• We need to find a better way to balance the benefits of social media with possible negative health outcomes. (yahoo.com)
  • Data for all local authorities in England and national survey data were used to estimate the effect of poor health and health care investment on these economic outcomes and the extent to which this contributed to the economic divide between the North of England and the rest of the country. (finchannel.com)
  • Employers who primarily focus on the cost of health care expenses and don't include the cost of lost productivity and the effects on their business outcomes and employee total wellbeing should look closely at these results," Kelly McDevitt, president of IBI, said in a statement. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • 2 Self-reported health outcomes differ by race and ethnicity, in part, because cultural differences in reporting patterns due to different definitions of health may exist. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • The National Institutes of Health reports that hypertension is one of the possible outcomes of poor nutrition. (livestrong.com)
  • From 2018 to 2022, U.S. health workers experienced greater declines on a range of mental health outcomes than other workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Employers can act now by modifying working conditions associated with burnout and poor mental health outcomes in health settings. (cdc.gov)
  • In this study, we saw that when working conditions are positive, and where health workers are supported and have the potential to thrive, poor mental health outcomes were less likely. (cdc.gov)
  • The Child of the North: Addressing Education and Health Inequity report highlights how children born into the poorest fifth of families in the UK are almost 13 times more likely to experience poor health and educational outcomes by the age of 17. (york.ac.uk)
  • These are the Born in Bradford Centre for Applied Education Research (CAER) and the Child Health Outcomes Research At Leeds (CHORAL) programme. (york.ac.uk)
  • The report illustrates how public services in the North of England have come together to create innovative approaches that bring health and education together to deal with the poor outcomes faced by children and young people. (york.ac.uk)
  • However, the report says that technology alone cannot overcome the inequalities that lead to disparities in health outcomes and increased demand for NHS resources. (publictechnology.net)
  • There is no question that we simply have to do better to integrate mental and physical health care for these individuals," says Dr. Paul Kurdyak , senior author and director of health outcomes with the Medical Psychiatry Alliance (MPA), which supported the study. (ices.on.ca)
  • Researchers found that individuals with schizophrenia received poorer quality of care for their diabetes, and had worse diabetes-related outcomes. (ices.on.ca)
  • We do not have much evidence on how to address these deficits in quality of care or poor outcomes in this population," says Dr. Kurdyak. (ices.on.ca)
  • The younger a woman is when she goes on her first diet, the more likely she is to experience several negative health outcomes later in life. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) finds that the younger a woman is when she goes on her first diet, the more likely she is to experience several negative health outcomes later in life. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The team then followed women 10-years later and examined the impact of dieting history on long-term health outcomes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Do National Health Insurance Programs for the Poor Improve the Relative Health Outcomes of the Poor? (ssrn.com)
  • Using three waves of representative household data from the National Family Health Survey (1998-99, 2005-06, and 2015-16), and employing a difference-in-differences approach, we examine the relative maternal and child health service utilization and child mortality outcomes of the poor compared to the nonpoor. (ssrn.com)
  • The poor from lower castes have lower institutional deliveries and worse birth outcomes than the poor from higher castes. (ssrn.com)
  • We assess the distributional consequences (across different wealth quintiles) of a specific excise tax on cigarettes in China in terms of both financial and health outcomes. (who.int)
  • Economic, social, and legal insecurities intersected in complex ways as determinants of poor reproductive health outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is important to better understand these specificities in the design of programmes and policies aimed at ensuring positive health outcomes for these young women . (bvsalud.org)
  • Prior Gallup research has shown the economic costs of poor physical health, caregiving, depression, poor sleep, and obesity and smoking, among many other factors relating to the five essential elements of wellbeing . (gallup.com)
  • You can look at measures like the incidence of cancer, obesity, and things like cigarette smoking that lead to health problems. (wbir.com)
  • According to a National Center of Health Statistics 2003 survey, about 65.2 percent of American adults have overweight or obesity as a result of poor nutrition. (livestrong.com)
  • The examples cited in this groundbreaking WHO report show ways in which the arts can tackle 'wicked' or complex health challenges such as diabetes, obesity and mental ill health. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Only about two out of five U.S. women who gave birth in 2019 had good heart health before their pregnancy, with overweight and obesity being the primary risk factors, followed by high blood pressure and diabetes, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the American Heart Association (AHA). (everydayhealth.com)
  • From 1999-2000 through 2017-2018, the prevalence of obesity in U.S. adults increased from 30.5 percent to 42.4 percent, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) . (everydayhealth.com)
  • The Times letter highlighted the damage done to children and young people by pandemic measures, including increases in mental health problems and childhood obesity rates. (medscape.com)
  • Their diet has been much poorer and childhood obesity rates have rocketed. (medscape.com)
  • Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) released an analysis Tuesday morning that found employers spent $575 billion on employees' poor health in 2019. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • Corrections Director David Shinn, who was appointed by then-Gov. Doug Ducey in October 2019 and announced his resignation in late December, was criticized previously by Silver for testifying that prisoners often have greater access to health service than people who aren't locked up. (kold.com)
  • Karrie F. Downing, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues compared oral health status and receipt of preventive dental care for children with and without heart conditions (2,928 and 116,826, respectively) using data from the 2016 to 2019 National Survey of Children's Health. (healthday.com)
  • The overall percentage of women with optimal prepregnancy heart health went down more than 3 percent over the course of the three years, from 43.5 percent in 2016 to 40.2 percent in 2019. (everydayhealth.com)
  • On average, heart health declined in older women - in 2019, the percentage of women with good heart health was 37.1 percent in women 40 to 44 years old and 42.2 percent among women 30 to 34 years old. (everydayhealth.com)
  • 12 December 2019 - Malnutrition, in all its forms, is negatively impacting the health, well-being and sustainable development of people of all ages in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region, particularly in those countries affected by conflict in which people are experiencing high levels of food insecurity, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. (who.int)
