Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · May 2014
Feasibility of a patient decision aid about lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography.
New clinical guidelines endorse the use of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening among selected heavy smokers while recommending patients be counseled about the potential benefits and harms. We developed and field tested a brief, video-based patient decision aid about lung cancer screening. ⋯ Patients have high information needs related to lung cancer screening. A video-based decision aid may be helpful in promoting informed decision-making, but its impact on lung cancer screening decisions needs to be explored.
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Preventive medicine · May 2014
Predictors of health-related behaviour change in parents of overweight children in England.
Providing parents with information about their child's overweight status (feedback) could prompt them to make lifestyle changes for their children. We assessed whether parents of overweight children intend to or change behaviours following feedback, and examined predictors of these transitions. ⋯ Parental recognition of child overweight predicts behavioural intentions. However, intentions do not necessarily translate into behaviours; interventions that aim to change intentions may have limited benefits.
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Preventive medicine · May 2014
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation did not help low income Hispanic women in Texas meet the dietary guidelines.
Low-income Hispanic women are at greater risk for dietary deficiencies and obesity. We assessed the association between Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation and dietary intake among 661 Hispanic women aged 26-44 years living in Texas. ⋯ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should play an important role in enhancing the overall dietary quality of low-income households. Policy initiatives such as limiting the purchase of sugar-sweetened beverages and education to enable women to reduce consumption of high sodium processed foods deserve consideration as means to improve the dietary quality of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants. Effective measures are needed to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation rates among Hispanics.
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Preventive medicine · May 2014
Recommended school policies are associated with student sugary drink and fruit and vegetable intake.
To examine the association between 8 recommended school obesity-related policies and student behaviors and weight in a cohort of Minnesota schools. ⋯ Students attending schools that added recommended policies to promote healthy eating showed improved dietary behaviors, independent of secular trends compared with students in schools that did not add recommended policies.
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Preventive medicine · Apr 2014
Multicenter StudyElder abuse and socioeconomic inequalities: a multilevel study in 7 European countries.
To compare the prevalence of elder abuse using a multilevel approach that takes into account the characteristics of participants as well as socioeconomic indicators at city and country level. ⋯ There is a societal and community level dimension that adds information to individual variability in explaining country differences in elder abuse, highlighting underlying socioeconomic inequalities leading to such behavior.