... was involved in interpretation of data VNM participated in acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and was involved in drafting the manuscript FAO-O participated in acquisition of data ... postgraduate level For those already in service, there is need for continuing medical education (CME) on mental health Thirdly, there is need for routine use of screening instruments to assist in making ... anxiety These findings call for continuing education on mental health at all levels of general and surgical facilities, and also for routine screening for mental disorders Competing interests The...
... with living healthy with the chances of making healthy adjustments increasing with increasing levelof education Among males the chances of living healthy increased with increasing levelof educational ... consuming a minimum of five servings of vegetables a day decreased by at least percentage points About in 10 of the respondents reported consuming between and servings of vegetables before the introduction ... vegetables, drinking more water, reducing the intake of meat, salt and saturated oils/fats, reducing or eliminating smoking and alcohol intake); exercise (increasing daily physical activity including cardiovascular...
... offspring cohort that includes individuals of varying age, ranging from young children to adults Mental health information of children of sawmill workers was gathered from the provincial administrative ... changes of residence were more likely to have higher rates of mental health diagnoses and higher levels of help-seeking, as well as lower levels of social competence These lower levels of social ... on such forms This individual -level administrative health information is available to researchers who have obtained approval as the result of a stringent process of review of ethical standards...
... in inconsistent responses We found inconsistencies in 12.2% of the sample, indicating the difficulties in communicating the information about the mechanism of action To assess the influence of ... cross-sectional survey in a sample of women in reproductive age (18–49) from ten Primary Care Health Centres in various areas of Pamplona, Spain Women attend this kind of centre for obtaining primary care ... would consider using and would stop or continue using In addition, hypothetical choices were examined in terms of a non-specific "method of family planning" and not in terms of actual methods...
... 36 definitions of e -health before refining Eysenbach’s to read: ‘e -health is an emerging field ofhealth informatics, referring to the organisation and delivery ofhealth services and information ... pillars: improving the functioning ofhealth care systems by improving the management of information and access to that information, including: • management of logistics of patient care • administrative ... among health workers, including sharing of learning and training approaches • Supported more effective health research and the dissemination and access to research findings This paper is part of...
... president of the National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... based on a relief carving from ancient Greece, now held by the Staatliche Museen in Berlin National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine National Research ... Department ofHealth and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration Contract No 500-98-0275 Any opinion, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of...
... accuracy data ASSESSING QUALITY OF SELECTED STUDIES Test accuracy studies consist of non-randomised observational studies of defined populations in which the results of the test of interest are compared ... recordings made by one observer are not influenced by the knowledge of the measurements obtained by other observers Moreover, during the verification process bias may arise if the result of the ... the execution of test and blinding of its results to the gold standard Table A hierarchy of evidence for primary test accuracy studies Grade Levelof evidence A An independent, blind comparison...
... glycoproteins and anthraquinones, which block the regeneration of thromboxanes and bradykinin, and also inhibit and break down bradykinin In rural areas, a mixture of A vera and engine oil (lubricant) ... the use of the herbs was not affected by age or levelof education, as the levelof education was generally low Although the effectiveness of A vera and A spicata in treating and controlling coccidiosis ... the escalating costs of drugs and the focus on organic products in most developing countries In addition, with the development of resistance of pathogens to drugs, ethnoveterinary medicine might...
... developments in understanding the dimensions ofhealth and the process ofhealth change for an aging population Recent trends ineach dimension ofhealth are then reviewed, ending with a discussion of ... trends in healthy life, which is a combination of mortality and morbidity dimensions BACKGROUND Theoretical Underpinnings of the Study of Trends inHealth Theoretical development in the area ofhealth ... shown in Figure are declines in the percentageof the older population with difficulty performing a number of indicators of physical functioning reported in the MCBS during the 1990s The percentage...
... are meaningless Be worried about the bad event in future observed in 66/5% of elderly More than 90% of them have enough free time which is spent in watching TV by 97% of them Almost 67% of these ... Effectiveness of Educational… elderly Therefore, it is necessary to define ways of promoting health, nutrition and dietary allocations which has more influence in measuring the quality of life through ... Having a meaningful life Not worried about the future Feeling of happiness Hope for the future Spend time in leisure activities Performance of exercise Different types of exercises Consumption of...
