... Authors' contributions JMO conducted the pilot studies, designed the final survey, compiled the results, conducted the analyses, and drafted the manuscript SKA participated in the design of thesurvey ... Conclusions Given the wide range in predictions about mortality and morbidity and their association with recommendations for limitation of care, future research should focus onthe patient and provider ... surveyand helped to draft the manuscript NAA participated in the design of thesurveyand helped to draft the manuscript GBD participated in the design of thesurveyand helped to draft the manuscript...
... left-click onthe mouse to open the browser icon Then, ask students to this on their screens Show students how to close the browser window by left-clicking onthe top right X onthe screen Then have them ... through the first few steps and then ask them to the rest of the exercise on their own at home Ask them to write down any questions or problems they have in the spaces provided and bring them to the ... for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers fromtheNational Institute on Aging module 1: Internet Basics LESSON PREPARATION Before the lesson, you should: Read over the entire lesson...
... question), general health (1 question), vitality (1 question), social functioning (1 question), role-emotional functioning (2 questions), and mental health (2 questions), while using only one-third ... information onthe one hand which is offset by an increase in reliability onthe other [19] Household income was calculated as the sum of the respondent’s own earned income, earned income of other ... linear regression analysis revealed that respondents from Germany and Italy rated their health state significantly lower onthe EQ-VAS, while those from Belgium andthe Netherlands tended to...
... children, the types of healthand support services they and their families need, and their access to and satisfaction with the care they receive Thesurvey conducted in 2005–2006 represents the second ... note that these percentages represent the percent of CSHCN who have these conditions, not the prevalence of the conditions in the population of children as a whole 0.3% 18 TheNationalSurvey of ... represents the second time thesurvey has been administered, providing updated information onthe prevalence of special health care needs among children, both nationally and within each State, and on...
... Administration, theNational Institutes of Health, theNational Center for Injury Control and Prevention, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Department of Defense, theHealth Resources and Services ... Prevention and Control National Electronic Injury Surveillance System National Fire Protection Association National Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Institutes of HealthNational Incident ... of theNational Institute for Occupational Safety andHealth Committee to Review the NIOSH Traumatic Injury Research Program Board on Population Healthand Public Health Practice THE NATIONAL...
... secures the nation’s present and future fate These populations deserve to work in environments that contribute to the production of safe consumer products and that protect their healthTheNational ... approved by the Governing Board of theNational Research Council, whose members are drawn fromthe councils of theNational Academy of Sciences, theNational Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute ... Safety andHealthNational Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Healthand Safety National Center for Health Statistics National Cancer Institute Northeast Center for Agricultural and Occupational...
... intervention delivery Conclusion and recommendations The conclusions and recommendations of this article were formulated fromthe outcomes of both the RAR study andthe FG group held after the completion ... Centre for Research on Drugs andHealth Behaviour at the University of London for WHO and UNAIDS, and had been tested in various WHO projects in the field of drugs and addition - and is particularly ... among vulnerable drugusing populations in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria [4] While there is international evidence onand experience with adequate responses, limited responses addressing drug use...
... half of the Malawi population (47%) lives in the Southern region, while 41% and 12% live in the Central and Northern Regions of the country, respectively The Southern and Central Regions are ... indicators than the Central and Southern Regions Some 60% of people living in the Southern Region are in poverty andthe corresponding rates for the Central and Northern Regions are 44% and 54%, respectively.17 ... of the questionnaire Extra precautions were taken to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of responses to this section If there was only one eligible respondent, that respondent was given the...
... 51% of the females and 64% of the males used contraceptive methods within the three months prior to thesurveyThe proportions varied among those females in a union and those not in a union Only ... information has been provided on HIV/AIDS and contraceptives through the mass media, as well as the education andhealth systems Resultsfromthesurvey indicated that the main sources for information ... relationship to head of household and education, for all the members of and visitors to the selected households In addition, the household screener was used to collect information on each household’s...
... Board Meetings to assist with the design and development of thesurvey questionnaire The authors worked together to analyse theresultsfromthesurveyand interpret the 15 17 American Academy of ... account not only the severity of symptoms andthe ensuing daily challenges, but also the context (e.g consequences and settings) of symptoms andthe impact of these symptoms on daily functioning Indeed, ... Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland andthe United Kingdom) were invited to participate in thesurvey This survey was sponsored by Janssen Cilag and conducted...