  • In 2019, 18.0% of renters assessed their health as fair or poor, compared with 13.3% of homeowners. (cdc.gov)
  • National Health Interview Survey, 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • They found that worse cardiovascular health at age 36 predicted a higher brain age later in life, while men also tended to have older brains than women of the same age, as they report in The Lancet Healthy Longevity . (sciencedaily.com)
  • A higher brain age was associated with slightly worse scores on cognitive tests, and also predicted increased brain shrinkage (atrophy) over the following two years, suggesting it could be an important clinical marker for people at risk of cognitive decline or other brain-related ill health. (sciencedaily.com)
  • People with worse cardiovascular health at age 36 or 69 had worse brain health, as did those with increased cerebrovascular disease on MRI (relating to blood flow and blood vessels in the brain). (sciencedaily.com)
  • Sexual minorities suffer both poorer health and worse healthcare experiences. (nih.gov)
  • Depressed participants, compared with those without depression, had worse oral-health indicators, both in terms of their DFMT index score and average number of missing teeth. (poz.com)
  • Youngsters who try to keep up with richer friends are more likely to have worse mental health than those who feel economically equal, a new study reveals. (homeword.com)
  • A study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, revealed that the health of poor Britishers is worse than people in the same income bracket a century ago. (organicfacts.net)
  • The findings held true even when researchers took into account mental health problems experienced by any young person in the year before they were asked about social media use. (yahoo.com)
  • Dr Rina Dutta, senior clinical lecturer at King's College London (KCL) and consultant psychiatrist, said: "A major strength of this study compared to previous research is that the researchers took into account mental health problems the young people already had a year prior to the measurement of social media use. (yahoo.com)
  • Using machine learning, researchers in this study have uncovered yet more evidence that poorer heart health in midlife is linked to greater brain shrinkage in later life. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The FINANCIAL - Poor health has been linked with the North's poor productivity for the first time in a major new report by researchers from the University of Liverpool and five other northern universities. (finchannel.com)
  • Researchers from six universities, University of Liverpool, Newcastle University, University of Manchester, University of Lancaster, University of York and University of Sheffield, examined the relationship between poor health, investment in health services and economic indicators including employment, wages and productivity. (finchannel.com)
  • The researchers state that improving health in the North would lead to substantial economic gains, reducing the £4 gap in productivity per-person per-hour between the Northern Powerhouse and the rest of England by 30% or £1.20 per-person per-hour. (finchannel.com)
  • The new findings add to previous research that has shown links between air pollution and anxiety, perceived levels of stress and mental health conditions in the general population, the researchers said in their study, published June 3 in the journal BMJ Open. (livescience.com)
  • It is not clear how air pollution may affect people's mental health, but it could be that air pollution leads to inflammation and oxidative stress , which in turn may contribute to mental health problems, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • Publishing their findings in BMC Oral Health, researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of 120 HIV-positive people on ARVs recruited at a clinic in Brazil between February 2016 and September 2017. (poz.com)
  • Researchers from the University of Cambridge say feeling poorer can lead to lower self-esteem, anxiety, and behavior problems such as anger issues or hyperactivity. (homeword.com)
  • In a new study published today in General Hospital Psychiatry , researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) have highlighted the urgent need for individuals with severe mental illness to receive better, integrated health care for their co-existing diabetes condition. (ices.on.ca)
  • The researchers suspect these geographical differences are mostly fueled by social determinants of health, including factors like educational status, Medicaid enrollment, access to preventive care, the ability to afford healthy food, and the characteristics of the neighborhoods in which the women lived. (everydayhealth.com)
  • This poor level of dental health is affecting performance and wellbeing, and the sport needs to tackle this head on as a matter of urgency, say the researchers. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This study provides the most reliable evidence that oral health within professional football is poor, and is consistent with research conducted in Brazil, Spain, and the USA," write the researchers. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Researchers of a study that looked at U.S. health over 20 years were surprised to find diet played a dominant role in burden-of-disease risk, surpassing tobacco use. (crossfit.com)
  • For our modelling analysis, we used plausible values for key parameters, including an average price elasticity of demand for tobacco of -0·38, which is assumed to vary from -0·64 in the poorest quintile to -0·12 in the richest, and we considered only the male population, which constitutes the overwhelming majority of smokers in China. (who.int)
  • Engaging in artistic activities such as singing and dancing from a young age can reduce social inequalities and encourage healthy behaviours, according to a new report from UCL and the World Health Organisation (WHO). (ucl.ac.uk)
  • This report also highlights that engagement with the arts can affect social determinants of health, improving social cohesion and reducing social inequalities and inequities. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • The Child of the North APPG members and report authors are calling for an overhaul of the current school funding formula, so it takes into consideration attainment inequalities and the health burden borne by schools, to prevent these disparities continuing to increase. (york.ac.uk)
  • The government's science and technology policy advisers have called on the prime minister to tackle health inequalities by making digital routes to access health advice available to all. (publictechnology.net)
  • But without addressing the 'digital divide', such tools have the potential to exacerbate health inequalities, they say. (publictechnology.net)
  • The author found that absolute inequalities in the treatment of illnesses between the poorest and the richest households have doubled for women and increased by one and a half times for men. (organicfacts.net)
  • This indicated that inequalities between the rich and the poor have widened in successive cohorts. (organicfacts.net)
  • The Acheson Report as another opportunity to tackle health inequalities / Mark Exworthy -- Before and after the Black report: four fallacies / Sally Macintyre. (who.int)
  • Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) comprise 17 helminthic, protozoan, bacterial, and vectorborne viral diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poor ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco taxation reduces smoking-related premature deaths and increases government revenues, but has been criticised for disproportionately affecting poorer people. (who.int)
