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Showing 1 to 20 of 1621 for “"Health Outcomes"”.
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Vegetarian Diet and Health Outcomes
… most consistent diets which has shown long-term health benefits. According to a nationwide survey of adults 18+, 4% of Americans were vegetarians. The dissertation was divided into 3 separate studies and assessed the effect of vegetarian diet in the association between (Study1) childhood ADHD …
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Health outcomes from cataract surgery using phacoemulsification
… cataract disorders, it is important to utilize health outcomes research to determine cataract surgery's effectiveness and benefits. Significant indicators that predict and measure success in cataract surgery need to be identified and verified. Statistical models can then be developed to predict …
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How Food Insecurity Impacts Children’s Oral Health Outcomes
Objectives: The objectives were to understand how food security status impacts children receiving dental care at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry (UIC COD) and to explore associations between food security status and a pediatric patient’s caries status. Methods: A …
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Criminal legal contact and county-level health outcomes
This paper investigates broader health outcomes to show how the criminal legal system, from prison incarceration to misdemeanors, contributes to health inequalities. Specifically, it seeks to understand how different forms of criminal legal contact, namely misdemeanors, jail incarceration, and …
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Attachment Style, Depression, and Health Outcomes among Antepartum Patients
… of the impact of psychosocial factors on healthcare utilization continues to grow. An individual's attachment style is hypothesized to be one such important psychosocial factor related to healthcare utilization. Women with high-risk pregnancies treated in antepartum units have been shown …
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Topical content in sexuality education and sexual health outcomes.
… the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health is used to examine possible explanatory variables for sexual health outcomes. Linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between sexual health outcomes and topical content in sexuality education, …
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Improving Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Asthma
… children, adolescents, their families, and the healthcare system is immense. Finding ways to mitigate its impact is critical to improving the lives of affected children, adolescents, and their families. The three chapters included in this dissertation aimed to document the asthma triggers that …
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Identifying meaningful patient health outcomes among the athletic population
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Health disparities, environmental toxicants, and midlife women’s health outcomes
Health disparities and increased exposures to environmental toxicants continue to persist in some of the most vulnerable populations including women from racial and minority groups and older populations. Women from urban areas of developed countries tend to carry the heaviest burdens of both …
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Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Health Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors
The US population of older long-term cancer survivors—Americans who are free of cancer 5-years post-cancer diagnosis and not receiving cancer treatment—is growing. The prevalence of pain among cancer survivors after curative treatment is approximately 40% and opioids are frequently prescribed to …
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Longitudinal Associations Between Sedentary Behavior and Health Outcomes During Childhood
<p>The health implications of spending time in sedentary behavior in childhood have not been extensively studied. There is evidence that sedentary behavior increases from early to late childhood, and this increase may be associated with negative health outcomes. Few studies have measured changes in …
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The effects of abuse on mental health outcomes of males
… lasting effects on one's physical and mental health in adulthood. Studies have found that childhood abuse is linked to a variety of mental health conditions that tend to present later in life. This paper investigates specifically how childhood abuse experiences may affect the mental health of …
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The relationship between work-family enrichment and individual health outcomes
… between work-family enrichment and individual health outcomes amongst South African employees (N=160). Individual health encompassed personal well-being, depression and burnout within employees. Factor analysis confirmed that work family enrichment is bi-directional.
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Psychological Health Outcomes Within USAF Remotely Piloted Aircraft Support Career Fields
… remote warfare. Rates of mental health diagnoses and counseling are unknown in this population. Incidence rates of 12 specific mental health outcomes were calculated for all enlisted active duty USAF Intelligence Specialists in the 1N1 and 1N0 career fields from 1 January 2006 …
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Bone Health Outcomes in Post-Lung Transplant Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
… is little research examining long-term bone health outcomes following LTx in these patients. OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare long-term bone health outcomes in LTx patients with and without CF, as well as determine factors associated with adverse bone health in CF patients. METHODS: Data were …
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ETHNO-RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE AGING POPULATION
… assesses racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes of the aging population, with focus on improving functional health, health status and quality of life at both individual and community levels. Chapter 2 examines racial and ethnic disparities in willingness to pay (WTP) for improved …
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The Effect Of Health Expenditure And Other Determinants On Health Outcomes
<p>A major question in determining health policy is to what extent the additional health care expenditure yields benefits in the form of improved health outcomes. However, establishing relationships between them is very complex, because there are numerous factors besides health expenditure that …
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