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Socioeconomic15
- Educational attainment is an important factor of socioeconomic status and may influence communities' ability to navigate information about pollution, environmental law, and community-scale resources to influence environmental decision-making (Helfand & Peyton, 1999). (cdc.gov)
- Unemployment is an important marker of community socioeconomic status. (cdc.gov)
- There is a known positive correlation between socioeconomic position and health. (wikipedia.org)
- In this respect, most attention has focused on, for example, age, racial and ethnic, and socioeconomic differences in access to online health. (utwente.nl)
- Close relation between health and economic status/wellbeing of a district underlines the role of health in determining socioeconomic situation of a region. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Secondary outcomes comprise other anthropometric indices, iron and zinc status, dietary behavior, malaria indicators, and household socioeconomic status. (biomedcentral.com)
- WHO has also focused on of socioeconomic and health development. (who.int)
- 0.3-0.4]) for the aforementioned socioeconomic indicators. (bvsalud.org)
- We recommend future research investigate the nature of the association between body mass index and dental caries in samples that include a full range of body mass index scores, and explore how factors such as socioeconomic status mediate the association between body mass index and dental caries. (biomedcentral.com)
- Still Unequal At Birth: Birth Weight, Socioeconomic Status,And Outcomes at Age 9 ," PGDA Working Papers 9512, Program on the Global Demography of Aging. (repec.org)
- Still unequal at birth - birth weight, socioeconomic status and outcomes at age 9 ," Working Papers 201125, School of Economics, University College Dublin. (repec.org)
- Still Unequal at Birth: Birth Weight, Socioeconomic Status and Outcomes at Age 9 ," Working Paper 143356, Harvard University OpenScholar. (repec.org)
- Though the literature has examined structural racism in the form of racial residential segregation, the health effects of another indicator of structural racism, racial inequalities in socioeconomic status, is not well-understood. (umd.edu)
- Some of the variables in indices used for measuring social vulnerability include residential area 14 socioeconomic status 5 , educational status 15 and financial status 16 . (bvsalud.org)
- Numerous studies that examined the associations between socio-demographic, economic and individual factors such as race 19 , ethnicity 20 , socioeconomic status 21 , oral health literacy 22 and compliance 23 , and oral health outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
World Health Organ7
- He wrote the 1980 World Health Organization (WHO) report that first identified the consequences of illness. (medscape.com)
- 1 World Health Organization, 1946 Constitution. (who.int)
- The World Health Organization (WHO) stresses that public health is an important topic on policy agendas in most Western countries. (utwente.nl)
- The concept of Health Promoting School initiated by World Health Organization aims to move beyond individual behavioural change and to consider organisational structure change such as improvement of the school's physical and social environment. (biomedcentral.com)
- The intervention comprises the bio-diversification of horticultural home gardens and nutritional health counseling, using the 7 Essential Nutrition Action messages by the World Health Organization. (biomedcentral.com)
- The World Health Organization (WHO) Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information Service (VMNIS) Micronutrients Database report that only 17 countries have assessed zinc status using serum or plasma zinc as part of their national survey. (kcl.ac.uk)
- The World Health Organization (WHO) defines overweight and obesity as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health [1]. (scirp.org)
DETERMINANTS OF HEA11
- The past few decades have witnessed increased interest in commitment to greater equity in health through addressing the social determinants of health and their consequences. (who.int)
- This document proposes a strategy for closing this health equity gap through action on the key determinants of health. (who.int)
- Member States are called upon to reduce the health equity gap through action on the social determinants of health. (who.int)
- The prerequisite for success is political commitment to provide an enabling environment for all to contribute to reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health including measures to improve living conditions, tackling uneven distribution of power, money and resources, and routine monitoring of the health equity gap. (who.int)
- These conditions, commonly referred to as the `social determinants of health' (SDH), can help create or destroy peoples' health. (who.int)
- The Final Report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) calls for a new global agenda for health improvement and health equity. (who.int)
- The Sixty-second World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for a reduction of health inequities through action on the social determinants of health as recommended by the CSDH report (see Resolution WHA62.14 annexed herewith). (who.int)
- This document proposes a strategy for reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health. (who.int)
- Data on 41 potential determinants of health were obtained from 10 different data sources, and 4 primary outcome measures (male and female life expectancy, maternal mortality ratio and infant mortality rate) were analysed. (who.int)
- Following on this point, it is recommended that another principle be added that recognizes the impact of the broad determinants of health, such as income security, education and housing, on mental health and consequently the need for intersectoral solutions to prevention. (cmha.ca)
- Relative position of the districts within the states is explored to identify the determinants of health status using simple econometric exercise. (uni-muenchen.de)
20205
- This annex describes the consultative process and the recommended feasible global targets on effective coverage of refractive error and effective coverage of cataract surgery to be achieved by 2030, requested by the Health Assembly in resolution WHA73.4 (2020). (who.int)
- The Secretariat held two technical consultations, from 1 to 3 July 2020 and on 16 September 2020, with experts in the field of eye care, specifically in the areas of epidemiology, public health and health economics to provide technical input throughout the process of setting feasible global targets for the two indicators, namely effective coverage of refractive error and effective coverage of cataract surgery. (who.int)
- On the basis of the outcomes of this consultative process, the Secretariat published an updated discussion paper on 11 November 2020 on the WHO website4 addressing the key points raised during the consultative process. (who.int)
- Mental health is one of the 12 Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators. (utah.gov)
- In 2020, approximately 23.1% (crude rate) of Utah adults reported seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days. (utah.gov)
Clinical10
- Clinical determinants included presence of chronic conditions, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), and overall health status compared with 12 months. (cdc.gov)
- Dr. Morris is the clinical disease team lead for the health systems and worker safety task force for the CDC COVID-19 response. (cdc.gov)
- Using the patient safety indicators to detect potential safety events among US veterans with psychotic disorders: clinical and research implications. (ahrq.gov)
- Similar findings were observed in a study utilizing veterans' health data, providing additional evidence that, while clinicians may identify a state of risk using traditional clinical assessment techniques, predictive models are capable of identifying higher-risk patients who are missed during clinical assessments and are most likely to complete a lethal suicidal act 4 , 16 . (nature.com)
