• A survey of 717 farmers (61% male, 39% female) was conducted in six districts in Uganda to assess the effects of Plant Health Rallies (PHRs) on farmers' knowledge, attitudes and practices, and to draw lessons about PHR implementation. (cabi.org)
  • This qualitative study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of COPD patients and primary health care professionals (HCPs) in Brazil - where there are high rates of COPD and periodontal disease. (nature.com)
  • Despite a high prevalence of edentulism, patients viewed tooth loss and decay as a norm and neglected preventative oral health practices. (nature.com)
  • To date, evidence exploring the attitudes of healthcare professionals (HCPs) towards delivering oral healthcare to COPD patients or the oral health views and practices of COPD patients is sparse. (nature.com)
  • A Chinese study reported that COPD patients have lower oral health knowledge and worse oral health practices than controls 24 . (nature.com)
  • This paper reports qualitative data exploring Brazilian patient and HCP knowledge, attitudes and practices related to oral health and COPD, aiming to provide information to inform the design of future care systems. (nature.com)
  • To assess the feasibility and acceptability domains of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Evidence to Recommendations (EtR) framework, a health care provider knowledge and attitudes survey was conducted during September 28-October 10, 2022, by the Healthcare and Public Perceptions of Immunizations Survey Collaborative before the October 2022 ACIP meeting. (cdc.gov)
  • Introduction Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are crucial in the global response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but diverse health systems, healthcare practices and cultural conceptions of medicine can complicate global education and awareness-raising campaigns. (bmj.com)
  • Objective To (1) Describe antibiotic-related knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general population in two LMICs. (bmj.com)
  • Outcome measures Antibiotic-related knowledge, attitudes and practices across sites and healthcare access channels. (bmj.com)
  • Patient safety culture involves leader and staff interaction, routines, attitudes, practices and awareness that influence risks of adverse events in patient care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of care professionals about the occurrence of a possible outbreak of EVD. (scirp.org)
  • In this context, the assessment of the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of care staff on EVD is important as it will measure the need for capacity building on prevention and the ability to respond to the epidemic of EVD. (scirp.org)
  • ABSTRACT Awareness and knowledge of biomedical waste practices is very important for any health care setting. (who.int)
  • This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about biomedical waste among health professionals in primary health care centres in Hail City, Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • Overall 54.8%, 48.9% and 49.6% of the participants had good knowledge, attitudes and practices scores respectively. (who.int)
  • There was a strong correlation between knowledge and attitudes, knowledge and practices, and attitudes and practices (P ˂ 0.05). (who.int)
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Personnel of Maternities in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. (asu.edu)
  • In their article, hereafter "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices," the authors state the aim of their study was to establish the knowledge, attitudes, and practices held by health professionals who worked in numerous maternal departments throughout Cameroon. (asu.edu)
  • They claimed that effective knowledge, attitudes, and practices would likely reduce mother-to-child, hereafter MTC, transmission of HIV. (asu.edu)
  • After finding a deficit in the knowledge, attitudes, and practices among a subset of health professionals, the authors recommended increased training, funding, and supervision to reduce MTC transmission of HIV throughout Cameroon. (asu.edu)
  • In the methods section, the authors describe how they administered three surveys to 178 healthcare professionals who interacted with pregnant women to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and practices for overall care of an HIV-positive pregnant woman. (asu.edu)
  • In the results section, the authors show that a majority of medical practitioners at those facilities lacked sufficient knowledge on MTC transmission of HIV prevention, had negative attitudes towards pregnant women with HIV, and participated in poor practices with HIV-positive pregnant women. (asu.edu)
  • they cian assistants) to explore knowledge, attitudes, and self- reported practices regarding antibiotic drug resistance and do not include nurse practitioners or physician assistants, antibiotic drug selection for common infections. (cdc.gov)
  • The objectives of this study are to explore antibiotic drug selection for common infections but did not US PCP knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported practices always comply with them. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: a pre-tested questionnaire was applied in 48 visually impaired, envolving three thematical areas: popular knowledge, perception and everyday practices in impairment carriers' oral health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusions: the results point to the necessity to establish an education program in oral health in this population, to make possible the process of their qualification and motivation in order to help on the health promotion practices. (bvsalud.org)
