The most frequently named issues fell within the categories of social problems; physical symptoms; psychological problems; and sexuality-related problems. Regarding social problems, stigma/discrimination was by far the issue raised the most frequently. In the prioritisation exercise, stigma/discrimination ...
Located in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is ranked third worldwide in terms of disaster risk in the World Risk Index 2018, a composite index that also includes risks from climate-related hazards (www.WorldRiskReport.org). As of 2015, as many as 40.5% of the country’s total population (...
Obesity was traditionally defined as an increase in body weight that was greater than 20 percent of an individual’s ideal body weight—the weight associated with the lowest risk of death, as determined by certain factors, such as age, height, and gender. Based on these factors,overweightcould...
The aim of this study was to determine the mental health problems and their associated factors in Ecuadorian freshmen university students. A sample of 1092 students (53.7% women; mean age = 18.3 years) were recruited from the Technical Particular...
And what are the related cybersecurity concerns? But healthcare HR pros also need to think locally: Is our service area declining or increasing in population, and how might that affect staffing levels? Are new competitors snapping up talent and customers—if yes, do we have a plan to ...
Number of deaths by health risk factors. Notes: Values are in millions of people. Full size image Studies show that lower-middle- and low-income countries are highly vulnerable to the health risk of air pollution compared to their high-income counterparts7,8. This vulnerability is primarily att...
Health professions education (HPE), particularly dental education, nursing education, and medical education, had been standardized in the Philippines and the rest of the Southeast Asian nations. This study evaluated the interests of Filipinos in HPE through relative search volume (RSV) trends of searc...
2. What does the underlined word “related”in Paragraph 1 mean? A.connectedB.spreadC.influencedD.considered 3. What’s the passage mainly about? A.The results of climate change. B.The reasons why climate changes. C.Health problems related to climate change. ...
including referral of alcohol abusers to appropriate treatment. 5. In addition to addressing the health problems of alcohol abusers, a major effort should address the large number of students who are not binge drinkers on campus who are adversely affected by the alcohol-related behavior of binge ...
The Philippines is a highly urbanised, lower-middle income country in East Asia with high rates of poverty and unemployment [24]. The Philippines faces an extreme double-burden of malnutrition [25]: stunting affects over 30% of children under the age of 5 [26], and diet-related NCDs are ...