- Poor self-reported health status was also related to increased injuries but was not related to clinical health indicators. (cdc.gov)
- In addition, HCWs who died had higher risks for the most severe clinical indicators. (cdc.gov)
- Severe clinical indicators and specific symptoms may predict COVID-19-related deaths among HCWs. (cdc.gov)
- The second report, Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late (IOM, 2002a), was a critical review of clinical and epidemiological health outcomes research that evaluated the effect of health insurance status on a variety of general and condition-specific indicators and outcomes for American adults younger than 65. (nationalacademies.org)
- While not specifically designed for clinical settings, the comparative ease of calculating the BMI has made it a common tool for establishing an individual's weight status [6]. (scirp.org)
- Being the most commonly-reported rheumatic disease in childhood, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) represents a major health problem as a set of heterogeneous conditions that have been formerly considered as separate clinical entities [1]. (scirp.org)
Socio-demographic3
- Correlations of EAPC in ASIRs and ASMRs with socio-demographic index (SDI) and universal health coverage index (UHCI) in 2019 were separately evaluated by Pearson correlation analyses. (springer.com)
- No main effect of childlessness is observed in any of the regions net of socio-demographic, economic and health factors. (springer.com)
- The questionnaire also included potentially associated contextual factors (e.g. socio-demographic characteristics) and health indicators (e.g. sickness absence from school). (biomedcentral.com)
Maternal7
- To study the consequences of pregnancy on women affected by cystic fibrosis and to clarify the impact of the disease on maternal and newborn health. (nih.gov)
- The outcome was identified for 75 cases: 64 delivered babies (45 at term and 10 prematurely, prematurity rate: 18%), 10 abortions (five spontaneous and five therapeutic or medical), and one maternal death during pregnancy. (nih.gov)
- Pregnancy only has a slight adverse effect on maternal health if the women are in good general condition before starting pregnancy. (nih.gov)
- Important sexual and reproductive health issues, such as family planning use, psychosocial aspects of reproductive health, STIs and maternal health will be discussed. (southampton.ac.uk)
- It is possible that associations of GWG with outcomes do not result from GWG itself, but rather to underlying factors that influence both weight gain and the outcomes (e.g., maternal diet composition or physical activity level). (nationalacademies.org)
- Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. (who.int)
- In a published study titled " The Hurrider I Go the Behinder I Get: The Deteriorating International Ranking of U.S. Health Status ," Bezruchka looked at statistics on Infant and child mortality, maternal mortality, life expectancy at birth and at age 50, and adult mortality as mortality measures that reflect health over the course of one's life, comparing them across developed countries. (utah.edu)
Inequalities6
- Although health inequalities exist worldwide, between and within countries, the majority of them are avoidable. (who.int)
- As a result, millions of people still do not have access to and financial coverage for essential oral health care, leading to high out-of-pocket payments for patients.3 The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected oral health services and worsened inequalities for disadvantaged population groups, highlighting the need for continued essential oral health services in emergency situations. (who.int)
- Preliminary work suggests that living in contexts with larger racial inequalities in SES is associated with rates of obesity and poor self-rated health, and associations vary by contextual factors like urbanization. (umd.edu)
- This proposal will examine race, individual-level SES and county-level urbanization as moderators of the association between county-level racial inequalities in SES with obesity and self-rated health. (umd.edu)
- These studies will link the National Health Interview Survey to a county-level data set of racial inequalities in SES and racial segregation derived from the American Communities Survey. (umd.edu)
- The differences in mortality outcomes between the United States and the healthiest nations today represent substantial inequalities in health. (utah.edu)
Populations8
- Education also influences populations' susceptibility to health impacts of negative environmental conditions. (cdc.gov)
- Unemployment is also associated with stress and stress-related inflammation, potentially rendering these populations more vulnerable to health effects mediated by stress (Ala-Mursula et al. (cdc.gov)
- Use a life course approach in understanding population health, with a consideration of important risk factors and risk indicators that influence the health status (outcomes) of populations. (southampton.ac.uk)
- Digital inequality research typically considers how specific populations can benefit from access to online services and has shown that those most likely to experience health-related issues are also less likely to benefit from the internet in general. (utwente.nl)
- The expanded use of electronic health records (EHR) in the US has stimulated efforts to identify patients at risk of suicide in different populations. (nature.com)
- Review criteria retrospectively assess care provided on a case-by-case basis to individuals or populations of patients, indicators relate to care or services provided to patients, and standards refer to the outcome of care specified within these indicators. (bmj.com)
- Underweight and stunting are highly prevalent public health problems in developing countries, particularly among populations exposed to food insecurity and chronic malnutrition. (umass.edu)
- Height- or length-for-age is the best-known functional outcome associated with the risk of zinc deficiency in populations. (kcl.ac.uk)
Adverse4
- Minorities experiencing negative health effects associated with environmental pollution may experience barriers to accessing health care due to discrimination and other factors and may suffer disproportionately adverse outcomes (Neighbors et al. (cdc.gov)
- Low educational attainment has been shown to be associated with increased risk of adverse birth outcomes (Gray et al. (cdc.gov)
- Using patient safety indicators to estimate the impact of potential adverse events on outcomes. (ahrq.gov)
- Only by knowing the magnitude of causal relationships can one say with certainty that recommending a certain amount of GWG will result in altered frequency of adverse child health outcomes. (nationalacademies.org)
Measures13
- We analyzed 2 secondary databases: 1) a centralized administrative data set to document implementation processes and structures for delivering the program and 2) a common set of outcome measures for assessing the effect of the program on older Texans. (cdc.gov)
- The secondary objective was to examine selected key outcome measures to validate positive findings reported in previous studies. (cdc.gov)
- We found that patient satisfaction correlates significantly with general health and disease-specific outcome measures, with the highest correlation to the domains that relate to pain and function. (lu.se)
- Consequently, the central outcome measures of whether this strategy can be judged successful are those that establish whether the food and nutritional needs of young children in Liberia are being met. (who.int)
- Consistent relationships between marital status and both measures of wellbeing support further analysis of marital selection in this regard. (springer.com)
