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Engaging people with lived experience on advisory councils of a national not-for-profit: an integrated knowledge translation case study of Heart & Stroke Mission Critical Area Councils

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022
Background In 2018, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada transformed its approach to organizational strategic planning and priority-setting. The goal was to generate impact from bench to bedside to community, to improve the health of Canadians.
Krystina B. Lewis, Nedra Peter, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, Ian D. Graham, Anita Kothari   +4 more
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MOTIVATIONS, IMPORTANCE, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN HEALTH

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2019
Purpose: To understand the motivations, importance, challenges and perspectives for acting as local health counselors in the Unified Health System.Method: A qualitative and descriptive study of the exploratory type conducted with 15 local health ...
Carlos Junglos, Felipa Rafaela Amadigi, Rosani Ramos Machado, Jacks Sorato   +3 more
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Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge: Applying Depression Collaborative Care and Community Planning to Disaster Recovery. [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundAddressing behavioral health impacts of major disasters is a priority of increasing national attention, but there are limited examples of implementation strategies to guide new disaster responses.
Chung, Bowen, Gardner, Sarah, Griffith, Krystal, Grover, Leslie T, Haywood, Catherine, Jumonville, Lauren Crapanzano, Keegan, Robin, Landry, Craig, Massey, Willie, Meyers, Diana, Miranda, Jeanne, Patron, David, Phillippi, Stephen, Ramirez, Alexa, Sonnier, Suzy, Springgate, Benjamin F, Sugarman, Olivia K, Trapido, Ed, Wells, Kenneth B, Wennerstrom, Ashley   +19 more
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Food Policy Councils: Lessons Learned [PDF]

, 2009
As the food and financial crises bring fresh urgency to concerns over hunger, food access, public health, labor and economic development -- citizens and governments are beginning to connect these issues back to the food system as a whole.
Alethea Harper, Alison Alkon, Annie Shattuck, Eric Holt-Gimenez, Frances Lambrick   +4 more
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Assignment of functions to local authorities in Lesotho [PDF]

, 2016
In Lesotho the adoption of the new constitution in 1993 made provision for local development. These constitutional provisions were only operationalised in 1997 through an Act of parliament (Local Government Act 1997).
Nyane, Hoolo
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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
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Mapping Adaptive Capacity of Urban Residents: A Case Study of Rawalpindi, Pakistan

NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
The study estimated the adaptive capacity ranking of urban union councils of Rawalpindi through composite index considering fifteen economic, social, and institutional indicators as drivers of adaptive capacity through a structured questionnaire.
Naeem Ahmed, Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda, Azra Khan   +2 more
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Childhood Councils: Effective Planning Processes for Health Systems Integration [PDF]

, 2011
The Colorado Trust launched its Early Childhood Council Health Integration grant strategy in 2008. Through this effort, the Early Childhood Councils developed strategies to better integrate health practitioners and health care services into their work ...
Elizabeth Bruner, Jennifer Schroeder
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Sport, physical activity and the establishment of Health and Wellbeing Boards in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire [PDF]

, 2014
This paper will examine the emergence of Health and Wellbeing Boards in Nottinghamshire and the City of Nottingham and explore the implications for sport and physical activity. At the time of writing the transfer of responsibilities for Public Health and
Acheson D., Barrow C. J., Bennington J., Black D., Bryman A., Central Council for Physical Recreation, Coalter F., Department for Culture Media and Sport, Goss S., Marmot M., Moore M. H., Mulgan G., Peter Murphy, Scholten P. J., Whitehead M.   +14 more
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