PDF - Circulation
... government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare po ...
... government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare po ...
Policy Brief - WHO/Europe - World Health Organization
... Few would disagree that clear information about the benefits and harms of any screening procedure should be available to all individuals invited to participate in any programme. In practice, however, this often involves nothing more than providing a leaflet and possibly offering a brief discussion w ...
... Few would disagree that clear information about the benefits and harms of any screening procedure should be available to all individuals invited to participate in any programme. In practice, however, this often involves nothing more than providing a leaflet and possibly offering a brief discussion w ...
Health Literacy Around the World
... literacy. Anecdotally, at least, these also seem to be attracting larger and larger audiences as more individuals are becoming aware of the importance of health literacy. What we have learned about health literacy has steadily increased over the years as well. For example, numerous research efforts ...
... literacy. Anecdotally, at least, these also seem to be attracting larger and larger audiences as more individuals are becoming aware of the importance of health literacy. What we have learned about health literacy has steadily increased over the years as well. For example, numerous research efforts ...
Web version 27 Nov 2013_Adolescent Health
... to HIV infection despite efforts to date (1). This is particularly true for adolescents—especially girls—who live in settings with a generalized HIV epidemic or who are members of key populations at higher risk for HIV acquisition or transmission through sexual transmission and injecting drug use. I ...
... to HIV infection despite efforts to date (1). This is particularly true for adolescents—especially girls—who live in settings with a generalized HIV epidemic or who are members of key populations at higher risk for HIV acquisition or transmission through sexual transmission and injecting drug use. I ...
Diabetic Retinal Screening, Grading, Monitoring
... Anyone with diabetes is at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy (DR). This eye disease is defined as abnormal retinal changes associated with diabetes, and it can lead to visual loss. In New Zealand, approximately 20–25 percent of people with diabetes have some form of DR (Frederikson and Jacobs ...
... Anyone with diabetes is at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy (DR). This eye disease is defined as abnormal retinal changes associated with diabetes, and it can lead to visual loss. In New Zealand, approximately 20–25 percent of people with diabetes have some form of DR (Frederikson and Jacobs ...
Writing Group Members, Véronique L. Roger, Alan S. Go, Donald... Emelia J. Benjamin, Jarett D. Berry, William B. Borden, Dawn... 2012 Update : A Report From the
... government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare po ...
... government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. The Statistical Update is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, healthcare po ...
Full version - 衞生署基層醫療統籌處Primary Care Office Department
... average population levels of several risk factors can lead to a large reduction in the chronic disease burden17,18. ● The “Individual-based/high-risk” approach for interventions on higher risk individuals (e.g. people with obesity or predisposing conditions, older people) has also been shown to be e ...
... average population levels of several risk factors can lead to a large reduction in the chronic disease burden17,18. ● The “Individual-based/high-risk” approach for interventions on higher risk individuals (e.g. people with obesity or predisposing conditions, older people) has also been shown to be e ...
Syllabus - Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
... continuing medical education for physicians. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology designates this educational activity for a maximum of 25 hours incategory i credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actu ...
... continuing medical education for physicians. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology designates this educational activity for a maximum of 25 hours incategory i credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actu ...
Questions Answers HIV/AIDS about
... • Sharing needles, syringes, or works to inject drugs, vitamins, hormones, steroids, or medicines. • Women with HIV infection can pass HIV to their babies during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding. • People who are exposed to blood and/or body fluids at work, like health care workers, may be exp ...
... • Sharing needles, syringes, or works to inject drugs, vitamins, hormones, steroids, or medicines. • Women with HIV infection can pass HIV to their babies during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding. • People who are exposed to blood and/or body fluids at work, like health care workers, may be exp ...
Oral Health: Approaches for general dental practice teams on
... 4.1 Group discussions There is strong evidence of the effectiveness of group discussions compared to standard oral health promotion from a cluster RCT30 (+) carried out in Thailand, which involved mothers of children aged 6-19 months. Both intervention and control groups received dental health educa ...
... 4.1 Group discussions There is strong evidence of the effectiveness of group discussions compared to standard oral health promotion from a cluster RCT30 (+) carried out in Thailand, which involved mothers of children aged 6-19 months. Both intervention and control groups received dental health educa ...
