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Showing 1 to 20 of 203 for “"Disease prevention"”.
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Cardiovascular Disease: Prevention and Management
Cardiovascular disease is a leading source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Statins, or HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, are efficacious in reducing major arterial vascular events and also may decrease risk of venous vascular events (venous thromboembolism) in women taking hormone …
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Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention: Building Resilient Communities in the US-Mexico Border
Background: Mosquito-borne diseases are increasingly contributing to epidemic threats, particularly in regions like the US-Mexico border where the Aedes aegypti mosquito is expanding due to climate and socioeconomic changes. Recent outbreaks, such as the 2014 dengue surge in Yuma, Arizona, and …
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Progesterone receptor targets play critical roles in maintaining pregnancy and disease prevention
The ovarian hormone progesterone influences many facets of uterine physiology through the transcriptional activity of progesterone receptor (PR). This body of work investigates the role of progesterone receptor targets heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 2 (HAND2) and insulin receptor …
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Integrating health equity into implementation science to advance chronic disease prevention and control
… populations are inequitably burdened by chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer. The goal of health equity work is to ensure all people have a fair and just opportunity to achieve optimal health. Implementation science has made health equity a greater focus and …
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Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention in California: Focus on Research, Policy, and Coalition Building
<p>Over the past century, chronic diseases have emerged as a predominant challenge to public health. A relatively short list of preventable risk factors is responsible for much of the burden of chronic health conditions; however, investments in prevention measures have been minimal. The Public …
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Attitudes of Registered Nurses toward health promotion/disease prevention: Evaluation of a National program
… if RNs who completed a 30-hour health promotion/disease prevention curriculum recorded higher attitude scores toward health promotion/disease prevention and incorporated these attitudes with selected health behaviors when compared with RNs who did not complete the course. The curriculum was …
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Characterization of the Molecular Mechanisms of Xenobiotic-Induced NRF2 Activation for Disease Prevention and Intervention
… activation is crucial to guiding treatments for disease prevention and intervention. On the one hand, NRF2 activation using chemopreventive compounds is an effective pharmacological strategy to protect against environmental insults, such as exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation or the …
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A Global Approach to Disease Prevention: Predicting High Risk Areas for West Nile Infection in the Us
… of risk. We can then model the landscape of the disease within the US and identify areas of high risk for infection. State and county public health officials can use this model as a decision-making tool to allocate funding for disease prevention and control. Dynamic factors associated with …
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Development and Testing of a Food and Nutrition Practice Checklist (FNPC) for Use with Basic Nutrition and Disease Prevention Education Programs
Each year, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) receive around 60 million dollars in federal funding. In order to document impacts, it is critical that these programs utilize valid and reliable instruments. By having validated …
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"Walking the talk" in the integration of chronic disease prevention management: dietitians' perspectives regarding diabetes management in adult peritoneal dialysis programs in Ontario
Ontario’s Chronic Disease and Prevention Framework (CDPM) is a framework aimed at improving health outcomes and reducing costs. Currently, there is a paucity of data examining diabetes management (DM) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) programs. This study, carried out in 2010-11, describes dietitians’ …
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Predictors of Oral Health Behaviors: Examining the Effect of Patient Perceived Humanistic Attitude in the Context of the Health Belief Model
… to predict individual's performance of oral disease prevention behaviors. A cross section survey of an intact group of 1,943 full time employees of Old Dominion University was conducted. The response rate was 52% (n = 1001). An exclusionary rule eliminated respondents who did not have a …
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40–55 metų vyrų ir 50–65 metų moterų žinių apie širdies ir kraujagyslių ligų prevencijos programą įvertinimas /
… of Nursing Program EVALUATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES AWARENESS IN 40–55 YEAR OLD MALES AND 50–65 YEAR OLD FEMALES Nursing Bachelor's thesis The Author: student Lilija Rusakevič, nursing bachelor program at Vilnius University Work Leader: Dr. Renata Šturienė, Public …
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Health Seeking Behaviors: Life Histories of African Americans who are Older, Have a Low Income, and Live in Rural South Alabama
… care services, (g) limited health promotion and disease prevention education, (h) limited health promotion and disease prevention practice, and (i) trust help is available. Findings indicate a need to explore home remedy use and improve health promotion and disease prevention education related to …
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Cardiovascular Reactivity to Forgiveness in Females
… the harmful effects of stress in cardiovascular disease and health in general and unforgiveness has been identified as a stressor with potential implications for cardiac health. Understanding cardiac response to the stress of unforgiveness may have favorable implications for heart disease …
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The health impact and physical environmental determinants of active commuting to school
… conducted by youth is a health promotion and a disease-prevention strategy. The aim o f this thesis was to investigate the benefits and determinants of active commuting to school among Irish adolescents. In a behaviour-specific and context-specific analysis, the perceived physical environment …
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Identifying Pathways to Disease Using Data Mining: Understanding the Combined Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Health Indicators of Diabetes Mellitus and Asthma among High-Risk Philadelphians
… to make actionable recommendations that promote disease prevention. The secondary aim was to illustrate the relevance of using decision trees (data mining) to understand multilevel relationships among the predictors of complex health outcomes. Methods: Secondary data on individual health measures …
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Community centred health promotion and prevention in an Australian context
Chronic diseases have increased dramatically in Australia and around the world over the past decade, causing pain, suffering, disability, psychosocial problems, early mortality and economic and public health crisis. However, many chronic diseases and conditions could be prevented with better …
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Identify Signature Genes/Pathways to Characterize Alzheimer's Disease Subtypes Based on Uncoupled Tauopathies and Cognitive Decline
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slow-progressing dementia usually found in elderlies, with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes and possible underlying mechanisms. Widely spread tauopathy is one of the pathological change hallmarks in AD brains, in which microtube protein tau forms scar-like …
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