This cohort study uses data from 2 birth cohorts to test the predictive accuracy of adverse childhood experience screening for later health problems.
healthcare systemsHealthcare tends to play a crucial role in every country and its society. Appropriate and well-performing healthcare systems constitute an important aspect of national policy. The most important issue connected with this matter is the appropriate adjustment of the health financing ...
The second offers the empirical critique of the same dichotomy, and moves on to consider the implications of this empirical evidence for priority-setting in public health policy. Ultimately, because theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that social causes are of much greater significance than...
Objective: We analyzed community area differences in teen births in Chicago, Illinois, from 1999 to 2009. We analyzed the association between changes in teen birth rates and concurrent measures of community area socioeconomic and demographic change. Methods: Mean annual changes in teen birth rates ...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is currently a major public health challenge in young, middle aged and elderly population worldwide, but it is still not clear in very elderly population. This study was to investigate the potential association between tota
The prominence of pharmaceutical companies in public life also creates a secondary challenge. The public might be forgiven for thinking ofpharmaceuticalsas theonlyeffective solutions for ill-health, overshadowing the health gains to be accrued from investment in public policies, such as tobacco control ...
https://www.qualityforum.org/Publications/2012/06/An_Environmental_Scan_of_Integrated_Approaches_for_Defining_and_Measuring_Total_Population_Health.aspx. Published June 2012. Accessed July 27, 2018. 6. Health Affairs Blog. How are hospital-based ACOs addressing community health? http://health...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally, and the early identification of high risk is crucial to prevent the disease and to reduce healthcare costs. Short life expectancy and increased mortality among the Roma are generally accepted (although not indeed proven by...
The acquisition of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by human pathogens is well-established as one of the most serious current and developing threats to human health. It is estimated that over 30,000 deaths in Europe in 2015 were attributable to AMR infections1, and this impact is growing2. To ...
(45% in males and 39% in females;data not shown). Cross-sectional reports including those from the NHANES31, Busselton Healthy Ageing Study28, and Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos47have identified significant relationships between hypertension and hearing loss. Sex differences have ...