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A preliminary examination of the associations among worksite environment, worksite health culture, and modifiable employee health risk
(2010)
In recent years, the focus of worksite health promotion has begun to shift from the individual employee to the worksite environment and health culture. The purpose of this study was to examine the cross-sectional associations ...
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Thai versions of Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz and Kogan's Attitude Toward Old People in Thai adolescents
(2007)
Background. Thailand faces a disproportionately large older adult population, who will be cared for by the youth of today. Negative attitudes and misconceptions can make adolescents more fearful and uncomfortable relating ...
College student knowledge of New York State gaming laws and self-reported gambling participation
(2006)
The purpose of the exploratory study was to describe college student knowledge of New York State gaming laws, their confidence in the accuracy of their knowledge, and their self-reported willingness to engage in various ...
The association between alcohol intake and the World Health Organization's criteria T-score groups in postmenopausal women
(2014)
BACKGROUND: There is some evidence showing that moderate intake of alcohol consumption may be associated with increased bone mineral density, especially in postmenopausal women, however not all studies have supported this ...
Influence of parents and friends on overweight and normal-weight childrens and adolescents food choices
(2009)
Although most eating occurs in a social context, little is known about the developmental trajectory of the effects of social influences on children' and adolescents' eating behavior. In fact, the literature on the influence ...
Impact of sibling death on older adolescents
(2008)
The grief of older adolescents when a sibling dies is an important and overlooked area. Despite the significance of sibling loss during adolescence, there is a striking lack of bereavement research on older adolescents who ...
Describing the process of meaningful change: Seneca stories of becoming smoke free
(2007)
The use of recreational or commercial tobacco products (nonceremonial or sacred) in North American Indian populations is alarmingly high. A qualitative study using grounded theory and guided by social work principles was ...
Managing a Daughter's Eating Disorder: The Mothers' Experiences
(2017)
Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that often occur in female adolescents and, at times, require a caregiver to help manage care and treatment. Interviews, guided loosely by a list of pertinent questions, were ...
The effect of wraparound practice ideology and care coordinator practices on client outcomes
(2011)
Use of the wraparound philosophy in program implementation is widespread across the country, though evidence of linkages between adherence to this philosophy and client outcomes is limited. In Erie County, NY, this philosophy ...
Social-emotional dysfunction in middle school students: The role of anxiety on the experience of peer victimization and eating disorder symptoms
(2014)
This study explored the impact of anxiety and its subtypes on the relation between peer victimization and eating disorder risk within an early adolescent sample in the context of the Social Information Processing model. ...