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Association between parental perceptions of neighborhood safety and physical activity among children in the United States

Description:
Background: Only 1 in 4 children in the United States is physically active on a daily basis. The neighborhood environment may impact physical activity. Parental …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Magid, Kate (author)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Exercise
Neighborhood safety
Children
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Association of depression status and physical activity among young adults

Description:
Background: Depression is a large public health issue s it is highly prevalent, costly to the individual and society, and is associated with a high …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Broughton, Monica K. (author)
Gjelsvik, Annie (advisor)
Jiang, YongWen (advisor)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Depression, Mental
Exercise
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Associations of Dispositional and Situational Mindfulness with Behavioral and Biological Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Description:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for men and women of all backgrounds, both in the United States, and worldwide. …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Scarpa, Emma (creator)
Loucks, Eric (Advisor)
Williams, David (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Mindfulness
systematic reviews
Blood lipids
Physical fitness
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Discounting and Reward Learning in the Exercise Domain

Description:
Complex health behaviors such as exercise involve daily value-based decisions such as whether to go for a walk or stay at home and rest. When …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Emerson, Jessica (creator)
Frank, Michael (Advisor)
Shenhav, Amitai (Reader)
Williams, David (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Reward (Psychology)
Delay discounting (Psychology)
Reward learning
Ecological Momentary Assessment
Cognitive effort
Collection:
Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Do Preference and Tolerance for Exercise Intensity Moderate the Effect of Intensity Suggestions on Minutes of Weekly Exercise?

Description:
Abstract: Background: CDC recommendations for exercise intensity may be too strenuous, especially for obese or overweight adults. This is partially explained by a negative hedonic …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Brickley, Michael Brian (creator)
Williams, David (Advisor)
Operario, Don (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Epidemiologic Studies of Coronary Heart Disease and Metabolic Risk in Costa Rica

Description:
Abstract of "Epidemiologic Studies of Coronary Heart Disease and Metabolic Risk in Costa Rica" by Jian Gong, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011Cardiovascular disease, obesity, and …
Year:
2011
Contributor:
Gong, Jian (creator)
Baylin, Ana (Director)
McGarvey, Stephen (Reader)
Wu, Zhijin (Reader)
Goldberg, Robert (Reader)
Brown University. BIOMED: Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Cardiovascular disease
physical activity
palmitoleic acid
stearoyl Co-A desaturase1
Cardiovascular system--Diseases
Obesity
Metabolic syndrome
Exercise
Collection:
Public Health
Epidemiology
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Examining the Association Between Financial Insecurity and Physical Activity Among Adults with Chronic Illness

Description:
The goal of this study is to examine the association between financial insecurity and exercise among adults with a diagnosed chronic illness.
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Arnold, Jasmine (Creator)
Subject:
BRFSS
Exercise
financial insecurity
chronic illness
PHP2508
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Examining the Effect of Exercise on the Relationship between Affect and Cravings among Smokers Engaged in Cessation Treatment Quit-Week Affect and Craving Profiles Predict Short- and Long-Term Smoking Cessation

Description:
Cigarette smoking is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes. When smokers attempt to quit smoking, one of the leading predictors of relapse are cravings. Recent …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Kunicki, Zachary J (creator)
Papandonatos, George (Reader)
Abrantes, Ana (Advisor)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Smoking cessation
Affect (Psychology)
cravings
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Examining the Relationship Between Major Depressive Disorder and Physical Activity in United States Prisons

Description:
N/A
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Aimua, Nicole Iziegbe (creator)
Sammartino, Cara (Advisor)
Brockmann, Brad (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Mental health
Prisoners
Depression, Mental
Prisons
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Exercise as Medicine: A Physical Activity Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Facilitate Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Self-Management Amongst Older Women in a South African Township

Description:
Abstract of Exercise as Medicine: A Physical Activity Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Facilitate Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Self-Management Amongst Older Women in …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Goodman, Kaitlin Gregg (creator)
Harrison, Abigail (Advisor)
Lurie, Mark (Reader)
McGarvey, Stephen (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Obesity
Exercise
Diabetes
Hypertension
Qualitative research
Chronic diseases
Public Health Intervention
South Africa
Sedentary behavior
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Exposure to Exercise is Associated with Improved Self-Reported Social and Emotional Support Among Adults in Minnesota and Rhode Island with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Description:
COPD is a prevalent disease which impacts at least 6% of the United States population, most often affecting smokers over the age of 40. As …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Amass, Tim (Creator)
Subject:
COPD
Emotional Support
Exercise
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Healthy Start/Comienzos Sanos: assessing physical activity of children in family child care homes serving Hispanic/Latinx communities

