SocialDeterminantsofHealth andAging:theepidemiologic transitioninhealth LisaFBerkmanPh.D. CabotProfessorofPublicPolicyand Epidemiology HarvardUniversity Figure6: THEINCREASINGBURDENOFCHRONICNONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES:2002-2030 Source:LopezAD,MathersCD,EzzatiM,JamisonDT,MurrayCJL,eds.GlobalBurdenofDiseaseand ...
The primary outcome of the CONVINCE trial was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes included health-related quality of life domains, including patient-reported physical function [37]. In addition, performance-based physical function levels using the PPT were assessed at baseline. Further information ...
HIV and TB are two lethal infectious diseases that are interconnected [1], in such a way that the co-occurrence of both results in a significant public health challenge [2]. The prevalence of TB is rising rapidly in regions with high HIV rates, posing a new obstacle to TB control [3]...
Ambient air pollution resulting from the rapid economic development and industrial production in China has exerted a significant influence on socio-economic activities and public health, especially in the densely populated urban areas. As a substantial number of diseases have been reported to have a ...
influences on the pace of technological change. Second, understanding international differences in the intensity of innovation informs public policy. While most studies of innovation are set in a given public policy environment (Griliches, 1994; 1998), policy analysis requires an evaluation ...
Immunization coverage in many parts of Nigeria is far from optimal, and far from equitable. Nigeria accounts for half of the deaths from Measles in Africa, the highest prevalence of circulating wild poliovirus in the world, and the country is among the t
股权投资决定因素Private Equity in the Developing World The Determinants of Transaction Structures PrivateEquityintheDevelopingWorld:TheDeterminantsofTransactionStructures JoshLerner,HarvardandAntoinetteSchoar,MIT Motivation •Lotsofattentionin“lawandfinance”literaturetohowlegalregimeaffectsfinancialtransactions•...
(Includingbestpractices) Weconcentratemoreonchildmalnutrition becauseitreflectsthestatusofadultsalso particularlywomen’shealthandwellbeing. Dimensions TwomeasuresofHungerunderMDGs: Onemeasureisundernourishment:theproportionof peopleconsuminglessthantheminimumdietary requirement(sufferfromhunger) AnothermeasureisChild...
Keywords: EcoHealth; determinants of health; social determinants of health; health (in)equity; ecological determinants of health; environmental determinants of health; political determinants of health; cultural determinants of health; global health governance; public health 1. Introduction 1.1. Big ...
regulations for self-driving vehicles is a slow process, the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets was put together quickly by Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber, and Volvo Cars to work with the public sector and not-for-profits to assuage concerns about the safety of self-driving vehicles (Spector...