- With this target comes a call to action for the early childhood education community to improve the quality, feasibility and accessibility of population-based measures of early childhood environments and learning outcomes associated with readiness for primary education. (brookings.edu)
- 1, 2 Moreover, there are ways of assessing quality without using hard quantitative measures such as quality indicators-for example, peer review, videoing consultations, patient interviews. (bmj.com)
- Committee was charged with developing a minimum set of instrument was developed as a demonstration project having community health status measures to address Objective 22.1. (cdc.gov)
- These measures, however, are local health jurisdictions across the nation. (cdc.gov)
- To assess concurrent validity, the OQoL-7 was compared to other measures of the same concept (single QoL item) or related concepts (self-rated health, SF-12). (biomedcentral.com)
- For too long, MA has relied on process measures as a quality indicator rather than health outcomes and patient satisfaction. (thehealthcareblog.com)
- To push performance higher and emphasize health, ACHP and its member companies propose to eliminate 10 outdated process measures that are poorly designed or have clustered rates of performance at the top of the measure. (thehealthcareblog.com)
- These same measures had been used over the years to assess the vulnerability of individuals and communities to diseases, as they reflect how the material reality of life increases the predisposition to poor nutrition 17 and serves as barrier to access health services, due to the cost of medical care and distance to facilities 13,18 , among other things. (bvsalud.org)
Social outcomes2
- The report makes clear the barriers children with disabilities face to participating fully in their societies and how this often translates to negative health and social outcomes. (unicef.org)
- Equality Commission 2015), particularly its impact on educational, health and social outcomes. (eera-ecer.de)
Predictor5
- Researchers in the field argue that intelligence measured at an early age is an important predictor of later health and mortality differences. (wikipedia.org)
- The results confirmed that digital inequality research would benefit from considering health as a predictor of internet attitude, material access, internet skills, internet health use, and health outcomes. (utwente.nl)
- Little research has focused on the individual's general health status as a predictor of risk of occupational injury. (cdc.gov)
- 2017) and research has shown that the prevalence of co-existing deprivation indicators - including poverty, housing parental health and family well-being can be a key predictor of children's life outcomes (Neubourg et al. (eera-ecer.de)
- Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine if the social vulnerability for caries index was a good predictor for caries status. (bvsalud.org)
Methods4
- The information required to develop quality indicators can be derived using systematic or non-systematic methods. (bmj.com)
- The purpose of this paper is to review methods which seek to develop and apply quality indicators. (bmj.com)
- Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to evaluate the HRQOL of children aged ≤ 18 years who had JIA using the childhood health assessment questionnaire modified for Arab children (CHAQ-MAC). (scirp.org)
- Methods and indicators for assessing vulnerability vary depending on the research or policy context 8 . (bvsalud.org)
Program outcomes1
Morbidity2
- Cognitive epidemiology is a field of research that examines the associations between intelligence test scores (IQ scores or extracted g-factors) and health, more specifically morbidity (mental and physical) and mortality. (wikipedia.org)
- A potential risk factor contributing to occupational injuries across all industries is acute or chronic co-morbidity (e.g., obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol), and related health issues that increase the risk for an occupational injury or illness. (cdc.gov)
Nutritional status5
- In addressing the needs of nutritionally vulnerable households and in working to safeguard the food security and good nutritional status of others, two demographic groups are targeted - infants and children under 5 years of age and pregnant and lactating women. (who.int)
- Climate change heavily affects child nutritional status in sub-Saharan Africa. (biomedcentral.com)
- This project will establish the potential of a home gardening and nutrition counseling program to counteract climate change-related quantitative and qualitative agricultural losses, thereby improving the nutritional status among young children in rural sub-Saharan Africa. (biomedcentral.com)
- BMI is widely used as a surrogate measure for obesity because it corrects for an individual's height in relation to weight, and is a commonly used indicator of can indicate nutritional status. (biomedcentral.com)
- NHANES collected biological specimens (biospecimens) for laboratory analysis to provide detailed information about participants' health and nutritional status. (cdc.gov)
Care53
- 1 Respiratory Disease Section, Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Bay Pines, FL. (nih.gov)
- World Health Assembly requested the Director-General, inter alia, to prepare, in consultation with Member States, recommendations on feasible global targets for 2030 on integrated people-centred eye care, focusing on effective coverage of refractive error and effective coverage of cataract surgery, for consideration by the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly in 2021, through the Executive Board at its 148th session. (who.int)
- Single-payer is far from perfect and will not work without a few hard rules, including the elimination of out-of-pocket patient spending for necessary care, a system to annually budget for anticipated health needs for each community, and completely banning profiteering in medicine. (thesunmagazine.org)
- Such efforts potentially support people in improved outcomes regarding their knowledge of health issues, health communication with professionals, decision-making about health issues, proper use of health services, and improved ways of taking care of themselves. (utwente.nl)
- The results furthermore revealed that all 4 access stages directly contribute to obtaining positive health outcomes, suggesting that to make online health care attainable for the general population, interventions should focus simultaneously on all stages. (utwente.nl)
- Preliminary assessment of pediatric health care quality and patient safety in the United States using readily available administrative data. (ahrq.gov)
- Particular attention must be paid to cross-ministerial communication with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. (cmha.ca)
- This Ministry is undertaking broad reform of the health care sector which should be taken into account as the children and youth mental health framework is developed. (cmha.ca)
- The regionalization of health care planning through the introduction of Local Health Integration Networks will necessarily impact services delivered specifically for children and youth and close collaboration must be a priority. (cmha.ca)
- Gaps in health infrastructure in the region needed to be taken care of to tap the full economic potential of the region has also been estimated and highlighted. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn't meet acceptable standards of quality. (citizen.org)
- Global Trade Watch's mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives. (citizen.org)
- These chronic health conditions have been associated not only with increased risk for injuries, but also higher health-care costs, and greater absenteeism. (cdc.gov)
- Prior publications have described CSF program efforts to reduce hazardous exposures, disabling injuries, organic dust toxic syndrome, occupational health-care costs, and to increase positive occupational health behaviors. (cdc.gov)
