International journal of public health
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Int J Public Health · Jun 2011
A qualitative study of college student responses to conflicting messages in advertising: anti-binge drinking public service announcements versus wine promotion health messages.
The purpose of this study was to investigate how college students deal with conflicting health messages in advertising regarding binge drinking and wine promotion. ⋯ Employing qualitative methodology to understand how college students respond to conflicting messages will assist health promotion practitioners develop more effective alcohol abuse prevention messages and provide suggestions for researchers for studying this phenomenon from other perspectives in the future. Implications are further discussed within.
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Int J Public Health · Aug 2010
Socio-economic differences in the use of dairy fat in Russian and Finnish Karelia, 1994-2004.
To determine socio-economic differences from 1994 to 2004 in the use of butter and milk in Pitkäranta in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and North Karelia, Finland. ⋯ The socio-economic differences in the use of dairy fat were stable in both areas but larger in North Karelia than in Pitkäranta. Our results support earlier assumptions of a weaker role of education as a determinant of health in Russia than in the western societies.
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Int J Public Health · Jun 2010
Aging and utilization of hospital services in Hong Kong: retrospective cohort study.
We tested the hypotheses firstly that people dying in older age groups do not use hospital services more than those dying in younger age groups in the previous 3 years before death; secondly, that there may be compression of morbidity demonstrated by a decline in the use of hospital services among people in the last 3 years before death in the older age groups. ⋯ Data obtained from this retrospective study may be used to project future usage for each type of service as a result of changing age structure of the population.
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Int J Public Health · Apr 2010
US local action on heat and health: are we prepared for climate change?
Global climate change is increasing the frequency of heat waves, hot weather, and temperature variability, which contribute to mortality and illness. Baseline information on local efforts to reduce heat vulnerability, including public advisories; minimizing greenhouse gas emissions; and mitigating urban heat islands, is lacking. ⋯ New partnerships and financial resources are needed to support more widespread local action to prevent adverse health consequences of climate change and promote environmental sustainability.