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Improving Cultural Competency in Children’s Health Care: Expanding Perspectives potx
... Access Issues in Your Practice: A Toolkit for Physicians and Their Staff Members,” suggests strategies for smaller or solo practices to train bilingual staff to function as interpreters (Please see ... encounters It is preferable for providers to use the same categories used by the U .S Census for assessing these characteristics Providers may wish to begin by first using these three core measures to ... members • Incorporate language/interpreter needs at time of scheduling and when designing visits • Use a standardized instrument to assess health literacy • Conduct informational sessions for staff...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20
Children’s Health Deficits due to Diarrhoea: Effects of Water Supply and Sanitation Systems in Slums with Different Water Logging Conditions
... water Households using mixed sources of water Sanitation system Households using overhead hanging latrine Households using sanitary latrine Households using unsanitary latrine Households using no ... Households Households using tap water supply Households using ground water Households using surface water Households using mixed sources of water Households in each community ( % ) LSD Filtering water ... washing after defecation without soap No hand washing after defecation Households using overhead hanging latrine Households using sanitary latrine Households using unsanitary latrine Households...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
Tài liệu CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE: A BASELINE ASSESSMENT doc
... INDICATOR-BASED ASSESSMENT AND THE QUESTIONS IT ANSWERS Children s health and the environment in Europe: a baseline assessment is based on policy-relevant indicators and information available in the system ... action focusing on children s EH; • this indicator-based report Children s health and the environment in Europe: a baseline assessment, which uses the information base to provide an assessment of ... phasing out of lead in fuels resulted in a fall in the exposure of children in most countries, the plumbing and local industries continue to be important sources in some The most serious source...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Living conditions: the influence on young children’s health doc
... to see poor physical environments as a root cause and instead looking for ways to use the housing issue statements’, quick studies similar to ‘environmental for many of the issues they are trying ... south protect them and in their family as a safe haven Undermining of Israel for gastrointestinal infectious diseases, diseases that this trust can lead to a wide range of psychopathologies such ... play items such as sandpits, ropes, toys and swings of households have access to hand washing facilities at prevalence of malaria and diarrhoea, and children While in the safe spaces, children...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20
Women’s Employment and Its Relation to Children’s Health and Schooling in Developing Countries: Conceptual Links, Empirical Evidence, and Policies pptx
... considers health inputs as well as health outcomes to be jointly chosen by the household, that is, endogenous It is possible to deal with simultaneity in cross section non-experimental data using instrumental ... mother s work status, sometimes without indicating if the correlation is statistically significant In some cases these analyses are refined by stratifying the sample on factors such as child ... policymakers This is especially the case because, as discussed below, trends such as increasing female headship and smaller family size are likely to place increasing pressure on girls to curtail...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20
Nonresponse in the National Survey of Children’s Health, 2007 pot
... (8) Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the 2007 NSCH Comparing Response Rates Across Subgroups A comparison of response rates across subgroups could reveal the presence of nonresponse bias in a survey ... Survey Estimates In assessing nonresponse bias, this report will focus on six selected survey estimates that represent the six major content areas for the survey: health, insurance coverage, health ... of children with consistent insurance in the past 12 months The NSCH estimates are presented using both the NSCH base weights and the NSCH final weights; the NHIS estimates are presented using...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20
Children’s Health and the Environment in North America ppt
... asthma remain the subject of ongoing research Canada refers to fugitive emissions associated with smoking as “secondhand smoke” (SHS) Mexico refers to fugitive emissions associated with smoking ... conditions EXPOSURE HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN Middle ear infections AGENTS Environmental tobacco smoke Biomass emissions Bronchitis causes or is associated with SOURCES Smoking Burning of wood ... as “passive smoke.” 24 Children who are exposed to biomass emissions from the burning of wood are also at risk for a number of health effects These may include susceptibility to sinus and respiratory...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20
Protecting Children''''s Health In A Changing Environment - Report Of The Fifth Ministerial Conference On Environment And Health.pdf potx
... networks of scientific excellence and stakeholders in the food chain EFSA increasingly needs to include environmental risk assessments in its work and to provide comprehensive responses using the ... institutions and other actors to identify best practices and promoting training on risk assessment tools in the health sector and risk management techniques, including rapid assessment tools; • developing ... result in large emissions of greenhouse gases As mentioned, reducing these emissions would benefit health, as well as the environment In housing and transport, preventing energy loss, improving...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:22
SPECIAL REPORT: National Survey of Children’s Health Finds Intact Family and Religious Participation Are Associated with Fewer Developmental Problems in School-Age Children pdf
... educational assessment He also taught courses in testing and measurement methods at several Brazilian universities At Westat, he has conducted psychometric analyses and helped to design adaptive assessments ... lowest parenting stress levels Parenting Stress by Family Structure: U .S Children Aged 6-17, 2003 Source: National Survey of Children s Health (NSCH) 55.0 Mean Parenting Stress Score 54.0 53.0 ... and Health Statistics, an advisory committee to the National Center for Health Statistics, and is a past president of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS) He...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20
