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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"female population"”.
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Increasing HPV Awareness and 3-Dose Series Compliance Among the Female Population (Ages 11-26) in a Community Health Clinic
… compliance rates by a combined 10% among the female adolescent population (ages 11-26). This was to be achieved by implementing EBP follow-up calls to not only schedule appointments but also to serve as a reminder for patients to come into previously scheduled appointments. This project was …
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Triple comorbidity of severe mental illness, HIV infection & alcohol abuse in a female population at a community psychiatric clinic in Cape Town: Prevalence and correlates
… HIV infection and hazardous alcohol use in a female population at a community psychiatric clinic in Cape Town South Africa; and the impact of this triple comorbidity on medication adherence. Furthermore, we set out to identify demographic and clinical variables that are predictors of poor …
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Effects of four weeks of daily soy or dairy milk ingestion on the exercise-induced proteolytic responses in plasma and skeletal muscle in a post-menopausal female population.
… daily consumption of soy or dairy milk in older females on systemic plasma and local skeletal muscle markers of muscle proteolysis before and after a single bout of eccentric exercise. Thirty one female participants consumed three servings per day of either soy or dairy milk for four weeks, …
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Effects of four weeks of daily soy milk or dairy milk ingestion on the exercise induced inflammatory and oxidative responses in plasma and skeletal muscle in a post-menopausal female population.
The process of senescence is associated with increasing inflammation and subsequent oxidative stress in the body, both of which can exert negative health effects at local and systemic levels. Attenuation of such processes with novel dietary countermeasures has major public health implications. …
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The role of women in national development in Liberia, 1800-1900
… of interaction with the indigenous African female population that inhabited the area before settler arrival. The study investigates the interaction processes of the two groups of women from diverse cultures in religion, education and socio-economic activities as the Liberian nation developed …
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Statistical modeling of longitudinal survey data with binary outcomes
… has been used in the longitudinal National Population Health Survey (NPHS). This on-going survey collects information on health determinants and outcomes in a sample of the general Canadian population. This dissertation compares the model-based and design-based approaches used to determine …
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The influence of satiety mediators and dietary intake on food addiction in obese women prior to sleeve gastrectomy: a pilot study
… gastrectomy (VSG). Seventeen morbidly obese females were recruited from Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) questionnaire, a 24hour dietary recall, and fasting blood were obtained during a presurgery appointment. The prevalence of FA was 58.8% …
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Age effects on the gait kinematics to negotiate surface height changes
… falling behaviour exhibited by the elderly adult female population in terrain containing surface height changes. As such, this study specifically; (1) focused upon elderly and young adult females;(2) examined the gait adjustments (spatio-temporal characteristics) made to approach (over distance) …
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Spatial analysis of poverty and prosperity in the U.S. counties
… income inequality, lower percent of minority population, higher percent of employed female population, higher civic agricultural activities, lower percent of people working in low paying service sectors, and more jobs in manufacturing sectors. A major contribution of this study to sociology is …
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Leveraging bargaining power under patriarchy: the economic development of post-revolutionary Cuban women
… backslides experienced by the post-Revolutionary female population, I consider the possible use of negotiation and leverage of bargaining power from a perceived position of weakness as a potential course of action that women may undertake to overcome and dismantle patriarchal obstacles.
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The Experience of Rural Battered Women: Overcoming Challenges
… support, and trauma symptomatology in a battered female population. Findings may provide a deeper understanding that is sensitive to the needs of women living in rural settings.
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The Experience of Rural Battered Women: Overcoming Challenges
… support, and trauma symptomatology in a battered female population. Findings may provide a deeper understanding that is sensitive to the needs of women living in rural settings.
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Fertility, age, and the motherhood wage penalty in South Africa
… mothers, a high proportion of the employed female population will experience a wage penalty in South Africa. Family- friendly policies, such as subsidized childcare, and flexible working options for mothers, would go a long way to reducing the wage penalty experienced by South African …
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THRIVE: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ACCESSIBILITY AS AN ISSUE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, AN INCARCERAL HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM MODEL
… then address health disparities for incarcerated populations, exploring historical policies and laws that shaped the current climate of incarceral health. Next, I discuss my motivations and the challenges associated with starting the wellness program I created at a local jail where I lead a …
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Assessment of the quality of life of people with rheumatoid arthritis
… of disability was greater in the younger and female population. This study gives insight into the adverse affects of rheumatoid arthritis on most aspects of functioning and wellbeing. An important message from this study is that special attention needs to be focused on the impact of the …
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Obesity, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and metabolic changes in the pathogenesis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension
… is a blinding condition amongst the young obese female population characterised by elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). The aetiology of IIH is not known and, as highlighted in the 2005 Cochrane review, an evidence base for treatment has not been established, although weight loss is frequently …
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Selected personality variables of volunteers and non-volunteers for a crisis intervention center
… the center; a portion of the original volunteer population, however, did not complete the program. The final comparison, therefore, was made between the following three groups: (1) a group of volunteers who completed the required training program for a crisis intervention center, (2) a group of …
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Attitudes to food and weight : a survey in a women's residence at the University of Cape Town
… eating disorders are widespread amongst the female population of many Western countries. Following an introductory overview of some of the literature on anorexia nervosa and bulimia, highlighting the lack of diagnostic clarity in this area, previous epidemiological findings are reviewed. The …
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