  • We find that under the RSBY environment, the institutional and public hospital deliveries of the poor households are significantly higher by 8 and 11 percent, respectively, whereas their private hospital and the cesarean section deliveries are significantly lower by 3 percent and 4 percent, respectively. (ssrn.com)
  • Methods We use extended cost-eff ectiveness analysis methods to estimate, across income quintiles, the health benefits (years of life gained), the additional tax revenues raised, the net financial consequences for households, and the financial risk protection provided to households, that would be caused by a 50% increase in tobacco price through excise tax fully passed onto tobacco consumers. (who.int)
  • Interpretation Increased tobacco taxation can be a pro-poor policy instrument that brings substantial health and financial benefits to households in China. (who.int)
  • Definition: the share of households with out-of-pocket payments greater than 40% of capacity to pay for health care. (who.int)
  • The two agencies call on the prime minister to establish a National Centre for Health System Improvement to build capacity and skills for system transformation. (publictechnology.net)
  • The Centre also needs to increase its budget allocation for health. (org.in)
  • The Centre had allocated 0.34 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to health in the union budget 2020-21. (org.in)
  • Speaking when she made donations at Madzimwe rural health centre in Kasenengwa constituency in Chipata this morning, Mrs Banda said health centers especially in rural areas were faced with the challenge of poor staffing levels and poor infrastructure. (lusakatimes.com)
  • More than double the number of health workers reported harassment at work in 2022 than in 2018. (cdc.gov)
  • This report is the first to describe and compare self-reported well-being and working conditions for health workers, other essential workers, and all other workers before the pandemic (2018) and after the start of the pandemic (2022). (cdc.gov)
  • These data further support the imperative given in the U.S. Surgeon General's 2022 report , Addressing Health Worker Burnout , which emphasized the need for action to create a system where health workers can thrive. (cdc.gov)
  • Dec. 5, 2022 It's well established that experiencing stress can hurt our physical health. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is an academic journal founded in 1990 by David Satcher, then President of Meharry Medical College who later became the 16th Surgeon General of the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • The journal covers the health and health care of medically underserved populations in North and Central America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as internally dispossessed Indigenous populations worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Please consult your doctor or other qualified health care provider if you have any questions about a medical condition, or before taking any drug, changing your diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment. (newswise.com)
  • Since 1966, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has been leading the fight to prevent, treat, and cure kidney diseases throughout the world by educating health professionals and scientists, advancing research and innovation, communicating new knowledge, and advocating for the highest quality care for patients. (newswise.com)
  • Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved ( JHCPU ) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on contemporary health care issues of medically underserved communities. (jhu.edu)
  • JHCPU addresses such diverse areas as health care access, quality, costs, legislation, regulations, health promotion, and disease prevention in relation to underserved populations in North and Central America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. (jhu.edu)
  • Regular features include research papers and reports, literature reviews, policy analyses, and evaluations of noteworthy health care programs, as well as a regular column written by members of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved. (jhu.edu)
  • Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is the official journal of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU). (jhu.edu)
  • The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved publishes original papers, commentaries, brief communications, reports from the field, columns, and reviews regarding the health of low-income and other medically underserved people. (jhu.edu)
  • Though our concerns-health, health policy, and health care for the underserved-are universal, our focus is on North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. (jhu.edu)
  • Lead author, Dr Daisy Fancourt (Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology, UCL Epidemiology and Health Care) said: "Much of the research in this area has focused on the role of the arts in the treatment of illness. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge who previously concluded Arizona was providing inadequate medical and mental health care to prisoners said she will give the state three months to ensure it has enough health care professionals to meet constitutional standards. (kold.com)
  • She previously concluded there weren't enough health employees to care for the roughly 25,000 incarcerated people housed in state-run prisons and that corrections officials had made no significant attempts to fix the understaffing problem. (kold.com)
  • The case went to trial in late 2021 after Silver threw out a 6-year-old settlement over prison health care, saying the state showed little interest in making many of the improvements it promised under the deal. (kold.com)
  • The judge laid out the draft terms of what will be the court-ordered overhaul of prison health care, giving lawyers a chance to comment on the changes. (kold.com)
  • American Civil Liberties Union attorney David Fathi, who represents prisoners in the class-action lawsuit, expressed hope that Gov. Katie Hobbs would appoint a corrections director who will treat the health care of incarcerated people seriously. (kold.com)
  • In a blistering verdict last summer, Silver said the state's inaction showed it is acting with "deliberate indifference" to the risks of inadequate care and said the state has adopted a health care system for prisoners that has led to preventable deaths. (kold.com)
  • Lawyers representing prisoners had previously asked Silver to set up a receivership where the court would take over health care operations in state prisons and appoint an official to run those services there. (kold.com)
  • There is an urgent need to build relationships and systems that can hardwire universities into education, health, housing, social care, policing, and other public service systems. (york.ac.uk)
  • Two measures of health status (fair/poor overall self-rated health and self-reported presence of a longstanding psychological condition) and four measures of poor patient experiences (no trust or confidence in the doctor, poor/very poor doctor communication, poor/very poor nurse communication, fairly/very dissatisfied with care overall). (nih.gov)
  • Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and health status, sexual minorities were about one and one-half times more likely than heterosexual people to report unfavorable experiences with each of four aspects of primary care. (nih.gov)
  • Abortion restrictions and threats to access to comprehensive reproductive health care could be contributing toward the maternal mortality crisis in the United States. (americanprogress.org)
  • Ponsor acknowledged "good news'' in his ruling: Almost all youth eligible for MassHealth are now offered mental health screening as part of routine physicals - and referred for care if needed. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Ponsor also indicated that some clinicians are providing poor-quality care, but he did not address that issue in detail. (bostonglobe.com)
