Using the responsibilities of the health educator to rate journals in the field.Abstract: Little is known about the coverage of health education responsibilities in peer-reviewed literature. Abstracts (n = 17,391) from one hundred health education related journals were reviewed and compared to the entry and graduate level responsibilities of health educators. Journals were ranked by percent of abstracts addressing at least one responsibility. The Journal of Nutrition Education and Health Education and Behavior received the highest ratings with over 90% of their abstracts pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to health education. A large number of abstracts addressed Responsibility I (needs assessment), but there was limited coverage of most other responsibilities. These findings have implications for professional development. ********** Health education is unique in that it incorporates a particularly broad variety of health related literature to enhance theory and practice. Thus, when Sechrist and Governali (1990) produced a listing of journals and other serials useful for health educators, it contained over 400 publications. This over-abundance of resources exceeds the capabilities of most library budgets and creates confusion within the profession (Price & Robinson, 1999). Many academic disciplines have defined keys journals in their field, but health education has failed to do so. There is currently no widely accepted, concise, definitive list of key health education journals. However, in recent years a number of researchers have attempted to define and refine listings of health education journals for a variety of research purposes, to include publication issues, indexing, and serial holdings. The extensive listing of health journals and newletters created by Sechrist and Governali (1990) included some publications that were only tangentially tan·gen·tial also tan·gen·tal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent. 2. Merely touching or slightly connected. 3. related to health education. Price and Robinson (1999) winnowed this comprehensive listing to 61 journals by eliminating publications they perceived to be either clinically oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. or newsletters. These researchers used this more manageable list to conduct a mail survey of chairpersons and faculty members from health education doctoral programs. Participants were asked to rate the journals using a 5-point scale on the basis of a) acceptance rate, b) influence on the field, c) frequency of citations, d) timely and provocative content, and e) likelihood of causing others to act. Respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. were given the option of indicating they were unfamiliar with or uncertain about the quality of a journal. Latin Lat·in n. 1. a. The Indo-European language of the ancient Latins and Romans and the most important cultural language of western Europe until the end of the 17th century. b. , Horowitz Ho·ro·witz , Vladimir 1904-1989. Russian-born American pianist noted for his interpretations of Chopin and Liszt. Noun 1. Horowitz - Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989) , and Nims (1999) published a manuscript manuscript, a handwritten work as distinguished from printing. The oldest manuscripts, those found in Egyptian tombs, were written on papyrus; the earliest dates from c.3500 B.C. to facilitate the publication process for health education researchers. The purpose of their guide was to assist authors in the selection of the appropriate journal for manuscript submission. They built upon earlier work conducted by Ogletree, Glover Glov´er n. 1. One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward. , and Hu (1997) in which the characteristics of 16 health education or health education related journals were described. The rationale rationale (rash´  nal´),n the fundamental reasons used as the basis for a decision or action. for the Ogletree et al. study was to assist professionals in the development of a publication plan. Characteristics of interest were related to manuscript submission such as number of readers, acceptance rate, peer review policy, weeks required for decision, months required for publication, and required style. In addition to collecting data on these variables, Latin et al. also considered indexes in which the journals were cited, number of issues, average pages per issue, articles per issue, Continuing Education Units continuing education unit (CEU), n educational classes or experiences for licensed dental professionals that extend, update, or renew their knowledge of practices in their field. Some classes may be required for relicensing. (CEUs), and categorical That which is unqualified or unconditional. A categorical imperative is a rule, command, or moral obligation that is absolutely and universally binding. Categorical is also used to describe programs limited to or designed for certain classes of people. journal descriptions from a significantly greater range of health education journals (n=86). Latin et al. (1999) developed their list of 86 health education journals using the Delphi technique (programming, tool) Delphi Technique - A group forecasting technique, generally used for future events such as technological developments, that uses estimates from experts and feedback summaries of these estimates for additional estimates by these experts until reasonable consensus to obtain information from health education leaders and scholars (n=8) about journal content areas, prestigious journals and basic journal characteristics. The study participants identified the following nine primary journal content areas: Stress, Human Sexuality This article is about human sexual perceptions. For information about sexual activities and practices, see Human sexual behavior. Generally speaking, human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. , Drug Use and Abuse, Nutrition, Physical Activity/ Fitness, Environmental Health and Safety, Health Behavior/Health Education, Community Health, and Children and Adolescents. The category with the smallest number of journals was Nutrition with 5, and the largest number of journals was 18 in the category of Health Behavior/Health Education. Horowitz, Latin and Nims (1999) published a study using a slightly modified version of the data set mentioned above. The researchers sought to highlight the importance of indexing in health education and provide information on where journals were indexed. They eliminated two journals that were not indexed whose editors declined to participate in the Latin et al. (1999) study. This resulted in a listing of 84 health education journals that they used to identify the top indexes for dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there of health education research and provide guidance on index use for literature reviews. Latin, Horowitz, Nims and Morrell Morrell is a surname, and may refer to:
tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo by the belief that health educators need on-site on-site adj. Done or located at the site, as of a particular activity: on-site monitoring of a production run; an on-site film shoot. access to relevant, published research in order to build a coherent knowledge base. The American Journal of Public Health The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is a peer reviewed monthly journal of the American Public Health Association (APHA). The Journal also regularly publishes authoritative editorials and commentaries and serves as a forum for the analysis of health policy. was the publication to which the most libraries subscribed (95.9%). As resources continue to diminish, libraries will increase journal deselection. If circulation is considered to be a proxy measure of quality and impact, size of the readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. must be combined with institutional subscriptions to obtain a more meaningful measure of journal distribution. This study sought to reverse the paradigm by identifying which journals are publishing health education manuscripts through review of the abstracts of health education journals in relation to the responsibilities of the entry and graduate level health educator around which the practice of health education revolves. The current document, published by the National Commission for Health Education, Inc., (NCHEC NCHEC National Commission for Health Education Credentialing NCHEC National Center for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ), which defines the entry-level en·try-lev·el adj. Appropriate for or accessible to one who is inexperienced in a field or new to a market: an entry-level job in advertising; an entry-level computer. responsibilities is A Competency-Based Framework for Professional Development of Certified See certification. Health Education Specialists or the Framework (1996). The primary intent of the Framework initially was to provide assistance in developing a health education curriculum (Cleary Clea·ry , Beverly Born 1916. American author of children's books. Her works include a series of humorous novels featuring Henry Huggins. ; 1995). The Framework, which is the basis for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) national examination (visit http:// www.nchec.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. for details), serves as a self-study self-stud·y n. 1. Study or examination of oneself. 2. A form of study in which one is to a large extent responsible for one's own instruction. instrument for individuals preparing for the CHES examination, planning on becoming health educators or interested in hiring one (Pollock & Carlyon, 1996). In 1996, the Framework was expanded to incorporate graduate-level responsibilities and competencies. The changes included three new graduate areas of responsibility with corresponding competencies and two new graduate competencies within the existing seven entry-level areas of responsibility (Capwell, 1997). While the CHES examination continues to address the entry-level Framework only, NCHEC, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE SOPHE Society of Public Health Education ) and the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
AAHE American Association for Health Education AAHE American Association of Housing Educators AAHE Arlington Association of Home Educators (Arlington, TX) ) jointly published A Competency-Based Framework for Graduate-Level Health Educators in 1999. Clark, Ogletree, Chamness, Atkinson Atkinson may refer to: Places In Canada:
strat·i·fied adj. Arranged in the form of layers or strata. random sample of manuscripts (n=131) published during 1997-1998 in five health education journals. This study seeks to expand their study by increasing the number of health education journals reviewed, including the graduate-level responsibilities in the analysis, and expanding the number of years reviewed. METHODS Upon review of the methodology used by Horowitz et al. (1999) to create a list of 84 health education journals and Price and Robinson (1999) to establish a listing that included 61 journals, the researchers decided to combine the two lists to create a comprehensive, yet manageable, listing of health education journals. Initially the combined list had 115 journals. However, for inclusion in this study the journals had to meet the following criteria: (a) published for at least 5 years as of December December: see month. 2000, (b) currently published as of January January: see month. 