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Hormones, Distress, and Immune Functioning in WomenRubino-Watkins, Maria Francesca 08 1900 (has links)
The present study set out to investigate the biopsychosocial model of illness using variables previously identified as directly impacting illness or as mediating the relationship between other variables and illness. Oral contraceptive use, stress, and negative affect were investigated as predictors of immunological competence, measured by the level of Immunoglobulin G antibodies to Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Capsid Antigen (EBV-VCA IgG).
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Iron Status of Students at North Texas State UniversityOrgeron, Judy 05 1900 (has links)
Hematocrit, serum-iron and iron-binding capacity were used to test the iron status of a sample of fifty-six volunteer students. Subjects completed a questionnaire to examine whether a correlation exists between iron status and iron knowledge. The sample, including 20 males and 36 females, consisted of ten nutrition majors , eight biology majors, thirty-eight other majors, and eight vegetarians. The four measures revealed that a high prevalence of iron deficiency did not exist in this student population. Other findings: sex and iron status are not related; no correlation exists between iron knowledge and iron status; and vegetarians have an iron status comparable to that of non-vegetarians.
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Internet addiction among university students in China: risk factors and health outcomes. / 中國大學生網絡成癮之風險因素及對健康的影響 / CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection / Zhongguo da xue sheng wang luo cheng yin zhi feng xian yin su ji dui jian kang de ying xiangJanuary 2011 (has links)
Lau, Chun Hong. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-256). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Some appendixes in Chinese.
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Factors influencing the use of voluntary counselling and testing by university studentsMbengo, Fungai 06 1900 (has links)
The study explored the factors influencing the use of voluntary counselling and testing by university students. This was done by undertaking an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study. Focus group discussions and field notes were used to collect data from the participants.
Outcomes from the study revealed various factors to the uptake of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services by university students namely: the desire to know one‟s HIV status, illness, pregnancy, blood donation, to get a reward, the influence of significant others, the influence of media, awareness campaigns, compulsion, to get a job, curiosity, to be a positive role model and the positive attitude and professional conduct of the health care provider. The study also revealed various challenges to the uptake of VCT services by university students namely: the fear of being diagnosed HIV positive, HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, the low perception of risk to HIV infection, the lack of student friendly VCT services, the shortage of human and infrastructural resources, the inaccessibility of VCT services, the long waiting period for test results, negative perceptions about VCT, the problems with pre-test counselling and ignorance. Going by the participants‟ suggestions VCT services uptake by university students could be improved by increased resource allocation (incentives, human and infrastructural resources), increased awareness campaigns, and improved counselling and making VCT services more accessible / Information Science / MA (Public Health)
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Sport participation, health-related fitness, and stress among studentsof the City University of Hong KongKan, Wai-fu., 簡偉富. January 1999 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education
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A cross-section survey of health information-seeking practices among young adults on a South African university campusVan Niekerk, Estelle 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Health information-seeking is a complex and dynamic construct. This study attempted
to quantify and explain the use of interpersonal communication, media and related
technologies as health information sources among first year university students on the
campus of Stellenbosch University (SU), using a cross-sectional survey design. The
questionnaire and web-based survey intended to measure and document important
research constructs at a single point in time. Data from this survey provide exploratory
information on patterns of health information-seeking practices and preferences
encountered among the research target group. Measures of the reasons for health
information-seeking on specific topics; health information sources/channels and
frequency of source/channel use; information source credibility and quality as well as
the outcomes of the health information-seeking process were used as secondary
research aims in this study. Health communication and health management needs of
the research population were also important research variables to establish.
Results from this research indicate that the health status of the study cohort was good.
The mean of the BMI kg/m² for the current study cohort lies at the higher end of the
BMI kg/m² continuum for this age group, which indicates that the lifestyle of the study
cohort is at risk. The use of health information sources among the research cohort was
diverse. This research confirms that interpersonal communication is an important
information medium through which young adults receive health information. The
concept of an ecological context to health communication and its effects are therefore
supported by these results. Use of media sources and related technology was common
and diverse among the study cohort, mirroring patterns of media use for other young
adult groups. Results further support the theory of effect-studies in communication (the
media), where the provision of certain types of information through the media, indicate
to have an impact on people’s thinking and behaviour. A behaviour change as result of
the health information-seeking process was reported among the research cohort.
Health communication literature refers to small numbers of studies conducted on
health information-seeking among young adults (student populations). The current
research has attempted to add to the body of knowledge on health information-seeking
and its outcomes among a student population group in a South African university setting. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die soektog na gesondheidsinligting is 'n dinamiese en komplekse proses. Hierdie
navorsing het gepoog om die gebruik van interpersoonlike kommunikasie, media en
verwante tegnologieë as inligtingsbronne oor gesondheid onder eerstejaar-studente op
die kampus van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (US) te kwantifiseer en te verklaar.
'n Dwarsdeursnitopname is as studieontwerp gebruik. Die web-gebaseerde vraelys het
gepoog om belangrike navorsingskonstrukte tydens 'n enkele tydgleuf te probeer meet.
Data van hierdie opname verskaf verkennende inligting oor die patrone van die soeke
na gesondheidsinligting en gesondheidsinligtingvoorkeure van studente. Redes vir die
soek na gesondheidsinligting; mediums/metodes waardeur inligting verkry word;
frekwensie van soektogte; geloofwaardigheid van mediums en die kwaliteit daarvan;
onderwerpe waarna gesoek word en die uitkomste van hierdie gesondheidsinligtingsoektog,
is as sekondêre navorsingsuitkomste van belang geag. Gesondheidskommunikasiebehoeftes
onder die navorsingsteikengroep was belangrik om vas te stel.
