... 2003, the proportion of treated wastewater exceeded 85% in the Nordic and some northern European countries Southern and southeastern European countries treated between 40% and 60%, and some of the ... Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine At their first meeting, the parties to the Protocol on Water and Health reviewed and adopted the work programme for 2007–2009 and ... indicator-based assessment of children s health andthe environment in the WHO European Region in the context of theChildren s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe The assessment provides...
... social learning theories of Rotter’ and Bandura’ 3-1reflect and are derived from these views Bandura’s social learning theory (SLT),’ which he has recently relabelled social cognitive theory ... social learning (or cognitive) theory builds upon the seminal work of Tolman’ and Kurt Lewin.ó-9 Accordingly, considerable overlap should be ex- pected The similarity of the HBM and Bandura’s ... ,’ particularly on 178 the informative and motivational role of reinforcement and on the role of observational learning through modeling (imitating) the behavior of others The delineation of sources...
... Childrenand chemicals LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn about chemical hazards – what they are andthe risks they may pose to children Identify the scenarios – how, where and when are children ... determinants and characteristics Informing the community – andthe children! Educating colleagues and other professionals Raising the awareness of policy-makers Promoting the implementation of the appropriate ... Mention the agreements that are relevant to the setting of the course and participants, and mention those ratified and/ or followed-up in the country.>> Ref: •WHO Children' s Health andthe Environment:...
... that they acknowledge the poor level of understanding of ice behaviour and exclude possible effects of the melting of the big ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica in their predictions; they ... of the land mass of the Earth; humans controlled the flow and levels of 2/3 of the rivers of the Earth; humans had already harvested to the limit or exhausted 2/3 of all marine fisheries; and ... the frequency and severity of heat waves will increase the risks of death and serious illness The very old, the very young andthe sick are particularly vulnerable to thermal stress Children are...
... have that they can perform the behavior required to produce a desired outcome, is crucial to the success of the CDSMP.2 The more self-efficacy people have, the more control they believe they have ... improve their functional ability by attending the CDSMP and practicing its principles CDSMP improved health and reduced health care use • Improvement in their self-rated health, disability, social and ... duration of the study.10 For example, during the first months, CDSMP participants were hospitalized 0.15 fewer days than they had been during the months before they began the program Patients in the...
... including the ability to activate and detoxify carcinogens, the presence of stem cells, and possibly others Usefulness for human risk estimation would be strengthened by the study of these factors ... been based on exploiting gender and polymorphic differences between the fetus and mother The recent discovery of epigenetic differences between the maternal andthe fetal DNA detectable in maternal ... imprinting and adduct technology These techniques may provide evidence in the future of chemical toxic exposures and their possible relevance to the etiologies of childhood cancers Children and Cancer...
... computers, andthe theme was mobile collaboration The experiments in the camps provided new learning for the organisers and for the kids Thechildren were very adaptive to the new technology At the ... fast, andthe market andthe use of these devices is very likely to expand The mobile phone must be easy to use for childrenChildren are frequent users of the products and have them on all the ... would enter the genuine ubiquitous broadband era in 2008 The mobile phone will play the role of linking all these together The handset would be the gateway for the individual, enabling the individual...
... foods and in the air Finally, we must become vigorous advocates for the protection of food from contamination with mycotoxins and other toxins These and other measures are crucial for protecting the ... provoke in some children Individual physicians may have difficulty handling the patients because of the lack of recognition of the relationship between the often complex symptoms andthe indoor environment ... Interval=1.8-87.6) The tortillas used to make the burritos were supplied by company B; the fillings, beef at one school and beef and pinto beans at the other, were made in the two school kitchens...
... and adequately inform children, parents, members of the community, and other key stakeholders at all levels about the importance of children s health andthe environment Plan of action • Synthesize ... in our respective countries and to the attention of the international agencies concerned about children' s health andthe environment andthe needs for green growth and sustainability Discussion ... degraded ecosystems and climate change, and therefore the provision of primary health care should be expanded to help clinicians deal with the environmental threats to childrenand their communities...
... available, the sites are useable, and that sen i o r s a re comfor table navigating their way through th e o n l i n e information world n 13 e-health _and theelderly SURVEY TOPLINES e-Health andthe Elderly: ... year- olds and 2% o f s e n i o r s say they have ever communicated with a d o c to r o r other provider via e -mail O n the other hand, drug companies and o t h e r s a re using the Net to market ... 25% 8% e-health _and theelderly O ver the past ten years, the Internet has eme rg e d as an integral par t of the lives of many Amer i c a n s, transforming the way in which they get infor m...
