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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"self-reported health status"”.
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A Quantitative Study of Social Capital Components, Self-Reported Health Status and Social Determinants of Health
… collective action) and selected determinants of health variables in Niagara Region, Canada. Among the four components of social capital, trust and safety levels were highest among all participants (m=5.42, SD=1.0), with community engagement yielding the lowest mean score for the sample (m=1.93, …
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Re-weighting the Quality of Well-Being Scale and assessment of self-reported health status in Chinese Americans.
… by Hispanics. Little is known about their health state preferences or their health status. The purpose of this research was to determine whether a Chinese-American population has different preference values on four dimensions of health status than a general community sample in the United …
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Perceptions and Misperceptions of Health Among Different Groups in the United States
The prevalence of unhealthy habits and behaviors is undeniably felt and seen here in United States. Smoking and obesity are the two leading preventable causes of death today. The economic and societal costs are too high for such a preventable problem. The associated diseases and illnesses that stem …
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Three Essays on Partial Identification for Applied Health Economics
… for estimating treatment effects in applied health economics research. Each one applies the methodology to different settings in which establishing causality has traditionally been difficult, and seeks to demonstrate when a bounding approach can—and cannot—aid researchers in learning about …
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Assessment of the quality of life of people with rheumatoid arthritis
… A pre-formulated questionnaire Short Form-36 Health Survey Questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data. Descriptive statistics were employed to evaluate the findings of the study. The findings showed that people with rheumatoid arthritis achieved low scores across most of quality of …
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Social and Educational Functioning in College Students with a Chronic Physical Health Condition
… of college students with a chronic physical health condition (CPHC). For the current study, chronic physical health condition will be defined as follows: “A physical [or mental] health condition that has lasted or is expected to last at least 6 months and interferes with their activities,” …
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Racial Disparities in Self Reported Health and Health Care Utilization. Does Primary Care Matter?
… decade that provides evidence of the growing health care disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The literature suggests that Black adults share a disproportionate burden in death, disability, and disease. In 2002, the Institute of Medicine report, Unequal Treatment, …
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The Role of Individual and Organizational Health Literacy on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes
Health literacy (HL) is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Low HL has been associated with poorer self-reported health status, inability to manage chronic …
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Essays on the economics of investments in health
… effects of family and disease on individual health outcomes and behaviors. The first essay begins by exploring the role of a recent diagnosis of diabetes on the dynamics of several health investment behaviors in older Americans, including smoking, alcohol use, frequent exercise, and the …
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Quantifying under-treatment in older adult breast, lung and colorectal cancer patients
… multidisciplinary team meetings, the NICR and self-reported health status (SRHS) from the 2011 NI Census data. Age was categorised into younger (<75 year of age) and older (≥75), and primary treatment defined as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or no treatment. A causal inference mediation …
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Putting ageism in context: examining the relationship between age discrimination and frailty among older individuals aged 65 years and over.
… It is known to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes such as mortality, falls and hospitalisation among the older population. While the burden of frailty is continuously documented in the literature, there is still an evidence-practice gap in preventing frailty among the ageing …
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Loneliness: An essential aspect of the wellbeing of older people
… examine the association between loneliness and healthcare consumption. In addition, the reserach explored the experience of loneliness and evaluated the effects on loneliness, symptoms of depression and life satisfaction of a case management intervention for frail older people. Study I was a …