... between SES and morbidity and mortality, prevention and risk factors, and access to care andhealth insurance The Health, United States series presents an annual look at national trends in health ... Status andHealth The report also contains 151 Trend Tables organized around four major subject areas: health status and determinants, health care utilization, health care resources, andhealth ... Nation’s health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health...
... Breast Awareness Timely diagnosis of symptomatic disease relies on breast healthawareness in the potential patient population and in primary health care professionals, and thus increased breast health ... women to seek and obtain health care; create the infrastructure for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer; and promote early detection through breast cancer education andawareness The ... understanding current patterns of disease presentation, and social and behavioral factors that may influence those patterns A variety of barriers to awareness, seeking and obtaining care, and responsiveness...
... building, one was randomly selected using a random number table In Martissant 1,800 families (9,539 people) were surveyed using a two-stage cluster random sampling method (simple random sampling by aerial ... stabilization and referral services for trauma, obstetric, and surgical emergencies In July 2007, mobile clinics were established, offering primary health care across Martissant Sampling We did simple random ... citation purposes) Conflict andHealth 2009, 3:4 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/3/1/4 questions related to violence were directed at those affected when present and consenting (children...
... Alberti et al Conflict andHealth 2010, 4:17 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/17 and can include primary and secondary health care, emergency surgery, therapeutic ... resident populations Additional health services and support, such as the provision of water and latrines, and the distribution of essential non-food items such as jerry cans and plastic sheeting, is ... calculation The first household in each camp or town section was selected by choosing a random number between and x The sampling interval was then added to this random number to select the next household...
... communities, health organizations, and individuals REALITIES Protecting andpromoting the sexual and reproductive health rights of FNIM requires awareness of the barriers to healthand well-being, ... degradation and contamination of FNIM lands, air, and water not only directly damages FNIM women’s sexual and reproductive health but also presents known and unknown health risks to their children and ... counselling, and support This may be particularly challenging for young women and teenagers in rural areas, who may lack awareness about their sexual and reproductive healthandhealth rights and choices,...
... districts are at ‘high risk’ of neonatalandmaternal tetanus (UNICEF,WHO,UNFPA,2000) Neonatalandmaternal tetanus can be prevented by universal coverage of antenatal services and safe delivery practices ... sector and restricted access to healthcare systems leading to a near-to tal ecli pse of avail abil ity and accessibility of universal and comprehensive healthcare A rights-based approach to health ... Disability and access to healthcare 34 Women and access to mental healthcare 35 Occupational health 36 Reproductive health services 37 Informal healthcare ...
... Safe farm :promoting agricultural healthand safety 1995 Sanborn MD, Cole D, Abelsohn A, Weir E: Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects of pesticides CAMJ 166:1431 Miranda J, ... the rest of Luzon Island which makes certain physiologic profile of farmers different The agricultural crops grown between the lowland and highland would also be different, and thus, would have ... on safe and healthy work practices Methodology An initial situational analysis was conducted to investigate the nature and method of pesticide use and application which included the brand of pesticide,...
... available in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and Scotland, and will soon become available in Portugal and in a growing number of developing countries [55] Data about HIV, HCV and HBV prevalence ... care is still inadequate and services increasingly stretched by an ever growing prison population and the high prevalence of co-existing severe mental and other healthand social problems which ... between 1997 and 2003 [33] In a national postal survey of prison medical services for HCV screening and care conducted in 2000 and again in Table 1: Access to care and HIV, HBV and HCV status...
... and cefepime), aminoglycosides (gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin), and others (erythromycin, metronidazole, fusidic acid, rifampicin, and fosfomycin) Antimicrobial therapy was deemed inappropriate ... antibiotic treatment in the ICU and its duration were compared between patients with COPD and patients without COPD Results Patient characteristics One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five patients ... also excluded However, patients with ICUacquired colonisation and/ or infection related to S maltophilia and ICU-acquired colonisation and/ or infection related to NFGNB other than S maltophilia were...
... Conflict andHealth 2010, 4:11 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/11 Page 14 of 16 Table 5: Lifetime exposure to violence and human rights violations and family members with injury and pain ... Conflict andHealth 2010, 4:11 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/11 References Pedersen D: Political violence, ethnic conflict, and contemporary wars: broad implications for healthand ... and their children after the war [4,26] Emotional disturbance can be contagious among Wang et al Conflict andHealth 2010, 4:11 http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/4/1/11 Page of 16 a) and...