  • If employees with diabetes fear discrimination, how much greater must the fear be for employees with mental health conditions, described as the "number one" stigma by Corrigan (2005)? (personneltoday.com)
  • this reduces to between 4% and 8% for those who have a "severe mental health condition" (Rinaldi and Perkins, 2002). (personneltoday.com)
  • And what can OH practitioners do to alleviate the effects of mental health stigma in their workplaces? (personneltoday.com)
  • A study carried out by Lyons et al (2009) in the North of England comparing the experience of mental health users in 1997 with those in 2007 found that the high levels of stigma and discrimination experienced in the employment settings in the initial study were echoed in the later one. (personneltoday.com)
  • Most of the stigma and discrimination experienced related to recruitment and, in particular, returning to work following a mental-health-related absence. (personneltoday.com)
  • Discriminatory behaviour prevents people who have a mental health condition openly identifying with fellow workers with a mental health condition. (personneltoday.com)
  • So, what does the guidance for managing mental health stigma in the workplace advise and what is the evidence base for it? (personneltoday.com)
  • which led to Dame Carol Black's seminal "Working for a healthier tomorrow", which stressed the importance of tackling mental health stigma in employment. (personneltoday.com)
  • Black's 2008 report was supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' "Mental health and Work", which provided ample evidence from a wide range of research that people with mental health conditions experience stigma at recruitment and during employment, and are often viewed as weak and unreliable by work colleagues. (personneltoday.com)
  • Avatar Embodiment Experiences to Enhance Mental Health Laura Aymerich-Franch 4. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Using Persuasive Messages to Increase Engagement with Mental Health Video Game Apps Subuhi Khan and Jorge Pe�a 17. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Over the last several years, there has been a growing interest in clients' views toward integrating their religion and spirituality (RS) into mental health treatment. (mdpi.com)
  • This article describes the first national survey of current mental health clients across the US regarding their attitudes towards integrating their RS in treatment using a revised version of the Religious/Spiritually Integrated Practice Assessment Scale-Client Attitudes, version 2 (RSIPAS-CAv2) with a sample of 989 clients. (mdpi.com)
  • Can Hollywood Change Attitudes About Addiction and Mental Health? (chcf.org)
  • Siegel, a journalism fellow at Northeastern University's Health in Justice Action Lab, imagined this scene at a recent panel on addiction and mental health presented by Hollywood, Health & Society . (chcf.org)
  • Just over 80% of respondents both in and not in employment believed work is good for both physical and mental health. (www.gov.uk)
  • The vast majority (91 per cent) of respondents said that they would go to work with a short term condition but significantly fewer (around 60 per cent) said they would go into work if they suffered from long-term physical and mental health conditions. (www.gov.uk)
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary teachers' beliefs, attitudes and intentions to support specific mental health services in schools through the development of a psychometrically sound survey instrument. (umsystem.edu)
  • One hundred fourteen elementary teachers across a Midwestern state completed the survey, and regression analyses indicated preliminary support for the TRA in predicting intention to support mental health services from attitude and subjective norms. (umsystem.edu)
  • Specifically, subjective norms and positive beliefs about supporting mental health services predicted intention, and both positive and negative outcome beliefs predicted attitudes toward supporting mental health services in schools. (umsystem.edu)
  • Participants in the study generally shared favorable attitudes and outcome beliefs about mental health services. (umsystem.edu)
  • In addition, participants perceived their elementary teacher colleagues to have favorable attitudes towards mental health services. (umsystem.edu)
  • Finally, approximately half of the participants intended to or agreed that a social pressure existed to support mental health services in schools. (umsystem.edu)
  • In Episode 60 of The BOOM Podcast , mental health speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden encourages you to bring the BOOM into your life - whether it's a factor or an effect - but if you can align that BOOM with a purpose, and that purpose makes you happy every day, even better. (jeffyalden.com)
  • Background: Previous research has shown that there is an association between prior contact with a person with emotional or mental health problems and an expectation of negative public attitudes toward people with a mental illness. (queensu.ca)
