BACKGROUND Older Australians are high consumers of complementary and alternative medicines (CM). To help older people to take an active role in their health, we will develop and evaluate a novel educational intervention to support decision self-efficacy, and improve health literacy skills. METHODS The primary hypothesis is that participants receiving a web/DVD plus booklet intervention compar...

Objective Illness-related information can be significant for cancer patients after gastrointestinal (GI) surgery in terms of their performing adaptive tasks. This study longitudinally investigated the health outcomes of Japanese patients who read a booklet about cancer patients' problems and adaption tasks and evaluated the association between the responses to the booklet and the patients' heal...

OBJECTIVE To develop a decision support package for people with low back pain (LBP) referred for physiotherapy. METHODS We used a program of exploratory work, including literature reviews, a Delphi study, a nominal group with physiotherapists, focus groups with patients, and secondary analysis of existing interview data. RESULTS We developed an information booklet describing the evidence-ba...

Breast cancer is a significant health problem among African American women. Since the church is a viable health education venue for this population, spiritual cancer communication is a timely area of study to promote cancer education. In partnership with an African American church, we developed an educational booklet on breast cancer early detection from within a spiritual framework. Working wi...

Many doctors encounter people of different cultural backgrounds for the first time as patients. In Leicester a significant proportion of the area's population comes from a Gujarati and Hindu background. In an attempt to better inform junior doctors about the views and beliefs of their patients, a group of clinicians and administrators developed an information booklet about the beliefs and pract...

Sensory Integration theory, as discussed in this booklet, comes from a body of work developed by A. Jean Ayres, PhD, OTR. This theory has been further developed and refined by the research of Dr. Ayres, and other occupational and physical therapists. In addition, literature from fields such as neuropsychology, neurology, physiology, child development, and psychology has contributed to theory de...

OBJECTIVE Understanding the experiences of health professionals in primary care with the Child Health Booklet in child health care. METHOD A qualitative study with a phenomenological approach, in which participated nurses and doctors from six teams of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Belo Horizonte, MG. In total, were carried out 12 non-directive interviews, using two guiding questions. ...

QUESTIONS Can an education booklet handed out by a physiotherapist improve bra knowledge and fit, and level of breast support, of bras worn by adolescent female athletes? DESIGN Cluster-randomised trial with intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS 115 adolescent females from four regional sporting academies aged 16 yr (SD 1) and with an average Australian bra size of 12B. INTERVENTION T...

To improve health education within primary schools, the health education booklet "Juma na kichocho" was evaluated during a study within 5 schools using key-informant questionnaires that recorded children's knowledge and attitude (KA) towards schistosomiasis before and after daily structured-use of booklets. A total of 229 schoolchildren (114 boys : 115 girls) of between 11 and 15 years of age w...