Pirjo Halonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5543692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pirjo Halonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pirjo |
| FAMILY NAME | Halonen |
| SIGNATURE | HALONEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Eastern Finland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Positive and Negative Life Changes and LDL Cholesterol
Epidemiological studies have revealed that stressful changes in social environment increase the risk of cardiovascular mortality. In this study, the influence of major negative and positive life changes on serum cholesterol was examined in middle-aged men to determine a possible biochemical link between life changes and cardiovascular mortality. The results showed no influence of negative life changes on serum cholesterols. However, positive life…
Stability and Internal Consistency of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire
Finnish Healthy Village Study
Please note that in the above article, published in Volume 11 Number 2: June 1996, pages 105-115, the public resources in Finland for health care are not increasing but decreasing. In respect of this the ‘Conclusions’ should read as follows: A village-level health promotion programme based on local participation, a population approach and inter-sectoral collaboration between village boards, local primary health care centres and adult education in…
Finnish Healthy Village Study
In the Finnish Healthy Village Study, the basic health profiles of working-aged people (20–64 years) were characterized in four rural villages in 1986. After that, a 3-year health promotion programme (intervention) was carried out in two of these villages and in two additional villages, in collaboration with the local village governing boards, local primary health care centres, and adult education institutions. The additional two villages served …
Identification of Health Status Dimensions in a Working-Age Population
With regard to health care there is a growing demand for comprehensive and reliable instruments of general health status measurement. In the Finnish Healthy Village Study, 427 men and 366 women of working age participated in a comprehensive health examination that included more than 120 physical, psychological, and social health status variables. On the basis of minimum correlation values, 37 health status variables were chosen for factor analyti…
Finnish Healthy Village Study
Finnish Healthy Village Study started in 1981 as an innovative local level health promotion project in a small Syvänniemi village in North Savo, Middle-Eastern Finland. In 1986, health profile analysis was carried out in four villages in North Savo. Altogether, 793 people working age (20–64 years) participated in the first health profile analysis. Low education level, lack of social support, strenuous work, fatty food and lack of physical exercis…
Finnish Healthy Village Study
Finnish Healthy Village Study started in 1981 as an innovative local level health promotion project in a small Syvänniemi village in North Savo, Middle-Eastern Finland. In 1986, health profile analysis was carried out in four villages in North Savo. Altogether, 793 people working age (20–64 years) participated in the first health profile analysis. Low education level, lack of social support, strenuous work, fatty food and lack of physical exercis…
Identification of Health Status Dimensions in a Working-Age Population
With regard to health care there is a growing demand for comprehensive and reliable instruments of general health status measurement. In the Finnish Healthy Village Study, 427 men and 366 women of working age participated in a comprehensive health examination that included more than 120 physical, psychological, and social health status variables. On the basis of minimum correlation values, 37 health status variables were chosen for factor analyti…
Finnish Healthy Village Study
Please note that in the above article, published in Volume 11 Number 2: June 1996, pages 105-115, the public resources in Finland for health care are not increasing but decreasing. In respect of this the ‘Conclusions’ should read as follows: A village-level health promotion programme based on local participation, a population approach and inter-sectoral collaboration between village boards, local primary health care centres and adult education in…
Finnish Healthy Village Study
In the Finnish Healthy Village Study, the basic health profiles of working-aged people (20–64 years) were characterized in four rural villages in 1986. After that, a 3-year health promotion programme (intervention) was carried out in two of these villages and in two additional villages, in collaboration with the local village governing boards, local primary health care centres, and adult education institutions. The additional two villages served …
Positive and Negative Life Changes and LDL Cholesterol
Epidemiological studies have revealed that stressful changes in social environment increase the risk of cardiovascular mortality. In this study, the influence of major negative and positive life changes on serum cholesterol was examined in middle-aged men to determine a possible biochemical link between life changes and cardiovascular mortality. The results showed no influence of negative life changes on serum cholesterols. However, positive life…
Stability and Internal Consistency of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire
Medicine (6 works) · Public health (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Health promotion (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Cronbach's alpha (2 works) · Demography (2 works)