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Home care in the Federal District: factors associated with the first occurrence of acute lower respiratory infection and death

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: We aimed to evaluate the frequency and associated factors of acute respiratory infection and death among home care patients in Sobradinho/DF, Brazil. METHODS: Data were obtained from patients’ medical records.
Leny Nunes de Barros, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira   +1 more
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Suggestions for a Training Programme for Home-helpers for the Aged and Disabled

South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 1985
No abstract available.
S. Werner
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Variations and trends in state nursing facility capacity: 1978-93. [PDF]

, 1995
The demand for nursing facility (NF) beds has been growing with the aging of the population and many other factors. As the need for nursing home care grows, the Nation's capacity to provide such care is the subject of increasing concern.
Bedney, B, Carrillo, H, DuNah, R, Harrington, C   +3 more
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Educational aspirations in inner city schools [PDF]

, 2008
The research aimed to assess the nature and level of pupils’ educational aspirations and to elucidate the factors that influence these aspirations. A sample of five inner city comprehensive secondary schools were selected by their Local Authority because
Addams H., Alloway N., Appadurai A., Blair T., Bourdieu P., Fenton S., Joe Winston, Jowell T., Khoo S.T., McLeod J., Ogbu J., Payne J., Penn R., Steve Strand, Strand S., Strand S., Wentzel K.R.   +16 more
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Factors affecting residents transition from long term care facilities to the community: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are often places where persons with complex health needs that cannot be met in a community setting, reside and are cared for until death.
Shannon Freeman, Kristen Bishop, Lina Spirgiene, Erica Koopmans, Fernanda C. Botelho, Trina Fyfe, Beibei Xiong, Stacey Patchett, Martha MacLeod   +8 more
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Relation to Family Characteristics, Stressors and Chemical Co-Exposures in California Girls. [PDF]

, 2019
Childhood environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes and may disproportionately burden lower socioeconomic status groups, exacerbating health disparities.
Dobraca, Dina, Hiatt, Robert A, Kushi, Lawrence H, Soriano, Jasmine W, Sosnoff, Connie S, Windham, Gayle C   +5 more
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Is telomere length socially patterned? Evidence from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study [PDF]

, 2012
Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with an increased risk of morbidity and premature mortality, but it is not known if the same is true for telomere length, a marker often used to assess biological ageing. The West of Scotland Twenty-
A Aviv, A Aviv, A Benetos, A Steptoe, Alan McIntyre, AT Geronimus, AV Diez Roux, BM Unryn, CG Parks, CM Martin-Ruiz, D Janicki-Deverts, D Kuh, E Fernandez-Egea, ES Epel, F Maxwell, G Aubert, G. David Batty, GD Batty, Geoff Der, H Sies, J Adams, J Carrero, J Woo, JM Adams, John C. S. Breitner, K Lorimer, K Nordfjall, K Yaffe, KA Mather, KA Mather, L Kananen, LA Deroo, LF Cherkas, LF Cherkas, LF Hou, Liane M. McGlynn, M Benzeval, M Lee, M Walsh DT, MA Blasco, MG Marmot, Michael J. Green, Michaela Benzeval, NE Adler, NE Adler, P McLoone, Paul G. Shiels, PG Shiels, PG Shiels, PG Surtees, R Chan, RA Risques, RM Cawthon, RM Cawthon, S Macintyre, S Seaman, SE Harris, SE Harris, SM Lynch, T de Lange, T De Meyer, T von Zglinicki, T von Zglinicki, Tony Robertson, TS Nawrot, V Carstairs, W Chen, YL Zheng   +67 more
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Adverse events and contributing factors in Chinese nursing homes: a multisite cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundAdverse events in nursing homes, which are unintended incidents causing unnecessary harm to older residents. Previous studies in Chinese populations often focused on adverse events in hospitals, rather than residents in nursing homes ...
Zhangan Wang, Xiang Qi, Ying Shi, Lu Shao, Wei Li, Xiyan Xie, Bei Wu, June Zhang   +7 more
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Pollution fears are misplaced while toxins thrive indoors air filters can reduce heart and lung disease, a new study reveals, because air quality is so poor inside modern houses [PDF]

, 2008
Following the smoking ban, advocates of clean air might have believed that the battle was largely won. However, worrying new research highlights the pernicious effects of other life-threatening pollutants.
Duffy, Marisa, Howieson, Stirling
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Fat tissue accretion in children and adolescents : interplay between food responsiveness, gender, and the home availability of snacks [PDF]

, 2017
The appetitive trait "food responsiveness" is assumed to be a risk factor for adiposity gain primarily in obesogenic environments. So far, the reported results are inconsistent in school-aged children, possibly because these studies did not take into ...
Braet, Caroline, De Decker, Annelies, De Henauw, Stefaan, Moens, Ellen, Sioen, Isabelle, Verbeken, Sandra   +5 more
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