  • 2) Examine the association between intimacy of prior contact with a person with emotional or mental health problems and the expectation of negative public attitudes towards those with depression. (queensu.ca)
  • Conclusion: In this study, with one possible exception, previous prior contact with a person with emotional or mental health problems was not associated with expectation of negative public attitudes toward people with depression. (queensu.ca)
  • Mental Health. (wikipedia.org)
  • The US News and World Report have spoken with experts who have indicated that one of the main benefits of a vacation is that it can improve your mental health. (lifehack.org)
  • This paper aims to discuss how empathic understanding, the facilitating attitude of human growth developed by Carl Rogers, is configured as an ethical action in mental health care. (bvsalud.org)
  • In order to achieve this, a brief history of the field of assistance to the person suffering from psychic suffering was made, starting from the asylum model born in psychiatric hospitals and then going through the various mental health reforms around the world, until we reach the current model of care psychosocial, which presents itself as a propitious context for the emergence of ethical action. (bvsalud.org)
  • Recommendations and vaccinations reluctancy were analyzed in logistic regressions against socio-demographic data, COVID-19 status, and mental health history. (lu.se)
  • The Fear of COVID scale had a satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach-alpha 0.84), and was significantly associated with compliance with all COVID-19 recommendations and with mental health. (lu.se)
  • Conversely, regular physical activity is associated with reduced risks of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and breast and colon cancer, and with improved mental health and quality of life. (who.int)
  • Older adults in particular can benefit from regular physical activity to maintain physical, social and mental health, prevent falls and realize healthy ageing. (who.int)
  • Technology and Health: Promoting Attitude and Behavior Change examines how technology can be used to promote healthier attitudes and behavior. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • The Effectiveness and Moderators of Mobile Applications for Health Behavior Change Stephanie Kay Van Stee and Qinghua Yang 12. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • The messages we are exposed to through shows and movies can profoundly affect our knowledge, attitudes, and even behavior. (chcf.org)
  • Research suggests that entertainment media can shape viewers' understanding of health-related issues and even modify their behavior. (chcf.org)
  • Research from Associate Professor of Medical and Linguistic Anthropology T.S. Harvey demonstrates how a disease's name can have a significant impact on the public's perception, attitude and behavior toward the disease. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The theoretical foundation of this study was the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), which posits that (a) a person's intention to perform a behavior is the best predictor of actual behavior, and (b) intention is a function of attitudes towards the behavior and subjective norms. (umsystem.edu)
  • Further, underlying beliefs about outcomes of behavior predict attitudes. (umsystem.edu)
  • An NCHS report describes attitudes about marriage, childbearing, and sexual behavior among men and women aged 15-44 in the United States based on the 2002, 2006-2010, and 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth. (cdc.gov)
  • Multistage stratified random sampling was used to explore the relationship of health literacy with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and control knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) in residents aged 15-69 years old in Shanxi Province. (nature.com)
  • What are the implications for public health practice? (cdc.gov)
  • Nurse in acute care settings do not perceive health promoting in relation to obesity is within their scope of practice. (bmj.com)
  • The data were used more widely than had been anticipated, by academics and practitioners in the fields of sexual health epidemiology, policy and practice. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • People with high score of health literacy were generally better able to grasp COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge, have more positive attitudes toward prevention and control, and perform better prevention and control behaviors. (nature.com)
  • How do peers influence social attitudes and behaviors? (wtgrantfoundation.org)
  • The study, a replication and extension of a prior project, is being conducted at a school with a large, racially and socioeconomically diverse student body to more fully examine how college roommates affect each other's beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors and whether certain genetic factors moderate the influence of particular pairings. (wtgrantfoundation.org)