... of Healthand Human Services suggested materials and questions based on input from other HHS agencies and stakeholders and experts, andon information from federal health materials and other health- related ... interviewer asked the respondent for the book and used an algorithm to determine onthe basis of the responses to the first seven questions whether the respondent should continue in the main assessment ... scale andhealth literacy tasks were guided by the definition of health literacy used by the Institute of Medicine and Healthy People 2010 (a set of national disease prevention andhealth promotion...
... of different contentions about harm, depending onthe emphasis one chooses to give them On one hand, it is clear from their reactions that the majority of youth regard their personal unwanted ... used the Internet no more than days a week and 61% said they were online hour or less on a usual day when they used the Internet CONCLUSION Given the passions that swirl around the issue of the ... harmful Onthe other hand, there are findings fromthe study that bolster concern about harm: the ones showing that one quarter of those exposed said they were very or extremely upset and one fifth...
... collaboration between all authors JMA and MVA defined the research theme JMA, CS, ERO, and BL designed the data collection EP and MVA conducted the statistical analyses Results interpreted by JMA, EP, and ... strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and World Health Organization Global Initiative for Chronic ... COPD (additional file 1) The relationship between wheeze and breathlessness andthe HRQoL scores was similar, whether the subjects had asthma and/ or COPD or not, with the exception of breathlessness...
... a second syringe belonging to the other person Alternatively, the solution is put back into the original syringe once the other user has injected and rinsed out the equipment after useThe degree ... to be long-term users with high consumption levels High consumption of heroin confers status, but only if used in a controlled fashion Users should be able to raise or acquire money and drugs ... of the town In addition, non-Swahili Kenyans were part of the same network of Swahili users living in the old town, and visited the area to purchase anduse heroin and to meet other users Men and...
... We thank the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention andHealth Promotion, Office on Smoking andHealth for making available the data used in ... their sex, 63.3% and 36.7% were males and females, respectively However, 1122 responded to the question on whether they smoked cigarettes in the previous 30 days Altogether 15.8% of the respondents ... Djibouti to the west, Federal Republic of Ethiopia to http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/2/1/6 the south and, the Red Sea to the North and Somalia to the east Study design and study participant...
... contributed to analysis and interpretation of the data and to the manuscript draft EG contributed to analysis and interpretation of the data, critical revision of the manuscript, and important statistical ... fromthe Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00B-102853), the Swiss Heart Foundation, the Novartis Foundation, the Krokus Foundation, Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Biosite, Brahms, Roche, Siemens, and ... analysis and interpretation of data, andthe manuscript draft TB, TR, MP, HP, AH, JM, RT, NM and AM contributed to acquisition of data and critical revision of the manuscript AM, also, contributed...
... by the minute, not by the hour However, cost to the user depends entirely onthe length of the interpretation andthe fee per minute The success of the interpretation also depends heavily onthe ... in thehealth care sector In this mode, an interpreter is linked to the interlocutors over the phone, either through theuse of dual headsets, a speakerphone, or by passing one handset back and ... rapidly They have a clear and distinct role in the encounter, minimizing patient confusion As they are focused on interpreting only, they are more likely to participate in basic training (if they don’t...
... accurate information onthe concentration–response relationships for the effects investigated, i.e onthe relationship between the level of air pollution andthe effect onhealth A quantitative ... pollution WILL A REDUCTION IN AIR POLLUTION IMPROVE HEALTH? The body of evidence onthe effects onhealth of air pollution at levels currently common in Europe has strengthened considerably over the ... DG Environment of the Commission onthe strategic direction of the CAFE programme The approaches to answering the questions were rather complex The procedure for preparing the report Health aspects...
... are the 1998 census, the 1999 Socioeconomic Survey, andthe 2000 Demographic andHealthSurvey (DHS) Table presents the comparisons For each of the three external sources, in addition to national ... community, the second whether their income was sufficient to meet their expenses, the third how satisfied they were with their economic situation andthe fourth how their current economic situation compared ... EXCEL a random starting household number was generated, which turned out to be 6,057 The first Commune was the one containing the 6,057th household, andthe second was the one containing the 6,057...
... Control and Prevention Guidelines for the investigation of contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis; recommendations fromtheNational Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, and ... Studies have confirmed the contribution of certain factors: the extent of disease in the index patient, the duration that the source andthe contact are together and their proximity, and local air ... personnel in thehealth department and other healthcare-delivery systems to fulfill multiple functions and skills (Box 3) Training and continuous on -the- job supervision in all these functions...