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Monitoring positive mental health and its determinants in Canada: the development of the Positive Mental Health Surveillance Indicator Framework

open access: yesHealth Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2016
Introduction: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada identified a need to enhance the collection of data on mental health in Canada. While surveillance systems on mental illness have been established, a data gap for monitoring positive mental health and ...
H. Orpana   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental Functionality: construction and validation of an oral health indicator for institutionalized elderly persons in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2018
Objective: to suggest a composite indicator that identifies the oral health condition of institutionalized elderly persons. Method: an observational and cross-sectional study was performed.
Natália Cristina Garcia Pinheiro   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Attributes of age-identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Chronological age can be an unsatisfactory method of discriminating between older people. The lay concept of how old people actually feel may be more useful. The aim of the analyses reported in this paper was to investigate indicators of age-identity (or
Bowling, Ann   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Poor and Sick : Estimating the relationship between Household Income and Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study evaluates the effect of the individual‘s household income on their health at the later stages of working life. A structural equation model is utilised in order to derive a composite and continuous index of the latent health status from ...
Economou, Athina, Theodossiou, Ioannis
core   +2 more sources

Self-rated health status and associated factors in rural workers

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Self-rated health status can be considered a good predictor of morbidity and mortality and has been used due to its easy assessment and applicability.
Cleodice Alves Martins   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health assessment of the population of São Paulo city, 2005 [PDF]

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2009
Objective: To present the broad indicator Z in order to evaluate the 31 sub-town halls in the city of São Paulo according to their health conditions.
Ana Cristina Ribeiro Zöllner   +4 more
doaj  

Social inequalities in self-perceived health in Chile, does the urban environment matter?: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2023
Background The health of a population is determined by urban factors such as the physical, social and safety environment, which can be modified by urban regeneration policies.
Natalia López-Contreras   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of access to prenatal care in Pernambuco: maternal schooling as a marker of health inequities [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
Objectives: to analyze the evolution and inequalities in prenatal care consultations in Pernambuco, according to maternal education level. Methods: this is an ecological study of pregnant women who attended seven or more prenatal consultations and ...
Daniella Oliveira Albuquerque Lins   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Worldwide evidence about infant stunting from a public health perspective: A systematic review

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021
Introduction: According to the World Health Organization (WHO) global estimates for 2017, 9.6% of children under 5 years old are stunted. Worldwide evidence shows that actions for preventing stunting and catching-up growth are relevant if addressed by ...
Paola Rueda-Guevara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulação e comparação de técnicas de correção de dados incompletos de idade para o cálculo de taxas de incidência

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 2018
O objetivo foi comparar duas técnicas para estimar idade em bancos de dados com registros incompletos e analisar sua aplicação no cálculo da incidência de câncer.
Max Moura de Oliveira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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