Health equity is achieved whenevery person has the opportunity to "attain his or her full health potential"and no one is "disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances." Health disparities or inequities, are types of unfair health di...
Public health is “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.”— CEA Winslow. These materials introduce public health core functions and ...
The aim of this study was to assess the proportions of women who reported being asked about their mental health during the perinatal period across consecutive national maternity surveys (NMS) in England and to evaluate sociodemographic disparities in who was asked. Methods: Secondary analysis was ...
restricting the ability to include viral suppression in the definition of unprotected anal sex. There was a large degree of missing data, although those with missing data were not demographically or behaviorally different to those with complete data. The sample is predominantly White and highly educat...
DISPARITIES IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF: ADVANCING RESEARCH TOWARDS ACTION.Disparities in access and quality of mental health services for persons who are Deaf are a significant public health problem. For the purposes of this article, persons who are Deaf are defined as ...
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health risk it poses, and not just whether it meets a panel's definition of "disease." The author suggests that obesity should be recognized as a serious health threat and "pandemic," and as such, clinical education about obesity needs to be a priority in medical school and residency ...
Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (2008) S. Alhabash et al. Redefining virality in less broad strokes: Predicting viral behavioral intentions from motivations and uses of Facebook and Twitter New Media & Society (2015) V.N. Anders...
Sexual orientation disparities in preventable disease: a fundamental cause perspective. Eur J Public Health. 2016;26. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw173.003. Lipton B. Gay men living with chronic illnesses and disabilities: From crisis to crossroads. Gay Men Living with Chronic Illnesses and ...
averages of 20, 34, 46 and 121, respectively [2]. Furthermore, there were substantial disparities in health indicators among the countries which require optimal dialogue in all development partners’ space and place to bridge (Table2).