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The Fourth Level of Health Literacy

International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2013
The World Health Organization defines health literacy as cognitive and social skills determining individuals' motivation and ability to receive, understand, and use information in a health-promoting manner. This study discusses health literacy in the light of general upper secondary education students' test answers ( N = 611) on the Finnish ...
Maija, Rask, Satu, Uusiautti, Kaarina, Määttä   +2 more
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Frailty: implications for clinical practice and public health

The Lancet, 2019
Frailty is an emerging global health burden, with major implications for clinical practice and public health. The prevalence of frailty is expected to rise alongside rapid growth in the ageing population.
E. Hoogendijk, J. Afilalo, K. Ensrud, P. Kowal, G. Onder, L. Fried   +5 more
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State-Level Action for Health

Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2010
Health is certainly one of most critical components when measuring quality of life and prosperity for a state. As governor of West Virginia, I am committed to doing what it takes to make certain every citizen is aware of the importance of daily exercise and healthy eating.
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Indoor Health: Background Levels of Fungi

AIHA Journal, 2003
There is no uniformity in the suggested guidelines for acceptable levels of fungi in indoor ambient air. Thus, health professionals have no way to determine what levels of fungi may pose a threat to human health. The authors reviewed the published literature to identify data reported for noncomplaint structures, that is, structures in which occupants ...
Ronald E, Gots, Nancy J, Layton, Suellen W, Pirages   +2 more
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Health effects of low-level exposures

Environmental Science & Technology, 1984
One of the goals of environmental epidemiology is to ascertain and quantify the relationships that exist between long-term, low-level exposures to pollutants and the impairment of bodily functions or the development of chronic diseases. Progress in meeting this goal was reported at the Fifth Annual Symposium of Environmental Epidemiology held in ...
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Qualitative Health Research and Health Promotion at the Local Level

International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1997
The Municipal Health Service for Rotterdam area in the Netherlands has developed a health research strategy with special focus on qualitative methods. This article describes one of the first and most instructive cases in which this strategy has been applied: a local health study in “Feijenoord.” The research in Feijenoord was carried out between 1989 ...
E C, Van Gilst, H A, Van Oers, J H, Van Den Bogaard, R P, Hortulanus   +3 more
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HIGH‐LEVEL HEALTH FOR THE ELDERLY

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1966
Human personality needs include survival, safety and security, acceptance, self-esteem, and a sense of achievement. The fulfillment of these needs for the geriatric population requires greater community awareness of the potential value of these older people.
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Health disparities: levelling up

British Journal of Nursing, 2021
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Relationship Between Health Literacy Level and Gingival Health

Current Research in Dental Sciences
ABSTRACTObjective: Oral and dental health is an inseparable component of general health. In this study, it was aimed to assess the relationship between health literacy level and dental and gum health of individuals.Methods: This study was conducted with 342 randomly selected participants at 3 institutions with the highest patient density.
ÖZTAŞ ŞAHİNER, Gurbet Alev, ORBAK, Recep   +1 more
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Networking health: multi-level marketing of health products in Ghana

Anthropology & Medicine, 2015
Multi-level marketing (MLM0), a business model in which product distributors are compensated for enrolling further distributors as well as for selling products, has experienced dramatic growth in recent decades, especially in the so-called global South.
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