OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify patient preferences for different components of a local diabetes prevention program that would improve reach. A secondary purpose was to determine if patient characteristics were related to program preferences. METHODS Participants were identified through electronic medical records from two family medicine clinics in Virginia. Participants c...

background and aims. dental caries still remains a major problem in the field of oral and dental health and its prevention is more important than its treatment. fluoride plays a significant role in prevention of caries, and improving oral and dental health. one of the common ways of fluoride use is the use of a fluoride-containing mouthwash, the most important of which in use is 0.2% sodium flu...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess whether participants in an HIV-intensive prevention program and participants in a general women's health promotion program reported greater HIV risk-reduction than participants in a wait-list control group immediately following program participation and at three-month follow-up. METHODS The authors studied 162 Hispanic women ages 18 to 35 years, most of th...

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the economic value of the tsutsugamushi disease prevention program and to suggest whether to abolish or expand this program. A cost-benefit analysis was conducted to evaluate the economic feasibility of this prevention program. We collected cost data from 25 public health centers (PHCs) and the medical insurance data for all tsutsugamushi patient...

Because public health is a continually evolving field, it is essential to provide ample training opportunities for public health professionals. As a natural outgrowth of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Prevention Research Centers Program, training courses of many types have been developed for public health practitioners working in the field. This article describes three of the ...

Gender-based violence, which includes sexual and intimate partner violence against women, is prevalent worldwide, prompting calls for primary prevention programs which engage men and boys in changing social norms that condone violence against women. Bystander intervention efforts which encourage males to say something to stop peers from enacting disrespectful and abusive behaviors toward female...

BACKGROUND Prevention strategies to reduce alcohol use/consumption among young people are crucial to reducing alcohol-related deaths and preventing disease. This paper focuses on the effectiveness of a social networking site (SNS) alcohol prevention program targeted toward young people. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that the program would diminish the relation made by participants between alcohol...

Two drug abuse prevention curricula were tested to determine their efficacy in preventing the onset of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use among adolescents. The first program focused on prevention through social pressure resistance training. The second featured affective education approaches to prevention. Curricula were tested on seventh grade students. Subjects were pretested just prior to t...

This paper describes the development, application, and results of an implementation monitoring component of the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention framework used in the Community Youth Development Study (CYDS) to ensure high-fidelity prevention program implementation. This system was created based on research that community-based implementation of evidence-based prevention programs often in...