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Drinking Behaviors and Health in Old Age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Alcohol abuse among the elderly population is rapidly becoming a widespread public health concern. As it goes undetected and undiagnosed in many within this age cohort, there is an increased need to further examine the effects of alcohol consumption on ...
Knapp, Kaleigh
core   +1 more source

Imagery Interventions in Health Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

open access: yesHealth Psychology, 2017
Objective: Imagery-based interventions represent an inexpensive, potentially effective technique for changing health behavior and promoting adaptive health outcomes.
Dominic Conroy, M. Hagger
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acceptability and feasibility of the school-engaged social and behavior change communication approach on malaria prevention in Ethiopia: implications for engagement, empowerment, and retention (EER) of education sectors in malaria elimination efforts

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Evidence on process outcomes such as acceptability, and feasibility of behavior change communication interventions are important in program evaluation to understand how, and why such a program works.
Fira Abamecha   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

HEALTH BEHAVIORS

open access: yesEPH - International Journal of Medical and Health Science, 2016
Health is defined as a complete state of physical, mental   and social well-being   and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity [World health organization, 1948]. Defining  health  as  the absence of  illness, health is   recognized  to be  an achievement involving  balance among  physical, mental  and  social well-being.
openaire   +1 more source

Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolecents' Field Behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found
Kocher, Martin G.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Findings From the 2007 EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Presents findings on the growth of account-based and high-deductible health plans, the health status and demographic profiles of enrollees, and the health plans' impact on consumer behavior, based on an online survey of privately insured ...
Paul Fronstin, Sarah Collins
core  

Toward an mHealth Intervention for Smoking Cessation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The prevalence of tobacco dependence in the United States (US) remains alarming. Invariably, smoke-related health problems are the leading preventable causes of death in the US.
Addo, Ivor D.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

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