Cancer Screening Behaviors of African American Women Enrolled in a Community-Based Cancer Prevention Trial

African American women have increased mortality rates for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancers, yet not all receive the recommended screening tests for these cancers. We characterized the cancer screening behaviors of African American women enrolled in a community-based cancer prevention trial

Headache and Health-Related Job Loss Among Disadvantaged Women

AbstractHeadache is a significant public health issue and a major cause of work-related disability. Given that lower-income groups suffer more frequent and more severe headaches, this study examined the associations between headaches, comorbid conditions, symptom management, and health-related job loss in 432 low-income women. The presence of headaches, headaches and allergy symptoms combined, and a higher number of comorbid conditions were significantly associated with health-related job loss. Medication use and emergency department use patterns suggest further research related to day-to-day headache symptom management strategies, and role functioning among this vulnerable group is needed

What influences Latino grocery shopping behavior? Perspectives on the small food store environment from managers and employees in San Diego, California

To inform the design of a multilevel in-store intervention, this qualitative study utilized in-depth semistructured interviews with 28 managers and 10 employees of small-to-medium-sized Latino food stores (tiendas) in San Diego, California, to identify factors within the tienda that may influence Latino customers’ grocery-shopping experiences and behaviors. Qualitative data analysis, guided by grounded theory, was performed using open coding. Results suggest that future interventions should focus on the physical (i.e., built structures) and social (i.e., economic and socio-cultural) dimensions of store environments, including areas where the two dimensions interact, to promote the purchase of healthy food among customers

A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Weight Loss, Medical Expenditures, and Absenteeism Among Overweight Employees in the WAY to Health Study

To quantify the extent to which successful weight loss among overweight/obese employees translates into subsequent savings in medical expenditures and absenteeism

The Influence of Health Literacy on Reach, Retention, and Success in a Worksite Weight Loss Program

To examine if employee health literacy (HL) status moderated reach, retention, and weight outcomes in a worksite weight loss program

Efficacy of a store-based environmental change intervention compared with a delayed treatment control condition on store customers’ intake of fruits and vegetables

The present store-based intervention was designed to promote sales of fruits and vegetables (F&V) to increase intake among store customers – specifically customers of tiendas, small-to-medium-sized Latino food stores

Who participates in internet-based worksite weight loss programs?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The reach and representativeness are seldom examined in worksite weight loss studies. This paper describes and illustrates a method for directly assessing the reach and representativeness of a internet-based worksite weight loss program.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A brief health survey (BHS) was administered, between January 2008 and November 2009, to employees at 19 worksites in Southwest Virginia. The BHS included demographic, behavioral, and health questions. All employees were blinded to the existence of a future weight loss program until the completion of the BHS.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The BHS has a participation rate of 66 percent and the subsequent weight loss program has a participation rate of 30 percent. Employees from higher income households, with higher education levels and health literacy proficiency were significantly more likely to participate in the program (p's < .01).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Worksite weight loss programs should include targeted marketing strategies to engage employees with lower income, education, and health literacy.</p

Assessing and Promoting Physical Activity in African American Barbershops: Results of the FITStop Pilot Study

This study assessed the feasibility of recruiting African American men in barbershops, assessing their physical activity, conducting physical measurements, and gauging their interest in barbershop-based health research. The authors recruited African American shop owners (n = 4), barbers (n = 6), and customers (n = 90) from four barbershops in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, during 2009. The participation levels were high among owners (100%), barbers (67%), and customers (81%). In addition to completing a self-administered survey, 57% (51/90) of the customers completed physical measurements. According to self-reported data, 34% (30/88) of the customers met national physical activity recommendations within the last week. Customers expressed moderately high interest in learning more about health at barbershops and joining a barbershop-based physical activity contest. The estimated recruiting cost per customer was $105.92. Barbershops offer an effective setting for recruiting African American men and conducting physical measurements as well as an interesting possible location for conducting future interventions

Knowledge, Attitude, and Concussion-Reporting Behaviors Among High School Athletes: A Preliminary Study

Many athletes continue to participate in practices and games while experiencing concussion-related symptoms, potentially predisposing them to subsequent and more complicated brain injuries. Limited evidence exists about factors that may influence concussion-reporting behaviors