demographic characteristics and health literacy

... Rural and Remote Health, 7(1):653 Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au NSO (2005) National Statistical Office and ORC Macro Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2004 Calverton, Maryland: NSO and ... prison and jails in Malawi remains understudied and under-appreciated This exploratory study aimed at understanding MSM socio -demographic characteristics, sexual health related attitudes and practices ... individual is likely to adopt a healthy behaviour if she/he has the appropriate knowledge, attitude, and is exposed to reinforcing and enabling factors (friends, family and health workers) In Malawi,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... lock and key test, shoulder range of motion, active hip and knee flexion, and timed tandem stand test [16,22-25] The repeated chair rise test, an assessment of lower extremity motor function and ... perform Hip and knee flexion were scored similarly For analysis, results on the lock and key test were categorized into quartiles, and range of motion of the shoulders Louie and Ward Health and Quality ... failure, and knee pain These results indicate that self-reports were influenced by personal and health characteristics and not exclusively by the measured difficulty in performing the task Louie and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... of the HealthDoc project The HealthDoc project aims to develop techniques for producing health- information and patient-education material that is customized to the personal and medical characteristics ... Designning health messages: Approaches from communication theory and public health practice Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Masi, Ralph (1988) “Multiculturalism, medicine and health, Part ... attitudes to health. ” Health Education Journal, 53(4), December 1994, 421–429 Donohew, Lewis; Palmgreen, Philip; and Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles (1994) “Attention, need for sensation, and health communication...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 13:20

... Breastfeeding and infant feeding practices Vaccinations and childhood illnesses Marriage and sexual activity Women’s work and husband’s background characteristics Awareness and behaviour regarding AIDS and ... implementation of population and health surveys in countries worldwide The 2011 EDHS is a follow-up to the 2000 and 2005 EDHS surveys and provides updated estimates of basic demographic and health indicators ... Tetanus (vaccine) EDHS EHNRI Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey Ethiopia Health and Nutrition Research Institute HepB HEW Hib HIV Hepatitis B (vaccine) Health Extension Worker Haemophilus influenza...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... current demographic and health survey has special features, including maternal mortality and infant and child health, mortality, and morbidity, in addition to the conventional areas that most demographic ... national survey on demographic and health issues carried out by the National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) and the second survey as part of the worldwide Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) ... important health and welfare problems facing Pakistan today and particularly afflicts women and children Poor breastfeeding and infant feeding practices have adverse consequences for the health and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... limited health literacy 10 • Day-to-day problems associated with limited health literacy 12 • Implications of limited health literacy 13 Literacy and health knowledge ... survey, and the total number of Americans with limited health literacy totals more than 89 million!  Health literacy and patient safety: Help patients understand Table Examples of health literacy ... limited health literacy skills also exhibit less healthy behaviors (Table 5).18,19 • More exposure to violence Literacy and health outcomes Persons with limited health literacy skills have poorer health...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... [Ethiopia] and ICF International 2012 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Calverton, Maryland, USA: Central Statistical Agency and ICF International CONTENTS TABLES AND ... 14 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH OUTCOMES 14.1 14.2 Employment and Form of Earnings .246 Control Over and Relative Magnitude of Women’s and Husband’s Earnings .247 ... the population; and, promotion of private sector and NGO participation in the health sector The HSDP prioritizes maternal and newborn care, and child health, and aims to halt and reverse the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc 2012 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011 Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health and Population, New ERA, and ICF ... Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011 Population Division Ministry of Health and Population Government of Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal New ERA Kathmandu, Nepal ICF International Calverton, Maryland, ... AND DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH OUTCOMES 215 Employment and Form of Earnings 216 Women’s Control over Their Own Earnings and Relative Magnitude of Women’s and Their Husbands’...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... 2006 and 2011 20 iv PREFACE The 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (2011 UDHS) was designed as a follow-up to the 1988/89, 1995, 2000-01 and 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health ... Maryland, USA: UBOS and Macro International Inc Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and Macro International Inc 2007 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2006 Calverton, Maryland, USA: UBOS and ... v I INTRODUCTION The 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (2011 UDHS) was designed as a follow-up to the 1988/89, 1995, 2000-01 and 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys with the objective...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... composition, health, and social support linkages on mortality Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 37, 4, 326–38 Ross, C E and Mirowsky, J 1995 Does employment affect health ? Journal of Health and Social ... 3/4, 167–85 Kessler, R C and McLeod, J D 1985 Social support and mental health in community samples In Cohen, S and Syme, S L (eds), Social Support and Health Academic Orlando, Florida, 219–40 ¨ ... K and Roos, E 2003 Multiple roles and health among British and Finnish women: the influence of socio-economic circumstances In Arber, S and Khlat, M (eds), Social and Economic Patterning of Health...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... of Health and Human Services, 1995 Rudd RE Health and Literacy: A Maturing Partnership.” Focus on Basics, 2002; Kickbusch IS Health Literacy: Addressing the Health and Education Divide.” Health ... Research and Quality, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institutes of Health, and Office of Minority Health www.firstgov.gov Education and Training • Health and Literacy ... Public Health [Note: Most schools of public health offer courses relevant to health literacy in their health behavior, health education and/ or communication programs.] www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:21

