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pro vyhledávání: '"Thomas A. Valente"'
Autor:
Sydney Miller, Trevor A Pickering, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Thomas W. Valente, John P Wilson, Kayla de la Haye
Publikováno v:
Public Health Nutrition, Vol 27 (2024)
Abstract Objective: Comprehensive studies examining longitudinal predictors of dietary change during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic are lacking. Based on an ecological framework, this study used longitudinal data to test if individual, social
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/96a429a076c541199275d8eb49352b0b
Publikováno v:
BMJ Public Health, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2023)
Objective Using social network analysis, we assessed the mechanisms of social influence that promote e-cigarette use in adolescent networks.Methods Data on health behaviours and friendship networks from a cohort of 10 high schools in Southern Califor
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f2546628457248a38d514df89e1c8129
Autor:
Sarah E. Piombo, Kimberly A. Miller, David R. Freyer, Joel E. Milam, Anamara Ritt-Olson, Gino K. In, Thomas W. Valente
Publikováno v:
Communications Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022)
Piombo et al. analyse social networks of cancer clinicians to study referral practices to a cancer survivorship clinic at a comprehensive cancer centre. The authors identify key opinion leaders within the networks and suggest interventions to improve
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0276176012e74711ad856c4a19f853c3
Autor:
Ian Kim, PhD, Cynthia Begay, MPH, Harrison J. Ma, BA, Francis R. Orozco, BA, Christopher J. Rogers, PhD, Thomas W. Valente, PhD, Jennifer B. Unger, PhD
Publikováno v:
AJPM Focus, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 100067- (2023)
Introduction: This mixed-methods study analyzed English-language U.S.-based Twitter posts related to E-cigarette use from February 2021. Methods: Posts were manually identified as health-related or not and, if health-related, whether they were posted
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4842c7862edd4963a69fef7d6e2185bf
Publikováno v:
BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)
Abstract Background Peer-led interventions for adolescents are effective at accelerating behavioral change. The Sources of Strength suicide preventive program trains student peer change agents (peer leaders) in secondary schools to deliver prevention
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/35d8c4cceaab4bc9946eec73999af92e
Autor:
Valentin Fuster, Rajesh Vedanthan, Carol R Horowitz, Stavroula A Chrysanthopoulou, Thomas W Valente, Joseph W Hogan, Gerald S Bloomfield, Samuel G Ruchman, Allison K Delong, Jemima H Kamano, Peninah Kiptoo, Winnie Matelong, Richard Mugo, Violet Naanyu, Vitalis Orango, Sonak D Pastakia
Publikováno v:
BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 9 (2021)
Objectives Management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an urgent challenge in low-income and middle-income countries, and interventions may require appraisal of patients’ social networks to guide implementation. The purpose of this study is to de
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2302a21cdfbe44dba0435842bbc48d54
Autor:
Sabina B. Gesell, Shari L. Barkin, Edward H. Ip, Santiago J. Saldana, Evan C. Sommer, Thomas W. Valente, Kayla de la Haye
Publikováno v:
SAGE Open, Vol 11 (2021)
This study tested the hypothesis that parents participating in a pediatric obesity intervention who formed social network ties with a parent in the intervention arm would engage in more daily physical activity and less sedentary behavior (after contr
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f4805695354a48dcbb0c71155f41dcb4
Autor:
Tim Mercer, Benson Njuguna, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Jonathan Dick, Eric Finkelstein, Jemima Kamano, Ann Mwangi, Violet Naanyu, Sonak D. Pastakia, Thomas W. Valente, Rajesh Vedanthan, Constantine Akwanalo
Publikováno v:
Trials, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019)
Abstract Background Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet treatment and control rates for hypertension are very low in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Lack of effective referral networks between different
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/676ccde4430544659178dc4ec664efb5
Autor:
Welmoed K. van Deen, Edward S. Cho, Kathryn Pustolski, Dennis Wixon, Shona Lamb, Thomas W. Valente, Michael Menchine
Publikováno v:
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019)
Abstract Background Long length of stays (LOS) in emergency departments (ED) negatively affect quality of care. Ordering of inappropriate diagnostic tests contributes to long LOS and reduces quality of care. One strategy to change practice patterns i
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3be297a26e2e4ec0aa44cc50d9a8f6f4
Publikováno v:
Childhood obesity (Print). 18(7)
biPurpose:/i/bConsiderable evidence has shown that social networks influence a wide variety of health behaviors. This study investigates whether having friends with overweight/obesity in one's social network (network exposure) can predict changes in
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f131a545a27ac8c6249e2d0f7a497d53
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35108122
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35108122