2002, (c) at least 30% of the articles in the journal must have abstracts, (d) abstracts must be of adequate length and substance for the researchers to determine if a responsibility was addressed, and (e) must emphasize the health and well-being of humans. These requirements resulted in the elimination of 15 journals (see Table 1). Of the 100 remaining journals, a review of all abstracts from four issues per year (if four or more were published) for a five-year period during 1995-2000 was conducted. A random numbers selection process was used to determine which 4 issues would be reviewed for those journals published more often than quarterly. Thus, for all journals in the study published at least quarterly, the abstracts in 20 issues were reviewed. Each abstract was reviewed to determine whether or not it was a "health education" abstract. For the purposes of this study, a health education abstract is one that addresses one or more of the Health Education responsibilities. If the reviewer re·view·er n. One who reviews, especially one who writes critical reviews, as for a newspaper or magazine. reviewer Noun a person who writes reviews of books, films, etc. Noun 1. determined the abstract addressed health education, he or she would then identify the primary responsibility addressed. There was a pool of 14 independent reviewers from various academic institutions who reviewed the abstracts. Reviewers had either obtained their doctoral degree in health education or were students in the joint University of Alabama/University of Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). at Birmingham Birmingham, cities, United States Birmingham (bûr`mĭnghăm') 1 City (1990 pop. 265,968), seat of Jefferson co., N central Ala., in the Jones Valley near the southern end of the Appalachian system; founded and inc. Ph.D. program. The Ph.D. students received on-site training using an issue of Journal of School Health and American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Journal of Health Behavior. Two reviewers independently coded each abstract for every journal using the 10 responsibilities of health educators. The two reviewers then met to compare ratings. Whenever there was a discrepancy DISCREPANCY. A difference between one thing and another, between one writing and another; a variance. (q.v.) 2. Discrepancies are material and immaterial. between the two codes assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. , the reviewers discussed their rationale for the rating. If they are unable to agree after discussion of the basis for the decision, the abstract was referred to a third party for a final determination. Interrater reliability was determined to be 96.8% for health education manuscripts and 88.7% for individual responsibilities. The time consuming meetings in which the independent reviewers met to discuss the reason for each specific rating was an approach described by Trochim (2001) to improve the reliability between raters. Upon completion of the rating and review process, each journal was entered into a Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. 2000 file and then imported into SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. version 8.2 for statistical analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The number of abstracts addressing each responsibility ranged from 18 for Responsibility IX: Administering Health Education Programs to 1,885 for Responsibility I: Assessing Individual and Community Needs for Health Education. The frequency of each responsibility is found in Table 2. All 10 areas of responsibility were addressed as a primary responsibility in at least 18 abstracts. However, the coverage was extremely uneven. Almost half of the health education abstracts addressed Responsibility I. Responsibility IV: Evaluating Effectiveness of Health Education Programs was determined to be the second most common responsibility in the literature. Health educators familiar with the literature of the field should not be surprised by these findings. However, the under representation of the remaining responsibilities is striking. If needs assessment and evaluation account for almost 75% of the abstracted literature published in the field, it seems to imply that the other responsibilities are of relatively little importance. The low number of abstracts identified as pertaining to Responsibility IX: Administering Health Education Programs, may be partially related to its status as one of the newer, graduate-level responsibilities. However, Responsibility VI: Acting as a Resource Person in Health Education was represented in only 50 abstracts, while Responsibility V: Coordinating Provision of Health Education Services was addressed in 55 abstracts. These are core entry-level responsibilities that are found on the CHES examination. An alphabetical listing of the 100 journals reviewed in this study with the number and percent of health education abstracts in each is found in Table 3. The Journal of Nutrition Education, official publication of the Society for Nutrition Education, was determined to have the greatest relevance to the responsibilities of health educators, followed closely by Health Education and Behavior, a SOPHE publication. The Health Educator was ranked third but only 9 issues of this last publication were reviewed, as it is published twice a year, and one issue during the study period had no abstracts. Thus, while there was a high percentage of health education abstracts in this journal, the total number was relatively small (n=44) compared to other journals that ranked slightly lower, such as Health Education Research (n=176) and American Journal of Health Education (n=97). In addition, as Eta Sigma SIGMA - A scientific visual programming environment from NASA. http://fi-www.arc.nasa.gov/fia/projects/sigma/. Gamma, National Professional Health Education Honorary, publishes the Health Educator, it may be difficult for some health educators to access. There were a total of 22 publications that contained fewer than 10 health education abstracts over the 5- year period included in the study. Five publications actually had no health education abstracts. While they may be useful for specific content information, This implies they do not have a significant impact on the field. The abstracts in 20 different journals addressed a health education responsibility at least 50% of the time (see Table 4). The 2,372 abstracts in these 20 journals were approximately 14% of the total sample, yet they accounted for over 43% of the total health education abstracts. Thus, these journals would appear to be excellent candidates for status as a "core" journal within the field. The most notable absence from the ranks of the relevant health education publications is the American Journal of Public Health. This publication enjoys an elite status. It is the official journal of the American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association (APHA) is Washington, D.C.