participate in the Partner Breast Exam Program. A qualitative research design, using a grounded theory approach was used to understand the perspective of the couples participating in "Men Can Too" a Partner Breast Exam program. This approach was chosen because the experience of participation in Partner Breast Exam is "unchartered territory." Preliminary findings suggest that the process of partnering results...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of what happens when partners participate in the Partner Breast Exam Program. A qualitative research design, using a grounded theory approach was used to understand the perspective of the couples participating in "Men Can Too" a Partner Breast Exam program. This approach was chosen because the experience of participation in Partner Breast Exam is "unchartered territory." Preliminary findings suggest that the process of partnering results in a synergy between the couples. The three processes that comprise the Dynamics of a Synergistic Couple include: Sharing, Dyad: Male/Female Interaction, and Motivation. Partnering, by removing barriers such as fear, can promote a shared journey toward health for a couple, where they become synergistic partners in health, when they share the burden.
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- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15363
- Subject Headings
- Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis, Breast--Examination, Helping behavior, Men--Attitudes, Women--Health and hygiene, Breast--Cancer--Nursing
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The relationship between body art and adolescent self esteem.
- Creator
- Kuniansky, Nancy Koppel., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
- Abstract/Description
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Adolescents are experimenting with body art such as tattoos and body piercing, despite documented medical risks. Nurses are in a key position to formulate appropriate educational and counseling strategies to minimize the complications associated with these practices. Low self esteem has been linked to poor health behaviors and harmful life style choices in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine how self esteem differed between adolescents engaging in body art and those who do...
Show moreAdolescents are experimenting with body art such as tattoos and body piercing, despite documented medical risks. Nurses are in a key position to formulate appropriate educational and counseling strategies to minimize the complications associated with these practices. Low self esteem has been linked to poor health behaviors and harmful life style choices in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine how self esteem differed between adolescents engaging in body art and those who do not. A non experimental, descriptive research design utilizing the Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory was used to evaluate self esteem in a group of 53 tattooed/body pierced, and 53 non-tattooed/body pierced high school students. Results indicated that a significantly lower self esteem was characteristic of the body art group.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15438
- Subject Headings
- Self-esteem in adolescence, Tattooing, Body piercing, Nursing
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary program on pregnancy outcomes for an adolescent population: A comparative study.
- Creator
- Adam, Barbara J., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
- Abstract/Description
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The high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida....
Show moreThe high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida. Project Teen is a multidisciplinary program offering a continuum of support services to pregnant adolescents and newly parenting adolescents and their infants until the infants are 2 years old. Through frequent contacts, home visitation, resource referral, counseling, and education the health care professionals collaborate with the clients to facilitate clients' choices which will maximize families' health potential. Home visitation by care coordinators and senior community health nurses was positively related to pregnancy, family health, and family socioeconomic outcomes.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15248
- Subject Headings
- Teenage pregnancy, Maternal health services, Teenage mothers--Family relationships, Nursing models
- Format
- Document (PDF)