Better outcomes for chronic diseases remain elusive because success depends on events outside the control of the health care system: patients’ ability to mange their health behaviors and chronic diseases. Among the most powerful influences on self-management are the social and environmental constraints on healthy living, yet the clinical response to these environmental determinants is […]
There is overwhelming evidence that social factors have profound influences on health. Children are particularly sensitive to social determinants, especially in the early years. Life course models view health as a developmental process, the product of multiple gene and environment interactions. Adverse early social exposures become programmed into biological systems, setting off chains of risk […]
Cigarette smoking expectancies are systematically related to intention to quit smoking in adult smokers without psychiatric illness, but little is known about these relationships in smokers with serious mental illness. In this study, we compared positive and negative smoking expectancies, and examined relationships between expectancies and intention to quit smoking, in smokers with schizophrenia (n=46), […]
“PROJECT ACCESSIBILITY: REMOVING BARRIERS FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES” SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE GRANT’S DISABILITY AND CULTURAL AWARENESS COMPENDIUM FOR MAMMOGRAPHY FACILITIES Table of Contents 1. “PROJECT ACCESSIBILITY: REMOVING BARRIERS FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES” (A REPLICABLE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM)–SURVEY INSTRUMENTS, EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS, AND PROGRAM MATERIALS Fact Sheet/Brochure: “Susan G. Komen for the Cureâ […]
In a mass casualty event, there will be at-risk populations that will require unique triage, treatment and consequence management to minimise immediate and long-term health effects. This statement is particularly true for radiological/nuclear (R/N) disasters where individuals exhibit a broad range of physiological responses to radiation exposure. For example, immunocompromised individuals will experience more detrimental […]
To test the efficacy, acceptability, and appropriateness of a nutrition education and support program, 4 community-based group homes for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities participated in a pilot intervention with extended baseline period and pre-post-test design. Adults (N = 32) with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 20 direct service staff, 4 managers of group homes, […]
Obesity is one of the most common physical health problems among patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia. Multifactorial in origin, obesity can be attributed to an unhealthy lifestyle as well as the effects of psychotropic medications such as second-generation antipsychotics. Excess body weight increases the risk for many medical problems, including […]
Effects of respite care for children with developmental disabilities: evaluation of an intervention for at risk families. Cowen PS, Reed DA. College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. perle-cowen@uiowa.edu Public Health Nurs. 2002 Jul-Aug;19(4):272-83. Respite child care programs that provide temporary child care, support, and referral services to families of children […]
Achieving family and provider partnerships for children with special health care needs. Denboba D, McPherson MG, Kenney MK, Strickland B, Newacheck PW. Division of Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers La, Room 18A-18 Rockville, MD 20857, USA. ddenboba@hrsa.gov Pediatrics. […]
Achieving fecal continence in patients with spina bifida: a descriptive cohort study. Vande Velde S, Van Biervliet S, Van Renterghem K, Van Laecke E, Hoebeke P, Van Winckel M. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. Saskia.vandevelde@ugent.be J Urol. 2007 Dec;178(6):2640-4; discussion 2644. Epub 2007 Oct 22. PURPOSE: Fecal incontinence is […]