nutrition and bone health in older adults

... about inhibition and depression in older adults However, the indication is that there may be an association between deficits in ability to inhibit and depression in older adults Further studies in ... – the updating and monitoring of working memory representations The standard age range for Older People’s health services (including mental health) in Scotland/UK is 65 years and over Therefore ... Rating Scale, was in the ‘very severe’ range 5.3.3 Updating Updating, as defined by Miyake et al (2000), is the updating and monitoring of working memory representations No study included in...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 16:55

... School-based health and nutrition services • All 13 countries, to varying degrees, are involved in providing health and nutrition services to school-age children and teachers Vaccinations and hearing and ... Skills-based health education: including curriculum development, life skills training, teaching and learning materials School-based health and nutrition services: including deworming, micronutrient ... educators and education personnel to address issues relating to SHN and HIV, and in implementing and sustaining an effective school health program Without this training, teachers may be unable and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... database containing the names of older adults interested in clinical trials research, and advertisements placed in the local newspaper We were primarily interested in targeting older adults with ... compare the influence of different types of resistance training and a control on changes in measures of quality of life and selfefficacy in older adults The data indicate that the mode of training resulted ... SWL in older adults It is possible that the findings reported here are simply short term benefits resulting from the novelty of participating in a unique strength training research study and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... experience in involvement in life situations" and refers to the personal and societal consequences of health conditions [3] There is a growing interest in such consequences and the influence of ... McGee MA, Jagger CA: Health and illhealth in the older population in England and Wales The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) Age Ageing 2001, 30:53-62 Thomas ... known Such information would help to establish the extent to which older adults maintain or regain their desired levels of function in everyday life – despite an increasing frequency of health conditions,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... primary finding from this investigation is that while pain does increase with age in subjects in all study groups, there was no progressive increase in musculoskeletal pain in older adults who ... sweat, and your pulse, if taken, will be above 120) Include periods of rapid walking at work and in daily activities." Subjects indicated their participation in running, jogging, swimming, bicycling/stationR1264 ... participated in regular vigorous exercise, including running, compared with those who did not Initial differences favoring exercisers were shown to be maintained over time As pain and disability are linked,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... difficulty in the last three months with each of the following: stair climbing, rising from a chair, standing and walking; ii) swelling, pain or stiffness in any joint lasting at least six weeks; and ... comorbidities and worse general health status (SF-36 general health subscale score), lower income and education, residing in long term care, and greater OA severity Education and income were included in ... older adults living with painful OA, depressed mood is common and associated with increased mental health- related health care, including visits to primary care physicians and psychiatrists, and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... time, older adults are less interested in making new friends and would rather focus on maintaining their established inner circle of friends This intentional “emotional regulation” may explain the ... group and longitudinally invariant measure of PACES, we examined whether any substantive differences were evident in older adults engaging in two different exercise modalities Interestingly, ... spmullen@illinois.edu, olson29@illinois.edu, smwhite@illinois.edu, aszabo2@illinois.edu, wojcicki@illinois.edu, eklamm@illinois.edu, gothe1@illinois.edu, fanning4@illinois.edu, akramer@illinois.edu,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... gardening, bowls, exercise classes and swimming) and activity undertaken while performing daily tasks such as shopping and visiting friends (e.g., walking and cycling) are recommended for increasing ... double in number by 2033 It is, therefore, increasingly important to find ways of facilitating the maintenance of physical function, health and independence and quality of life of older individuals ... commuting and business decline steeply after age 59y as the proportion of trips for shopping, personal business and visiting friends and family increase So it appears that shopping is the main reason...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... modifications, and training for technical and mobility aids was effective in reducing the rate of falls in community-dwelling older adults at high-risk for falling.67 Falls were also reduced in older adults ... significant in those 75 years and older. 70 Interventions involving specific home modifications including handrails for outside steps and internal stairs, grab rails for bathrooms, outside lighting, edging ... remained within the home.69 Including home hazard education and modification in multifactorial health promotion home programs also resulted in reduced overall falls and indoor falls for older adults, ...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:17

... interventions in community dwelling older adults [13] Please cite this article in press as: Stubbs B, et al What works to prevent falls in older adults dwelling in long term care facilities and ... that include individual risk assessment and tailored interventions are effective in preventing falls in these settings Whilst there is a paucity of research investigating fall interventions in ... falls in older adults dwelling in LTCF or delivered in hospitals were included More specifically, meta-analyses had to meet the following criteria: Population: Older adults (mean age ≥ 60 years and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:27