Description:
Healthy Start/Comienzos Sanos is a bilingual, peer-delivered, cluster-randomized trial intervention to improve diet and PA of mainly Hispanic children 2 to 5 years of age …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Castagneri, Danielle A. (creator)
Risica, Patricia M. (creator)
Gans, Kim M. (creator)
Genre:
abstracts (summaries)
Subject:
Obesity
Exercise
Hispanic Americans
Child Care
Latinx
Collection:
Scholarly Concentrations Program Collection of Abstracts
Full Record

Interaction between Dietary Fat Intake and the CREBRF rs373863828 Variant on BMI among Samoans; Interaction between Physical Activity and the CREBRF rs373863828 Variant on BMI among Samoans

Description:
Interaction between Dietary Fat Intake and the CREBRF rs373863828 Variant on BMI among Samoans: Background: In 2010, a national level genetic epidemiology study conducted in …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Yun, Anita (creator)
McGarvey, Stephen (Advisor)
Risica, Patricia (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Obesity
Exercise
Nutrition
Samoan Islands
gene-environment interactions
Nutrition Transition
Nutrigenomics
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Internal Security Program: Analysis of Potential Foci of Anti-GOB Subversion

Year:
1966
Contributor:
State (addressee)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (distribution place)
LW Bowden (drafter)
Raine, P.
Subject:
Report
Subversion
Embassy
Constituent
Exercise
Internal Security Committee
Foci
Gob
Leftist
Resurgence
Amazônia
Northeast
Guerilla
Bahia
Goiás
Federal District
Socialist
José Porfirio
Minas Gerais
Highway
Rebel
Mineworker
Guanabara
Rio de Janeiro
Mato Grosso
Rio Grande Do Sul
Riot
Collection:
History
Opening the Archives: Documenting U.S.-Brazil Relations, 1960s-80s
Full Record

Physical activity and type II diabetes among Samoan adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2010 Genome Wide Association Study

Description:
Prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes in Samoa are among the highest in the world. Low levels of physical activity and shifts toward more sedentary …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Knight, Jennifer (author)
McGarvey, Stephen (advisor)
Gjelsvik, Annie (advisor)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Samoa
Diabetes
Exercise
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Relations of Physical Activity Levels to Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Postmenopausal Women; Genetic Determinants for Uric Acid levels among People with Diabetes in Hong Kong

Description:
Abstract of Relations of Physical Activity Levels to Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Postmenopausal Women, by Yidan Zhang, MPH, Brown University, May 2017. Context: There are few …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Zhang, Yidan (creator)
Liu, Simin (Advisor)
Luo, Xi (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Cardiovascular system
genome wide association analysis
chronic kidney disease
Uric acid
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Supervised Exercise Therapy After Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Description:
Current evidence shows that there is a correlation between improved cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and a reduction in atrial fibrillation (AF) burden and symptoms. However, patients …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Wright, Nate (Author)
Torbey, Estelle (Author)
Wu, Wen-Chih (Author)
Ngamdu, Kyari Sumayin (Author)
Mehta, Chirag (Author)
DeAngelis, Julianne (Author)
DeSimone, Lori-Ann (Author)
Franchetti, Kelly (Author)
Gordon, Catherine A (Author)
Mohammad, Yasmeen (Author)
Solola Nussbaum, Sade. (Author)
Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Non-Scholarly Concentrator (research program)
Subject:
Atrial fibrillation
Exercise
Catheter ablation
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
Full Record

Supporting Exercise Health-Behavior Change Through Digital Intervention

Description:
Fitness support is not broadly accessible to everyone due to the excessive financial costs associated with hiring a personal trainer. This AI driven app addresses …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Domenic Angelino (Author)
Subject:
AI
Exercise
App
Collection:
MPH Applied Public Health Experience
Full Record

The Association of Income and Exercise Amongst US Adults with Hypertension

Description:
The objective of this study is to measure the impact of income or socioeconomic status on the amount of exercise or physical activity hypertensive adults …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Webb, Julie (Creator)
Subject:
hypertension
Income
Exercise
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

The combined effects of dispositional mindfulness and physical activity on stress among college students

Description:
Distress, both acute and chronic, is a major health concern in the United States leading to various physiological and psychological ailments. This problem is particularly …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Radia, Akash (creator)
Williams, David (Advisor)
Loucks, Eric (Reader)
Brown University. Behavioral and Social Sciences Department (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Exercise
Mindfulness
College students
Mindfulness-based Interventions
MBSR
Stress (Psychology)
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Items (1-20) out of 29 results