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Quality Of Life Of Bahraini Women With Breast Cancer: A Cross Sectional Study., Ghufran Ahmed Jassim, David L. Whitford
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Quality Of Life Of Bahraini Women With Breast Cancer: A Cross Sectional Study., Ghufran Ahmed Jassim, David L. Whitford
Family and Community Medicine Articles
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer can impact survivors in many aspects of their life. Scarce information is currently available on the quality of life of cancer survivors in Bahrain. The objective of this study is to describe the quality of life of Bahraini women with breast cancer and its association with their sociodemographic and clinical data.
METHODS: This is a cross sectional study in which the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Cancer Specific version translated into Arabic was administered to a random sample of 337 Bahraini women with breast cancer. Relevant descriptive statistics were computed for ...
Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation For Dynamic And Static Longitudinal Marginal Structural Working Models, Maya L. Petersen, Joshua Schwab, Susan Gruber, Nello Blaser, Michael Schomaker, Mark J. van der Laan
COBRA
Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation For Dynamic And Static Longitudinal Marginal Structural Working Models, Maya L. Petersen, Joshua Schwab, Susan Gruber, Nello Blaser, Michael Schomaker, Mark J. Van Der Laan
U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series
This paper presents a novel targeted maximum likelihood estimator (TMLE) estimator for the parameters of longitudinal static and dynamic marginal structural models.We consider a longitudinal data structure consisting of baseline covariates, time-dependent intervention nodes, intermediate time-dependent covariates, and a possibly time dependent outcome. The intervention nodes at each time point can include a binary treatment as well as a right-censoring indicator. Given a class of dynamic or static interventions, a marginal structural model is used to model the mean of the intervention specific counterfactual outcome as a function of the intervention and time point.Because the true shape of ...
Kidney Conditions Associated With Hypertension In Pregnancy, Immaculate Franklin Preethi Nevis
McMaster University
Kidney Conditions Associated With Hypertension In Pregnancy, Immaculate Franklin Preethi Nevis
Open Access Dissertations and Theses
We defined hypertension in pregnancy as a composite of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia. The etiology of hypertension in pregnancy remains controversial. The three chapters of this thesis explore the risk of hypertension in pregnancy from various kidney conditions. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the thesis. Chapter 2 is a systematic review that studied the risk of developing hypertension in pregnant women with chronic kidney disease but not on dialysis. We found that women with chronic kidney disease had at least a twofold higher relative risk of developing hypertension during pregnancy compared with women having no chronic kidney disease ...
Examining Universal Primary Healthcare Through Community-Based Initiatives, Donald E. Warden
Kennesaw State University
Examining Universal Primary Healthcare Through Community-Based Initiatives, Donald E. Warden
Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research
This paper examines enacting community-based primary healthcare programs and initiatives. It looks at the weaknesses of past attempts, the successes of current attempts, and gives insight into ways everyday citizens can change the way the world does healthcare. There are social, economic, and political barriers as to why these programs are not enacted. Since 1978, Member states of the United Nations strive towards healthcare for all. The original 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata sets the bar at achieving this goal by the year 2000. Now in the 21st century, the world still battles inadequate healthcare. Nations continue to strive towards ...
Private Choice Versus Public Health: Religion, Morality, And Childhood Vaccination Law, Ross D. Silverman, Thomas May
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Private Choice Versus Public Health: Religion, Morality, And Childhood Vaccination Law, Ross D. Silverman, Thomas May
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Conflicting Discourses Of Participatory Postdevelopment In Community-Led Total Sanitation, Shaina M. Pomerantz Kasper
Macalester College
Conflicting Discourses Of Participatory Postdevelopment In Community-Led Total Sanitation, Shaina M. Pomerantz Kasper
Honors Projects
The development community perceives the current “sanitation crisis” to be remedied with water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives. While the participatory process of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) incorporates community involvement, it still imposes globalized sanitation norms and a dominant external worldview. Using discourse analysis of the CLTS handbook, I argue that CLTS structurally advocates for continuing local hierarchies, promotes external technologies, enforces the power of outside development facilitation, and creates a new sanitation paradigm. Communities continue to resist sanitation development such as CLTS because of its top-down structure. I conclude by offering policy recommendations to improve the CLTS process.
