PURPOSE Cervical cancer screening is not well implemented in many low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs). Mobile health (mHealth) refers to utilization of mobile …

Individual differences in physical and psychological health trajectories were examined in
1,515 Normative Aging Study men. Mean age at baseline was 47.15 yrs (range 28–80 yrs) …

To the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health threat with some experts arguing it
is the most serious respiratory virus threat to public health since the 1918 influenza …

This chapter is to describe three schools of adult development, the ontogenetic, sociogenic,
and liberative models, and to contrast them with the liberative model. The ontogenetic …

Although motivational interviewing (MI) has been shown to be effective in changing health
behaviors, its effects on smoking cessation have been mixed. The purpose of the present …

School feeding programs (SFPs) are an important effort to address food insecurity, improve
nutritional education, and ultimately improve health outcomes. The objective of this research …

Objective: Assess the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally-and linguistically-adapted
smoking cessation text messaging intervention for Latino smokers. Methods: Using a …

Disparities for genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) for hereditary breast and ovarian
cancer (HBOC) persist between Latina and non-Hispanic Whites. There are few tested …

Nutrition is important for preventing and treating chronic diseases highly prevalent among
Latinos, yet no tool exists for measuring nutrition literacy among Spanish speakers. This …

Background: Of the 14.3 million Mexicans who smoke, only a minority take advantage of
evidence-based approaches to smoking cessation. Mobile health interventions have the …