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, 2008 We are at a turning point in health policy. It has become increasingly clear that changes in the existing health care system will not be sufficient to maintain and improve our health at this historical juncture. Both our extensive knowledge on what creates health as well as the exponentially rising rates of chronic disease obesity, and mental health ...
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Need for Oral Health Policy in India
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research, 2016 Dental diseases are a significant public health menace having a substantial impact on the quality of life which in turn affects the daily performance and general life satisfaction.
RS Gambhir, T. Gupta
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Ageism in Rheumatology: the Healthcare Professional's Perspective
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Ageism (age‐based stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination) is prevalent and linked to prolonged disability and reduced lifespan in older adults. Little is known about ageism within rheumatology. This study explores the healthcare professional's (HCP) perception of the care of older adults and how ageist attitudes or perspectives may impact ...
Aaron P. Smith +4 more
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Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response and maintaining health services: implications for future pandemics
BMJ Global Health, 2023 Sarath Samarage +12 more
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Characterizing Transgender Health Issues in Twitter [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Although there are millions of transgender people in the world, a lack of information exists about their health issues. This issue has consequences for the medical field, which only has a nascent understanding of how to identify and meet this population's health-related needs.
arxiv
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Explore moderators and mediators influenced changes in pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) receiving a new model of primary care service delivery (PARTNER), at 12 months (ACTRN12617001595303). Methods Secondary analyses of a cluster randomized controlled trial comparing PARTNER to usual general practitioner‐delivered ...
Abdolhay Farivar +12 more
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Constrained Stochastic Optimal Control with a Baseline Performance Guarantee [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 In this paper, we show how a simulated Markov decision process (MDP) built by the so-called \emph{baseline} policies, can be used to compute a different policy, namely the \emph{simulated optimal} policy, for which the performance of this policy is guaranteed to be better than the baseline policy in the real environment.
arxiv
Advanced Biology, EarlyView.In this randomized clinical trial conducted among 142 community‐dwelling older adults at high risk for falls over 12 months, a Dalcroze Eurhythmics exercise intervention (once weekly, group‐based) improved a variety of physical and cognitive/executive function outcomes compared with a multicomponent exercise intervention (twice weekly, group‐ and home ...
Mélany Hars +7 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Emulating nature's unparalleled engineering, this work introduces butterfly‐inspired hybrid composites for high‐performance transportation and defense sectors. Leveraging biomimicry, these lightweight composites feature butterfly leg‐inspired hierarchical fibrous assemblies and butterfly wing‐inspired sandwich‐structured architecture, to achieve ...
Nello D. Sansone +7 more
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European Journal of Public Health, 2015 BACKGROUND Subjective well-being (SWB) contributes to health and mental health. It is a major objective of the new World Health Organization health policy framework, 'Health 2020'. Various approaches to defining and measuring well-being exist.
J. Lindert +3 more
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