... of a 5-min warm-up, 35-min exercise using upper and lower body pneumatic resistance training machines, and a 5-min cool-down Training began at 60-65% of one repetition maximum (1RM) and progressed ... utilization in skeletal muscle It has been proposed that insulin resistant individuals have a defect in GLUT4 trafficking and targeting leading to reduced GLUT4 in the cell membrane in skeletal ... assessed by independent sample t-test or Chi-square as appropriate To test the significance of resistance training in predicting main (hSGLT3 and GLUT4 gene and protein expression levels) and secondary...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:08

... recognizes three distinct Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: First Nations (Indian), Inuit and Métis Understanding and Improving Aboriginal Health Council of Canada Maternal and Child Health in Canada A large ... Canada 16 Health Council of Canada Understanding and Improving Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health in Canada Introduction While there are many organizations involved in exploring the gaps in health ... Understanding and Improving Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health in Canada References Health Council of Canada (2010) Stepping it up: Moving the focus from health care in Canada to a healthier...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20

... the quality and years of healthy life and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health status n A number of the Healthy People 2010 objectives concern maternal, infant, and child health Among ... Folic Acid 40 Smoking During Pregnancy 42 Alcohol and Other Drug Use 44 Obesity 46 Childhood Immunization 48 Health Insurance Health Insurance and Access to Care 50 Health Insurance Coverage ... of Childbearing Age 52 Health Insurance Coverage for Children 54 Medicaid’s Role in Maternal and Child Health 56 Children’s Health Insurance Program 58 Medicaid and CHIP: Eligibility and Enrollment...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... causes irregular bleeding and pain during intercourse in women, burning during urination in men, and discharge in both men and women If left untreated, chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease ... promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability It works throughout the United States and the world monitoring health, investigating health problems, ... highway linking Mombasa and Kampala Many sex workers and their clients pass HIV to their spouses or regular partners •• Injecting drug use (and sharing infected needles) is an increasingly important...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... information-sharing and Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (5) Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America coordination among the different levels of the health system in ... developed by empowering women and involving men in issues related to reproductive health (15) A gender-sensitive reproductive health approach looks beyond the confines of clinical medicine and address ... aspects of health sector reform and reproductive health in LAC countries and attempts to identify the links between them Strategies of decentralization, changes in health services financing, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging  Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults ... Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging  Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults ... for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging  Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults Computer and Internet...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... examines investments in child education and health in the face of weather shocks to agricultural income in Côte d'Ivoire and finds adverse effects on enrollment and short-run measures of nutritional ... cocoa-growing regions of western Côte d'Ivoire had long-standing tensions between indigenous ethnic groups and non-Ivorians (mostly of Burkinabe and Malian origin) over property and land rights ... residing in province j and born in year t;  j are province fixed effects,  t are birth-cohort fixed effects (month-year of birth),  jt are province-specific trends in cohort health (province...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... lasting and life-threatening malnutrition Common deficiencies include iron, vitamin A and iodine Vaccination Many childhood diseases including measles, polio, diptheria, tetanus and whooping ... of themselves and their children, including nutrition, vaccinations, first aid and family health responses, and birth spacing • Encourage governments and international donors to find ways to provide ... projects in areas of need, with a focus on global health indicators such as maternal and child health, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, and new and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as influenza...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... Lay Training Centre (Zomba, Malawi) the last two weeks of March 2004 Training was extensive and was based on standard Demographic and Health Survey training protocols for conducting an interview, ... Blantyre and rural Mchinji 11 Guttmacher Institute and beliefs that influence adolescents’ behaviors and their use of health information and services.5 Also in 2003, about 100 in- depth interviews* with ... conducted in each country in order to understand the social context of young people’s romantic and sexual relationships and their health- seeking behavior Finally, about 60 in- depth interviews in each...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... also increase maternal mortality in impoverished regions and increase the risks of stillbirths, miscarriages, and mental retardation in infants Malnutrition also includes protein-energy malnutrition, ... child sexual abuse and handling crisis cases Based in Islamabad, Sahil activities include: conducting small research studies, organizing seminars, and publishing educational information about ... boys In Sindh, the law pertaining to seduction and trafficking defines a minor as under age 18, whereas in Punjab the girl child is defined as under age 16 (Saifullah 1998) The Hudood Ordinances...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20