Global Experience of Community Health Workers for Delivery of
... an interesting and diverse picture of the current scenario in outreach services of health care workers. There is a wide range of services offered by the CHWs to the community, ranging from provision of safe delivery, counseling on breast-feeding, management of uncomplicated childhood illnesses, from ...
... an interesting and diverse picture of the current scenario in outreach services of health care workers. There is a wide range of services offered by the CHWs to the community, ranging from provision of safe delivery, counseling on breast-feeding, management of uncomplicated childhood illnesses, from ...
Pertussis (June 2010) - BC Centre for Disease Control
... Identify high risk contacts that had the following types of contact with the case during the period of communicability: face to face contact for > 5 minutes; shared the same confined air space for > 1 hour; or direct contact with the respiratory secretions of the infected person. Infants < 1 yea ...
... Identify high risk contacts that had the following types of contact with the case during the period of communicability: face to face contact for > 5 minutes; shared the same confined air space for > 1 hour; or direct contact with the respiratory secretions of the infected person. Infants < 1 yea ...
Nutritional Support of the Very Low Birth Weight Infant
... been documented to fall short of calculated required intakes, especially during the early days and weeks of life.(Carlson and Ziegler, 1998, Embleton et al., 2001, Radmacher et al., 2003) Early nutrient deficits tend to continue throughout the hospital course.(Radmacher et al., 2003, Embleton et al. ...
... been documented to fall short of calculated required intakes, especially during the early days and weeks of life.(Carlson and Ziegler, 1998, Embleton et al., 2001, Radmacher et al., 2003) Early nutrient deficits tend to continue throughout the hospital course.(Radmacher et al., 2003, Embleton et al. ...
PolicyFocus_PrEP_v7_02.21.12_Fenway
... that contain anti-retroviral medications that are applied vaginally or rectally to prevent HIV transmission. Some microbicide trials have shown promise, while others have not. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention has shown partial efficacy with men who have sex with men (MSM) and heter ...
... that contain anti-retroviral medications that are applied vaginally or rectally to prevent HIV transmission. Some microbicide trials have shown promise, while others have not. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention has shown partial efficacy with men who have sex with men (MSM) and heter ...
Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children
... • Tens of thousands of children in Scotland suffer from dental caries. • Many of these children endure pain and infection. • Even if children do access dental care, much of the disease remains untreated. “Children have a right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, and to fac ...
... • Tens of thousands of children in Scotland suffer from dental caries. • Many of these children endure pain and infection. • Even if children do access dental care, much of the disease remains untreated. “Children have a right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, and to fac ...
national consolidated guidelines
... 10.2.1 Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in infants, children and early adolescents............................................98 10.2.2 Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in late adolescents and adults.............................................................98 10.3 CRYPTOCOCCUS (CRYPTO) SCREENING AND TREATME ...
... 10.2.1 Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in infants, children and early adolescents............................................98 10.2.2 Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in late adolescents and adults.............................................................98 10.3 CRYPTOCOCCUS (CRYPTO) SCREENING AND TREATME ...
Health at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators
... The changing nature of risk factors to health in OECD countries Although some of the gains in longevity can be explained by a reduction in important risk factors to health, much of the burden of diseases in OECD countries nowadays is linked to lifestyle factors, with tobacco smoking, alcohol consump ...
... The changing nature of risk factors to health in OECD countries Although some of the gains in longevity can be explained by a reduction in important risk factors to health, much of the burden of diseases in OECD countries nowadays is linked to lifestyle factors, with tobacco smoking, alcohol consump ...
The Premature Infant: Nursing
... • Incidence 10% for all premature infants • Incidence 50% for 26 week to 28 weeks • Risk factors: – Low gestational age – Male – Born to diabetic mothers – Born after an asphyxial insult before birth – Born after maternal-fetal hemorrhage – Multiple gestation © 2006, March of Dimes ...
... • Incidence 10% for all premature infants • Incidence 50% for 26 week to 28 weeks • Risk factors: – Low gestational age – Male – Born to diabetic mothers – Born after an asphyxial insult before birth – Born after maternal-fetal hemorrhage – Multiple gestation © 2006, March of Dimes ...
Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition Guidelines
... The traditional hospital-based management of acute malnutrition and rehabilitation poses some constraints such as limited coverage, minimal impact and long stay often up to 2 months, which is too high a cost for both the facility and families. A shift has evolved since the late 1990s towards an outp ...
... The traditional hospital-based management of acute malnutrition and rehabilitation poses some constraints such as limited coverage, minimal impact and long stay often up to 2 months, which is too high a cost for both the facility and families. A shift has evolved since the late 1990s towards an outp ...
Test 26 – Obstetrics A 29 year-old G1P0 at 41 weeks gestation
... replaces columnar with squamous epithelium. Squamous metaplasia is active in the cervix during adolescence and early adulthood. Human papillomavirus infections are commonly acquired by young women shortly after the initiation of vaginal intercourse but, in most, they are cleared by the immune system ...
... replaces columnar with squamous epithelium. Squamous metaplasia is active in the cervix during adolescence and early adulthood. Human papillomavirus infections are commonly acquired by young women shortly after the initiation of vaginal intercourse but, in most, they are cleared by the immune system ...
Childhood lichen planus: A review of literature Research area: Oral
... meals.Intralesionaland perilesional injection of steroids is useful for persistent localized erosive OLP lesions but should be used with due caution. Generalized atrophic or erosive oral lesions that do not respond to topical therapy may be treated with a short course of systemiccorticosteroids [24] ...
... meals.Intralesionaland perilesional injection of steroids is useful for persistent localized erosive OLP lesions but should be used with due caution. Generalized atrophic or erosive oral lesions that do not respond to topical therapy may be treated with a short course of systemiccorticosteroids [24] ...
(module I «Physiological obstetrics») / укладачі: В. І. Бойко, М. Л
... increased uterine blood flow to meet growing nutritional and oxygenation needs of the fetus. It also enables blood loss (average 500 ml) at delivery to be met without physiological decompensation. Advise women not to take up unaccustomed, vigorous exercise in pregnancy as there is a risk of diversio ...
... increased uterine blood flow to meet growing nutritional and oxygenation needs of the fetus. It also enables blood loss (average 500 ml) at delivery to be met without physiological decompensation. Advise women not to take up unaccustomed, vigorous exercise in pregnancy as there is a risk of diversio ...
- Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive
... breastfeeding rates in the United Kingdom remain below targets, with only 23% and 1% of mothers exclusively breastfeeding at 6 weeks and 6 months, respectively3. The barriers to breastfeeding are well documented and include inconvenience, returning to work, pain, and milk supply, but also limited ac ...
... breastfeeding rates in the United Kingdom remain below targets, with only 23% and 1% of mothers exclusively breastfeeding at 6 weeks and 6 months, respectively3. The barriers to breastfeeding are well documented and include inconvenience, returning to work, pain, and milk supply, but also limited ac ...
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
... ANC is AZT 300 mg BD from 28 weeks or anytime thereafter. Single-dose NVP 200 mg, AZT 300 mg and 3TC 150 mg is given at the onset of labour. AZT is continued every 3 hours and 3TC every 12 hours until delivery. During the postpartum period, AZT 300 mg BD and 3TC 150 mg BD is continued for 7 days. Al ...
... ANC is AZT 300 mg BD from 28 weeks or anytime thereafter. Single-dose NVP 200 mg, AZT 300 mg and 3TC 150 mg is given at the onset of labour. AZT is continued every 3 hours and 3TC every 12 hours until delivery. During the postpartum period, AZT 300 mg BD and 3TC 150 mg BD is continued for 7 days. Al ...
Follow-up of NICU Preemies
... 40% to 60%.4 Unfortunately, the morbidities of these extremely premature infants have not decreased significantly. Indeed, gestational age at birth is inversely correlated with the chance that the infant will experience physical, developmental, and/or psychosocial sequelae. Because of the increased ...
... 40% to 60%.4 Unfortunately, the morbidities of these extremely premature infants have not decreased significantly. Indeed, gestational age at birth is inversely correlated with the chance that the infant will experience physical, developmental, and/or psychosocial sequelae. Because of the increased ...