Prenatal Oral Health Education In U.S. Obstetrics And Gynecology Residencies And Dental Schools: Results Of A National Survey, Megan Weeks, Judith A. Savageau, Hugh Silk
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Prenatal Oral Health Education In U.S. Obstetrics And Gynecology Residencies And Dental Schools: Results Of A National Survey, Megan Weeks, Judith A. Savageau, Hugh Silk
Senior Scholars Program
Background: Pregnant women represent a special population within oral health care. Adverse pregnancy outcomes and increased infant caries can occur when prenatal oral disease is not addressed. Currently, medical and dental clinicians are not meeting the oral health needs of pregnant patients.
Objective: Medical and dental providers are not addressing prenatal oral health (POH) with patients despite knowledge of the risks. The objective of this study was to determine how training in dental schools and OB/Gyn residencies may contribute to this paradox.
Methods: We conducted a national survey of 60 dental school deans and 240 obstetrics and gynecology residency ...
The Presence Of Coups D'État Within Revolutions: Effects On Population Health, Rose E. Facchini
Salve Regina University
The Presence Of Coups D'État Within Revolutions: Effects On Population Health, Rose E. Facchini
Master Theses
The present study is a comparative approach to revolutions and their effect on population health during the post-conflict period. Specifically, it attempts to determine whether revolutions that are accompanied by a coup d'état have a significant negative impact on post-revolution population health. Degree of revolutionary violence, governmental structures, and pre-revolution health systems is of particular interest as relevant variables. The study focuses on the Latin American countries of Nicaragua and Chile due to their similar region and timeframe. The revolutions and accompanying coup d'état in both of these countries do not demonstrate different patterns on public health in ...
Evaluation Of Lift Up Your Voice! Advocacy Training For Older Adults And Their Caregivers: Executive Summary, Alison Gottlieb, Nina M. Silverstein, Kelli Barton
University of Massachusetts Boston
Evaluation Of Lift Up Your Voice! Advocacy Training For Older Adults And Their Caregivers: Executive Summary, Alison Gottlieb, Nina M. Silverstein, Kelli Barton
Gerontology Institute Publications
The Lift Up Your Voice! (LUYV) training, a component of Community Catalyst’s effort to support the Campaign for Better Care (CBC), is designed to mobilize grassroots advocacy structures of vulnerable older adults by directly engaging and empowering older adults and their caregivers. The goal of the evaluation is to assess the effectiveness LUYV in recruiting potential advocates, educating them about the health care reform, empowering them via advocacy skills training, and engaging them in state-based CBC activities.
Microglial Disruption In Young Mice With Early Chronic Exposure To Lead, Christina Sobin Ph.D., Mayra Gisel Flores Montoya M.A., Natali Parisi Ph.D., Tanner Schaub Ph.D., Miguel Cervantes B.S., Rodrigo Xavier Armijos M.D., ScD
University of Texas at El Paso
Microglial Disruption In Young Mice With Early Chronic Exposure To Lead, Christina Sobin Ph.D., Mayra Gisel Flores Montoya M.A., Natali Parisi Ph.D., Tanner Schaub Ph.D., Miguel Cervantes B.S., Rodrigo Xavier Armijos M.D., Scd
Christina Sobin, Ph.D.
The mechanisms by which early chronic lead (Pb) exposure alters brain development have not been identified. We examined neuroimmune system effects in C57BL/6J mice with Pb exposure, including levels that may be common among children in lower socioeconomic income environments. Pups were exposed via dams’ drinking water from birth to post-natal day 28 to low, high or no Pb conditions. We compared gene expression of neuroinflammatory markers (study 1); and microglial mean cell body volume and mean cell body number in dentate gyrus, and dentate gyrus volume (study 2). Blood Pb levels in exposed animals at sacrifice (post-natal day ...