- Other challenges relating to the lack of comprehensive, people-centred, and quality health care services, ensuring adequate universal health health workforce, improving access to essential medicines and technologies and bridging the gaps coverage that currently exist in health information systems will also have to be addressed in the journey to universal health coverage. (who.int)
- Quality indicators have been developed throughout Europe primarily for use in hospitals, but also increasingly for primary care. (bmj.com)
- It is also necessary to consider what the results of applying indicators tell us about quality of care. (bmj.com)
- Quality improvement has become a central tenet of health care. (bmj.com)
- It is no longer the preserve of enthusiastic volunteers but part of the daily routine of all those involved in delivering health care, and has become a statutory obligation in many countries. (bmj.com)
- There are numerous reasons why it is important to improve quality of health care, including enhancing the accountability of health practitioners and managers, resource efficiency, identifying and minimising medical errors while maximising the use of effective care and improving outcomes, and aligning care to what users/patients want in addition to what they need. (bmj.com)
- Indicators are explicitly defined and measurable items which act as building blocks in the assessment of care. (bmj.com)
- Moreover, a transition occurs from dependence on parents to more autonomy and financial independence and from youth health care to adult health care. (biomedcentral.com)
- 2013). Failing to support children with SEN also results in significant burden and distress for parents and families but also results in considerable long-term social and economic costs for society, often leading to lost earnings, reduced productivity and increasing financial burdens across education, health, social care and justice systems (Chorozoglou et al. (eera-ecer.de)
- Essential oral health care covers a defined set of safe, cost-effective interventions at individual and community levels that promote oral health and prevent and treat the most prevalent and/or severe oral diseases and conditions, including appropriate rehabilitative services and referral. (who.int)
- Availability and coverage of oral health care are highly variable within and between countries. (who.int)
- the cost of the additional health care that would be provided to the uninsured if they gained health insurance. (nationalacademies.org)
- Understanding who eventually pays for the health care that uninsured people receive and the economic value lost as a consequence of not receiving adequate care are important to evaluating alternatives for expanding coverage. (nationalacademies.org)
- This report is the fifth in a series of studies that constitute a systematic assessment of the ramifications of failing to include millions of people each year in the predominant organizational form and financing mechanisms for health care services in the United States, private and public health insurance. (nationalacademies.org)
- Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care (IOM, 2001a), the Committee's introductory report, presented an overview of the dynamics of health insurance coverage in the United States and estimates of the number and characteristics of the population that lacks coverage. (nationalacademies.org)
- The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. (cdc.gov)
- A sedentary lifestyle has negative consequences on health status and increases health care costs. (biomedcentral.com)
- Consequently, the findings of this project might help the Health Systems to identify strategies for primary prevention and health promotion as well as to reduce health care requirements and costs. (biomedcentral.com)
- Previous studies have shown that regular physical activity reduces health care requirements and thereby leads to significant savings in health-care costs [ 15 , 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- The prevalence of low birth weight is an important aspect of public health which has been linked to increased risk of infant death, increased cost of care, and a range of later life outcomes. (repec.org)
- In a last-ditch effort to convince Canadians that their public health care system should be privatized, Canadian Medical Association (CMA) President Robert Ouellet has promised to "pull out all the stops" during the association's annual meeting next week. (healthcare-now.org)
- A new poll conducted by the Toronto-based Nanos Research points to overwhelming support - 86.2 percent - for strengthening public health care rather than expanding for-profit services. (healthcare-now.org)
- With more than 8 in 10 Canadians supporting public solutions to make public health care stronger, there is compelling evidence that Canadians across all demographics would prefer a public over a for-profit health care system," said Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research. (healthcare-now.org)
- In that report, a leading indicator points to the fact that "Most Canadians (85.2 percent) aged 15 years and older reported being 'very satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied' with the way overall health care services were provided, unchanged from 2005. (healthcare-now.org)
- Michael McBane, national coordinator of the CHC, commented: "Throughout our campaign, Canadians have told us they want to keep our health care system public and to improve it with made-in-Canada solutions. (healthcare-now.org)
- McBane warned that Ouellet's latest effort to replace public health care with a private system uses language that is misleading. (healthcare-now.org)
- He will talk about transformative health care - which really means transforming a public system to one that is private. (healthcare-now.org)
- Recently, the CMA president toured Canada touting the merits of what he called the European model of health care - cobbling together selective pieces of information from different European systems to lull Canadians into accepting the idea of more private, for-profit service. (healthcare-now.org)
- Dr. Ouellet needs to stop misleading Canadians and start telling them what he's really up to - privatizing our health care system," said McBane. (healthcare-now.org)
- Dr. Ouellet's privatized, for-profit vision won't solve a single problem of our public health care - and more importantly, Canadians don't want it. (healthcare-now.org)
- If they love there health care so much, then why did their prime minister get his heart surgery in NEW YORK? (healthcare-now.org)
- Obama's Health care is NOTHING like what Canada has anyway, and THEY PAY FOR IT. (healthcare-now.org)
- They pay for their "free" health care with exorbitant and they are suffering because of it. (healthcare-now.org)
- Everything you always wanted to know about the Health Care system. (thehealthcareblog.com)
- As enrollment soars and interest in value-based health care grows, it is imperative policymakers modernize the program that is expected to cost $7.5 trillion over the next decade. (thehealthcareblog.com)
- The researcher, Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, a senior lecturer in global health, says the decline comes despite increased U.S. spending on health care services. (utah.edu)
- A set of heuristics to evaluate how health information technologies (HITs) incorporate features that enable effective patient use of person-generated health data (PGHD) is needed in an era where there is a growing demand and variety of PGHD-enabled technologies in health care and where a number of remote patient-monitoring technologies do not yet enable patient use of PGHD. (jmir.org)
- Person-generated health data (PGHD) are produced from technologies that allow people to access and utilize health data that they themselves generate outside of a health clinic setting, and to share these data with health care providers and others, typically via the internet. (jmir.org)
- The use of outcome and process indicators to incentivize integrated care for frail older people. (lu.se)
