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- 1From:BMC Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Sunburns during childhood are strongly associated with development of melanoma in later life. While parents play an important role in children's sun protection, insight in possible shifts in behavioral...
- 2From:Indian Journal of Dental Advancements (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAIM: To assess the prevalence of dental abrasion and its association with tooth brushing frequency among patients attending O.P.D. in H.P.Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla. Materials and methods: The study...
- 3From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 45, Issue 5)Clinical informatics can help to reduce costs and improve population health, but only if providers and insurers can figure out how to use the available data to get patients involved in managing their own health,...
- 4From:The Nation's Health (Vol. 42, Issue 9)Following a healthy lifestyle into old age can add five years to women's lives and six years to men's, a recent study found. While previous studies have linked lifestyle factors such as being overweight, smoking...
- 5From:Nursing Science & Research in the Nordic Countries (Vol. 31, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Scant attention has been given to patients who decline participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRP). Aim: The aim was to identify knowledge and beliefs about risk factor information associated...
- 6From:Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice (Vol. 14, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: A. Salaudeen, E. Odeh Background: Blood donation is the only way of acquiring blood to meet emergency requirements in cases of road traffic accidents, complications of pregnancy and childbirth, various anemic...
- 7From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSarah is a cashier at my bank, so I am used to seeing her in my lunch break. But when I bumped into her recently, she could barely stand still. 'Can't chat,' she gasped. 'Power walking.' And with that she was off,...
- 8From:Tobacco Use InsightsPeer-ReviewedIntroduction: Smoking by health professionals is a very negative habit not only for their own health, but also because it diminishes their capacity to influence their smoker patients to quit their habits. Objective:...
- 9From:The Psychological Record (Vol. 59, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPrevious studies have investigated social images in health-risk behaviors, suggesting that these images are important factors in adolescents' health-related decisions. In this study, 548 secondary school students (aged...
- 10From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 25, Issue 14) Peer-Reviewed'Why did Humpty Dumpty fall off the wall?' No, I have not lost the plot after years of NHS stress. It was a query put to us by Max, one of our small patients. We have a picture of Humpty in our children's play area...
- 11From:Pediatrics (Vol. 107, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedContext. Contemporary threats to adolescents' health are primarily the consequence of risk behaviors and their related adverse outcomes. Identifying factors associated with adolescents' risk behaviors is critical for...
- 12From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 322, Issue 7293) Peer-ReviewedDoctors can now test asymptomatic people for genes that predispose them to specific diseases. Many diseases have a complex cause that may include environmental and behavioral factors as well as genetic ones. However, it...
- 13From:Studies in Family Planning (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis study examines the associations between multimedia behavior change communication (BCC) campaigns and women's and men's use of and intention to use modern contraceptive methods in target areas of Uganda. Data are...
- 14From:Annual Review of PsychologyPeer-ReviewedABSTRACT Our evolving understanding of how psychosocial and behavioral factors affect health and disease processes has been marked by investigation of specific relationships and mechanisms underlying them. Stress and...
- 15From:Population Reports (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAbout 6,000 million condoms are being used each year. But more than twice as many--13,000 million condoms--should be used to protect the health and lives of men and women. Closing this gap is a crucial public health...
- 16From:Journal of School Health (Vol. 61, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn 1977, Lynch [1] declared there was "no health in school health." She particularly deplored the "total lack of health information and health management subsystems in the field of school health."[1] How can school...
- 17From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 89, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedChange of any kind is difficult. Though most people know that dietary change may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as contribute to weight loss, few individuals make long-term changes....
- 18From:Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research (Vol. 2, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: R. Onoh, OUJ. Umeora, U. Agwu, H. Ezegwui, P. Ezeonu, A. Onyebuchi Background: Antenatal care is one of the pillars of SAFE Motherhood Initiative aimed at preventing adverse pregnancy outcome. Early antenatal...
- 19From:Nephrology Nursing Journal (Vol. 42, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedQ: Poor adherence to medication regimens continues to be problematic for our patients on chronic hemodialysis. What are some strategies to help with this problem? A: Poor adherence is a problem in the daily care of...
- 20From:Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine (Vol. 5)Objectives: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is more commonly used in the Asian community compared to other countries. Different factors are involved in the refusal to use CAM around the world. This study...