Kitty Corbett
Biographic Data
| ID | 3723069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kitty Corbett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kitty |
| FAMILY NAME | Corbett |
| SIGNATURE | CORBETT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo. Ontario, Canada. 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effectiveness of social marketing in improving knowledge, attitudes and practice of consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil in Tanzania
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a social marketing intervention in enhancing knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) related to consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil. Design The intervention employed community events, distribution of educational materials and radio broadcasts. The intervention was assessed in a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group study design by collecting information on KAP regarding vitamin A-fortified o…
Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda
For adolescent mothers in rural Eastern Uganda, nutrition and health may be compromised by many factors. Identifying individual and environmental needs and barriers at local levels is important to inform community-based interventions. This qualitative study used interviews based on constructs from social cognitive theory. 101 adolescent mothers, family members, health-related personnel and community workers in Budondo sub-county (Jinja district),…
Gender, social pressure, and smoking cessations
Community mobilization for smoking cessation
The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) required that 11 different project sites utilize a standard protocol to mobilize their communities for a four-year intervention aimed at smoking cessation. This experience provided a unique opportunity to describe the process and examine several questions about the mobilization components and to assess the effectiveness of a common set of mobilization strategies. Specific questions o…
Refugees in the Health Care System”
This woman didn't speak much English and I think she must have been from one of those Southeast Asian hill tribes, and her baby had pneumonia and was hospitalized with a very high fever, really sick. I told her she could spend the night on the cot we had put in the baby's room. A couple of hours later when I went in to check up on the baby, she was right there inside the crib next to him, all curled up. She had climbed up into there and squeezed …
Putting Health Impact Assessment into practice through the lenses of diffusion of innovations theory
Refugees in the Health Care System”
This woman didn't speak much English and I think she must have been from one of those Southeast Asian hill tribes, and her baby had pneumonia and was hospitalized with a very high fever, really sick. I told her she could spend the night on the cot we had put in the baby's room. A couple of hours later when I went in to check up on the baby, she was right there inside the crib next to him, all curled up. She had climbed up into there and squeezed …
Community mobilization for smoking cessation
The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) required that 11 different project sites utilize a standard protocol to mobilize their communities for a four-year intervention aimed at smoking cessation. This experience provided a unique opportunity to describe the process and examine several questions about the mobilization components and to assess the effectiveness of a common set of mobilization strategies. Specific questions o…
Gender, social pressure, and smoking cessations
Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda
For adolescent mothers in rural Eastern Uganda, nutrition and health may be compromised by many factors. Identifying individual and environmental needs and barriers at local levels is important to inform community-based interventions. This qualitative study used interviews based on constructs from social cognitive theory. 101 adolescent mothers, family members, health-related personnel and community workers in Budondo sub-county (Jinja district),…
Effectiveness of social marketing in improving knowledge, attitudes and practice of consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil in Tanzania
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a social marketing intervention in enhancing knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) related to consumption of vitamin A-fortified oil. Design The intervention employed community events, distribution of educational materials and radio broadcasts. The intervention was assessed in a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group study design by collecting information on KAP regarding vitamin A-fortified o…
Putting Health Impact Assessment into practice through the lenses of diffusion of innovations theory
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (2 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (2 works) · Smoking cessation (2 works)