  • In Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the health infrastructure is poor and there is not enough field manpower to address critical care. (org.in)
  • These findings could guide strategies, such as parent and patient education and collaboration between pediatricians, dentists, and cardiologists, to improve oral health and care among children with heart conditions, especially those with fewer resources and intellectual or developmental disabilities," the authors write. (healthday.com)
  • These latter individuals faced poorer quality of care compared to other people with diabetes. (ices.on.ca)
  • The Medical Psychiatry Alliance is a collaborative health partnership of CAMH, The Hospital for Sick Children, Trillium Health Partners, the University of Toronto, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), and an anonymous donor. (ices.on.ca)
  • The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) is an independent, non-profit organization that uses population-based health information to produce knowledge on a broad range of health care issues. (ices.on.ca)
  • Our unbiased evidence provides measures of health system performance, a clearer understanding of the shifting health care needs of Ontarians, and a stimulus for discussion of practical solutions to optimize scarce resources. (ices.on.ca)
  • If she has the aptitude as a caring mother and a wife to the president then she needs to encourage him to do the right thing for nurses by paying them salaries.She needs to tell her husband to invest in health sector like any other sector to attract many young men and women to provide the best clinical care as possible. (lusakatimes.com)
  • Madam first lady, those Health Care centres need permanent solutions not vote lobbying via so called donations. (lusakatimes.com)
  • Americans are dying younger and living their later years with more diseases than citizens of poorer countries that spend far less than the U.S. on health care, according to a new study. (crossfit.com)
  • Are they going to drop people with metabolic syndrome, sarcopenia and the other lifestyle diseases from the health care dole? (crossfit.com)
  • Capacity to pay for health care is defined as total household consumption minus a standard amount to cover basic needs (food, housing and utilities). (who.int)
  • Measure note: catastrophic health spending occurs when the amount a household pays out of pocket exceeds a predefined share of its capacity to pay for health care. (who.int)
  • Capacity to pay for health care can be defined in different ways (see information under Denominator). (who.int)
  • Denominator: using this metric, a household's capacity to pay for health care is defined as per adult equivalent total household consumption minus a standard amount to cover basic needs. (who.int)
  • Financial protection is measured at the level of the health system rather than at the level of different types of health care, diseases or patient groups. (who.int)
  • Several international declarations recognize the district health system as an important vehicle for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) where everyone gets quality care when needed without incurring financial hardship, including the October 2018 Declaration of Astana on primary health care. (who.int)
  • The Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978 defined the health district as the vehicle of primary health care (PHC) to achieve the ultimate goal of health for all. (who.int)
  • The younger patients are more overweight, have poorer controlled blood sugar levels, higher cholesterol levels and almost the same presence of hypertension. (news-medical.net)
  • More than half of all women had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease before becoming pregnant, and being overweight or obese was the most common reason for poor heart health before pregnancy. (everydayhealth.com)
  • In the Region, nearly 20.2 million children under-5 years of age are stunted by poor nutrition, while half of adult women (50.1%) and more than two in five men (43.8%) are overweight or obese, and over 15% of children and more than half of adolescents are overweight or obese. (who.int)
  • The study found that women who are currently taking depotmedroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable contraceptive, or have taken DMPA in the past, are more likely to have indicators of poor periodontal health, including gingivitis and periodontitis, than women who have never taken the injectable contraceptive. (prnewswire.com)
  • For the County Health Rankings, data from the BRFSS are used to measure various health behaviors and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) indicators. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • The report says that technology solutions, such as remote access to specialist advice and cheaper mobile imaging equipment, could allow more routine monitoring of health indicators. (publictechnology.net)
  • Despite efforts to reverse these trends during the mid-1980s and through the 1990s, health status indicators in Oklahoma failed to move in a significantly positive direction. (cdc.gov)
  • To fully understand progress towards universal health coverage, indicators of financial protection should be monitored jointly with indicators of service coverage and access to health services (where available). (who.int)
  • Dr Sara Imarisio, Head of Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "The Insight 46 study is helping reveal more about the complex relationship between the different factors influencing people's brain health throughout their life. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Murray said poor health limits people's ability to engage in the labor force, creates hardships for families, and increases medical expenses. (wbir.com)
  • Dr Piroska Östlin, WHO Regional Director for Europe (ad interim), said: "Bringing art into people's lives through activities including dancing, singing, and going to museums and concerts offers an added dimension to how we can improve physical and mental health. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Teenagers who spend more than three hours a day on social media may be at higher risk of mental health problems, a large study has found. (yahoo.com)
  • Some previous studies have suggested no link between poorer mental health and screen time. (yahoo.com)
  • This largely overcomes the 'what came first - mental health problem or high social media use? (yahoo.com)
  • The study looked at two types of behaviours that can indicate mental health problems: Internalising and externalising. (yahoo.com)
  • We cannot conclude that social media causes mental health problems, but we do think that less time on social media may be better for teens' health. (yahoo.com)
  • Nearly one-fifth of U.S. workers (19%) rate their mental health as fair or poor, and these workers report about four times more unplanned absences due to poor mental health than do their counterparts who report good, very good or excellent mental health . (gallup.com)
  • Projected over a 12-month period, workers with fair or poor mental health are estimated to have nearly 12 days of unplanned absences annually compared with 2.5 days for all other workers. (gallup.com)
  • Missed days estimates are based on the question, 'In the last month, how many workdays have you missed due to poor mental health? (gallup.com)
  • Struggles with mental health are not evenly distributed across the working population. (gallup.com)
  • As such, working women under the age of 30 carry the greatest burden of fair or poor mental health (36%) across all age-by-gender subgroups. (gallup.com)
  • Notably, among those aged 65 and older, the mental health gender gap found among younger age groups disappears. (gallup.com)
