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Estilo De Vida De Estudantes De Graduação Em Enfermagem De Uma Instituição Do Sul Do Brasil / Lifestyle Of Undergraduate Nursing Students Of An Institution From Southern Brazil, Everton Fernando Alves Jan 2011

Estilo De Vida De Estudantes De Graduação Em Enfermagem De Uma Instituição Do Sul Do Brasil / Lifestyle Of Undergraduate Nursing Students Of An Institution From Southern Brazil, Everton Fernando Alves

Everton Fernando Alves

Objetivou-se analisar o estilo de vida de estudantes de enfermagem por meio de um estudo exploratório, descritivo e com abordagem quantitativa. Verificou-se que os estudantes ingeriam apenas dois grupos de alimentos (“verduras e frutas” ou “verduras e grãos”); 54,2% não praticava atividade física; 57,8% deles dormiam menos de sete horas/ dia; havia grande proporção de estudantes-trabalhadores; 9,9% de fumantes e a frequência do uso de tabaco foi de 52,6% fumando de 2 a 5 cigarros/ dia, e 26,3% fumando de 1 a 3 maços de cigarros/ semana; 27,1% de estudantes etilistas e destes, 42,3% desses fazem o uso de álcool …


Utilization And Maintaining The Spirit Of Motivational Interviewing In Sageplus Lifestyle Interventions, Joan Y. Grotewold Jan 2011

Utilization And Maintaining The Spirit Of Motivational Interviewing In Sageplus Lifestyle Interventions, Joan Y. Grotewold

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Utilizing a descriptive quantitative design to guide data collection and analysis, 11 of the 14 clinics in the State of Minnesota that participate in the SagePlus program were selected by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to participate in this study. The population for this study was the 22 healthcare professionals who were providing the lifestyle interventions in those clinics. The purpose of this study was to determine if the SagePlus healthcare professionals who are providing lifestyle counseling interventions were using Motivational Interviewing (MI) with SagePlus clients and if the healthcare professionals were maintaining the spirit of MI throughout these …


Evaluation Of A Health Newsletter Intended For Sageplus Participants, Karen Lynn Anderson Jan 2011

Evaluation Of A Health Newsletter Intended For Sageplus Participants, Karen Lynn Anderson

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Little is known about the effectiveness of the SagePlus newsletter as a motivational tool for influencing behavior change. The purpose of this study was to determine the reading level of the SagePlus newsletter and to evaluate the effectiveness of the SagePlus newsletter as a communication and motivational tool for SagePlus participants. A nonexperimental, descriptive correlational design was used in this study. Forty English speaking participants were contacted and agreed to participate in the telephone survey from a potential list of 190 participants. A modified questionnaire containing 20 multiple choice and open-ended questions was used in a telephone survey. Data was …