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Visual impairment and socioeconomic factors [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1997 Information about socioeconomic factors associated with visual impairment can assist in the design of intervention programmes. Such information was collected by the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project (Melbourne VIP).The Melbourne VIP was a population based study of non-institutionalised permanent residents in nine suburbs of the Melbourne metropolitan
Catherine A. McCarty +2 more
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Complications and Socioeconomic Costs Associated With Falls in the Elderly Population [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018 ObjectiveTo explore the incidence, characteristics, complications and socioeconomic impacts associated with falls in community-dwelling elderly.MethodsFrom September 1, 2015 to October 12, 2015, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted involving a ...
Yeong Guk Lee +10 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023 Children’s overweight is strongly associated with family socioeconomic position (SEP) and family characteristics (FC). There is limited research on the extent to which FC account for a socioeconomic gradient in childhood overweight.
Stephanie Hoffmann +10 more
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Socioeconomic factors and water quality in California [PDF]
Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2011 We investigate the relationships between water quality and socioeconomic factors in California at the county level for the years 1993 to 2006 using 24 water quality indicators coming from seven different types of water bodies. We estimate these relationships using three classes of models: the traditional per capita income-pollution level ...
Y. Hossein Farzin, Kelly A. Grogan
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Risk Factors of Cancer in Children Under 14 Years old [PDF]
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2012 Background and Objectives: Recognition of the risk factors of childhood cancer has been important. However, there is little identification about these risk factors.
Edraki M, Rambod M
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Determinants of Household Food Basket Composition: A Systematic Review
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020 Background: Demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental determinants are important to population health status in all countries and diet is the main way that these factors could affect health.
Seyyed Reza SOBHANI, Mina BABASHAHI
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Telecare: Legal, Ethical and Socioeconomic Factors [PDF]
Biomedical Engineering / 765: Telehealth / 766: Assistive Technologies, 2012 Legal, ethical and socio-economic factors in community telecare differ from those pertaining to telemedicine and are examined with reference to older persons’ care. Issues discussed include equipment liability, service malpractice, technical and service standards, consent (including the Mental Capacity Act), research, trials, human factors, dependence,
Sethi, Richie +4 more
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Socioeconomic, regional and demographic factors related to population ageing
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2017 Objective: the present study aims to investigate the association between population ageing in municipal regions in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and socioeconomic, demographic and regional factors.
Laércio Almeida de Melo +3 more
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Breastfeeding practices in Masaya, Nicaragua: a facility based cross-sectional study
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020 Background The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and total breastfeeding for at least 2 years. Despite this and multiple interventions promoting breastfeeding, early breastfeeding cessation remains high with little
Aleisha M. Nabower +3 more
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Spatial clusters of diabetes: individual and neighborhood characteristics in the ELSA-Brasil cohort study [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2023 This study identified spatial clusters of type 2 diabetes mellitus among participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) residing in two cities and verified individual and neighborhood socioeconomic environmental ...
Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira +6 more
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