  • Four out of 10 U.S. workers report that their job has an extremely negative (7%) or somewhat negative (33%) impact on their mental health, compared with three out of 10 who report an extremely positive (7%) or somewhat positive (23%) impact. (gallup.com)
  • Nearly half of young workers aged 18-29 (47%) report that their job has negatively affected their mental health. (gallup.com)
  • Amid a plurality of workers who report that their workplace has a negative impact on their mental health, a majority (57%) are unable to confirm the existence of easily accessible mental health support services in their workplace -- 24% report the absence of these services, and another 33% are unaware if they are even available through their employer. (gallup.com)
  • Fifty percent or more of employees in 11 of the 16 reportable industries either report the absence of easily accessible mental health support services in their workplace or are unaware if they exist, including 75% of employees in construction and 71% in arts/design/entertainment/sports/media. (gallup.com)
  • Thirteen percent of government or public policy workers report that in the prior six months, their job had an 'extremely negative' impact on their mental health, greater than in any other industry. (gallup.com)
  • Higher levels of air pollution may correspond to higher rates of mental health disorders in kids and teens, according to a new study conducted in Sweden. (livescience.com)
  • All over the country, more people are seeking out mental health and developmental disability services from public clinics because they have lost their insurance. (kevinmd.com)
  • In Dallas, we're fortunate that our commissioner's court has gone on record in support of no cuts to state mental health services. (kevinmd.com)
  • Further, reports of days of unwell mental health is a reliable estimate of recent health. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • For people with neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders and non-communicable diseases (including cancer, respiratory disease and cardiovascular conditions) engaging with the arts has been found to improve mental health and physical function. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Evaluations have shown benefits for mental health, chronic pain, management of complex and long-term conditions, social support, and wellbeing, as well as an average return on investment of £2.30 for every £1 spent through reducing unnecessary prescribing and health services. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • This finding has important implications for health worker mental health, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. (cdc.gov)
  • The new Vital Signs issue reports that the pandemic presented unique challenges that may have further impaired health worker mental health and increased health workers' intent to leave their jobs. (cdc.gov)
  • It shows that health workers have continued to face a mental health crisis. (cdc.gov)
  • And, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will be launching a national campaign-the Impact Wellbeing campaign -to provide health employers with resources to improve worker mental health," said CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H. (cdc.gov)
  • To promote worker well-being, employers can modify working conditions and change aspects of the organizational structure that are associated with poor mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • Employers can learn more about health workers and mental health through NIOSH's Health Worker Mental Health Initiative, and about mental health in general. (cdc.gov)
  • There is a relationship between poor oral and mental health among people with HIV who are on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. (poz.com)
  • In particular, the investigators examined the participants' score on the Mental Component Summary (MCS), a section of the SF-36 that focuses on mental health. (poz.com)
  • The MCS is scored from zero to 100, with a lower score indicating greater mental-health-related disability. (poz.com)
  • A federal judge sharply rebuked the state for failing to provide prompt mental health services to low-income children, saying that constant delays can lead to violent physical outbursts, removal from homes, and traumatizing and unnecessary hospital stays. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Massachusetts has repeatedly violated its own standard of providing certain mental health treatment to seriously ill children on Medicaid within 14 calendar days, with thousands of children having waited weeks, putting them at risk for "devastating setbacks,'' US District Court Judge Michael Ponsor found. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Ponsor's criticism came as he rejected the state's request to be removed from court oversight in an 18-year-old case known as Rosie D. The girl was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in 2001 by 15,000 children with serious mental illness against the governor and other state officials over inadequate mental health services for youngsters on Medicaid, known as MassHealth. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Children suffered not only from education loss, but also from poorer mental health - which is clearly linked to school closures - and poorer physical health. (medscape.com)
  • A lot of children will catch up and it will be particularly children from wealthier families, where parents have more resources to help with their physical and mental health. (medscape.com)
  • The Government needs to invest back into mental health in schools: I think that needs to be put on steroids. (medscape.com)
  • Today, at the global meeting on NCDs and mental health taking place in Muscat, Oman, and attended by more than 600 participants from different sectors from all around the world, WHO is launching a regional nutrition strategy to help countries meet global nutrition-related targets, achieve food security, end all forms of malnutrition and improve nutrition throughout the life course by 2030. (who.int)
  • The presence of mycotoxins in feedstuffs can greatly reduce production potential, cause abortions and/or stillbirths and negatively impact overall sow health, if not properly addressed. (alltech.com)
  • First Lady, Thandiwe Banda, says poor staffing levels in health institution has negatively impacted on the delivery of quality services. (lusakatimes.com)
  • Heat stress can reduce reproductive performance and feed intakes, both of which can lead to decreased milk production and poor piglet growth. (alltech.com)
  • Improving sow productivity and health will help to improve overall sow reproductive health and performance. (alltech.com)
  • I still don't know how someone gets pregnant': determinants of poor reproductive health among young female refugees in South Africa. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies exploring the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of refugee women have focused primarily on first generation refugees in humanitarian and crisis settings. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a paucity of research exploring the reproductive health of girls and young women who are born to refugee parents in a host country or who have migrated with their parents at a very young age and who have since reached sexual maturity. (bvsalud.org)
  • We conducted a qualitative study which aimed to explore the reproductive health and rights' needs and challenges amongst young refugee women in South Africa . (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants had poor reproductive health knowledge of the role of menstruation and how conception occurs. (bvsalud.org)
  • He looked at the differences between the richest and the poorest income groups. (organicfacts.net)
