A Smoking and Health Fair: Implementation and Evaluation

Evans, Ronald G.; Decker, Brent

doi:10.1080/07448481.1987.9939011

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“…All events, held in a large student lounge, are based on a fair model (Hedrick, Rubin-Lieberman and Bmggeman, 1983;Evans & Decker, 1987) featuring various "booths" with information and activities. The fair model enables the Counseling Center to reach approximately 20% of the student body in one day.…”

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Counseling center outreach: A guide to simple, inexpensive programming

Cronin

1991

Int J Adv Counselling

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Specific strategies for psychological, health, and academic outreach at a university counseling center are presented. Primary and secondary preventative programs targeting three identified groups -students, faculty/staff and resident assistants -are discussed. All strategies presented require a minimum of staff and financial resources. Effectiveness as measured by percentage of target population reached is presented. It is suggested that the communication of effective outreach strategies may encourage other student service agencies to adopt and expand upon the programming.

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“…These figures suggest that this format is an effective way to reach a respectable percentage of the student body (cf. Evans & Decker, 1987).…”

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Counseling center outreach: A guide to simple, inexpensive programming

Cronin

1991

Int J Adv Counselling

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The health beliefs of health fair participants

Heath

Lucic²,

Hollifield³

et al. 1991

J Community Health

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The motivations and health beliefs of adults who participate in community-based health promotion were studied through a survey of 303 adults attending five community health fairs. Subjects were predominately female (69.9%), over age 60 (66.8%), and had at least yearly contact with a family physician (85.3%). Obtaining laboratory testing services was the sole reason for attendance for 47% of participants, was thought to be of much greater importance than health educational materials also offered at the health fair, and identified as providing a sense of control over personal health care. Receiving their own normal test results was perceived as assuring a "healthy" future for 86% of participants and few used these results to support erroneous health beliefs. A theme of "positive health feedback", identified through factor analysis of survey responses, may prove useful for family physicians to incorporate into more directed and useful health promotion efforts for enhanced patient participation and satisfaction.

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Key informant interviews with coordinators of special events conducted to increase cancer screening in the United States

Escoffery¹,

Rodgers²,

Kegler³

et al. 2014

Health Education Research

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Special events such as health fairs, cultural festivals and charity runs are commonly employed in the community to increase cancer screening; however, little is known about their effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to assess the activities, screening outcomes, barriers and recommendations of special events to increase breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening. In-depth interviews were conducted nationally with 51 coordinators of events in June to September 2012. Health fairs and screening days were the most common events conducted, primarily for breast cancer education. Goals were to increase awareness of cancer screening and reach special populations. Evidence-based Community Guide strategies to increase cancer screening employed were: small media, reducing structural barriers, one-on-one education or group education. For each event that provided screening on-site or through referral, a mean of 35 breast, 28 cervical and 19 colorectal cancer screenings were reported. Coordinators made recommendations for further evaluation of special events, and most plan to conduct another special event. These data are novel and provide baseline documentation of activities and recommendations for a commonly used community-based cancer screening intervention that lacks evidence of effectiveness. Additional research to better understand the use of special events for increasing cancer screening is warranted.

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A Smoking and Health Fair: Implementation and Evaluation

Cited by 5 publications

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Counseling center outreach: A guide to simple, inexpensive programming

Counseling center outreach: A guide to simple, inexpensive programming

The health beliefs of health fair participants

Key informant interviews with coordinators of special events conducted to increase cancer screening in the United States

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