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Collaborative Public Health System Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Urban Aboriginal Peoples

International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2015
Urban Aboriginal peoples are at higher risk to a variety of chronic diseases, compared with other Canadians. Social determinants of health, socio-ecological approaches to health, and life course perspectives can identify some of the various factors that ...
Piotr Wilk, Martin Cooke
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Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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A comparison of five multi attribute utility instruments [PDF]

, 2003
This paper presents the results of the validation study carried out to evaluate the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Instrument for the measurement of health related quality of life and utility.
Jeff Richardson, Hawthorne, Graeme, Graeme Hawthorne, Day, Neil Atherton, Neil Day, Richardson, Jeff   +5 more
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Criteria and practical guidance for determination of brain death in adults (BQCC version)

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2015
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.12 ...
Brain Injury Evaluation Quality Control National Health and Family Planning Commission
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Evaluation of the 20,000 days campaign [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of Counties Manuaku District Health Board (CMDHB) 20,000 Days Campaign was to give back to the community 20,000 healthy and well days to avoid predicted growth in hospital bed days.
Jacqueline Cumming, Luis Villa, David Mason, Lesley Middleton   +3 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON LA SALUD: ASPECTOS CONCEPTUALES HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE: CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS

Ciencia y Enfermería, 2003
Se revisa la importancia del concepto de calidad de vida relacionado con la salud (CVRS) como un aporte fundamental en la evaluación de resultados en salud, al haberse tornado insuficientes las medidas tradicionales de morbimortalidad y expectativa de ...
LAURA SCHWARTZMANN
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