  • Insight 46 study members are drawn from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) 1946 British Birth Cohort. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This aligns with a previous study led by Professor Schott finding that high blood pressure at age 36 predicted poorer brain health late in life. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The results can mean that a decreased concentration of air pollution - first and foremost, traffic-related air pollution - may reduce psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents," lead study author Anna Oudin, a public health researcher at UmeÃ¥ University in Sweden, said in a statement. (livescience.com)
  • 1 In addition, a study examining the validity of healthy days as a summary measure for county health status found that counties with more unhealthy days were likely to have higher unemployment, poverty, percentage of adults who did not complete high school, mortality rates, and prevalence of disability than counties with fewer unhealthy days. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • The study shows that the group of younger newly-diagnosed patients have a much poorer health situation compared to the older diabetic patients. (news-medical.net)
  • However, the question of why the group of younger diabetic patients is growing is complex, says Helle Terkildsen Maindal, professor of health promotion at Aarhus University, research manager at the Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen and last author of the research study. (news-medical.net)
  • The study, published today, is the world's largest review to date into the health benefits of the arts. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • This study suggests such changes could include allowing health workers to participate in decision-making, building trust in management, providing supervisor assistance and enough time to complete work, and preventing and paying attention to harassment reports. (cdc.gov)
  • The study used what is known as the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) to evaluate the participants' health-related quality of life. (poz.com)
  • People with HIV who have depression, the study authors concluded, deserve particularly close attention to their health-related quality of life and their oral health. (poz.com)
  • Being in good health prior to pregnancy benefits the long-term health of women and their children," said the lead study author, Natalie A. Cameron, MD , an internal medicine specialist and instructor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, in a press release . (everydayhealth.com)
  • These geographic patterns are, unfortunately, very similar to what we see for heart disease and stroke in both men and women, and they indicate that social determinants of health play a critical role in maternal heart health as well," said the senior study author, Sadiya S. Khan, MD , an assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, in the release. (everydayhealth.com)
  • We study the relative health performance of the poor under national health insurance programs for the poor. (ssrn.com)
  • The study, carried out by the University College London , also showed that the gap between the health standards of the poor and the rich is widening. (organicfacts.net)
  • And the level of poor dental health uncovered by the study is likely to add up to a substantial need for current and future treatment, they warn. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This study provides strong evidence to support oral health screening within professional football," they add. (medicalxpress.com)
  • He was one of 500 scientists from around the world who worked on the study titled The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors . (crossfit.com)
  • Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, has become a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hell in the pandemic's second wave, given its poor health infrastructure and high population density, according to official data. (org.in)
  • Health infrastructure cannot be built overnight. (org.in)
  • To understand the significance of Turning Point for Oklahoma, one must look at the history of public health infrastructure in Oklahoma and the transformations that are beginning to occur. (cdc.gov)
  • and poor and inappropriate health infrastructure. (who.int)
  • Here & Now 's Scott Tong speaks with Dr. Neelu Tummala about the health risks associated with poor air quality. (wbur.org)
  • It warns that poor implementation of technology risks increasing inequality. (publictechnology.net)
  • At this point, you likely feel excited and motivated to avoid any risks associated with poor gut health. (integrativenutrition.com)
  • I'm interested in looking at how famine might have affected subsequent patterns of health and risks of mortality. (sc.edu)
  • These risks include questioning the business of health in Oklahoma as well as losing the comfort of predictability. (cdc.gov)
  • Lead author Kira Riehm said: "Many existing studies have found a link between digital or social media use and adolescent health, but few look at this association across time. (yahoo.com)
  • Poor nutrition can lead to high cholesterol, which is a primary contributor to heart disease. (livestrong.com)
  • According to the National Institutes of Health, poor nutrition can lead to gout. (livestrong.com)
  • Excess weight can also lead to poorer management of the body's insulin, and that could be affecting brain cells as well. (healthjockey.com)
  • Poor health : social inequality before and after the Black Report / editors, Virginia Berridge, Stuart Blume. (who.int)
  • In addition, these solutions have the potential to make health services easily available to elderly and vulnerable people who are often in the greatest need, but may struggle to access traditional healthcare centres. (publictechnology.net)
  • Deteriorating health standards among the poor affect the most vulnerable. (organicfacts.net)
  • We know there was a significant learning loss and that was greatest among the poorest in our society and also amongst more vulnerable children, [such as] those with special educational needs. (medscape.com)
  • But I'm concerned that children from some of the more vulnerable, the poorest parts of our society will recover least. (medscape.com)
  • We hope this technique could one day be a useful tool for identifying people at risk of accelerated ageing, so that they may be offered early, targeted prevention strategies to improve their brain health. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The National Institutes of Health reports that more than 500,000 people in the United States die each year due to heart disease, which can be caused by a high fat diet. (livestrong.com)
  • To compare the health and healthcare experiences of sexual minorities with heterosexual people of the same gender, adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. (nih.gov)
  • It is good to know that many people understand the value of good oral health. (mnheart.com)
  • Mr Ngoma stated that there is only one nurse working at the health catering for a population of 11, 000 people in the area. (lusakatimes.com)
  • He has since called on government to employ people to assist the nurse to meet the health problems in the area. (lusakatimes.com)
  • Public health initiatives should promote behaviors that increase wellness in girls, such as increasing activity, decreasing leisure time watching TV and on computers, and consuming more fruits and vegetables. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Yet at the exact same time, those services have taken a big hit due to the poor economy, too. (kevinmd.com)
  • The report proposes setting up at least two technology demonstrators to test the introduction of a range of innovative health technologies at scale, and across the full breadth of services. (publictechnology.net)
  • We remain deeply committed to delivering and continuously improving the access and availability of behavioral health services for MassHealth-eligible youth,'' said Sharon Torgerson, spokeswoman for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. (bostonglobe.com)
