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Preventive youth health care in 11 European countries: an exploratory analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To systematically identify similarities and differences in the way preventive youth health care (YHC) is organized in 11 European countries.
Boere-Boonekamp, M.M., Carmiggelt, B.C., Nijhuis, M.G., Wagenaar-Fischer, M.M., Wieske, R.   +4 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The efficacy and safety of benznidazole in adults with seropositive indeterminate form, Trypanosoma cruzi infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Chagas disease (CD)-a parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects ~7 million people worldwide. Current first line therapies like Benznidazole and Nifurtimox have significant side effects, and limited data to support their efficacy
Joshua W. Trowell, Edward Mitre, Rachel Marcus, Anwar E. Ahmed, Barbara J. Fuhrman, Patrick W. Hickey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral health policy model for Turkey: how to deliver preventive services?

Frontiers in Health Services
BackgroundOral health is considered a neglected area in Turkey. To date, therapeutic services have dominated the provision of oral health care, while preventive services have been underfunded and inconsistently delivered.
Ayşegül Doğan, Serap Durukan Köse
doaj   +1 more source

Health Savings Account - Eligible High Deductible Health Plans: Updating the Definition of Prevention [PDF]

, 2014
High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are an important and growing part of the health insurance landscape. By some estimates, as many as 80 percent of large employers may offer an HDHP in 2014.
A. Mark Fendrick, Elizabeth Q. Cliff, Kaden Milkovich, Kathryn Spangler, M. Richard McKellar, Michael Chernew, Stephen Parents   +6 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

Sex differences in type of exercise associated with depression in South Korean adults

Scientific Reports, 2020
Exercise has been considered as treatment and a preventive modality to alleviate depressive symptoms, but sex differences regarding specific types of exercise in association with depression have not been clearly elucidated.
Hyunkyu Kim, Wonjeong Jeong, Junhyun Kwon, Youseok Kim, Sung-In Jang, Eun-Cheol Park   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Child Health Care Through Federal Policy: An Emerging Opportunity [PDF]

, 2008
Summarizes legislative proposals introduced in 2007 to track primary care outcomes in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and focus on strengthening primary, preventive, and developmental child health services and ...
Carla Plaza, Carrie Fitzgerald, Charles Bruner   +2 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stability, security, and the social determinants of health

Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2022
Social determinants of health are an important aspect of improving health outcomes. Militaries have deployed global health engagement activities to meet security objectives from peacetime through post-conflict.
Diana L. Aguirre, Casey Perez, Edwin K. Burkett   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source