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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"health impact"”.
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Exploring the obesogenic environment: understanding the health impact of contemporary living.
Obesity exists in the complexity of everyday life and arises from individuals' interactions with the obesogenic environment, different behaviours/dispositions and biological factors. In order to develop better intervention strategies to attenuate obesity prevalence, this research applied an …
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Patterns, Variation and Mental Health Impact of Opioid Prescribing after Burn Injury
… pain, disability and declines in mental health and overall quality of life. Opioids are the mainstay therapy for management of pain after burn injury. In light of the opioid epidemic in the United States and the increased risk of harm associated with use of opioids, we sought to explore …
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The health impact and physical environmental determinants of active commuting to school
… least moderate intensity 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 …
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Development and Application of Strategies for Health Impact Assessment of Projects and Policies
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a combination of procedures, methods and tools used to evaluate potential health outcomes associated with proposed projects, programs and policies. An HIA differs from other types of assessments in its consideration of both positive and negative health outcomes, …
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The Public Health Impact of Maternal Smoking Cessation during Pregnancy : The San Bernardino County Experience
… an etiologic risk factor in maternal and child health. However, in the case of maternal tobacco use there is overwhelming evidence for a causal role in adverse infant outcomes, and public health needs to focus on measures of potential impact in order to better prioritize and allocate resources …
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The potential health impact of ivermectin mass drug administration for malaria control on swine in Mozambique
… and ectoparasites pose a great challenge to the health of pigs worldwide, placing a significant burden on low-resource countries where veterinary care is minimal. As part of a larger clinical trial assessing the use of ivermectin (IVM) mass drug administration to humans and pigs for the control …
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Evaluating the Potential Public Health Impact of Community Gardens in a Health Disparate Region: A case study approach
… gardens (CG) have emerged as a popular public health strategy to improve fruit and vegetable access and consumption, few studies provide evidence-based principles to inform the initiation and maintenance of CG. Grounded in Community-based Participatory Research and guided by the RE-AIM (Reach, …
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Health impact of brief interventions by a registered dietitian during exercise sessions in a phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation setting
… cardiac rehabilitation sessions improved the health status of patients with cardiovascular disease. An RD provided individualized nutrition counseling, answered nutrition questions, and reviewed weekly progress in a CR program for a four-month period. At baseline and upon completion of 19 CR …
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Effectiveness of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Thailand: a case study of a Potash mine HIA in Udon Thani, Thailand
While health impact assessment (HIA) theory and practice has emerged worldwide to consider ‘human health’ as a core component of sustainable development, the benefits gained from HIA have been questioned. The ways people perceive HIA seem to be context specific and, therefore, this research aims at …
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Human Health Impact and Environmental Footprint of Transport Network Generated by Oil Sands In-Situ Thermal Facilities in West-Central Saskatchewan
… risks to both the environment and human health, creating a need to quantify their impact accurately. This research addressed this gap through a quantitative multilinear approach with three objectives: (a) quantify the emissions of air pollutants (NOx, PM2.5, and CO2) and GHGs from …
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Public health impact and implications of the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) and associated drugs amongst the male general population.
… as a significant concern and an emerging public health issue. Once restricted to the elite sporting arena, recent decades have seen AAS diffuse through bodybuilding and gym culture to an increasingly image conscious general population. This portfolio of research contributes to our understanding …
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The Experiences and Mental Health Impact of Islamophobia on Muslim Americans Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
… various forms of Islamophobia, 3) Variables that impact the prevalence of Islamophobia, 4) Islamophobia impacts various areas of Muslim Americans’ lives, 5) Muslim Americans may react differently to experiences of Islamophobia, 6) Islamophobia impacts the mental well-being of Muslim Americans, and …
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Implementing Health Impact Assessment as a Required Component of Government Policymaking: A Multi-Level Exploration of the Determinants of Healthy Public Policy
… understood that the public policies of ‘non-health’ government sectors have greater impacts on population health than those of the traditional healthcare realm. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a decision support tool that identifies and promotes the health benefits of policies while also …
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Assessing the health impact of intervention in supermarket bakeries using fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and other clinical endpoints for baker’s allergy and asthma
Aim: To assess the health impact of an intervention in supermarket bakeries using fractional exhaled nitric oxide and other clinical endpoints for baker’s allergy and asthma after a one-year follow-up period. Methods: A field randomised controlled trial of 31 bakeries initially assigned to one of …
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An Analysis of the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey: Parent’s Self-Report of Children’s Exposure, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Parental Mental Health Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Title: An Analysis of the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey: Parent’s Self-Report of Children’s Exposure, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Parental Mental Health Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Purpose: To examine demographic differences (e.g., racial/ethnic categories, gender, age, …
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Reclaiming Student Voices on School-based, Mental Health Impacts: Youth Reflections, Lived Experiences and Recommendations for Transforming Ontario Secondary Schools
In recent years, student mental health has gained considerable attention in Ontarios secondary schools. While the voices of students are central to the discussion about school-based mental health impacts, they are often undervalued or missing altogether in academic and policy literature on the …
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Advancing transport modelling for health applications
… and transport systems influences population health. The way we move affects pollution exposures, traffic injury risk, physical activity, and many other determinants of health and well-being. The causal mechanisms are complex leading to micro-scale variations in health depending on people’s …
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Health Risks from On-Road Truck Emissions in Little Village, Chicago Pre- and Post-COVID Pandemic
… particulate matter (PM2.5) poses significant health risks, including increased mortality, and truck emissions are a major contributor to urban PM2.5 pollution. As freight activity intensifies in densely populated cities, understanding the impact of truck-related emissions on air quality and …
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Planning Out Obesity
… in obesity levels is not only an international health crisis but also a social and financial burden. Traditional health promotion approaches to address the problem have received limited success. The collaboration of a number of diverse sectors, for example social, economic, and environmental, …
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What are the factors associated with sanitation and hygiene behaviours, an investigation in Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province in the Mekong river Delta region of Vietnam?
… in the developing world with not only serious health and but also non-health consequences. Diarrheal diseases, for example, are preventable by handwashing and hygienic latrine, still kill more than 4500 children every day, more than that of measles, malaria and HIV combined. Its non-health …
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