  • Whereas contemporary leadership theories, such as transformational, servant, or authentic, focus on the effects of leader behaviors on employee attitudes, motivation, and team outcomes, relational leadership theory views the dyadic relationship quality between leaders and members as the key to understanding leader effects on members, teams, and organizations. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowledge of the relationship between oral health and COPD was lacking among HCPs and patients, but all participants were receptive to oral health education. (nature.com)
  • Previous health care provider surveys identified gaps in provider knowledge about and understanding of the adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations, and pneumococcal vaccine coverage remains suboptimal. (cdc.gov)
  • 2) Assess the role of antibiotic-related knowledge and attitudes on antibiotic access from different types of healthcare providers. (bmj.com)
  • The majority of care professionals had good knowledge of the name and reservoir of the causal agent, the severity of the disease, the modes of prevention and the attitude to adopt in case of suspicion of Ebola virus disease, and the year of the last epidemic. (scirp.org)
  • Training is recommended to enhance the knowledge of the professionals dealing with biomedical waste in the primary health care centres. (who.int)
  • Objective: considering the shortage of special materials geared toward this public, this work aims to evaluate the popular knowledge, the perception and the daily attitudes in oral health of visual impairment carriers, aiming to provide information for future strategies in oral health education for this population. (bvsalud.org)
  • products, and knowledge and attitudes regarding tobacco use. (who.int)
  • The questionnaire, which was issued by the Chinese Center for Health Education, consisted of a health literacy questionnaire and a COVID-19 prevention and control KAP questionnaire. (nature.com)
  • The opinions of a representative sample of adult South Africans about the effects of smoking on health and their attitudes toward tobacco control measures were surveyed by means of an interviewer-administered questionnaire. (who.int)
  • After reading the message, participants completed another questionnaire measuring their attitudes toward depression, transportation (i.e. readers' involvement with the story), and counterarguing (i.e. the generation of thoughts that dispute the persuasive argument). (ed.gov)
  • The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is an instrument to measure safety attitudes among health care providers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Of the 463 health care providers, 288 (62.2%) responded to the questionnaire. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We administered an adapted CDC-2014 questionnaire to the health care providers in the targeted hospitals. (scirp.org)
  • Design Observational study: cross-sectional rural health behaviour survey, representative of the population level. (bmj.com)
  • Revealing the changing sexual attitudes and behaviour of the British population, Natsal is one of the largest scientific studies of sexual health and lifestyles in the world. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of sexual behaviour and lifestyles in the world, and is a major source of data informing sexual and reproductive health policy in Britain. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • Studying such a large representative sample of people living in Britain allows us to produce key estimates on patterns of sexual behaviour, attitudes, health, and wellbeing across the population. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • Digital Embodiment and Improving Health Outcomes: Healthy Avatars Make for Healthy People Jorge Pe�a, Benjamin J. Li and Rabindra Ratan 3. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Her primary research interests are focused on (a) social and psychological effects and implications of new media/communication technologies for meaningful outcomes (e.g., health, education, enjoyment) and (b) a theoretical notion of presence (particularly, social presence) in a technology-mediated environment. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Poor oral health is associated with worse clinical outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). (nature.com)
  • To what extent does neighborhood social capital influence dental health outcomes for publicly insured adolescents? (wtgrantfoundation.org)
  • According to the national unified scoring method, the participants were divided into two groups: those who with adequate health literacy and those who with inadequate health literacy. (nature.com)
  • Over 90% of the PHR participants applied at least some of the advice given, thereby either completely or partially solving their plant health problems. (cabi.org)
  • It reanalyzed the responses of participants in the 2011 studies -- who were members of six Down syndrome support agencies in California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Texas -- examining 42 family attitudes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • At the same time, the results show that participants have specific health conditions and needs in relation to sexual and reproductive health and rights. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • In conclusion, predictors of positive attitudes toward vaccination were medical student status and young age. (bvsalud.org)
  • On the other hand, 42 percent of respondents disagreed that is a relationship between eye health and other diseases. (statista.com)