Findings4
- The findings of this study support a more in-depth analysis of the role of marital status in mediating the relationship between childlessness and psychological wellbeing. (springer.com)
- The aim of this study is identification of the key indicators for successful implementation of Health Promoting School by analysing the findings of the school health profile based on the structured framework of Hong Kong Healthy School Award Scheme and the health status of students investigated by the Hong Kong Student Health Survey. (biomedcentral.com)
- A Primary Evaluation of Service Delivery under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM): Findings from a Study in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America consolidates information that the Committee has developed over the course of its examination of personal, familial, and community outcomes and considers these findings within the context of the national economy and political culture. (nationalacademies.org)
Interventions6
- The interventions are divided into those that are within the immediate remit of the ministry of health, and those that come under other sectors or are cross-sectoral. (who.int)
- The proposed interventions take cognizance of the widening health equity gap within and among Member States. (who.int)
- We will discuss the role of health systems and policy strategies needed for population health interventions. (southampton.ac.uk)
- The former focuses on public awareness and attitudes while the latter focuses on interventions that can reduce the incidence of mental health problems. (cmha.ca)
- This study suggests the need for additional research and interventions integrating occupational safety and health prevention along with health promotion. (cdc.gov)
- 20%, the risk of zinc deficiency is considered elevated and should be addressed through public health interventions to improve zinc status (20, 21). (kcl.ac.uk)
Organizational2
- The RCT design does not necessary lend itself to outcomes involving organizational or structural change as the statistical assumptions underpinning RCT are not valid to reflect organisational or structural change so limited conclusion could be drawn [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- WHO tool OASIS (Organizational assessment for share of out-of pocket expenditures for health. (who.int)
Assessment4
- By the 1980s, however, outcome measurement started to gain general interest, and by the late 1980s, medical rehabilitation practitioners recognized functional assessment as a means for measuring outcomes in medical rehabilitation . (medscape.com)
- Regional Office prioritized the assessment of progress towards universal health coverage in the 1Group 1: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Region. (who.int)
- Precise information from biochemical assessment of zinc status is currently limited. (kcl.ac.uk)
- For population assessment, the advised indicator to use is the percentage of children under 5 years of age with length- or height-for age less than -2.0 SD below the age-specific median of the reference population. (kcl.ac.uk)
Differences5
- When assessing the health status of patients after orthopaedic surgery, such as knee arthroplasty, general health and disease-specific questionnaires are gaining in popularity because of their precision in detecting subtle differences. (lu.se)
- article{e354cd9c-4fdd-4e82-9bb5-076e91df4655, abstract = {{When assessing the health status of patients after orthopaedic surgery, such as knee arthroplasty, general health and disease-specific questionnaires are gaining in popularity because of their precision in detecting subtle differences. (lu.se)
- ABSTRACT We examined differences in health indicators and associated factors across countries according to the proportion of the population who are Muslim. (who.int)
- Four significant predictors explained 52%-72% of the differences in health outcomes between the 2 groups: gross national income, literacy rate, access to clean water and level of corruption. (who.int)
- Effectively evaluating quality begins with having tools to collect information accurately and comprehensively, increasing response rates and accounting for cultural, geographic and health equity differences. (thehealthcareblog.com)
Quality11
- In Canada, the complex legacies of colonisation have left Aboriginal people - First Nations, Metis and Inuit - at the bottom in a range of indicators such as well-being, economic status, education, housing quality and health outcomes. (opendemocracy.net)
- Validity of selected AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators based on VA National Surgical Quality Improvement program data. (ahrq.gov)
- This paper examines the relationship between lifetime childlessness, depressive mood and quality of life in early old age using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (N = 21,295). (springer.com)
- This report represents the collaborative work of the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) core team, technical advisory groups and steering committee, as well as the individuals and organizations consulted in countries where the modules were piloted. (brookings.edu)
- The Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) initiative began in 2014 in anticipation of this new global emphasis on early childhood development (ECD). (brookings.edu)
- The presenters will be asked to reflect on the role of quality improvement and accreditation processes to support action on health inequity. (phabc.org)
- In 2012, the Regional Committee passed a political will and commitment to move towards resolution endorsing a proposed roadmap on universal health coverage with quality population strengthening health systems as a strategic priority, and individual health services is the predominant as well as necessary steps towards boosting universal challenge for many countries. (who.int)
- coverage with quality health services at both the population and individual levels. (who.int)
- Adherence to these characteristics will help maximise the effectiveness of quality indicators in quality improvement strategies. (bmj.com)
- I determine whether parental investments (as measured by the quality of interaction with the child, parenting style, or school quality) mediate the association between birth weight and later indicators. (repec.org)
- Objectives: To evaluate the effect of Juvenile Idiopathic Rheumatoid Ar-thritis (JIA) on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Saudi children. (scirp.org)
Epidemiological2
- We will analyse population health issues in different country contexts with reference to epidemiological and nutrition transition frameworks. (southampton.ac.uk)
- Discuss a wide range of current and emerging population health issues in low-, middle and high-income countries referring to the epidemiological and nutrition transition frameworks. (southampton.ac.uk)
Cohort3
- Health indicators of a cohort of Midwest farmers: health outcomes of participants in the Certified Safe Farm program. (cdc.gov)
- This paper reports on the general health indicators of a cohort of 438 Iowa farm owner/operators enrolled in the CSF program. (cdc.gov)
- Using data from a new Irish cohort study, I document the relationship between birth weight and socio-economic status. (repec.org)
Epidemiology2
- In addition to exploring and establishing these associations, cognitive epidemiology seeks to understand causal relationships between intelligence and health outcomes. (wikipedia.org)
- Other scholars have pursued this line of inquiry by documenting a social distribution or epidemiology of stress exposure and their subsequent links to health outcomes in large community-based or nationally representative surveys (e.g. (cdc.gov)
Data20
- Health status indicators are data on outcomes or their causes (e.g., smoking rates). (cdc.gov)
- Health status indicator data is made available by numerous organizations. (cdc.gov)
