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The Professionalization of Public Health [PDF]

open access: greenAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1948
William P. Shepard
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The Health of Health Care Professionals

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2020
Health care professionals represent a population at high risk for poor health. Although this may be counterintuitive given their expertise in health, the high stress and long hours of many medical work environments present challenges for health care professionals to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Katherine R. Arlinghaus   +2 more
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Health professionals and migration. [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2004
Migrant health workers are faced with a set of options that are a combination of economic, social and psychological factors and family choices (1). They trade decisions related to their career oppor-tunities — and to financial security for their families — against the psychological and social costs of leaving their country, family and friends.
Orvill Adams, Barbara Stilwell
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PROPEL: implementation of an evidence based pelvic floor muscle training intervention for women with pelvic organ prolapse: a realist evaluation and outcomes study protocol

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is estimated to affect 41%–50% of women aged over 40. Findings from the multi-centre randomised controlled “Pelvic Organ Prolapse PhysiotherapY” (POPPY) trial showed that individualised pelvic floor muscle training (
Margaret Maxwell   +13 more
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Mental health of health professionals [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017
AbstractHelping medical colleagues with depression and suicidal thoughts and feelings can be more difficult than helping those who are not in the caring professions. The current systems of notification of impairment and supporting troubled doctors, especially in the public sector, are not working well and can make help seeking and help accepting harder.
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Health professionals have an ethical duty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The British Medical Association (BMA) recently published guidance from its medical ethics committee on decision making concerning the withholding and withdrawing of life-prolonging medical treatment. It is a very thoughtful and thought-provoking document,
Williams, A.
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Health professionals prefer to communicate risk-related numerical information using "1-in-X" ratios [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Previous research showed that format effects such as the “1-in-X” effect – whereby “1-in-X” ratios lead to a higher perceived probability than “N-in-N*X” ratios – alter perceptions of medical probabilities.
Bhatia, Sudeep   +5 more
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVALENCE OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AMONG POSTOPERATIVE PATIENTS ON THE SURGICAL WARD AT HOIMA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL.

open access: yesStudent's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: Surgical site infections refer to infections occurring up to 30 days after surgery and affecting either the incision or deep tissue at the incision site.
CANTIGEN KYAMULESIRE   +1 more
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Online mental health treatment: Concerns and considerations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Concerns and considerations have emerged as mental health professionals contemplate the provision of mental health treatment over the Internet. This paper identifies perceptions of online mental health treatment among a national sample of 2,098 social ...
Becker-Blease, Kathryn   +3 more
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