  • Small minorities of respondents -- less than 10 percent in the following examples -- did report some negative attitudes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A positive attitude to vaccination was observed in 82% of the respondents . (bvsalud.org)
  • The report shows that the respondents experience a life of good health and that they have a positive outlook on their futures. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Reasons for nonadherence in- (KAPs) concerning antibiotic therapy, assess factors that cluded the belief that nonrecommended agents are more influence provider antibiotic choice, and provide an update likely to cure an infection, concern for patient or parent sat- on PCP attitudes regarding antibiotic resistance. (cdc.gov)
  • The link between negative views and brain changes is likely due to an increased stress response, said Becca R. Levy, associate professor of public health and of psychology at the Yale School of Public Health and the paper's lead author. (heraldtribune.com)
  • Expectation of negative public attitudes is an extra burden that is associated with mental illnesses. (queensu.ca)
  • A stigma score was determined and the respondent was categorized into one of three groups based on score (low, moderate, or high expectations of negative public attitudes). (queensu.ca)
  • Stratified analyses and ordinal regression were used to determine if Canadians were less likely to hold negative attitudes if they had prior personal contact with someone who had a mental illness and if negative attitudes were inversely associated with intimacy of contact. (queensu.ca)
  • Compared to those who had personally experienced a mental illness, those who identified knowing a co-worker with a mental illness had higher odds of expecting negative public attitudes (OR= 10.61, 95% CI: 1.41, 79.70), however, this may have been a spurious association owing to the large number of comparisons made. (queensu.ca)
  • What are the positive and negative effects of the Internet on the development of sexual health among gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) youth? (wtgrantfoundation.org)
  • When you have a negative attitude, you will subconsciously manifest or spread negativity into your way of thinking, your work and even the people closest to you. (lifehack.org)
  • Subsequently, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the novel coronavirus disease 2019 "COVID-19" on February 11, 2020 2 . (nature.com)
  • No change in attitudes about the necessity of having children for one's happiness. (cdc.gov)
  • To better inform public health efforts fluence antibiotic selection once a diagnosis is established. (cdc.gov)
  • A review of health professional attitudes and patient perceptions on 'inappropriate' accident and emergency attendances. (nih.gov)
  • Many people's attitudes to financing the social impact sector are entrenched in the well meaning but somewhat patronising amateurism of the 19th and 20th Centuries, writes social impact specialist Richard Meredith. (probonoaustralia.com.au)
  • Following the immense impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and everyday lives world-wide, people's fear of COVID-19 has been studied in a number of settings using the Fear of COVID scale. (lu.se)
  • With the abundance of guidance and research available, OH practitioners should now be well placed to help ease the stigma of mental ill health, says Jane Downey. (personneltoday.com)
  • Theoretical Advances in Mobile Health Communication Research: An Empowerment Approach to Self-Management Nicola Brew-Sam and Arul Chib 9. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Health Goes Mobile: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Agenda Isabell Koinig and Sandra Diehl 10. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • This study examined the attitudes of 1,146 Swiss University students to direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomic testing and to genomic research participation. (karger.com)
  • Publication of DWP research report 763: attitudes to health and work amongst the working age population. (www.gov.uk)
  • Further research is required to facilitate the development of ethical policies on the delivery of health promotion strategies within the acute care setting. (bmj.com)
  • Afrobarometer is an African-led, non-partisan survey research project that measures citizen attitudes on democracy and governance, the economy, civil society, and other topics. (mcmaster.ca)
  • The case study and focus group research addressed our questions about how healthcare system restructuring has affected work health and safety. (cdc.gov)
  • The role of medical personnel in promoting vaccination and pro- health attitudes seems to be of key importance for protection against COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)
  • The disease was named by the World Health Organization: CO refers to "corona," VI refers to virus, D refers to disease, and 19 is the detection year. (medicalxpress.com)
  • 2.1% of students, 2.4% of boys, and 1.8% of girls currently obligations under the World Health Organization (WHO) used smokeless tobacco. (who.int)