- A growing body of data suggest that aspects of systemic and structural racism contribute to health disparities, including those associated with environmental pollution, through a number of pathways, including discrimination by the institutional medical system (Boateng & Aslakson, 2021). (cdc.gov)
- The report includes internationally comparable data from 42 countries and covers more than 60 indicators of child well-being - from nutrition and health, to access to water and sanitation, protection from violence and exploitation, and education. (unicef.org)
- When a high response rate is important or when the use of comprehensive questionnaires is not practical, it may be possible to gain useful outcome data after a surgical procedure by simpler means. (lu.se)
- Analyses must contend with the scale of the outcomes (continuous, categorical, or count data), changes over time independent of treatment, carryover of treatment effects from one period into the next, (auto)correlation of measurements, premature end-of-treatment periods, and modes of inference (Bayesian or frequentist). (ahrq.gov)
- Several health outcomes possibly associated with vitamin C intake were also considered but data were found to be insufficient to establish DRVs. (europa.eu)
- In 2015 and 2017, the New Jersey Student Health Survey was unable to obtain the number of student responses needed to reach the 60% response rate required by the CDC to be able to weight the data to be representative of the New Jersey high school student population. (nj.us)
- Evaluating the Patient Safety Indicators: how well do they perform on Veterans Health Administration data? (ahrq.gov)
- The information provided above is from the Department of Health's Center for Health Data IBIS-PH web site (http://ibis.health.state.gov). (utah.gov)
- This is the third in a four-part webinar series exploring current Canadian issues associated with equity-integrated population health status reporting, equity indicators, local data and health equity outcomes. (phabc.org)
- The focus is on data to drive community action to improve health equity. (phabc.org)
- To have a wider implication at ground level and also to identify the regional disparity in health infrastructure and outcome, the study has been conducted at district level across all general category states of India using data from District Level Household Survey (DLHS-III) and National Sample Survey (NSS). (uni-muenchen.de)
- Not only was there a lack of data on long-term outcomes, but also the research community was only just beginning to understand the importance of the intrauterine environment for long-term child health. (nationalacademies.org)
- The availability of valuable Department of Education (DE) data with other social, econometric and health administrative data makes it possible, for the first time, to evaluate the form, context and variability of SEN in NI and to begin to understand what SEN means at the individual, household, school and regional levels. (eera-ecer.de)
- a set of health status indicators appropriate for all levels of The Committee's recommendation that existing data government and establish wide use of the indicators. (cdc.gov)
- Committee's recommendations in the form of two summary questionnaire covering as many PDNs as possible in a lists: Health Status Indicators (HSIs) (3,4,5) and Priority manner that assured the highest level of comparability with Data Needs (PDNs). (cdc.gov)
- Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (7)), and iii) an overall in this Note should help State, Tribal, and local health research design that was as cost-effective as possible while agencies collect and evaluate these data items and, thereby, maintaining a high level of reliability and validity. (cdc.gov)
- Eastern Mediterranean Data Repository is the gateway to health indicators data tables for the region's 22 countries. (who.int)
- Plasma/serum zinc concentration reflects dietary zinc intake during the previous weeks, responds consistently to zinc supplementation, and reference data are available for most age and sex groups, making it an appropriate biomarker for use in research studies (e.g. to assess the response of a zinc supplementation intervention) and population health surveys alike. (kcl.ac.uk)
Inequality4
- Actual well-being in terms of personal health is far less studied as a determinant of internet access in digital inequality research. (utwente.nl)
- Inequality in health outcomes in India: the role of caste and religion. (uni-muenchen.de)
- The results of these studies will combine the research areas of Health in Social Context and Social and Economic Inequality to advance our understanding of structural racism effects with potential for intervention and future research. (umd.edu)
- Reasons for this relative decline are likely due to structural changes related to societal determinants of population health stemming from high economic inequality and lack of attention to early life issues. (utah.edu)
Functional2
- Their impact and temporal relationship with other outcomes such as functional status, dyspnea, and the multidimensional body mass index, obstruction, dyspnea, exercise capacity (BODE) index remain unknown. (nih.gov)
- These indicators are disaggregated by functional difficulty type and severity, child's sex, economic status, and country. (unicef.org)
Performance indicators2
- Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented. (ferris.edu)
- They can be considered as school performance indicators to help schools embarking their Health Promoting School journey as another key education objective. (biomedcentral.com)
Demographic3
- The number of ER visits during the past 12 months was dichotomized to 'Yes' or 'No'. Demographic factors included age, sex, race, marital status, education, income level, US regions, insurance status, and total number of people in the household. (cdc.gov)
- However, the extent to which increased exposure in HCWs led to increased risk for death-and which demographic characteristics, severity indicators, and symptoms best predict this risk-remains unclear. (cdc.gov)
- The survey collected demographic information including height, weight, and perceived weight status (underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese). (scirp.org)
Reproductive4
- Explain the concepts, history and importance of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the current population debate. (southampton.ac.uk)
- Reading for the reproductive health part of the module. (southampton.ac.uk)
- Using appropriate econometric tools, Health infrastructure has been critically viewed from the basic aspects of availability and accessibility of Promotive, Preventive and Curative health services, whereas health outcome/status has been analysed using three basic indicators of Reproductive & Child Health. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Underweight, defined as a BMI less than 18.5, receives far less attention in public health, yet has been associated with higher rates of respiratory, intestinal, and reproductive problems [5]. (scirp.org)
Characteristics1
- Childhood characteristics as indicators of adult health status. (cdc.gov)
Middle Aged1
- Regular physical activity is associated with decreased risk of CVD and type 2 diabetes in middle aged women, independently of their menopause status [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Unequal2
- Governance, and social and economic forces, in turn, shape these conditions.3 For different social groups, unequal access to these social and economic conditions gives rise to unequal health outcomes. (who.int)
- Still Unequal at Birth: Birth Weight,Socio-economic Status and Outcomes at Age 9 ," The Economic and Social Review , Economic and Social Studies, vol. 44(1), pages 53-84. (repec.org)
Research11
- 1998). Research indicates that negative effects of air pollution on birth outcomes are greater for mothers from low-income neighborhoods (Padula et al. (cdc.gov)
