Copies of 80 sets of print materials available free of charge to the general public were analyzed to determine the relationship between the developer and advertising-related material. Almost all of the materials had some form of advertising content. Materials from commercial product venders were most likely to have product logos, references to specific brands, and had the greatest number of logos, and the greatest number of references to specific brands. They were the second most likely to have advertising slogans, and had the second greatest number of advertising slogans.

Kenneth D. Ward

Mark W. Vander Weg

Kristen Wood Kovach

Robert C. Klesges

Margaret W. DeBon,

C. Keith Haddock

G. Wayne Talcott

Harry A. Lando

Recruits who entered the US Air Force between September, 1995 and September, 1999 completed a 53-item questionnaire on smoking behaviors during the first week of basic training. Completion rate was 100% among the 32,144 recruits. On an annual basis, smoking costs the Air Force an estimated $20 million in medical costs, $87 million in lost workdays, and $130 million in excessive training costs due to early discharge. Smoking is strictly prohibited during the period of basic training. Overall, 54% had ever smoked and 24.9% smoked when they entered basic training. Whites and Native Americans were most likely to smoke and least likely to quit. African Americans had the lowest smoking rates. Quit rates were highest among Hispanic men and women.

Lucie Richard

Lise Gauvin

Louise Potvin

Jean-Louis Denis

Natalie Kishchuk

Characteristics of organizations which followed a highly ecological approach in their youth tobacco prevention programs were examined among 100 programs located in public health units in 10 Canadian provinces. Programs with a highly ecological approach tended to be located in large cities, have more frequent contacts with external partners, and had more staff devoted primarily to health promotion with more diverse academic backgrounds, greater agreement with the ecological approach, more knowledge of the ecological approach in general, as well as specific programmatic strategies consistent with this approach.

Anja Schumann

Claudio R. Nigg

Joseph S. Rossi

Patricia J. Jordan

Gregory J. Norman

Carol Ewing Garber

Deborah Riebe

Sonya V. Benisovich

Stages of change and self-reported physical activity data were collected in four samples of different age groups of adolescents, college students, adults, and seniors to test the construct validity of stages of change to lower intensity physical activity. In the adolescent, college student and adult sample, stage of change was strongly associated with strenuous and moderate intensity exercise, but not mild intensity exercise. In the senior sample, stage differences were found in exercise frequency.

Brian Oldenburg

James F. Sallis

David Harris

Neville Owen

The Checklist of Health Promotion Environments at Worksites (CHEW) is a 112-item direct observation instrument designed to assess physical characteristics, informational environment, and neighborhood characteristics related to health enhancing behaviors. Observational studies were conducted using the instrument at 20 worksites. Intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from .80 to 1.00 for all attributes except one.