Tài liệu Analysing Commitments to Advance the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health pdf
... impact of investment by integrating efforts across diseases and sectors, by using innovative approaches to delivering costeffective interventions and services, and by making financing channels more ... of innovation in increasing the efficiency of investments is discussed in Chapter 6, while the role of integration in increasing value for money is discussed in the next chapter on health systems ... improving and sustaining health and development requires addressing structural barriers and social determinants Thus, some stakeholders explicitly address the need for a holistic focus on women s health, ...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Protecting Children’s Health for a Lifetime pptx
... established by NIEHS and EPA, with a research emphasis on children s asthma and other respiratory diseases, as well as ways to reduce exposure to pesticides for children in agricultural settings 2004: ... learning Environmental factors in diseases such as asthma, immune disorders, autism, and obesity are also being studied An additional component of these Centers is to administer outreach programs ... • Children s Centers’ research has shown that even very low levels of lead exposure can result in intellectual impairment in children These studies suggest that there is no discernable threshold...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu Environmental Policy and Children’s Health ppt
... chemical hazards before human exposure, disease, and death have occurred Dose-Response Assessment The second step in risk assessment, assessing the dose-response relationship, is of particular ... risk assessment.2 In fact, many chemical manufacturers already engage in intensive premarket testing.12 Exposure Assessment Exposure assessment, the third step in risk assessment, needs to involve ... risk associated with a chemical, assumptions and extrapolations must be made, and different investigators and scientists may make different assumptions The four steps in risk assessment are as...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu Children''''s Health and the Environment Children''''s Health and the Environment doc
... hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones Sources: Solvents, fabric softeners, deodorizers and cleaning products Paints, glues, resins, waxes and polishing materials Spray propellants, dry cleaning ... activities WHO 29 Spraying pesticides at home results in increased risks to children because of higher concentrations near the floor and persistence of insecticides in carpets, porous surfaces, ... those who should recognize and manage the effects of chemicals on children' s health (e.g nurses, physicians, primary health care workers) Those who will help in assessing environmental issues should...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu Global Strategy for Women,s and Children,s Health potx
... costs associated with nutrition and health promotion ** Allocated health- systems costs, including half of costs associated with human resources, infrastructure, supply chain/logistics, health information ... countries are able to sustain their efforts over the longer term, scaled-up investment in health systems is also critical Strong health systems require sustained investment over time In many ... Global Health Agencies” 37 Includes physicians, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, community health workers and others supporting the health infrastructure in countries This section also includes the...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 14:20
Children''s Health and the Environment: WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization potx
... humans are causing the most massive extinction of species since the dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago Whereas the baseline species extinction rate had been about species per million species ... exposure to chemical, biological, industrial, and atmospheric pollutants, including pesticides; sexually transmissible diseases; and 'lifestyle' diseases, including obesity and cardiovascular disease ... of Australia used with permission 17 Global Climate Change and Child Health INDISPUTABLE INCREASES IN GREENHOUSE GASES NASA 18 This graph shows the indisputable increases in carbon dioxide in the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20
CHILDREN AND CANCER-Children''''s Health and the Environment pdf
... disease as increasing levels of exposure may cause an increase or decrease in the incidence of disease Examples already discussed are ionizing radiation (positive association: increased IR associated ... CAUSES, RISK FACTORS AND HYPOTHESES BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES LEADING TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND ITS CHALLENGES INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL CANCER CLUSTERS QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS 29 ... cancer, breast cancer and soft tissue sarcoma Ultraviolet sunlight causes an increased risk of skin cancers There is a higher incidence of skin cancers in the southern United States as compared...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20
Children’s Health Research 2012 ppt
... commonly used in assessing children s exposure to environmental chemicals It is used by scienƟsts, economists, health assessors, and others within and outside EPA conducƟng exposure assessments, a ... asthma research has also been factored into health assessments for diesel emissions The next step is to learn ways to beƩer protect those most at risk “Now we’re digging into the dispariƟes side ... criƟcal step in idenƟfy human health risks— including those to children s health from exposure to chemical contaminants and other environmental stressors To conduct an exposure assessment, scienƟsts...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20
Armed Conflict and Children’s Health – Exploring new directions: The case of Kashmir docx
... Time trend yes yes yes yes yes Birth F.E yes yes yes yes yes City F.E yes yes yes yes yes District F.E yes yes yes no no State F.E yes yes yes yes yes HH controls yes yes yes yes yes Table 15: ... yes yes yes yes Birth F.E yes yes yes yes City F.E yes yes no no District F.E yes no yes yes State F.E yes yes yes yes HH controls yes yes yes yes Table 6: DID regressions based on NFHS-1 children ... yes yes yes Birth F.E yes yes yes Breastfeeding R2 City F.E no yes yes District F.E yes yes yes State F.E yes yes yes HH controls: yes yes yes yes Table 7: DID regressions based on NFHS-2 children...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20