- Leonard Pearlin's "The Sociological Study of Stress ", a classic piece, published in the 1989 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, has inspired two decades of research. (cdc.gov)
- Social Indicators Research , 115 (3), 945-961. (springer.com)
- Social Indicators Research , 114 (2), 639-653. (springer.com)
- Social Indicators Research, 108 (1), 29-64. (springer.com)
- The ALIMUS trial in Kenya is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the DFG Research Unit "Climate change and health in sub-Saharan Africa" (Reference: D10041684). (biomedcentral.com)
- and Doris Lotz, M.D., M.P.H.. All conclusions and interpretations, however, are those of the Health Research Group. (citizen.org)
- The staff of Public Citizen, both within and outside the Health Research Group, handled much of the coding, weight-adjusting, and computation. (citizen.org)
- Both development and application are important but there has been less research on the application of indicators. (bmj.com)
- Previous research illustrated that, for instance, financial self-sufficiency can be improved by financial education to students [ 15 ], and effective mental health services in the school context can help with a successful transition to adulthood [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Nanos Research was commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), a nonpartisan group that supports Canada's public health system, to conduct a random telephone survey of 1,001 Canadians between April 25 and May 3. (healthcare-now.org)
Ibis.health.utah.gov1
Individual's1
Population17
- Falls are a public health problem for the growing population of older adults. (cdc.gov)
- Population health will be analysed through a comprehensive life course approach. (southampton.ac.uk)
- RÉSUMÉ Nous avons examiné les différences entre les indicateurs de santé et les facteurs associés dans différents pays en fonction de la proportion de la population musulmane. (who.int)
- Based on the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the year 2010, a logistic regression model was run to assess the predictors of ER visits in elderly population. (cdc.gov)
- Considerable effort is directed to offering health information and services aimed at the general population online. (utwente.nl)
- In this study, we focus on the general population and take as a point of departure the way people with different health statuses-pertaining to general functioning and well-being-use the internet to obtain positive health outcomes, for example, in determining a medical condition from which one might suffer or making better health-related decisions. (utwente.nl)
- Internet attitude increases the likelihood of improving material access, the development of internet skills, and internet health use, suggesting that making online health apps attractive for larger segments of the population is an important objective. (utwente.nl)
- The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's (WRHA) experience participating in an accreditation process focused on their "Population Health and Wellness Standard" as part of their health equity work . (phabc.org)
- Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Countries have been categorized into three included a capacity-building workshop in the new groups based on population health outcomes, system of health accounts (SHA 2011) provided health system performance and level of health to health financing experts from 11 countries and expenditure (see Table 1)1. (who.int)
- As a nation, we invest in the health of some (85 percent) of the population by providing tax subsidies for the purchase of private health insurance or direct coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. (nationalacademies.org)
- What does it cost us as a society, in terms of health and social equity, as well as dollars, to leave 15 percent of our population uninsured? (nationalacademies.org)
- The effects of macro-level structural racism on population health is understudied. (umd.edu)
- Assessing population zinc status with serum zinc concentration and no. 9: The value of measuring plasma or serum zinc concentrations in national surveys. (kcl.ac.uk)
- BMI is best suited for population-level monitoring and evaluation of weight status and is the same for both sexes and for all ages of adults. (scirp.org)
- The study found that sex, age and number of siblings were the significant predictors of caries status in the study population. (bvsalud.org)
- The social vulnerability index for caries could not predict the caries status of children in the study population. (bvsalud.org)
Strengthening3
- In improving and strengthening health financing), some low-income countries, such payments are aimed at assessing the bottlenecks undermining as high as 75% of the total health expenditure. (who.int)
- Health systems strengthening in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region: challenges, priorities and options for future action. (who.int)
- In the Political Declaration of the High-LevelMeeting on Universal Health Coverage (2019), the General Assembly reaffirmed its strong commitment to the prevention and control of NCDs, including strengthening and scaling up efforts to address oral health as part of universal health coverage (UHC). (who.int)
Adults3
- Percentage of adults aged 18 years and older who reported seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days. (utah.gov)
- Older adults are less likely to report poor mental health status. (utah.gov)
- We studied the association of contextual factors and health indicators with self-sufficiency in young adults. (biomedcentral.com)
Incidence2
- Incidence of Non-Fatal Health Outcomes and Debt In Urban India. (uni-muenchen.de)
- computer-assisted telephone interview), analysis, reporting, h The PDNs for incidence of hepatitis B and childhood and consultation in a total of six pilot sites representing nine oral health are unchanged. (cdc.gov)
Adult4
- As children and youth move into the adult mental health system, transition and referral systems must be in place to ensure that young people do not slip through gaps between the two systems. (cmha.ca)
- From Angela's ashes to the Celtic tiger: Early life conditions and adult health in Ireland ," Journal of Health Economics , Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 1-10, January. (repec.org)
- From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult Health in Ireland ," IZA Discussion Papers 4548, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). (repec.org)
- From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult Health in Ireland ," Working Papers 200943, Geary Institute, University College Dublin. (repec.org)
Indices1
- Against this backdrop, the present paper analyses health infrastructure and health outcome in India by constructing composite indices. (uni-muenchen.de)
20211
- A year after the pandemic began, in March 2021, Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill that provides additional relief to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals and businesses. (broadbandbreakfast.com)
20221
- For more information on indicator calculation and for a full list of references, please view Technical Documentation for the Environmental Justice Index 2022 . (cdc.gov)
Serum2
- Serum concentration of 25(OH)D is the best indicator of Vitamin D status. (xps.org)
- In contrast to 25(OH)D, circulating 1,25(OH)2D is generally not a good indicator of Vitamin D status because it has a short half-life of 15 hours and serum concentrations are closely regulated by parathyroid hormone, calcium, and phosphate [5]. (xps.org)
Causal3
- The discussions in this chapter review the current evidence and strive to quantify, wherever possible, potential causal relationships between GWG and childhood outcomes. (nationalacademies.org)
- When considering potential causal relationships between GWG and the various child outcomes reviewed, the committee relied on the same conceptual model that it utilized when evaluating the determinants of GWG (see Figure 6-1 ). (nationalacademies.org)
