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Needs assessment of marginalised, socially excluded immigrant populations in Johannesburg, South Africa [PDF]

, 2009
The birth of democracy in South Africa and the subsequent economic boom have made the country a prospective haven for many Africans willing or forced to leave their countries.
Population Council
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Community-based participatory research for the assessment of health needs in Najran Health Cluster

Journal of Family and Community Medicine
BACKGROUND: The health clusters are currently working toward becoming accountable care organizations responsible for the health status and healthcare needs of their population and for the value-based utilization of resources driven by the population ...
Seham M. Eldeeb, Rashed S Alqudhaya, Salem A. Alsalem, Ali M. Alsalem, Alhassan M. Alhawkash, Zaid M. Alqureshah   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacists’ Utilization of Information Sources Related to Community and Population Needs in the Upper Midwest and Associations with Continuing Professional Education

Pharmacy, 2019
Background: To investigate information sources utilized in pharmacists’ assessment of population-based health needs and/or community changes; and the association between information sources utilized and reported completion of continuing ...
Paul Henkel, Marketa Marvanova
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Unmet mental health needs in the general population: perspectives of Belgian health and social care professionals

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background An unmet mental health need exists when someone has a mental health problem but doesn’t receive formal care, or when the care received is insufficient or inadequate.
Eva Rens, Geert Dom, Roy Remmen, Joris Michielsen, Kris Van den Broeck   +4 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of need for health visiting in general practice populations [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2001
An index of the need for health visiting in general practice populations in the United Kingdom was developed, using routinely held data, to inform decisions about the deployment of health visitors.The following indicators of need for health visiting were developed by consensus among health visitors and others: the population aged under 5 years ...
Steel, Nick, Reading, Richard, Allen, Christine   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic diseases and self-assessment of health as predictors of unmet health needs of the elderly population in the Republic of Serbia: National health survey [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Introduction/Aim. Unmet health needs are the difference between the health services considered necessary to solve a particular health problem and the health services that were actually received.
Savić Nikola, Sovilj Saša, Grbić Gordana, Arnaut Aleksandra, Jovanović Verica, Kocić Sanja   +5 more
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Oral health needs of U.S. children with developmental disorders: a population-based study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) have higher rates of oral diseases and tooth decay compared with the general population. Children with developmental disorders/ disabilities (DD) are a subset of CSHCN whose oral health has not ...
Raghad Obeidat, Amal Noureldin, Anneta Bitouni, Hoda Abdellatif, Shirley Lewis-Miranda, Shuling Liu, Victor Badner, Peggy Timothé   +7 more
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source