Recently it has been shown that even the pre-conception period is of outmost importance, and other scholars have made the case that the 1000 days should be extended to a period of 8000 days post-conception. The present contribution aims to bridge further the gap between research evidence and ...
Cigarette tax and public health: what are the implications of financially stressed smokers for the effects of price increases on smoking prevalence? Aims This paper models the predicted impact of tobacco price increases proposed in the United States and Australia during 2009 on smoking prevalence in ...
this wider value-shaped environment when developing and applying findings. Public health practitioners will be frustrated if they attempt to translate their analysis into meaningful action in a context where the relevant political, economic, and healthcare systems are out of sync with the implications ...
The goal of delivering quality health care at a lower overall cost through accountable care organizations (ACO) as described as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) has gained momentum among payers, providers, and the public. The concept includes developing an org...
Implications Very few people are familiar with everything public health does, sometimes not even the responsible political decision-makers. This situation poses a threat to the survival of its prevention mission. The typology of public health interventions is an innovative tool that can be used to ...
The impact of DTCA on patient expectations has important implications for evaluating its role in the health-care system. While these expectations can lead to inappropriate and excessive prescribing, they also may induce a placebo effect that might increase the clinical effectiveness of the advertised ...
existing medical conditions, they are the exception. As the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. (behind smoking),obesity is a serious public health concern with far-reaching implicationsand reams of studies have linked it with more than 200 chronic diseases. Here are a few:...
2023 年 3 月大学英语六级考试真题 第(1 套) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this p art, y ou are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence 9 “Peop le are now increasingly aware of the danger of iapp earance anx iety or being f obsessed with ...
The review has a number of key implications. Primarily, there is a need to clearly recognise that care-experienced children and young people are not a homogenous population, but have different risk profiles, care histories and intervention needs. As such, intervention development and adaptation proce...
Unmet healthcare need, a spectrum of healthcare need that are not met, has been noted as one of the most worrisome consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic [7]. Unmet healthcare need is an individual’s subjective assessment on whether their needed care is fulfilled or not, and it can aris...