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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Preventative Health"”.
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Improving a Clinic's Process to Increase Preventative Health Screenings
<p>Performing health screenings on patients is a potential way to prevent or even identify health issues that may have not otherwise been apparent. In recognition of the importance of this matter, this CNL aims to improve and increase the percentage rate of depression and cervical cancer screenings …
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Designing wearable sensors for Preventative Health: An exploration of material, form and function
The financial burden on global healthcare systems has reached unprecedented levels and as a result, attention has been shifting from the traditional approach of disease management and treatment towards prevention (Swan, 2012). Wearable devices for Preventative Health have become a focus for …
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Exploring the Relationship between Family Social Capital and Utilization of Well Child Preventative Health Care Services
… Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 increased insurance coverage for children, however possession of health care insurance doesn’t always equate to effective use of health care services. Misuse and underutilization of health care homes is associated with higher …
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Motivation and Health Risk Behaviors Among City Employees Who Participate and Do Not Participate in Wellness Programming
… includes analyzes of the relationships between preventative health action and motivational style for city employees participating and not participating in the city's current wellness program. This study also describes the profiles of the participant and non-participant groups. The data for the …
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The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Transgender Health Resource Bundle
… experience disproportionate social and health disparities that can negatively impact quality of life. Healthcare barriers due to gender based discrimination and lack of medical insurance and culturally competent providers contribute to low levels of access to preventative health care …
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The Importance of Health Education and Promotion: Promoting the Right Message
… that the areas primary needs included access to preventative health measures and access to education and training programs. Through the needs assessment Kaiser was able to determine that the health needs of the community were based on access to training and educational programs, access to …
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Digital Health-Data platforms : biometric data aggregation and their potential impact to centralize Digital Health-Data
Digital Health-Data is being collected at unprecedented rates today as biometric micro sensors continue to diffuse into our lives in the form of smart devices, wearables, and even clothing. From this data, we hope to learn more about preventative health so that we can spend less money on the …
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An evaluation of comparative strategies for teaching breast self-examination
… second, to determine the influence of nurses’ health beliefs on their practice of BSE. Previous studies have indicated that various teaching strategies have improved BSE practice. However, the three methods of BSE instruction to be assessed on this study which includes booklet with written …
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A sample of female Australian tourists' travel health intentions and behaviour while holidaying in south east Asia
… However, these can result in strange and diverse health hazards. This exploratory research used sequential in-depth interviews to explain the relationship between the travel health advice tourists receive and their behaviour while holidaying in South East Asia. When providing travel health advice …
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The relative importance of barriers to cervical cancer screening in older women : A review of 140 women and their pap smear providers
… own barriers and issues. Responsibility for health, familiarity with, and ratings of the usefulness of Pap smears were the major dimensions along which regular and non-regular attenders differed supporting the hypothesis. Additionally, women who had regular Pap smears were younger, with …
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Increasing the number of adolescents with annual preventative healthcare : a policy analysis
Despite evidence that preventative healthcare throughout adolescence profoundly impacts health across the lifespan, the number of adolescents receiving preventative health services is decreasing. During annual visits adolescents receive age-appropriate screenings and health education that …
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Virtual Care Navigation To Reduce Disparities And Improve Quality: A Pilot Program For Colorectal Cancer Screening
… effectiveness in helping patients complete preventative health measures like cancer screening. Methods: This quality improvement project implemented a virtual navigation program for colorectal cancer screening within an urban primary care setting. Participants were identified based on …
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Intercultural competence for public health nurses
<p>Public health nurses are required to communicate important communicable disease and preventative health information to an increasing number of immigrants and refugees accessing the American public health system. They must also obtain information on a broad scope of topics about clients and/or …
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Cayucos Community Health Plan
… leading causes of death and primary driver of health care costs, cannot be effectively addressed through education or preventative health alone. A physical environment that promotes health—through access to healthy food, opportunities for physical activity, quality housing, transportation …
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Impact of a Low-Cost, Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates at Two Primary Care Clinics in Rural Kansas
… using low-cost interventions may improve the health of residents in rural Kansas. The multicomponent intervention may offer an inexpensive way to improve colorectal cancer screening adherence in rural areas of the United States where healthcare resources may be scarce. Key Words: colorectal …
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Screening for energy restriction in middle and late life
… or maintaining restrictive eating patterns when healthcare providers recommend weight loss as a preventative health measure or when acute or chronic illnesses (e.g., diabetes or cancers) impact eating. The present online study (a) evaluated the accuracy of and suggested optimal cut-scores for the …
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Oceano Community Health Plan
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Oceano Community Health Plan</p> <p>Phillip Brennan</p> <p>Recent, mounting research shows that chronic disease, the leading causes of death and primary driver of health care costs, cannot be effectively addressed through education or preventative health alone. A physical …
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Perceptions and behaviors of cervical cancer screening in refugee women
… States are often impacted by the disparities in health care and experience increased risk of adverse health outcomes. LITERATURE REVIEW: Current research finds that refugee women in the United States often receive inadequate sexual and reproductive health services, including Pap smears for …
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ROWERS' PERCEPTIONS OF EXERCISE ADHERENCE AND ROWING CULTURE: A MIXED-METHODS INVESTIGATION
… efficiency, psycho-emotional stability, preventative health, and social interaction) and three barriers (personal inconvenience, physical exertion, and family encouragement). The eight-factor solution correlated strongly with the original nine-factor solution from Sechrist, Walker, and …
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Second-Generation Thai American Women's Perceptions on Cervical Cancer Screening
… apprehension, financial burden, access to healthcare, and knowledge about cervical cancer, screening, and preventative health (Ho & Dinh, 2010). Studies on SEAA women and cervical cancer screening primarily involve women who were born in Southeast Asia. These studies have not considered …
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