  • He added that over the past few years, governments had been outsourcing public health services to the private sector. (org.in)
  • MMWR and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report are service marks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • References to non-CDC sites on the Internet are provided as a service to MMWR readers and do not constitute or imply endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • A district health system refers to a network of organizations and health facilities that provides equitable, comprehensive and integrated health services to a defined population. (who.int)
  • On average, the African Region provides only 48% of the health services that could be potentially provided, due to gaps in the availability of health services at health facilities as well as in the capacity of health facilities to deliver the requisite services. (who.int)
  • A framework for provision of essential health services through strengthened district/local health systems to support UHC in the context of the SDGs has been developed. (who.int)
  • Member States to deliver essential health services that respond to individual and community needs across the entire lifecycle. (who.int)
  • It sets targets and milestones and priority interventions to guide Member States on ways of ensuring the delivery of quality health services to all through a proposed set of priority interventions and actions that address the issues and challenges encountered. (who.int)
  • The district health system (DHS) is a network of organizations and health facilities that provides equitable, comprehensive and integrated health services to a defined population.1 Essential health services are services that are based on population needs as opposed to the basic package of health services that are resource-based. (who.int)
  • The Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh sessions of the Regional Committee for Africa adopted orientations on revitalizing health services using the PHC approach in 2006, and resolutions on health systems strengthening including for a well-functioning DHS for universal access in 2007, respectively. (who.int)
  • The survey was mailed to 5.56 million randomly sampled adults registered with a National Health Service general practice (representing 99 % of England's adult population). (nih.gov)
  • For both renters and homeowners, the percentage of adults with fair or poor health increased with increasing age. (cdc.gov)
  • New research from Aarhus University now shows that younger persons newly- diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have significantly poorer health and thus a high risk of delayed complications compared with type 2 diabetes patients who first contract the disease twenty years later in life. (news-medical.net)
  • Future studies should examine whether efforts to improve air quality yield health benefits, including reducing rates of chronic kidney disease. (newswise.com)
  • Tennessee has very poor rankings in those areas," said Matthew Murray, associate director and project director at the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research. (wbir.com)
  • Prior to the 2016 County Health Rankings, up to seven survey years of landline only BRFSS data were aggregated to produce county estimates. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • For the 2016 County Health Rankings and beyond, the CDC produced county estimates using single-year BRFSS data and a multilevel modeling approach based on respondent answers and their age, sex, and race/ethnicity, combined with county-level poverty, as well as county- and state-level contextual effects. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • Oklahoma has had the unfortunate distinction of consistently ranking toward the bottom of national health rankings ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program has identified several human populations who may be at particular risk because of greatest exposure to Great Lakes pollutants via fish consumption. (cdc.gov)
  • Exposure to contaminants via consumption of Great Lakes fish over an extended period may increase the potential for adverse human health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • The 2020 outlook was recently submitted to Governor Bill Lee with a special chapter highlighting the potential for better health to help the economy. (wbir.com)
  • While health and fitness is an area with room for considerable improvement, the 2020 economic outlook is positive overall. (wbir.com)
  • Recorded in June 2020, this course will strengthen your ability to establish relevant health-based limits and evaluate your workplaces. (aiha.org)
  • The National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responsible for calculating the official Public Health Service coverage level estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • Those who felt equal in wealth had much higher self-esteem and behaved better socially, with those who felt poorer or richer than their friends being more likely to bully others. (homeword.com)
  • The self-esteem of those who thought they were poorer than their friends was six to eight percent lower than those who felt equal. (homeword.com)
  • Poor nutrition habits can be a behavioral health issue, because nutrition and diet affect how you feel, look, think and act. (livestrong.com)
  • It is listed as one of the nation's leading Health Policy journals by the Kaiser Family Foundation and as an essential core journal in Public Health Practice by the Medical Library Association's Core Public Health Journals Project. (wikipedia.org)
  • We depend on our nation's health workers and they must be supported. (cdc.gov)
  • Diabetes also can be linked to poor nutrition. (livestrong.com)
  • According to the National Institute of Health, about 8 percent of the American population has diabetes. (livestrong.com)
  • Optimal heart health was defined as having a normal body weight with a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 24.9 and not having hypertension or diabetes. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Diseases, stress and poor growth can all be managed and potentially avoided with a healthy gut and strong immunity. (alltech.com)
  • In Blue Marble Health, Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and founding editor of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, shifts the focus of global health from a traditional developed versus developing world paradigm toward impoverished populations living amid wealthy countries, who suffer heavily from NTDs. (cdc.gov)
  • Self-reported health status is a general measure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a population. (countyhealthrankings.org)
  • The report also highlights the SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) research project being co-delivered by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at York. (york.ac.uk)
  • The depressed individuals also had lower health-related quality-of-life scores in almost all the domains investigated in the SF-36, such as bodily pain, general health, vitality and social functioning. (poz.com)
  • Headaches and migraines can also be symptoms of poor-quality air exposure. (insider.com)
  • Poor tooth and gum health "bothered" almost half (45%) of them, and one in five (20%) said it undermined their quality of life. (medicalxpress.com)
  • As well as helping patients or those with health problems to recover or better manage their illness, we see engagement with the arts having a significant positive health benefit from a young age. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Gut health-related problems are one of the first places health and nutrition coaches go to understand inexplicable weight changes. (integrativenutrition.com)