  • Disease names should be chosen with careful consideration of the impacts of miscommunication, disinformation and the "infodemic" on public health, he said. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Valentine's] tweet displays what this study identified as a common skeptical framing of COVID-19, the expression of an outsized (amplified) concern with the health impacts of taking the vaccine and a minimized (attenuated) concern for the potential impacts of contracting the disease and/or following public health guidelines," Harvey writes. (medicalxpress.com)
  • this weakness of the health system is an element of vulnerability that impacts on lethality [15]. (scirp.org)
  • In a new paper published in the American Journal of Political Science , Michael Tesler presents survey and experimental data that suggest that the racial attitudes of ordinary Americans have shaped both how they feel about the health care overhaul, and how intense those feelings are. (kcur.org)
  • Survey designed to collect evidence on attitudes amongst the working-age population on the relationship between work and health. (www.gov.uk)
  • Methods: Data from the rapid response portion of the 2010 Canadian Community Health Survey were used. (queensu.ca)
  • Trachoma in Oman : an attitude survey / par Bertrand Pierre Louis Graz. (who.int)
  • Tonio Borg's history of opposition to abortion - even in the case of rape - and divorce, together with his antediluvian attitude to LGBT issues are a major source of concern. (euractiv.com)
  • Health literacy is closely related to COVID-19 prevention and control KAP in the general population of Shanxi Province. (nature.com)
  • As the Kazan Action Plan2 acknowledges, active play and recreation are important elements of healthy growth and development in children, particularly those under five, and physical education and the school environment can inculcate physical and health literacy for lifelong healthy, active lifestyles and prevention of noncommunicable diseases. (who.int)
  • Augmented Reality in Health and Medicine: A Review of Augmented Reality Application for Health Professionals, Procedures, and Behavioral Interventions Tony Liao, Pamara F. Chang and SongYi Lee 7. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Most companies operate on online interfaces, and initially they employed the so-called direct-to-consumer (DTC) approach whereby users can order the test online and receive their results directly without the mediation of health professionals. (karger.com)
  • The NHS Future Forum set out a vision for all health care professionals to 'make every contact count' by delivering health promotion strategies. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Childhood obesity is a serious issue demanding action from health care services and the professionals involved. (bmj.com)
  • The study included 135 of 155 professionals who dealt with biomedical waste from 16 out of 26 primary health care centres. (who.int)
  • Results of this study will help eye care professionals to better advise commercial drivers, concerning their eye health . (bvsalud.org)
  • This study indicates that Brazil must incorporate preventative oral health into COPD management and expand public dental services to increase uptake. (nature.com)
  • The 2004 Oral Health National Policy aimed to expand access to public services, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, and improve preventative care. (nature.com)
  • Public Health Genomics (2014) 17 (3): 158-168. (karger.com)
  • As the US struggles with an opioid overdose crisis that kills more than 130 people per day , entertainment media provide opportunities to reach the general public with crucial health messages. (chcf.org)
  • However, the downside of using technical terms-jargon-in public health is that they can be harder to understand. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Harvey suggests that the WHO's official name for the virus, "severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS coronavirus 2), as a phrase in its unabbreviated form, does a better job at communicating the public health risk of the disease than the descriptor "COVID-19. (medicalxpress.com)
  • As a public health message, the … name ' severe acute respiratory syndrome ' labels the disease while communicating its virulence ('severe' and 'acute'), warning and alerting the public about the potential symptoms and bodily systems affected ('respiratory syndrome')," Harvey writes. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Beyond labeling, disease names can perform the critically important function of framing public health messages," Harvey writes. (medicalxpress.com)
  • EconPapers: Does Public Policy Affect Attitudes? (repec.org)
  • The existing literature provides evidence that public opinion and attitudes often affect public policy. (repec.org)
  • Background Childhood obesity is a national and global issue within public health and continues to be a priority for the Department of Health. (bmj.com)
  • Background: Ebola virus disease (EVD) remains a public health problem. (scirp.org)
  • This document is provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. (cdc.gov)
  • The starting point is the Public Health Agency of Sweden's work on the national HIV strategy and the follow-up work on SRHR. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Promoting residents' health literacy by targeted health education can play an important and positive role in dealing with the threat of major infectious diseases outbreaks. (nature.com)
