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The importance of wellness among users of complementary and alternative medicine: findings from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundThis study developed and tested a sociobehavioral wellness model of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to differentiate predisposing factors, enabling resources, need, and personal health practices according to use for wellness, for ...
Rainisch, Bethany Wexler, Upchurch, Dawn M   +1 more
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Health care for the homeless in a national health program. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1989
To assess the impact of adoption of a national health program on homeless care in the United States, care for this group in Britain's National Health Service (NHS) was evaluated. Although hospital and medication charges are eliminated, primary care for the homeless lacks central government directive, suffers from overlap of statutory agencies and ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Education in Health: reflections from the Pro-Health and PET-Health Programs.

, 2015
This paper aims to reflect on the National Reorientation Program of Professional Education in Health (Pro-Health) and the Education by Work for Health Program (PET-Health). This is a descriptive study using qualitative tools of document analysis.
S. H. S. D. S. Batista, Beatriz Jansen, Elaine Quedas de Assis, Maria Inês Barreiros Senna, G. C. Cury   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Background and Data Configuration Process of a Nationwide Population-Based Study Using the Korean National Health Insurance System

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2014
Background The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) recently signed an agreement to provide limited open access to the databases within the Korean Diabetes Association for the benefit of Korean subjects with diabetes.
Sun-Ok Song, C. Jung, Y. Song, Cheol-Young Park, H. Kwon, B. Cha, J. Park, Ki-Up Lee, K. Ko, Byung-wan Lee   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparing self‐reported race and genetic ancestry for identifying potential differentially methylated sites in endometrial cancer: insights from African ancestry proportions using machine learning models

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Integrating ancestry, differential methylation analysis, and machine learning, we identified robust epigenetic signature genes (ESGs) and Core‐ESGs in Black and White women with endometrial cancer. Core‐ESGs (namely APOBEC1 and PLEKHG5) methylation levels were significantly associated with survival, with tumors from high African ancestry (THA) showing ...
Huma Asif, J. Julie Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the use of the ultra-portable digital x-ray with CAD4TB for active case finding for tuberculosis in Nigeria

Frontiers in Digital Health
BackgroundThe ultra-portable digital x-ray (UPDX) with computer-aided detection (CAD) is a new technology aimed at bringing tuberculosis (TB) screening innovations to hard-to-reach communities and strengthening the active case-finding (ACF) interventions
Abiola Alege, Sani Useni, Austin Ihesie, Austin Ihesie, Rupert Eneogu, Rupert Eneogu, Aderonke Agbaje, Bethrand Odume, Debby Nongo, Eze Chukwu, Chidubem Ogbudebe, Omosalewa Oyelaran, Chris Anyomi, Samuel Akingbesote, Zhi Zhen Qin, Rachael Barrett, Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, Chukwuma Anyaike, Chukwuma Anyaike, Atana Ewa, Atana Ewa   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trans-national scale-up of services in global health. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND:Scaling up innovative healthcare programs offers a means to improve access, quality, and health equity across multiple health areas. Despite large numbers of promising projects, little is known about successful efforts to scale up.
Ilan Shahin, Raman Sohal, John Ginther, Leigh Hayden, John A MacDonald, Kathryn Mossman, Himanshu Parikh, Anita McGahan, Will Mitchell, Onil Bhattacharyya   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing [PDF]

, 2006
There is a growing interest in the use of community health workers in various roles in the US health care system. These workers go by various titles and names -- including promotora and community health advisor -- but all assist members of the ...
Catherine Dower, Edward O'Neil, Melissa Knox, Vanessa Lindler   +3 more
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Breastfeeding Rates and Programs in Europe: A Survey of 11 National Breastfeeding Committees and Representatives

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN, 2019
Introduction: Among the world's regions, the WHO European Region has the lowest rates of exclusive breastfeeding at the age of 6 months with approximately 25%.
M. Theurich, R. Davanzo, Marianne Busck-Rasmussen, N. Díaz-Gómez, C. Brennan, E. Kylberg, A. Bærug, Laura McHugh, C. Weikert, K. Abraham, B. Koletzko   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A large‐scale retrospective study in metastatic breast cancer patients using circulating tumour DNA and machine learning to predict treatment outcome and progression‐free survival

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
There is an unmet need in metastatic breast cancer patients to monitor therapy response in real time. In this study, we show how a noninvasive and affordable strategy based on sequencing of plasma samples with longitudinal tracking of tumour fraction paired with a statistical model provides valuable information on treatment response in advance of the ...
Emma J. Beddowes, Mario Ortega Duran, Solon Karapanagiotis, Alistair Martin, Meiling Gao, Riccardo Masina, Ramona Woitek, James Tanner, Fleur Tippin, Justine Kane, Jonathan Lay, Anja Brouwer, Stephen‐John Sammut, Suet‐Feung Chin, Davina Gale, Dana W. Y. Tsui, Sarah‐Jane Dawson, Nitzan Rosenfeld, Maurizio Callari, Oscar M. Rueda, Carlos Caldas   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source