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Don't Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The Crowded State Of America's Emergency Departments, Jessamyn Taylor
Don't Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The Crowded State Of America's Emergency Departments, Jessamyn Taylor
National Health Policy Forum
If the time comes, people expect that the emergency department (ED) will have the resources necessary to treat them in a timely, high-quality manner. Increasingly, however, EDs may not be able to meet that expectation. Hospitals in urban areas with large populations, high population growth, and higher-than-average numbers of uninsured are particularly crowded: ambulances are often diverted to other hospitals and patients are frequently forced to “board” in the hallways (while they wait to be transferred to another facility or part of the hospital). This issue brief places EDs in the context of the U.S. health care system and its …
Using The Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 In Obesity Treatment, Adam L. Arechiga
Using The Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 In Obesity Treatment, Adam L. Arechiga
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if the Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 (OQ-45) can be used in the treatment of obesity to predict participant dropout and initial treatment success, in terms of weight loss (Lambert et. al, 2002a). The OQ-45 has been used with success to predict dropout from psychotherapy in clinical populations. It was hypothesized that higher pretreatment OQ-45 scores would be associated with less program completion and less weight loss by the end of treatment.
Method: The study employed a non-experimental time series design. Seventy-eight participants were recruited from the three local obesity treatment programs, which …
Guide To A Successful Pregnancy: A Resource Manual For Pregnant And Parenting Young Women In Las Vegas, Nevada Institute For Children's Research And Policy Reports
Guide To A Successful Pregnancy: A Resource Manual For Pregnant And Parenting Young Women In Las Vegas, Nevada Institute For Children's Research And Policy Reports
Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy Reports
A Guide to a Successful Pregnancy.
- Are you Pregnant? Taking a pregnancy test
- First steps of Pregnancy: Options of pregnancy, health plans, obtaining medical care such as a doctor
- Months 1, 2, 3: Maintaining a healthy diet, what you should stay away from, exercise, symptoms of danger, and normal symptoms of pregnancy
- Months 4, 5, 6: Following a routine, classes available during pregnancy, normal pregnancy symptoms
- Months 7, 8, 9: Following a routine, normal pregnancy symptoms
- Labor and Delivery: Symptoms of labor, symptoms of danger
- Parenting: Normal symptoms after birth, Routine to follow to return to normal state, Breast feeding …