  • Noncommunicables Diseases Programme, under the coordination of the Ministry of Health. (who.int)
  • Primary and secondary health care providers can help patients become more active and prevent noncommunicable diseases as part of treatment and rehabilitation pathways. (who.int)
  • Aim To explore the attitudes of children's nurses about delivering health promotion to overweight children and their families during hospital admissions. (bmj.com)
  • Findings Six themes emerged from the data i) responsibility for delivery of health promotion, ii) sensitivity of the issue, iii) benefits of health promotion iv) influence of parents, v) skills of the nurses and vi) institutional support. (bmj.com)
  • The children's nurses perceived their priority for the children in their care was the treatment of the child's illness and that the acute care setting was not the appropriate environment to deliver health promotion. (bmj.com)
  • In nursing homes there commonly are many health care providers with short or no formal training, like auxiliary nurses and untrained assistants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, it was too late for Brazil's elderly population who had accumulated unmet oral health needs 14 . (nature.com)
  • More than 45,000 people have been interviewed and the findings have helped to shape sexual and reproductive health policy in Britain. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • Results from Natsal-3 showed that different aspects of sexual health affect people at different times throughout their lives, and that sexual health is an important component of our overall health and wellbeing. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • The current study links the three previous studies together to ask whether the attitudes of parents, siblings and people with Down syndrome differ within families, such as whether the attitudes expressed by parents will be shared by other family members. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Although the results are not generalisable to all young people living with HIV in Sweden, they give an indication of the health situation in the group. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Young people living with HIV use condoms to a greater extent than other young people and thus take more responsibility for their sexual health than other young people. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Mr Borg's track record when it comes to sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as women's rights and LGBT rights more broadly makes him an unsuitable candidate for the post as health Commissioner" added Mikael Gustafsson , Chair of Parliament's Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee. (euractiv.com)
  • They also revealed how sexual attitudes and lifestyles have changed in the last sixty years. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • The studies provide valuable data for predicting and preventing HIV/STI transmission, and for improving our understanding of sexual and reproductive health. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • The data have been extensively used to design and promote sexual health education and services, and the methodology has been replicated elsewhere. (lshtm.ac.uk)
  • The extent to which the abilities of members with Down syndrome were impaired had little or no relation to attitudes within the family. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 2 Defined as a level of physical activity not meeting WHO's global recommendations on physical activity for health, which for adults is 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity (or equivalent) per week measured as a composite of physical activity undertaken across multiple domains: for work (paid and unpaid, including domestic work), for travel (walking and cycling) and for recreation (including sports). (who.int)
  • Our study demonstrates that positive attitudes tend to dominate within modern-day families who have members with Down syndrome, although the challenges were not insignificant for some," says Brian Skotko, MD, MPP, co-director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Down Syndrome Program and corresponding author of the study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • There are countless tips available but these 16 methods will keep you positive no matter what challenge you face and help you create the right attitude for success. (lifehack.org)
  • The book additionally suggests how technology should be designed, utilized, and evaluated for health interventions. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Innovative Health Interventions at the Intersection of Neuroimaging and Multimedia Design Jacob T. Fisher and Rene Weber 16. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Organizational interventions are needed to foster heterophily whenever multidisciplinary cooperation is required to provide effective health care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We wanted to dare the supervisors taking part in the training to consider their personal age-related attitudes and their significance in supervisory work at the workplaces," Ruokolainen says. (ttl.fi)
  • These findings are widespread across different demographic groups, robust under alternative model specifications, observed only after the policies are adopted, and highlight the importance of age in attitude formation. (repec.org)