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Health literacy and health communication [PDF]
BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2010 Health communication consists of interpersonal or mass communication activities focused on improving the health of individuals and populations. Skills in understanding and applying information about health issues are critical to this process and may have a substantial impact on health behaviors and health outcomes.
Takahiro Kiuchi, Hirono Ishikawa
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Utilizing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in forming a personal health index [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 We propose a new model for comprehensively monitoring the health status of individuals by calculating a personal health index. The central framework of the model is the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) developed by the World Health Organization.
arxiv
The welfare effects of nonlinear health dynamics [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 We generate a continuous measure of health to estimate a non-parametric model of health dynamics, showing that adverse health shocks are highly persistent when suffered by people in poor health. Canonical models cannot account for this pattern.
arxiv
Defining health and health inequalities [PDF]
Public Health, 2019 To examine existing definitions of health and health inequalities and to synthesise the most useful of these using explicit rationale and the most parsimonious text.Literature review and synthesis.Existing definitions of health and health inequalities were identified, and their normative properties were extracted and then critically appraised.
McCartney, G. +3 more
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Comparisons of Australian Mental Health Distributions [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Bayesian nonparametric estimates of Australian mental health distributions are obtained to assess how the mental health status of the population has changed over time and to compare the mental health status of female/male and indigenous/non-indigenous population subgroups.
arxiv
Market2Dish: Health-aware Food Recommendation [PDF]
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and
Applications, April 2021, 2020 With the rising incidence of some diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, a healthy diet is arousing increasing attention. However, most existing food-related research efforts focus on recipe retrieval, user preference-based food recommendation, cooking assistance, or the nutrition and calorie estimation of dishes, ignoring the personalized health ...
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COP28 Open Letter on fossil fuels from the Global Medical and Health Community
Biomolecules & BiomedicineDear COP28 President-Designate Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, This year, world leaders gathering in the UAE to take stock of their climate commitments will for the first time engage in official programming focused on health.
Global Health Organisation Leadership +1 more
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Revista Ciências em Saúde, 2020 Os Editores da Revista Ciências em Saúde, do Hospital de Clínicas de Itajubá, agradecem o primoroso e voluntário trabalho oferecido pelos profissionais listados abaixo, que serviram como pareceristas ad hoc durante o ano de 2020.
Health Sciences Journal
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Journal of Medical Ethics, 1986 Many practical issues in medical ethics depend on an understanding of the concept of health. The main question is whether it is a purely descriptive or a partly evaluative or normative concept. After posing some puzzles about the concept, the views of C Boorse, who thinks it is descriptive, are discussed and difficulties are found for them.
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