-based professional organization for public health professionals in the United States. Founded in 1872 by Dr. Stephen Smith, APHA has more than 30,000 members worldwide. and is the most heavily indexed health education publication (Laflin et al., 1999) with the most library subscriptions (Laflin et al., 2000). The American Journal of Public Health received the highest ranking in the Price and Robinson (1999) study and addressed the most health education competencies in the study by Clark et al. (2000). This last finding is perhaps the most striking as the current study found only slightly more than 19% of the American Journal of Public Health abstracts reviewed addressed a health education responsibility. However, the methodology used in the Clark et al. study did vary significantly from this study. Their study investigated the extent to which the entry-level Framework responsibilities and competencies were addressed in American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Health Education, Journal of School Health, Health Education and Behavior, and the Health Educator only. The researchers limited their review to a random stratified sample Noun 1. stratified sample - the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum proportional sample, representative sample (n=131) of articles published during 1997-1998. They counted every responsibility and competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. addressed within each article. Clark and colleagues suggest, "One might be able to argue that most research-based articles with a literature review meet Responsibility I," (p. 285). The current study did not interpret needs assessment in that same manner. In order to be coded as Responsibility I, an abstract had to specifically address needs for health education. Thus, an abstract that was epidemiological epidemiological emanating from or pertaining to epidemiology. epidemiological associations the associative relationships between the frequency of occurrence of a disease and its determinants, its predisposing and precipitating in nature, without explicit implications for health education, was not rated as Responsibility I. It is interesting to note that although the results obtained for the American Journal of Public Health were very different in the two studies, Health Education and Behavior, which received the second highest ranking in the current study, was also ranked second by Clark et al. (2000) in number of competencies addressed. In addition, it was rated second in perceived quality in the Price and Robinson (1999) study. There were two potential limitations to this study. The most important limitation was the use of the manuscript abstract rather than the full manuscript to determine the responsibility addressed. It was impractical im·prac·ti·cal adj. 1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense. 2. to attempt a careful review of each full manuscript in detail. Abstracts are frequently used in literature searches as indicators of a manuscript's relevance. Therefore, it was assumed that the manuscript abstract would provide enough information for the reviewers to determine if the manuscript was a health education article. However, the researchers sometimes wondered if an abstract truly reflected the nature of the article, especially when there seemed to be a disconnect disconnect - SCSI reconnect between the article title and the abstract. Abstract length varied by journal. Longer abstracts, such as the highly rated American Journal of Health Promotion provided greater detail for making a determination that the shorter ones required by American Journal of Health Behavior, which was ranked slightly lower. To overcome this inequity, it is probably most useful for the health educator to think in terms of "tiers" with the top 5 or 10 journals perceived to be of greatest relevance regardless of individual rank. Another study limitation was subjective element of the coding process. The reviewers used the exact wording found in A Competency-Based Framework for Graduate-Level Health Educators (1999) but there was still a degree of interpretation required. While the study design attempted to minimize this impact by using two independent raters for each abstract and requiring a mutually agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy review of the rationale for each rating, inconsistencies may have occurred over the course of the study. CONCLUSIONS Health educators have a wide variety of publications from which to choose their professional reading. Given the overwhelming volume of information, this study provides some guidance for health educators seeking to update and maintain their abilities. It may also assist individuals involved in credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. review of health educators to understand the nature of the manuscripts being published. The most striking result of this study is the relative dearth of information pertaining to responsibilities other than needs assessment or evaluation. An interest survey by Birch birch, common name for some members of the Betulaceae, a family of deciduous trees or shrubs bearing male and female flowers on separate plants, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. and Pearson Pear·son , Lester Bowles 1897-1972. Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1963-1968). He won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the negotiation of a solution to the Suez crisis (1956). (1995) on CHES continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). found respondents were interested in a wide range of entry-level competencies. While evaluation was of the greatest interest, health educators desired information pertaining to planning, implementation, coordination and communication, as well as needs assessment. It appears the professional literature may be failing to meet the needs and desires of the field by focusing so intensively on needs assessment and evaluation. HEALTH EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPETENCY ADDRESSED Responsibility VIII: Apply Appropriate Research Principles and Methods in Health Education Competency A: Conduct thorough reviews of literature. Subcompetency 5: Synthesize To create a whole or complete unit from parts or components. See synthesis. key information from the literature.