... and toileting, and many more report difficulty in carrying out these activities due to health problems The rates are higher for the poor and near-poor elderly, with 12.9 percent of the poor and ... of the non-poor living alone, and only one-third (31 percent) of theelderly poor 62 are married, in contrast to 72 percent of the non-poor elderly This reflects the older age composition of the ... (Madans and Kleinman, 1980; Davis and Rowland, 1986) Low-income elderly people have been particularly reliant on Medicare coverage because they are in poorer health than high-income elderly, and therefore,...
... for them CHILDREN S HEALTH ANDTHE ENVIRONMENT IN NORTH AMERICA 1.0 An Overview of theChildren s Health andthe Environment Indicators Initiative 1.1 CHILDREN S HEALTH ANDTHE ENVIRONMENT The ... by the CEC Council for the countries’ cooperative work on children s health andthe environment, namely: asthma and respiratory disease, lead and other chemicals, and waterborne diseases These ... reflect the CEC priorities, as defi ned by the Council The CEC priority areas for children s health andthe environment include: asthma and respiratory disease, lead and other toxic substances, and...
... expenditures of theelderly to the non -elderly in the United States was 3.0 in 1987 (Fuchs 1998a) climbing to 3.9 in the mid-1990s (Anderson and Hussey 2000) Cutler and Meara (1997) found that over the period ... spent on their care These factors include the nature of living arrangements in societies, the economic conditions of the elderly, public policies relating to the care of the elderly, and technological ... Ogawa and Retherford 1997 and references cited therein; Oshomuvwe 1990; Vanlandingham et al 2001 and references cited therein; da Vanzo and Chan 1994) Several of the studies also analyze the reasons...
... H5N1 and H1N1, MPV, SARS-, NL6 3and HKU1-CoV, HBoV, HRV-C and –D andthe possible respiratory pathogens, KI- and, WU-PyV and TTV [13, 14, 17-28] All these new viruses are distributed throughout the ... bronchiolitis and even pneumonia Serologic studies show seroprevalences of 50 to 80% for KI- and WUPyVs in healthy childrenand adults [108-110] Data on the occurrence of these viruses in theelderly ... in immune cells, and protein-energy malnutrition [169] There is a paucity of accurate data on the link between the causes of death of elderlyandthe age-associated changes in the immune system...
... Denmark, Finland, and Japan, indicate the need for further investigation of the possible role of carbon monoxide in the genesis of atherosclerotic vascular changes in animals and man The degree ... to make the home safer: 1) Beware of matches and lighters around the house -Store them out of reach and sight -Teach toddlers to tell you when they find one and explain to them that these tools ... -Practice the fire escape plans and teach children how to cover their nose and mouth to reduce smoke inhalation -If there are babies and toddlers: keep a harness by the crib to be able to carry the...
... foods and in the air Finally, we must become vigorous advocates for the protection of food from contamination with mycotoxins and other toxins These and other measures are crucial for protecting the ... provoke in some children Individual physicians may have difficulty handling the patients because of the lack of recognition of the relationship between the often complex symptoms andthe indoor environment ... Interval=1.8-87.6) The tortillas used to make the burritos were supplied by company B; the fillings, beef at one school and beef and pinto beans at the other, were made in the two school kitchens...
... typical of acrodynia The photograph on the top shows Feer‘s Disease (another term for acrodynia) Notice the scaling of the skin between the fingers The photograph on the bottom of the slides also ... exposure, children living - but not working in the exposure area, children living and working in the exposure area) the mercury levels differ The coloured box represents 25-75%, the line in side is the ... foetus, newborn and young childrenThe outcomes depend on the form of Hg, dose and timing of exposure, but the main effects are on the central nervous system, kidney, mucosal and dermal, and also acrodynia...
... Council of the Netherlands Pesticides in food: assessing the risk to childrenThe Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands, 2004 Pesticides ROUTES OF PERINATAL EXPOSURE Mother’s intake and body ... consider the presentation, concentration and formulation of the products, as the toxic effects depend on the physical state of the product and also on the characteristics of the solvent or other ... Pesticides LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn about pesticides – what they are and what are the risks they may pose? Identify the scenarios – where and when are children exposed? Recognize signs, symptoms and...
... physicians in the USA, the UK and Finland These physicians were not exclusive to critical care but included both cardiologists and emergency medicine The survey was anonymous and questioned their use ... practitioners who work in the UK, an interesting paper published in Anaesthesia [7] looked at the use of therapeutic hypothermia in the 256 intensive care units in the UK A telephone survey obtained ... the majority of the over-65 patients in this sample lived independently before their hospital admission and may therefore be a biased sample In a paper in Intensive Care Medicine from The Netherlands...