... at all literacy levels have problems understanding and using health information, people with limited literacy skills are especially in need of help They need help in understanding written information ... describe what is happening in a picture can often be written at a low literacylevel thereby helping people with limited reading skills understand the intended meaning of the pictures 8.5 Be ... research indicating that pictures aid comprehension by providing a context for organizing information in the text—which is consistent with Morrow et al.’s [23] study of comprehension of medication instructions...
... 1202 schooling and health would, depending on its nature, imply the possibility of increasing the aggregate levelofhealth either by increasing schooling or by increasing health education ... estimates of alcohol content in beer, light wines, wines and spirits [28] The frequency of smoking (number of cigarettes per day) and exercise (number of minutes of training) were calculated in a ... years of age) Health, 15D score (H) Schooling, number of years of schooling (E) Smoking, ordinal variable describing smoking habits (0 ¼ no smoking, ¼ occasional smoking, ¼ regular daily smoking)...
... understandings of the prevention of mental illnesses remain in a relatively nascent state, especially in terms of how prevention can be incorporated into routine clinical practice Yet, this book, Clinical ... other mental healthcare providers with a useful guide on becoming prevention-minded in routine clinical settings Although much of the work of prevention is accomplished in nonclinical settings (e.g., ... prevention of influenza and other acute infections using vaccination In mental health, examples of primary prevention are less numerous, partly because of the lack of understanding of discrete...
... role of B cells in the optimal host response against MTB by increasing the infection inoculum (Vordermeier et al., 1996; Maglione et al., 2007) In addition the protection of mice against MTB infection ... numbers and + + percentageof CD3 CD16 CD56 NK cells detected in patients with PTB in this study may therefore indicate the contribution of NK cells in the host immune response against MTB infection ... notable findings were increased percentage with an absolute numbers of NK and B cells while reduced percentage with an absolute numbers of CD4 + lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients...
... training in some health science or biomedical field A knowledge of biostatistics and computer programming may be useful in following some of the detailed examples Readers may find some parts of ... modeling as presented in this text can be considered an essential part of a program inhealth computer sciences The modeling techniques included in mathematical biology are intimately involved in ... Moreover, in a search for the best set of parameters the Models and Goals 11 global minimum need not necessarily be the best The existence of local minima introduces a levelof uncertainty into nonlinear...
... by PBS eral, the cases with intensive staining of CD133 had higher percentageof CD133+ tumor cells Several nests with intensive CD133 staining, so-called "hotspot" could always be seen within ... normal intestinal epithelium could be found in 72 out of 104 specimens used for this study The CD133 expression of normal intestinal epithelium was only found in out of the 72 specimens Referring ... the basal surface of cancer cells; (E): the staining of CD133 on budding cancer nest; (F): the staining of CD133 on poor-differentiated cancer nests with ductal structures Page of (page number...
... corresponding c index values For each method, solid line indicates the chosen cut-off value Lower panels show Kaplan-Meier curves obtained comparing TTT of patients affected by CLL expressing or ... case of the T/B Ratio-method, in which ZAP-70 expression is evaluated taking into account T-MFI and B-MFI, the optimal cut-off value was again estimated by calculating the c index As shown in Fig ... determined by the two readouts (D) Kaplan-Meyer curves obtained comparing TTT of patients affected by CLL expressing ZAP-70 according to T/B Ratiomethod (127 cases), expressing ZAP-70 according...
... notwithstanding efforts made to interview professionals in the Ministry ofHealth The assistants who helped in note-taking were not always trained for the task, as ineach province a provincial manager ... comprised identifying and marking key points from each question (area of study) ineach interview Subsequently the emerging themes were identified and grouped byeachhealth professional group ... epidemic, the growing awareness of the difficulties in retaining medical doctors in rural areas and the brain drain from low-income to high-income countries has renewed the interest in looking at alternatives...