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Osteoporosis is often considered a chronic disease of older adulthood. As with many chronic diseases, lifestyle behaviors adopted during young adulthood are important risk factors for future development of osteoporosis. The college student population represents the age group in which optimal bone development is likely to occur and certain lifestyle behaviors are reinforced. Therefore, risk factors for osteoporosis, including nutritional insufficiency of calcium and vitamin D, smoking, alcohol abuse, excessive exercise, use of steroids, and high-protein diets, have special relevance for this target population. The authors examine risk factors for osteoporosis that are especially relevant to the college health setting and offer intervention strategies for college health professionals.
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Osteoporosis/etiología , Osteoporosis/prevención & control , Servicios de Salud para Estudiantes/organización & administración , Estudiantes , Universidades , Adulto , Femenino , Promoción de la Salud/organización & administración , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Evaluación de Necesidades , Objetivos Organizacionales , Osteoporosis/epidemiología , Factores de Riesgo , Estados Unidos/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
The number of AIDS cases, since its identification by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1981, has continued to escalate at a very alarming rate. A population at increased risk of acquiring AIDS is college students, because of their behavior, especially personal and sexual exploration (D'Augelli & Kennedy, 1989; American College Health Association, 1988; Hirschorn, 1987).
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/prevención & control , Afecto , Infecciones por VIH/prevención & control , Educación en Salud , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/psicología , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/transmisión , Adolescente , Adulto , Curriculum , Femenino , Infecciones por VIH/psicología , Infecciones por VIH/transmisión , Humanos , Masculino , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
The reliability of a measuring instrument is a major criterion for assessing its quality and adequacy. This article describes reliability pilot testing done with the Ohio AIDS Prevention Survey (Fellner & Thomas, 1989-90) in a sample of sexually active women of childbearing age. Previous alpha reliabilities of the knowledge scale of the survey have ranged from .71-.81, while the reliabilities of the attitudes and beliefs scale have ranged from .33-.45. In this sample, reliability measures for the knowledge and attitudes and beliefs scales were .65 and .45, respectively. The results of this study indicate that the Ohio AIDS Prevention Survey is clearly in its developmental stages and that further development of the survey is necessary prior to continued use in public health settings.
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/prevención & control , Recolección de Datos/normas , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/epidemiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Estado Civil , Ohio/epidemiología , Proyectos Piloto , Psicometría , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Factores de RiesgoAsunto(s)
Educación en Salud , Estado de Salud , Mujeres , Curriculum , Femenino , Humanos , Estados UnidosAsunto(s)
Consejo/métodos , Muerte , Actitud Frente a la Muerte , Niño , Humanos , Relaciones Padres-Hijo , Psicología InfantilRESUMEN
Life is full of major and minor events analogous to dying and death that few people realize exist. Throughout life there are a variety of loss situations (e.g., death of a pet, divorce, loss of a job, retirement, death of a friend or relative, etc.) that help to prepare individuals for their own death. If death educators can enhance the life skills necessary to cope with these life events, then perhaps, the individual will be better able to cope with their own death and the death of a significant other. This paper will present an overview of the basic tenets of life span intervention, provide a discussion of life skills directly related to dying and death, and suggest key points of positive intervention.
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Actitud Frente a la Muerte , Muerte , Tanatología , Acontecimientos que Cambian la VidaRESUMEN
The life span theory of development is based on the notion that development occurs at all ages. A person's developmental history influences his or her behavior later in life. Following this assumption, the ability of an elderly person to cope with health problems is related to past experience in coping with similar problems or life events. The goal of intervention related to life span development serves two purposes: to help individuals overlap positive health behaviors that will be sustained throughout life and to discuss the role and impact of life events on their ability to cope with later problems. The school health program provides an excellent vehicle for achieving these goals.