Health-education package to prevent worm infections in Chinese schoolchildren.

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Bieri, F. A., Gray, D. J., Williams, G. M., Raso, G., Li, Y.-S., Yuan, L., . . . McManus, D. P. (2013). Health-education package to prevent worm infections in Chinese schoolchildren. The New England Journal of Medicine, 368(17), 1603-1612.
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths are among the most prevalent sources of human infections globally. We determined the effect of an educational package at rural schools in Li…

'High five to healthy living': A health intervention program for youth at an inner city community center.

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Baker, A. D., Gilley, J., James, J., & Kimani, M. (2012). 'High five to healthy living': A health intervention program for youth at an inner city community center. Journal of Community Health: The Publication for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 37(1), 1-9.
Providing developmental programs to inner-city youth is a key component to promoting healthy lifestyles in urban communities. In this study, 46 adolescents, predominately African …

The impact of vivid messages on reducing energy consumption related to hot water use.

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Bailey, J. O., Bailenson, J. N., Flora, J., Armel, K. C., Voelker, D., & Reeves, B. (2015). The impact of vivid messages on reducing energy consumption related to hot water use. Environment and Behavior, 47(5), 570-592.
Research suggests that vivid and personalized interventions influence proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors. Through the use of immersive virtual environment technology, people…

Three kinds of psychological determinants for hand-washing behaviour in Kenya.

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Aunger, R., Schmidt, W.-P., Ranpura, A., Coombes, Y., Maina, P. M., Matiko, C. N., & Curtis, V. (2010). Three kinds of psychological determinants for hand-washing behaviour in Kenya. Social Science & Medicine, 70(3), 383-391.
Washing hands with soap at the right times – primarily after contact with faeces, but also before handling food or feeding an infant – can significantly reduce the incidence of ch…

Hand hygiene among nurses in Turkey: Opinions and practices.

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Akyol, A. D. (2007). Hand hygiene among nurses in Turkey: Opinions and practices. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(3), 431-437.
Aims and objectives: This study aims to identify nurses' practices and opinions of handwashing during routine patient care.  Background: Transmission of microorganisms from the h…

Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza a (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain.

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Agüero, F., Adell, M. N., Pérez Giménez, A., López Medina, M. J., & Garcia Continente, X. (2011). Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza a (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain. Preventive Medicine: An International Journal Devoted to Practice and Theory, 53(3), 203-206.
Objective:This study describes the preventive measures adopted by the Spanish population towards 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus and their associated factors.  Method: An anonymous…

Easy come, easy go. Retention of blood donors.

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van Dongen, A. (2015). Easy come, easy go. Retention of blood donors. Transfusion Medicine, 25(4), 227–233.
Retention of blood donors has benefits over recruitment of new blood donors. Retention is defined as preventing donors from lapsing and eventually becoming inactive. This review p…

Motivating blood donors to recruit new donors: Experimental evaluation of an evidence-based behavior change intervention.

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Lemmens, K. P. H., Ruiter, R. A. C., Abraham, C., Veldhuizen, I. J. T., & Schaalma, H. P. (2010). Motivating blood donors to recruit new donors: Experimental evaluation of an evidence-based behavior change intervention. Health Psychology, 29(6), 601–609.
Objective: A sustainable, evidence-based intervention to motivate current blood donors to recruit new donors was evaluated using a quasi-experimental, in-service trial at three do…

Using multimedia blood donation education materials to enhance individual readiness to donate blood and increase donation behaviors .

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Huckins-Barker, J. (2014). Using multimedia blood donation education materials to enhance individual readiness to donate blood and increase donation behaviors (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Central. (UMI No. 3671382).
To date, the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and expanded constructs such as self-efficacy and anticipated regret are most commonly applied to understanding blood donation behavi…

First-time donors responding to a national disaster may be an untapped resource for the blood centre. 

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Guo, N., Wang, J., Ness, P., Yao, F., Bi, X., Li, J., … & Shan, H. (2012). First-time donors responding to a national disaster may be an untapped resource for the blood centre. Vox Sanguinis, 102(4), 338–344.
Background: On 12 May 2008, a severe earthquake struck Sichuan in China. Many people donated blood for the first time, leading us to question whether these donors might become rep…

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