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The limits to health promotion [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1994
Everybody knows that prevention is better than cure, but the opposite, equally attractive, principle of paying tomorrow for what you can have today is an efficient way to use your resources: health economists call it “discounting.”1 Discounting is efficient because resources usually devalue over time, and numerous unexpected events are likely to ...
N C, Stott, P, Kinnersley, S, Rollnick
openaire   +2 more sources

Defining sustainable practice in community-based health promotion: A Delphi study of practitioner perspectives

open access: yes, 2013
Issue addressed: Sustainability of practice must be a central imperative in the practice of community-based health promotion to achieve population health and attract a greater share of public health spending. Although there has been some consideration of
Harris, Neil   +5 more
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Health Promotion at the Workplace [PDF]

open access: yesAAOHN Journal, 1989
Health promotion encompasses those activities undertaken to improve the quality of one's life, thereby moving the individual forward toward a state of wellness or optimal health. Occupational health nurses are in a prime position to impart knowledge and change attitudes and behaviors and thus are uniquely qualified to plan, develop, implement, and ...
C S, Selleck, A T, Sirles, K D, Newman
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Health promotion in the workplace, NSW, 1991

open access: yes, 2018
The aim of this study was to provide the NSW Health Department with baseline information on the extent to which employers in NSW formally support or organise health-promoting policies or activities for their employees. (Formal policies or activities were
Health Promotion Unit
core   +1 more source

Health Promotion

open access: yes, 2022
Effectively planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion programs can promote behavioral and social change, contribute to the elimination of health inequalities, and improve health outcomes.

core   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Specialist Certificate in Health Promotion (Oral Health) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The Specialist Certificate in Health Promotion (Oral Health) has been in existence since 1999. It was initiated by the Dental Health Foundation in response to the Department of Health and Children’s 1994 Dental Health Action Plan.
Department of Health Promotion National University of Ireland, Galway
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Acute Neurological Events in Children With Hemoglobin SC Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurological manifestations in children with hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease remain insufficiently characterized, particularly regarding acute events. The aim of this study was to describe the spectrum and frequency of acute neurological events in a multicenter cohort of children with HbSC disease.
Célia Paulmin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing a comprehensive Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) programme for hypertension and diabetes at primary health care level: evidence and experience from urban Karnataka, South India

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background India accounts for more than two-third of mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in south-east Asia. The burden is high in Karnataka, one of the largest states in southern India. There is a need for integration of disease prevention,
Krishnamurthy Jayanna   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant Embryonal CNS Tumors: Molecular Insights and Treatment Considerations for Contemporary Pediatric Neuro‐Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Embryonal tumors comprise the majority of malignant central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms diagnosed in children under 3 years of age. Compared with their counterparts in older children, these tumors exhibit distinct molecular biology and a more aggressive clinical phenotype, while their management is complicated by the heightened ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid decline in cigarette smoking among children in Poland

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018
Introduction In the last decade daily cigarette smoking among children has been rapidly declining in several countries around the world. Studies conducted in this period in Poland include the Health Behaviour in in School-aged Children (HBSC) study (2010
Witold Zatonski   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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