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Messages from moms: barriers to and facilitators of behavior change in a lead poisoning preventive education project.

J Health Commun. 2007 Dec;12(8):771-86

Authors: Jordan CM, Lee PA, Olkon R, Pirie PL

Qualitative focus group data from participants of an intensive, culture-specific, lead poisoning preventive education research project were analyzed to assess success of communication strategies, and, specifically, to identify barriers to and facilitators of adopting behavior changes encouraged in the project. Effectiveness of education in preventing lead poisoning is addressed elsewhere. Education focused on housecleaning, hygiene, water, and nutrition. Ninety-five participants (89% of 107 eligible) of six ethnicities agreed to participate in focus groups. Seventy-eight (82%) actually attended. Barriers to behavior change included the effort required or unpleasantness of a prevention strategy, presentation of familiar information, denial of the problem, busyness, perceived lack of control, lack of social support, cultural traditions, and misunderstandings. Requiring one-time behavior changes; teaching simple, easy strategies; making less appealing tasks fun; demonstrating concepts; and presenting novel material that piques interest were features of the education that facilitated behavior change. Factors internal to the participant, such as love of the child or cultural practices, also served to motivate the participant to change behavior or to facilitate adoption of a prevention strategy. We offer recommendations to assist others in designing effective health education and risk communication prevention or intervention programs.

PMID: 18030641 [PubMed - in process]

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The Christmas trees are going up everywhere - Christmas lights have begun to adorn homes around the neighborhood - and Thanksgiving is still several days away. In the past years I have had a cut-off date for Christmas Cards of November 15th. If they weren’t done by that date then I make a decision to proceed happily into the holiday season guilt free for not sending out cards that year. One of these years when the kids are grown up I picture myself sending out cards again. But for now that date has come and gone and no cards have been prepared.

The next thing we have done to go into the holidays with as little stress as possible is to create a Thanksgiving list and a Christmas dinner list. I would like to take more credit for this but actually it was my darling hubby. He has everything down to the shopping list and timeline for dinner preps all written down. It is great!

For Christmas dinner we have a traditional Christmas ham and in general we keep the dinner very simple.

Over the next several weeks, check back here for little tips and tricks to keeping the holidays joyous and as stress free as possible.