... National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and ICF Macro 2010 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 Calverton, Maryland: KNBS and ICF Macro CONTENTS TABLES AND FIGURES ix FOREWORD ... awareness and use of family planning methods, breastfeeding practices, nutritional status of women and young children, childhood and maternal mortality, maternal and child health, and awareness and ... Nzoia, and Mara; and numerous wildlife reserves containing thousands of different animal species The country falls into two regions: lowlands, including the coastal and Lake Basin lowlands, and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... Similarly, adult literacy and the proportion of the population gainfully employed was put at 48% female, 73% male and 56.1% female, 69.8% male (Nigeria National Demographic Health Survey Report, ... Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLCP) (2004) Federal Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health; Workers Manual, 4th Edition 2004 Nigeria National Demographic Health Survey ... risk of developing tuberculosis and in Nigeria, over 80% of patients suffering from TB first visit private hospitals According to the World’s Youth Demographic and Health, 2006 data sheet, the...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... 2002 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2001 Calverton, Maryland, USA: Family Health Division, Ministry of Health; New ERA; and ORC Macro Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), MI, and New ERA ... Planning and Health Survey 1991 Main Report, Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Division Planning Research, and Evaluation Section, Kathmandu, Nepal Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA and ... Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2011 is conducted as a periodic update of the demographic and health situation in Nepal This is the fourth comprehensive national level population and health...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 03:20

... pre-injury sociodemographic and health characteristics, injury and injury-related healthcare Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:68 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full ... associations between lower extremity and spine and back injuries and mobility problems, and injuries to the head and neck and cognitive Langley et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:68 ... pre-injury and injury-related explanatory variables [2] We grouped our explanatory variables into: preinjury socio -demographic, pre-injury health and disability, and injury and post-injury healthcare characteristics...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... care and the health care system, and see their dissemination audience as decision- and policy-makers who use workshops and expert committees as a means of addressing clinical practice and health ... All health researchers in a clear, health- related faculty (nursing, pharmacy, rehabilitation medicine, medicine) were identified, and the names of health researchers who had been funded for health- related ... differences between health researchers, as well as providing insights into their professional characteristics and engagement in Mode I and Mode II activities Table 2: Comparison of health researchers...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... dt dt dt ð3:32Þ dr dr ¼ 2r· dt dt ð3:33Þ and Substituting (3.32) and (3.33) into (3.31) gives: dv2 m dr2 ¼2 dt 2r dt ð3:34Þ Constellation Characteristics and Orbital Parameters 89 Integrating (3.34) ... co-ordinate system Constellation Characteristics and Orbital Parameters 91 the satellite moves upward and downward through the equatorial plane are called ascending node and descending node, respectively ... bsinE ¼ að1 e2 Þ1=2 sinE ð3:48Þ and OB ¼ rcosq ¼ acosE ae ð3:49Þ Adding QB and OB from equations (3.48) and (3.49) gives: qffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi r ¼ a2 ð1 ecosEÞ2 and q ¼ 2tan 21 " 11e 12e 1=2...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2012, 11:26

... • identify and evaluate the following factors: economic, social, political, demographic, products and technology and market and competition • prepare a forecast, make predictions and assessment ... operated Political and legal factors that develop out of social concerns include ecological legislation, health and safety regulations, and the resulting concerns over too many regulatory and administrative ... demand conditions, related and supporting industries and firm strategy, structure and rivalry (figure 2.6) 14 Figure 5: Determinants of national competitiveness Chance Firm trategy structure and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/04/2013, 10:31

... samples Chloramphenicol and cycloheximide were used as specific growth inhibitors of bacteria and fungi, respectively (Anderson and Domsch, 1975; Newell et al., 1983; Fuhrman and McManus, 1984; Bjornsen, ... of the resulting N2O concentration (Weiss and Price, 1980; Fogg and Gerrand, 1991) - 69 - Results Characteristics of fungal denitrification in sediments and soils Figure shows the behaviors of ... biomass and metabolic activity in the Table Potentials and contributions of bacterial and fungal denitrifications in tea soils, the submerged litter and sediment of an irrigation pond, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... for diesel and biodiesel are approximate, as C13.77H23.44 and C19H35O2 respectively [8, 9] The combustion model is developed for the C.I engine and suitable for any hydrocarbon fuel and their ... and biodiesel 5.4 Parametric study The results of combustion characteristics and performance parameters are presented with variable compression ratio started from 12 up to19 for both diesel and ... ‘Determination of performance and combustion characteristics of a dieselengine fueled with canola and waste palm oil methyl esters’, Int journal of Energy Conversion and Management, volume.52, 108-116,...

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