... rate and body mass index (BMI) Blood chemistry parameters, including glucose, cholesterols, triglycerides and circulating CD34 -positive cells were measured for nine subjects at the beginning and ... atherosclerosis and thrombosis [19-21] Moreover, EPCs expanded from the obese subjects possessed reduced adhesive, migratory, and angiogenic capacity [22] and fail to respond to vascular endothelial growth ... contributing to the maintenance of energy homeostasis and the pathogenesis of obesity-related metabolic and inflammatory complications [4] Endothelial damage and dysfunction is considered to be a major...
... the estimation included outstand ing balance and highest-balance level, the age and type of account, the type of lender, balances and limits on other accounts, and payment performance information ... accurate and complete and about the implications of data limita tions for credit availability and pricing This study extends earlier research and assesses the effects of data limitations and ambiguities ... reported to the agencies Some small retailers and mortgage and finance companies not report to the agencies, and individuals, employers, insurance companies, and foreign entities typically not report...
... 1998 Financial integration and development in subSaharan Africa Routledge: London and New York Oketch, H., A Abaga and D Kulundu 1995 The demand and supply of micro and small enterprise finance ... access Aryeetey and Gockel (1991) examine some of the factors that influence demand for formal savings and lending facilities in Ghana and observe that incomes, bank formalities and banks’ preference ... activity demands increasing financial services for groups that cannot be reached by the formal financial institutions (Chipeta and Mkandawire, 1994; Soyibo, 1994) The emergence of demand for short-term...
... calls to family and friends around the country, making it evident that he was traveling His reported statements contained delusions of grandeur and wealth, and reflected impulsivity and poor judgments ... year-old right-handed male, presented to our hospital, confused, with delusions of grandeur and elevated mood He was initially found wandering our hospital lobby at night somewhat bewildered and lethargic ... vitamin B12, serum folate, and thryroid measures were normal, and RPR was non-reactive ESR, ANA, and rheumatoid factor were within normal limits Hepatitis C and B and HIV serology were negative...
... 13-fold) and there was an increasing association between increasing pack-years of smoking and RA Current smoking has been found to be a risk factor for RA, with the risk moderately increased in men and ... additive and multiplicative interactions between PTPN22 and heavy cigarette smoking [44] It has also been proposed that risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and coffee consumption, obesity, and oral ... JIA have been hampered by a lack of standardised criteria and case ascertainment, resulting in wide-ranging results: reported prevalence ranges from 0.07 to 4.01 per 1,000 children, and annual incidence...
... Switzerland) The intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation (respectively) were 5.1% and 8.6% for IL-1, 3.4% and 5.2% for IL-6, 6.9% and 7.4% for TNF-α, 3.1% and 5.2% for VCAM-1, 4.1% and ... dysfunction and ultrasonographically determined common carotid artery (CCA) intima– media thickness (IMT) and plaque [9] R635 Materials and methods Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction in RA patients and ... IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α), cytokine suppressant therapy (disease-modifying antirheumatic drug [DMARD] and prednisone use) and biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction (Tables and 2)...
... selected and unselected controls (P = 0.61) Acute-phase reactants The pre-operative ESR and CRP measurements in the cases and controls are presented in Table ESR was determined in 13 cases and 22 ... study and participated in study design, data acquisition, data interpretation, and manuscript preparation CSC carried out statistical analysis KPL, CJM, KJW, and ELM participated in study design and ... control group consisted of 100 patients matched on age and year of surgery The mean age of cases (± standard deviation) was 71.6 ± 8.9 years and that of controls was 71 ± 8.9 years (P = 0.69) factors,...
... serum antithrombin III (%)** 59 (32-85) Chylothorax patient are smaller and lighter and have a longer CPB duration and x-clamp time than non-chylothorax patients Abbr.: n.s = not significant Lowest ... diagnoses and operations, and the retrospective design Due to these limitations, we could not methodically analyze the impact of the loss of pro- and anti-coagulation factors, total protein and immunoglobulins ... drain losses and coagulation factor imbalances Further attempts to treat chylous pleural and abdominal effusions including TPN, octreotide treatment, supraphrenic duct ligation and pleurodesis...
... citation purposes) Globalization andHealth 2009, 5:17 for the healthand well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services." ... distribution of all health facilities, goods and services; adopting and implementing a national public health strategy and plan of action with clear benchmarks and deadlines; and taking measures ... with the necessary health insurance and health- care facilities, and to prevent any discrimination on internationally prohibited grounds in the provision of health care andhealth services, especially...
... inadequate and often poorly spent [8-11] International and national, faith-based and secular NGOs have responded by providing and funding health care in both India and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and ... Globalization andHealth 2011, 7:4 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/4 Page 13 of 13 41 Gilson L: Trust and the development of health care as a social institution Social Science and Medicine ... campaigning and advocacy on rational use of medicines, safety, and pricing and it is an active member of AIDAN In East Africa, NGO faith-based wholesalers are well established in Kenya and Uganda...