Mprove Measure Compilation Template, Glen Mays
University of Kentucky
Mprove Measure Compilation Template, Glen Mays
Glen Mays
This template provides the data element layout and structure for compiling measures of local public health service delivery collected through the Multi-Network Practice and Outcome Variation Examination Study (MPROVE).
Sp605-B Preventing Lead Poisioning, Martha Keel, Janice McCoy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sp605-B Preventing Lead Poisioning, Martha Keel, Janice Mccoy
Environment (Indoor & Outdoor)
No abstract provided.
Sp605-A What Do You Know About Lead Poisoning? Common Myths, Misunderstandings And The Facts, Martha Keel, Janice McCoy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sp605-A What Do You Know About Lead Poisoning? Common Myths, Misunderstandings And The Facts, Martha Keel, Janice Mccoy
Environment (Indoor & Outdoor)
No abstract provided.
Relative Roles Of Medical Interventions And Infrastructure In An Urban Community’S Infant Mortality Rate: 100 Years Of Infant Mortality In The City Of Worcester, Maya Y. Mauch, B. Dale Magee
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Relative Roles Of Medical Interventions And Infrastructure In An Urban Community’S Infant Mortality Rate: 100 Years Of Infant Mortality In The City Of Worcester, Maya Y. Mauch, B. Dale Magee
Senior Scholars Program
Background: The infant mortality rate (IMR), defined as the number of deaths in children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births, is regarded as a sensitive measure of population health (Blaxter). This reflects the overlap between those societal factors that impact infant mortality and those that affect the health of the larger community, such as SES, nutrition, living conditions, education, employment and access to health care. In 2003, Reidpath et al showed a strong linear relation between IMR and the disability adjusted life expectancy (DALE), a more comprehensive measure of population health. They concluded that either the IMR ...
Improved Survival After Heart Failure: A Community-Based Perspective, Kristy T. Webster, Samuel W. Joffe, David D. McManus, MIchael S. Kiernan, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Chad E. Darling, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Improved Survival After Heart Failure: A Community-Based Perspective, Kristy T. Webster, Samuel W. Joffe, David D. Mcmanus, Michael S. Kiernan, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Chad E. Darling, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg
Senior Scholars Program
Background: Heart failure is a highly prevalent, morbid, and costly disease with a poor long-term prognosis. Evidence-based therapies utilized over the past 2 decades hold the promise of improved outcomes, yet few contemporary studies have examined survival trends in patients with acute heart failure.
Objectives: The primary objective of this population-based study was to describe trends in short and long-term survival in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). A secondary objective was to examine patient characteristics associated with decreased long-term survival.
Methods and Results: We reviewed the medical records of 9,748 patients hospitalized with ADHF at all ...
Sp728: Hpv - What Teens Should Know, Barbara Bobbi Clarke, Laura L. Jones
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sp728: Hpv - What Teens Should Know, Barbara Bobbi Clarke, Laura L. Jones
Family
No abstract provided.
Sp729 Hpv: What Parents Should Know, Barbara Bobbi Clarke, Laura L. Jones
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sp729 Hpv: What Parents Should Know, Barbara Bobbi Clarke, Laura L. Jones
Family
No abstract provided.
Sp526-A Do You Know How To Lower Your Risk For Cancer?, Bobbi P. Clarke
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sp526-A Do You Know How To Lower Your Risk For Cancer?, Bobbi P. Clarke
Health, and Fitness
No abstract provided.
Pb1807 Bed Bugs: What Schools Need To Know, Karen Veil
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pb1807 Bed Bugs: What Schools Need To Know, Karen Veil
Insects, Pests, Plant Diseases and Weeds
No abstract provided.
Sp605-F Keys To Healthy Eating, Martha Keel, Janie Burney, Janice McCoy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sp605-F Keys To Healthy Eating, Martha Keel, Janie Burney, Janice Mccoy
Health, and Fitness
No abstract provided.
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