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Cardiovascular and diabetes burden attributable to physical inactivity in Mexico
Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2020 Background Physical inactivity (PI) is associated with the development of non-communicable chronic diseases. The purposes of this study were to estimate the extent to which the 31% relative increase in PI among 35–64 years old Mexicans between 2006 and ...
Catalina Medina +6 more
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Promising Practices For Patient-Centered Communication With Vulnerable Populations: Examples From Eight Hospitals [PDF]
, 2006 : As patient populations become increasingly diverse, health care organizations are looking for innovative ways to communicate effectively across cultures, languages, and health literacy levels.
Wynia, Matthew, Matiasek, Jennifer
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Randomized trials in vulnerable populations.
, 2008 Many persons enrolled in clinical trials can be considered vulnerable, and such trials often raise concerns because of the diminished ability of vulnerable persons to consider and protect their own interests. However, this research is necessary to answer
Moore-Cox, Anne +4 more
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COVID‐19 and vulnerable populations
, 2022 At the time of this special issue, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is the leading cause of death in the United States and has contributed to millions of deaths worldwide. The world had no idea how the pandemic was going to impact our lives.
Guzman, Bianca L. +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Blood protein concentrations are clinically useful, predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite a higher burden of CVD among U.S. South Asians, no CVD-related proteomics study has been conducted in this sub-population.
Long H. Ngo +6 more
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Frontiers in Disaster and Emergency MedicineInternal displacement is an increasingly important public health and governance challenge, driven by the interaction of armed conflict, recurrent disasters, and climate-related hazards.
Ivan da Costa Tomás Júnior +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background The goal of this study was to understand prospective cohort study Principal Investigators’ (PIs’) attitudes regarding the importance of religion and spirituality (R/S) on disease etiology in order to identify barriers and opportunities for ...
Alexandra E. Shields, Tracy A. Balboni
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Sepsis in Vulnerable Populations
Global Heart, 2014 Despite the acquisition of a large body of evidence, there are many unanswered questions about sepsis. The definition of this disease is plagued by the lack of a simple pathophysiological description linking cause to effect and the activation of host immune responses that hinders disease progression at the same time producing multiorgan dysfunction.
Bhagwanjee, Satish, Ugarte, Sebastian
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Neighborhood social cohesion (NSC) is the network of relationships as well as the shared values and norms of residents in a neighborhood. Higher NSC has been associated with improved cardiovascular health, largely among Whites but not African ...
Andrew M. Rosenblatt +5 more
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Including Vulnerable Populations in the Assessment of Data From Vulnerable Populations
Frontiers in Big Data, 2019 Data science has made great strides in harnessing the power of big data to improve human life across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Unfortunately this informational richesse is not equitably spread across human populations. Vulnerable populations remain both under-studied and under-consulted on the use of data derived from their communities.
Latifa Jackson +3 more
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