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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Europe
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020 Background While the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular in western societies, we do not understand why CAM use is more frequent in some countries than in others.
Erlend L. Fjær +3 more
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BMJ, 1994 EDITOR, - Peter Phillimore and colleagues described at widening gap in the mortality ratios between the most and least deprived electoral wards in the Northern region.1 Both groups of wards showed a fall in mortality from 1981 to 1991, but the fall was greater in the richer wards.
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013 Background : It is well understood that health affects labour force participation (LFP). However, much of the published research has been on older (retiring age) populations and using subjective health measures. This paper aims to assess the impact of an
Kristie N. Carter +3 more
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International Psychiatry, 2006 The association between mental illness and poor physical health has been known for decades (Philips, 1934). This is not a trivial relationship between mental ill health and minor physical problems but an association with such poor physical health that it results in premature death.
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Research Involvement and Engagement, 2020 Plain English summary Community involvement is important in good research practice. We led a community-based study to improve early detection and treatment of childhood hearing loss in rural Alaska.
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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.
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Health Outcomes and Health Inequalities
, 2021 Abstract This chapter explains concepts and empirical variation regarding health outcomes, access to healthcare, and health inequalities. Access to healthcare is highlighted as a potential mediator or transition point linking characteristics of the broader policy context to health outcomes and their distribution across population groups.
Schneider, Simone M. +2 more
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Health equity monitoring is essential in public health: lessons from Mozambique
Globalization and Health, 2019 Background Countries must be able to describe and monitor their populations health and well-being needs in an attempt to understand and address them. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have re-emphasized the need to invest in comprehensive health ...
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Injury Prevention, 1999 In July 1997, shortly after the election of the new Labour government in the UK, the Secretary of State for Health asked Sir Donald Acheson, the recently retired Chief Medical Officer, to head an inquiry into inequalities in health in England and identify priority areas for policies to reduce inequalities.
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Human Resources for Health, 2021 Background Nurses and midwives play a critical role in the provision of care and the optimization of health services resources worldwide, which is particularly relevant during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, they can only provide quality services
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