Masaaki Yamada, Michikazu Sekine, Takashi Tatsuse, Yukiko Asaka
Association between lifestyle, parental smoke, socioeconomic status, and academic performance in Japanese elementary school children: the Super Diet Education Project
Environmental health and preventive medicine
rural communities noted poor health outcomes rural areas experience barriers care primarily due lack resources including education health insurance transportation social support additionally poor health outcomes consequence poor health literacy skills community health workers chws utilized resource combat issues study focused chw led selfmanagement blood pressure smbp program offered university texas tyler health science center goal program improve management hypertension awareness education navigation advocacy resource assistance smbp program included structured workshops regular followup participants including connections community resources social support chws worked closely physicians providing bidirectional feedback referrals engagement communities outreach events furthermore chws aided bridge cultural linguistic gaps service providers community members data provided indicating chwled intervention played significant role improving hypertension education make lifestyle changes impact overall health quality life participants gained knowledge encouraging create lifelong healthy habits coping skills stress management selfcare accountability innovative approach participants thrived supportive encouraging environment led chws well improved blood pressure management