  • Importance Understanding the major health problems in the United States and how they are changing over time is critical for informing national health policy. (crossfit.com)
  • The Declaration of Astana on PHC in 2018 reaffirmed the importance of PHC and the central role of the community in achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and contributing to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). (who.int)
  • Public Health and Poor. (bmj.com)
  • The general public can support health workers by expressing appreciation for their essential work and treating them with understanding and respect. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Abelmann completed his doctorate in Public Health, with emphases in industrial hygiene and occupational safety, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. (aiha.org)
  • The intended audience for this book goes well beyond public health and tropical medicine specialists. (cdc.gov)
  • The policy-heavy content and clear advocacy tone make it appropriate for students and teachers of global health, public policy, and foreign affairs. (cdc.gov)
  • The book should also be of value to persons interested in social determinants of health, health economists, and historians of public health and international development. (cdc.gov)
  • Little more than two weeks after the January 9, 2014, spill of multiple chemicals into West Virginia's Elk River, it's becoming increasingly clear that the private and public sectors at all levels failed miserably with regard to protecting the public's health. (edf.org)
  • This special issue of Preventing Chronic Disease highlights health education as a core function of public health. (cdc.gov)
  • Health education is "an innate aspect of public health practice" as described by Lynne Wilcox in her editorial ( 1 ), and seven key areas of responsibilities for health educators serve as their fundamental competency base. (cdc.gov)
  • This editorial describes the experience in transforming public health in Oklahoma and achieving successful health education and health promotion initiatives through community partnerships. (cdc.gov)
  • Called Turning Point, the program issued a request for proposals that encouraged local and state applicants to rethink the delivery of public health, placing emphasis on state and local collaborative partnerships and eliciting ideas on intervention priorities from community partners. (cdc.gov)
  • Although implementation of these new approaches would represent a radical change in how public health would be delivered in Oklahoma, the state health commissioner at the time, Dr. Jerry R. Nida, decided to move forward with the Turning Point application because he understood the urgency of needing to change and restructure how public health was delivered in Oklahoma. (cdc.gov)
  • During that period, models for transforming public health through community partnerships were developed in the three pilot sites, and the philosophy of the state partnering with communities for health improvement needs began to take shape. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health in Oklahoma has evolved into a centralized system, largely as a result of historical actions of the state legislature and categorical funding through federal sources. (cdc.gov)
  • Desire for confidentiality shaped lack of access to legal termination of pregnancy in the public health sector. (bvsalud.org)
  • Maintaining the proper nutrition and body condition score (BCS) from gestation to farrowing to lactation improves the sow's health and piglet viability. (alltech.com)
  • Poor nutrition creates many other negative health effects as well. (livestrong.com)
  • A stroke that is caused by plaque that builds up in a blood vessel, then breaks free as a clot that travels to your brain and creates a blockage can be linked to poor nutrition. (livestrong.com)
  • These findings suggest that women that use, or have used, a hormone-based injectable contraception such as DMPA may have increased odds of poor periodontal health. (prnewswire.com)
  • Unfortunately, these findings about the number of women with poor heart health prior to pregnancy are not surprising - heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S.," says Rachel Urrutia, MD , an obstetrician-gynecologist and an assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who was not involved in the research. (everydayhealth.com)
  • The 'Health for Wealth: Building a Healthier Northern Powerhouse for UK Productivity' report was commissioned by the Northern Health Science Alliance to look at the relationship between the North's poorer health and its poorer productivity. (finchannel.com)
  • The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. (kff.org)
  • The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news, KFF is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. (kff.org)
  • CHICAGO , Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology . (prnewswire.com)
  • The new analysis, by academics from the Child of the North group - a partnership between Health Equity North and N8 Research Partnership - on behalf of the Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), found that on average pupils in London received 9.7% more funding than those in the North. (york.ac.uk)
  • The health and healthcare of sexual minorities have recently been identified as priorities for health research and policy. (nih.gov)
  • There is mounting evidence to suggest that the dental health of professional/elite footballers is below average, but the impact on play has not been clear. (medicalxpress.com)
  • It includes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power. (who.int)
  • An ex-journalist who specialized in health and entertainment news, Paromita was responsible for managing a health supplement for The New Indian Express, a leading national daily in India. (organicfacts.net)
  • The check-ups revealed a high prevalence of poor dental health, most of which was preventable, despite the fact that almost three out of four players said they had had a dental check-up within the past year. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The annual Tennessee economic outlook report submitted to the governor by UT experts notes the financial fitness of the state would benefit from improved health. (wbir.com)
  • What we're trying to do in that special chapter of the report is increase awareness of the importance of health and adverse-health in terms of hampering the economy. (wbir.com)
  • In a report to Boris Johnson , the Government Office for Science and the Council for Science and Technology emphasise the strong association between groups that are digitally excluded and those that are at greater risk of poor health. (publictechnology.net)
  • Dr. Tummala is an ear, nose and throat physician, and co-director of the Climate and Health Institute at George Washington University. (wbur.org)
  • He also holds an MS Industrial Health from the University of Michigan. (aiha.org)
  • She has completed an e-course, Introduction to Food and Health, from Stanford University, US. (organicfacts.net)
  • This process is linked with the concept of extension in the pedagogy of Paulo Freire and reflects the importance of the university education of health professionals, both undergraduate and graduate, as the main factor in the formation and maintenance of this obstacle which has a strong impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of state investment in the health sector. (bvsalud.org)
  • Guidelines for Citation of Data With the goal of mutual benefit, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) requests that recipients of data files cooperate in certain actions related to their use. (cdc.gov)
  • Oct. 22, 2018 Most parents know that the diet and exercise habits of a pregnant woman impacts the health of her baby, but little is known about how a father's health choices are passed to his children. (sciencedaily.com)