Table 1. Journals Excluded from the Study
Journal title Reason(s)
ACSM Health and Fitness Journal a, c
American School Board Journal c
AWHP Worksite Health b, c
Childhood Education c
Counselor Education and Supervision d
Employee Health and Fitness b
Epidemiology c
Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling d
Journal of Black Studies c
Journal of Nutrition e
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance c
Occupational Health and Safety c
Professional School Counseling c
Promotion and Education c
Young Children c
(a) published for at least 5 years as of December 2000
(b) currently published as of January 2002,
(c) at least 30% of the articles in the journal must have abstracts
(d) abstracts must be of adequate length and substance for the
researchers to determine if a responsibility was addressed
(e) must emphasize the health and well-being of humans
Table 2. Health Education Responsibilities Addressed in Abstracts
Area of Responsibility Number of Percentage of
Abstracts sample
I: Assessing Individual and Community 1,885 47.7
Needs for Health Education
IV: Evaluating Effectiveness of Health 1,039 26.3
Education Programs
VIII: Apply Appropriate Research 239 6.1
Principles and Methods in Health
Education
VII: Communicating Health and Health 236 6.0
Education Needs, Concerns, and
Resources
II. Planning Effective Health 190 4.8
Education Programs
III. Implementing Health Education 131 3.3
Programs
X. Advancing the Profession of Health 106 2.7
Education
V. Coordinating Provision of Health 55 1.4
Education Services
VI. Acting as a Resource Person in 50 1.3
Health Education
IX. Administering Health Education 18 0.5
Programs
Note. Graduate Level responsibilities are italicized.
Table 3. Health Education Related Journals included in the Study
Number of Percent of
health health
education education
Journal title abstracts abstracts
Academic Medicine 16 6.2
Accident Analysis & Prevention 28 10.1
Addiction 28 15.1
Addictive Behaviors 27 9.9
Adolescence 180 49.9
AIDS Education and Prevention 102 74.5
American Jrnl of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 17 8.0
American Journal of Epidemiology 0 0.0
American Journal of Health Behavior 105 76.1
(formerly Health Values)
American Journal of Health Education 97 78.9
(formerly Journal of Health Education)
American Journal of Health Promotion 69 88.5
American Journal of Health Studies 96 77.4
(formerly Journal of Wellness Perspectives)
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 65 29.7
American Journal of Public Health 79 19.2
American Journal of Sports Medicine 16 4.6
Archives of Sexual Behavior 11 10.6
Behavioral Medicine 60 69.0
Canadian Journal of Public Health 46 20.6
Child: Care, Health and Development 31 27.7
Child Development 14 3.3
Child Welfare 3 2.2
Community Mental Health Journal 3 2.3
Diabetes Educator 53 59.6
Death Studies 13 15.1
Developmental Psychology 6 1.7
Early Childhood Education 8 8.5
Environmental Health Perspective 20 7.9
Family and Community Health 59 45.4
Family and Consumer Science Research Jrnl 18 20.0
(formerly Home Economics Research Jrnl)
Family Planning Perspectives 25 21.9
Health Education and Behavior 141 94.0
(formerly Health Education Quarterly)
Health Education Research 176 81.1
(formerly Health Education Research: Theory
and Practice)
Health Educator 44 89.8
Health Promotion International 111 72.6
Health Psychology 66 31.3
Health Services Research 19 10.1
Human Communication Research 6 5.2
International Journal of Eating Disorders 11 5.7
International Journal of Epidemiology 54 10.0
International Journal of Health Services 19 8.8
Intl Qtrly of Community Health Education 73 59.4
Journal of Adolescent Health 62 50.0
Journal of Adolescent Research 6 5.9
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 48 48.0
Journal of American College Health 45 48.9
Journal of Behavioral Medicine 32 27.1
Journal of Cancer Education 82 53.3
Jrnl of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 30 33.3
Journal of Community Health 42 38.2
Jrnl of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 28 6.85
Journal of Counseling and Development 3 1.2
Journal of Counseling Psychology 2 0.9
Journal of Drug Education 86 66.7
Journal of Drug Issues 25 10.5
Journal of Early Intervention 3 3.0
Journal of Environmental Education 6 6.3
Journal of Environmental Health 1 1.8
Journal of Environmental Science and Health 0 0.0
Jrnl of Epidemiology and Community Health 75 31.1
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences 30 14.8
Journal of Family Issues 3 2.6
Journal of Health and Social Behavior 17 12.3
Journal of Health Communication 57 68.7
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 15 15.0
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 0 0.0
Journal of Nutrition Education 108 94.7
Jrnl of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 22 12.1
Journal of Primary Prevention 59 65.6
Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality 18 21.4
