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Self-rated health as a comprehensive indicator of lifestyle-related health status [PDF]

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2012
To evaluate the usefulness of self-rated health (SRH) as a comprehensive indicator of lifestyle-related health status by examining the relationships between SRH and: (1) history of cancer and cardiovascular disease; (2) treatment of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia; (3) abnormalities in clinical parameters including blood pressure, fasting ...
Chizumi, Yamada, Kengo, Moriyama, Eiko, Takahashi   +2 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sentinel Human Health Indicators: To Evaluate the Health Status of Vulnerable Communities [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2002
The presence of toxic substances in the Great Lakes (GL) basin continues to be a significant concern. In the United States, some 70,000 commercial and industrial compounds are now in use. More than 30,000 are produced or used in the Great Lakes ecosystem. These substances include organochlorines (e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, furans,
Heraline E, Hicks, Christopher T, De Rosa   +1 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating and Ranking of Isfahan Provinces in Terms of Access to Health Sector Indicators

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2014
Introduction: One of the most important dimensions of communities development is health development, in the other hand, is amount and quality of accessing of people to healthcare services.
Hossein Ebrahimipour, Saeid Karimi, Jamil Sadighifar, javad Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Taghi Arman, Somaye Afshari   +5 more
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ANALYSIS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA, 2008 – 2015 PERIOD [PDF]

Buletin ştiinţific: Universitatea din Piteşti. Seria Ştiinţe Economice, 2018
The paper “Analysis of Human Development in Romania, 2008-2015 period” aims at carrying out an analysis of human development in Romania in the analysed period.
Florentina Cristina BALDAN, Emilia UNGUREANU, Catalina Alexandra STURZEANU   +2 more
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Estado nutricional y condiciones de vida de los niños menores de cinco años del área urbana del municipio de Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia, 2004

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2008
Introducción. La desnutrición es un problema para quienes la padecen y para el futuro de las sociedades a las que pertenecen. Es importante conocer su magnitud para plantear soluciones. Objetivo.
Gloria Alcaraz, Carlos Bernal, William Cornejo, Natalia Figueroa, Margarita Múnera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

State of Our Estuaries 2003 [PDF]

, 2003
New Hampshire’s estuaries are dynamic, complex systems that greatly influence the Seacoast’s economy, communities, quality of life and environment.To understand how these systems function and to gauge their relative health, the New Hampshire Estuaries ...
New Hampshire Estuaries Project
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source