- These results are consistent with a literature which finds that there is a causal relationship between early life conditions and later outcomes. (repec.org)
Mental health15
- One of the central messages in that paper is that the sociological study of stress aims to document patterns between social status or dimensions of stratification and indicators of physical or mental health (Pearlin 1989, 1999). (cdc.gov)
- For example, scholars in the sociology of religion have sought to apply its concepts and predictions to describe the religion- mental health association (Ellison 1994). (cdc.gov)
- Thus, in addition to work and family contexts, there has been recent interest in linking the activities and beliefs embedded in the religious role with stress and mental health processes. (cdc.gov)
- Mental health and mental disorders can be influenced by numerous conditions including biologic and genetic vulnerabilities, acute or chronic physical dysfunction, and environmental conditions and stresses. (utah.gov)
- 1^ The BRFSS mental health question is an attempt to obtain a global measure of recent mental and emotional distress. (utah.gov)
- Question Text: "Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions, for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health NOT good? (utah.gov)
- Number of survey respondents who reported seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days. (utah.gov)
- Aging & Mental Health, 6 (4), 355-371. (springer.com)
- CMHA, Ontario submission to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services supporting development of their Mental Health Policy Framework for children and youth. (cmha.ca)
- The Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario (CMHA, Ontario) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed Child and Youth Mental Health Policy Framework Background Document. (cmha.ca)
- CMHA, Ontario is a provincial association, committed to improving services and support for individuals with mental illness and their families, and to the promotion of mental health in Ontario. (cmha.ca)
- We have 33 branches providing community mental health services throughout Ontario. (cmha.ca)
- We support the Ministry of Children and Youth Services' plan to develop a children and youth mental health framework. (cmha.ca)
- In Ontario, there is presently no legislation, mandate or policy framework to specifically address children and youth mental health. (cmha.ca)
- It is also estimated that just under half of children with learning disabilities will develop additional mental health problems (Oldfield et al. (eera-ecer.de)
Relation2
- We attempt to provide an in-depth picture by focusing on different health statuses in relation to stages of internet access and online health outcomes. (utwente.nl)
- Results indicate strong relation between primary health infrastructure and preventive & curative health achievements. (uni-muenchen.de)
Predictors1
- Health-related predictors of childlessness (health selection) may mediate the relationship between childlessness and wellbeing and/or influence wellbeing directly. (springer.com)
Risk5
- The strategy places emphasis on addressing the structural causes of ill- health and premature death associated with access, affordability and availability, and addresses issues even beyond the risk factors. (who.int)
- In 2011, the United Nation adopted 'The Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCD)', and actions to reduce risk factors and creating health promoting environments became the focus of this agenda [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- In the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (2011), the United Nations General Assembly recognized that oral diseases are major global health burdens and share common risk factors with other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). (who.int)
- The indicators focus on health status and outcomes, risk factors as well as health system performance. (who.int)
- It is associated with the health/disease process and encompasses various individual dimensions linked to exposure to risk factors and threats 6,7 . (bvsalud.org)
Infant health1
- Indicators of fetal and infant health outcomes. (uni-muenchen.de)
Core indicators2
- Those indicators showing statistical significance were chosen to be part of the core indicators reflecting effective Health Promoting School. (biomedcentral.com)
- Each of those selected core indicators was then correlated with the related student health outcomes measured by the Hong Kong Student Health Survey Questionnaire to further identify the core indicators. (biomedcentral.com)
Structural racism1
Participants2
- Though the process did include Aboriginal people, it did not focus on questions of Aboriginal health or build in devices to allow Aboriginal participants to overcome the dynamics of marginalisation. (opendemocracy.net)
- Participants then answered questions about their perception of the BMI as a valid indicator of weight status. (scirp.org)
Psychosocial1
- Oral health is the state of the mouth, teeth and orofacial structures that enables individuals to perform essential functions, such as eating, breathing and speaking, and encompasses psychosocial dimensions, such as self-confidence, well-being and the ability to socialize and work without pain, discomfort and embarrassment. (who.int)
Public health concern globally2
- Primary liver cancer remains a major public health concern globally, with an increasing trend in the numbers of incident cases and deaths in the past three decades. (springer.com)
- Increasing rates of overweight and obesity represent a primary public health concern globally [2] [3]. (scirp.org)
System5
- He is the founder of the healthcare advocacy group Single Payer New York ( singlepayernewyork.org ) and past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, a physician organization that advocates for a single-payer healthcare system ( pnhp.org ). (thesunmagazine.org)
- This day was especially reserved for the Aboriginal perspective in Canada's largest-ever public consultation on how to reform its health system. (opendemocracy.net)
- Committee 22.1, composed of the members appointed from System, Inc., of Ann Arbor, MI (ITS), with a grant from the the key public health associations and organizations. (cdc.gov)
- In addition, we will conduct a cost effectiveness analysis from a health system perspective. (biomedcentral.com)
- The Canadian Health Coalition is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting and expanding Canada's public health system for the benefit of all Canadians. (healthcare-now.org)
Literacy1
- Improvement of health literacy, health behavioural change, creating a supportive physical and social environment to be more conducive to health should be the focus of child and adolescent public health. (biomedcentral.com)
Study4
- Material access, considered in this study as the diversity of the devices used, is highly relevant, as it has significant relationships with internet skills and internet health use. (utwente.nl)
- However, this study found that patient outcomes did not vary by hospital financial status following the prior ACGME duty hour limits in 2003. (ahrq.gov)
- This study has identified the indicators with most significant impact on a wide range of health related outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
- The purpose of this study was to analyze perceptions of BMI as an indicator of weight status. (scirp.org)
Results1
- Immediate outcome results were positive, which indicates a pathway to promote more successful aging: 1) increases in falls efficacy, 2) improvements in overall physical activity levels, and 3) reductions in interference with everyday normal routines. (cdc.gov)
Comprise1
- Oral diseases and conditions are influenced by social determinants of oral health, which comprise the social, economic and political conditions that influence oral diseases, including access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene. (who.int)