In Africa, it is common to boil milk whenever it is harvested. This intense heating greatly changes the flavor of milk, which the people in Africa are accustomed to.
Cadernos de Saude Publica / Reports in Public Health (CSP) is a bimonthly journal published by the Brazilian National School of Public Health, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. CSP publishes original articles that contribute to public health in general.
This is an overview of the Transtheoretical Model of Change, a theoretical model of behavior change, which has been the basis for developing effective interventions to promote health behavior change.
Notice how the ads saying to wash the hands is done with a male model. Could you imagine a similar advertisment with a female image? It would start a revolution!
In a new book, ''Pathologies of Power'' (University of California), Dr. Farmer, who has worked and lived in Haiti for the past 20 years, criticizes human rights advocates and bioethicists for giving short shrift to the health problems of the poor.
Design of Clinical Trials for Treatment of Pain, Development of Clinical Trials, Selected Qualitative Methods, Within-Patient Studies: Cross-over Trials & n-of-1 Studies, Clinical Economics, etc.
Ex: Managing the Metric vs Managing the Patient: The Physician’s View of Pay for Performance, Inpatient Management Guidelines for People with Diabetes, Reducing Health Care Costs for Plan Members with Congestive Heart Failure...
Healthcare-now is a broad and diverse movement educating the U.S. people about the national healthcare crisis and challenging the current privatized system of for-profit insurance and pharmaceutical companies.
Free Medical Books - Over the next few years, many important medical textbooks will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge will have a major impact on medical practice. FreeBooks4Doctors! is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet.
Several readers noted that the limited pilot test of Google Health has ended, and Google is now offering the service to the public at large. Google Health allows patients to enter health information, such as conditions and prescriptions, find related medical information, and share information with their health care providers (at the patient's request). Information may be entered manually or imported from partnered health care providers. The service is offered free of charge, and Google won't be including advertising. The WSJ and the NYTimes provide details about Google's numerous health partners.
What are the odds of dying? The table below was prepared in response to frequent inquiries, especially from the media, asking questions such as, "What are the odds of being killed by lightning?" or "What are the chances of dying in a plane crash?"
...and welcome to We Are What We do, a new movement inspiring people to use their everyday actions to change the world. We're not talking moving big mountains. More of a gentle nudge from the corner desk. A little prod from the sofa. A gentle push from the PE room.
So go on then! Track an action, share, connect.
A. Erhart, N. Thang, T. Bien, N. Tung, N. Hung, L. Hung, T. Tuy, N. Speybroeck, L. Cong, M. Coosemans and 1 other author(s). Tropical Medicine & International Health, 9 (10):
1081-1090(October 2004)M3: Article; Accession Number: 14700651; Erhart, A. 1 Thang, N. D. 2 Bien, T. H. 3 Tung, N. M. 3 Hung, N. Q. 4 Hung, L. X. 2 Tuy, T. Q. 2 Speybroeck, N. 1 Cong, L. D. 2 Coosemans, M. 1 D'Alessandro, U. 1; Affiliation: 1: Institute of Tropical Medicine Prince Leopold, Antwerp, Belgium 2: National Institute for Malariaology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam 3: Provincial Malaria Station (PMS), Bac Lieu, Vietnam 4: Institute for Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (IMPE), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Source Info: Oct2004, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p1081; Subject Term: MALARIA; Subject Term: EPIDEMIOLOGY; Subject Term: DIAGNOSIS; Subject Term: PUBLIC health; Subject Term: DISEASES; Subject Term: MEKONG River Delta (Vietnam & Cambodia); Author-Supplied Keyword: malaria; Author-Supplied Keyword: Mekong Delta; Author-Supplied Keyword: over-treatment; Author-Supplied Keyword: P. vivax; Author-Supplied Keyword: Plasmodium falciparum; Author-Supplied Keyword: private health care providers; Author-Supplied Keyword: transmission; NAICS/Industry Codes: 525120 Health and Welfare Funds; Number of Pages: 10p; Document Type: Article.
E. Byrne, and J. Gregory. International journal of medical informatics, (05/02 2007)M3: Article; Accession Number: 24873713; Byrne, Elaine 1; Email Address: elaine.byrne@up.ac.za Gregory, Judith 2; Affiliation: 1: School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa 2: Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Source Info: May2007 Supplement 1, Vol. 76 Issue s1, p78; Subject Term: COMMUNICATION; Subject Term: CHILDREN -- Diseases; Subject Term: CHILD health services; Subject Term: KWAZULU-Natal (South Africa); Subject Term: SOUTH Africa; Number of Pages: 11p; Document Type: Article.
E. Byrne, and S. Sahay. Information Technology for Development, 13 (1):
71-94(March 2007)M3: Article; Accession Number: 23625729; Byrne, Elaine 1; Email Address: elaine.byrne@up.ac.za Sahay, Sundeep 2; Email Address: sundeeps@ifi.uio.no; Affiliation: 1: Department of Informatics, University of Pretoria, South Africa 2: Department of Informatics, University in Oslo, Gaustadalleen 23, P.O. Box 1080, Blindern, NO-0316, Oslo, Norway; Source Info: 2007, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p71; Subject Term: INFORMATION technology; Subject Term: SOCIAL development; Subject Term: CHILD health services; Subject Term: PUBLIC health; Subject Term: SOCIAL dynamics; Subject Term: SOUTH Africa; Author-Supplied Keyword: community-based information systems; Author-Supplied Keyword: health information systems; Author-Supplied Keyword: participatory design; Author-Supplied Keyword: social development; Author-Supplied Keyword: South Africa; NAICS/Industry Codes: 525120 Health and Welfare Funds; Number of Pages: 24p; Illustrations: 3 charts, 1 diagram, 2 bw; Document Type: Article.
A. Westhues, J. Ochocka, N. Jacobson, L. Simich, S. Maiter, R. Janzen, and A. Fleras. Qualitative health research, 18 (5):
701-717(May 2008)M3: Article; Accession Number: 31995123; Westhues, Anne 1 Ochocka, Joanna 2 Jacobson, Nora 3 Simich, Laura 4 Maiter, Sarah 5 Janzen, Rich 2 Fleras, Augie 6; Affiliation: 1: Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 2: Centre for Community-Based Research, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 3: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5: York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Source Info: May2008, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p701; Subject Term: CULTURAL competence; Subject Term: GROUNDED theory; Subject Term: MENTAL health; Subject Term: ACTION research in public health; Subject Term: MENTAL health services; Subject Term: RESEARCH teams; Author-Supplied Keyword: complexity; Author-Supplied Keyword: critical methods; Author-Supplied Keyword: cultural competence; Author-Supplied Keyword: grounded theory; Author-Supplied Keyword: knowledge construction; Author-Supplied Keyword: mental health and illness; Author-Supplied Keyword: mixed methods; Author-Supplied Keyword: multiple methods; Author-Supplied Keyword: participatory action research (PAR); NAICS/Industry Codes: 621330 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians); NAICS/Industry Codes: 622210 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals; NAICS/Industry Codes: 623220 Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities; Number of Pages: 17p; Illustrations: 3 charts, 2 diagrams; Document Type: Article.