Resultate van die navorsing dui aan dat die gesondheidstatus van die navorsingsgroep
goed was. Die gemiddelde BMI kg/m² vir die groep was egter aan die bokant van die
BMI kg/m² kontinuum vir die ouderdomsgroep en dui op moontlike leefstylrisiko’s vir
die groep. Die gebruik van gesondheidsinligtingsbronne was baie divers. Hierdie
navorsing ondersteun die feit dat interpersoonlike kommunikasie, as gesondheidsinligtingsbron,
nog 'n belangrike rol speel onder jong volwassenes. Die konsep van 'n
ekologiese konteks vir gesondheidskommunikasie en die uitwerking daarvan, word
ondersteun deur die huidige navorsingsresultate. Die gebruik van media en verwante
tegnologieë, as inligtingsbronne vir gesondheid, is as baie divers gerapporteer. Dit
bevestig patrone van mediagebruik wat onder ander jong volwassenes gevind is.
Resultate van hierdie navorsing ondersteun ook die teorie van effek-studies in
kommunikasie (die media), waar die verskaffing van inligting deur die media 'n impak
op mense se denke en gedrag aandui. 'n Gedragsverandering is wel deur die
navorsingsgroep aangedui as resultaat van die soeke na gesondheidsinligting.
Gesondheidskommunikasieliteratuur verwys na enkele studies wat oor gesondheidsinligtingsoektogte
onder jong volwassenes (studente-populasies) gedoen is. Die
huidige navorsing het gepoog om 'n bydrae te maak tot hierdie kennis en die uitkomste
daarvan onder studente op 'n Suid-Afrikaanse universiteitskampus.
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Factors influencing the use of voluntary counselling and testing by university studentsMbengo, Fungai 06 1900 (has links)
The study explored the factors influencing the use of voluntary counselling and testing by university students. This was done by undertaking an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study. Focus group discussions and field notes were used to collect data from the participants.
Outcomes from the study revealed various factors to the uptake of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services by university students namely: the desire to know one‟s HIV status, illness, pregnancy, blood donation, to get a reward, the influence of significant others, the influence of media, awareness campaigns, compulsion, to get a job, curiosity, to be a positive role model and the positive attitude and professional conduct of the health care provider. The study also revealed various challenges to the uptake of VCT services by university students namely: the fear of being diagnosed HIV positive, HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, the low perception of risk to HIV infection, the lack of student friendly VCT services, the shortage of human and infrastructural resources, the inaccessibility of VCT services, the long waiting period for test results, negative perceptions about VCT, the problems with pre-test counselling and ignorance. Going by the participants‟ suggestions VCT services uptake by university students could be improved by increased resource allocation (incentives, human and infrastructural resources), increased awareness campaigns, and improved counselling and making VCT services more accessible / Information Science / MA (Public Health)
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University Students, Knowledge of AIDS, Perceived Susceptibility to AIDS, and Their Sexual BehaviorsWinnubst, K. D. (Kimberly Dawn) 08 1900 (has links)
A random sample of 365 students attending a university in northern Texas returned a mailed questionnaire measuring the students' knowledge of Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), their perceived susceptibility to AIDS, and their sexual practices during the last year. The students had high knowledge levels about AIDS in general. However, 70% did not worry about getting AIDS. Collectively, there was a display of concern until it became a personal issue. The students (59%) saw themselves as less likely than most people to get AIDS. Although 70% of this sexually active group did not use condoms, they still did not perceive themselves as susceptible to AIDS.
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International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and SatisfactionAustin, Stacy Theodora 19 March 2013 (has links)
This study examines two groups -international and domestic students at Portland State University (PSU) - in terms of their motivations to seek university-health services, and their satisfaction with university-health services. The Theory of Motivated Information Management (W. A. Afifi & Weiner, 2004) served as the foundation for this study to examine the preferences of students in terms of the ways they seek information about their health concerns. Differences in international and domestic students' anxiety, efficacy, and satisfaction with physicians were supported. International students reported more anxiety than domestic students. Domestic students reported being more efficacious than international students when talking to a medical provider about a current medical issue. Also, international students reported higher satisfaction with a medical provider at their last university health services visit. First, subjects were asked if they currently have a medical concern for which they might consider consulting a physician at PSU health services. If this scenario applied, subjects were asked to rate a variety of possible, theoretically informed motivations for seeking medical information by consulting a physician, to test the Theory of Motivated Information Management. Second, subjects were asked if they have previously consulted a physician at PSU health services. If this scenario applied, subjects were asked to provide satisfaction ratings of the physician and staff. The results contribute to the understanding of information-seeking processes and support the theory's effectiveness in this situation, explaining where international and domestic students are significantly different in regard to their responses.
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The influence of gender scripts on African American college student condom useIhenacho, Kelechi Nkeiruka, Burden, Christina Nicole 01 January 2011 (has links)
This study examines how African American gender scripts influence condom use for disease and pregnancy prevention. One-hundred African American California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) students were selected to participate in this study. Fifty African American males and fifty African American females were surveyed for this study to be representative of the African American community on campus.
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