Journal of Public Health Policy 31 33.0
Jrnl of Research and Development in Education 2 1.6
Journal of Safety Research 21 18.3
Journal of School Health 66 68.8
Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 12 8.7
Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 13 8.6
Journal of Sex Research 30 17.8
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 27 27.3
Journal of Studies on Alcohol 53 19.2
Journal of Substance Abuse 59 39.1
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17 11.6
Journal of the American Medical Association 7 6.1
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 17 12.0
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 12 2.9
New England Journal of Medicine 5 6.7
Omega-Journal of Death and Dying 0 0.0
Patient Education and Counseling 41 22.3
Pediatrics 113 16.5
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2 1.1
Physician and Sports Medicine 5 5.0
Preventive Medicine 122 37.7
Psychology and Health 42 18.8
Public Health Reports 24 16.6
Quest 17 14.8
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 32 23.2
Social Science and Medicine 42 15.3
Substance Use and Misuse 45 26.8
(formerly International Journal of the
Addictions)
Teachers College Record 0 0.0
Tobacco Control 69 41.6
Women and Health 69 60.5
Youth and Society 34 34.3
Table 4. Journals with > 50% of Abstracts related to Health Education
Responsibilities.
Number of Percent of
Health Health
Education Education
Journal Title Abstracts Abstracts Rank
Journal of Nutrition Education 108 94.7 1
Health Education and Behavior 141 94.0 2
Health Educator 44 89.8 3
Am Journal of Health Promotion 69 88.5 4
Health Education Research 176 81.1 5
Am Journal of Health Education 97 78.9 6
Am Journal of Health Studies 96 77.4 7
Am Journal of Health Behavior 105 76.1 8
AIDS Education and Prevention 102 74.5 9
Health Promotion International 111 72.6 10
Behavioral Medicine 60 69.0 11
Journal of School Health 66 68.8 12
Journal of Health Communication 57 68.7 13
Journal of Drug Education 86 66.7 14
Journal of Primary Prevention 59 65.6 15
Women and Health 69 60.5 16
Diabetes Educator 53 59.6 17
Intl Qrtly of Community Health 73 59.4 18
Education
Journal of Cancer Education 82 53.3 19
Journal of Adolescent Health 61 50.0 20
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On June 23, 1994 he pleaded guilty to trying to bribe David Hale. In exchanged for his bribery plea, he was sentenced to 28 months, and prosecutors dropped charges accusing him of conspiring to defraud the Small , Ph.D. CHES is the Director of Assessment and Planning for the Knox County There are nine counties named Knox County in the United States, all apparently named after Henry Knox:
The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; . James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. M. Eddy, D. Ed., CriES, Deidre Leaver-Dunn, Ph.D., Rachel L. Abbott, MS, Tracy M. Carter, MS, J. Don Chaney Donald R. Chaney (born March 22, 1946 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, most notable for his long stints as a player on the Boston Celtics. , MS, Ronda Childress, MS, Melvin Lewis, MA, and Patti A. Murphey, MAE (1) (Metropolitan Area Exchange) Originally known as Metropolitan Area Ethernets, MAEs are junction points on the Internet where data is exchanged between carriers. See IXP and NAP. are affiliated with The University of Alabama. Sheri Strasser, MPH MPH Master of Public Health. MPH Master's Degree in Public Health , CHES and Camille Filoromo, MAE are affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB began in 1936 as the Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. Because of the rapid growth of the Birmingham area, it was decided that an extension program for students who had difficulties which prevented them from studying in Tuscaloosa was needed. . Marci Hardy Hardy may refer to:
A community college service district was established by the voters of Klamath County in 1996. . Stephen J. Notaro, Ph.D., CHES and Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs O'Rourke, Ph.D., MPH, CHES are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880 The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific . Graham Watts Watts, residential section of south central Los Angeles. Named after C. H. Watts, a Pasadena realtor, the section became part of Los Angeles in 1926. Artist Simon Rodia's celebrated Watts Towers are there. , Ph.D. is with Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. . Address all correspondence to Roberta Donahue, Ph.D., CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, The University of Alabama, P.O. Box 870311, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0311; PHONE: 205.348.9717; FAX: 205.348.7568; E-MAIL e-mail: see electronic mail. in full electronic mail Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using computers in a network. : donah001@bama.ua.edu. |
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