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What works? A review of actions addressing the social and economic determinants of Indigenous health [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to review evidence relating to ‘what works’ to influence the social and economic determinants of Indigenous health, in order to reduce health inequities, and ultimately contribute to closing the life expectancy ...
Fran Baum, Katy Osborne, Lynsey Brown
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Technological advances have caused poor mobility and lower physical activity among humankind. This study was conducted to assess the impact of a digital media-based (multi-media, internet, and mobile phone) health intervention on promotion of ...
Nooshin Peyman +5 more
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Social Determinants of Health Practices [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1961 THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE in 1957 initiated a broad research study on local public health practice. The purpose was to evaluate current health problems and the ways in which communities might meet them. The hope was to find improved means of providing public health services.1 This project began in the Great Plains region, selected because approximately
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BMC Women's Health, 2022 Background The aim of this study was to explain the socio-cultural and environmental factors of smoking tendency in female adolescents. Methods This qualitative content analysis study was conducted among Iranian female adolescents in Mashhad, Iran.
Alireza Jafari +4 more
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Social determinants of sexual health
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2012 Byline: T. Sathyanarayana Rao, Rajesh. Gopalakrishnan, Anju. Kuruvilla, K. Jacob Sexual health can be defined as 'a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.
Rao, T. S. Sathyanarayana +3 more
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Diet, Physical Activity, and Emotional Health: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why We Need Integrated Solutions for Total Worker Health [PDF]
, 2019 Background Current research advocates lifestyle factors to manage workers’ health issues, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type II diabetes mellitus, among other things (World Health Organization (WHO) Obesity: preventing and managing the global
Syed, Iffath
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BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective The present study applied the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement to observational studies published in prestigious occupational medicine and health journals.
Javad Aghazadeh-Attari +4 more
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Risks of new pests and diseases [PDF]
, 2019 Climate change will affect the social and environmental determinants of the health of human, animal and plant populations around the world. It will challenge the social and biological capacities of food systems to regulate the emergence of pests and ...
Binot, Aurélie, Cilas, Christian
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Social Determinants of Health Equity
American Journal of Public Health, 2014 Language is important. The call for papers in this supplement was entitled health equity. Yet the call asked for papers that address disparities in health. In the United States, disparities, most often, has been used to refer to racial/ethnic differences in health, or more commonly health care. We note that the call in this supplement expands the focus
Michael, Marmot, Jessica J, Allen
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The role of air pollution in epilepsy: a better understanding is needed
Arquivos de Neuro-PsiquiatriaSocial determinants of health, including neighborhood and built environment factors, play a crucial but underexplored role in epilepsy incidences. Among these, air pollution emerges as a potentially-preventable driver of epilepsy and adverse health ...
Prem Jareonsettasin +5 more
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