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Experiential or behavioral processes: Which one is prominent in physical activity? Examining the processes of change one year after an intervention of therapeutic education among adults with obesity
Obesity is recognized as a growing epidemic with the worldwide Body Mass Index (BMI) increasing by 0.5kg/m2 per decade since 1980 [1]. It is associated with increased total mortality and increased risks of disease or death from diabetes, ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke, cancers, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis [2]. Beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on body weight and global health have now been clearly proven and besides diet and behavior therapy, PA is considered as a cornerstone of weight management for overweight/obese adults [3–5].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ahmed Jérôme Romain, Vincent Attalin, Ariane Sultan, Catherine Boegner, Christophe Gernigon, Antoine Avignon Source Type: research

A time to die? Conversations with Jack
I first heard from Jack in July 2009. He wrote to me after reading a letter of mine that was published in a local newspaper in which I had discussed some of the ethical challenges arising in the case of a woman who had a severe stroke 20 years previously and had stopped eating and drinking – the only legal choice she had to end her life in New Zealand. In the letter I was sympathetic to medical assistance to hasten death in certain situations.
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Phillipa J. Malpas Source Type: research

Noninvasive ventilation in the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders: concise clinical review
Abstract Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIPPV) was originally used in patients with acute respiratory compromises or exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, as an alternative to the endotracheal tube. Over the past 30 years NIPPV has been also used during the night in patients with stable chronic lung disease such as obstructive sleep apnea, the overlap syndrome (COPD and obstructive sleep apnea), neuromuscular disorders, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome, and in other conditions such as sleep disorders associated with congestive heart failure (Cheyne–Stokes respiration). In this review we discuss t...
Source: Journal of Medicine and the Person - August 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

Experiential or behavioral processes: Which one is prominent in physical activity? Examining the processes of change 1 year after an intervention of therapeutic education among adults with obesity
Obesity is recognized as a growing epidemic with the worldwide body mass index (BMI) increasing by 0.5kg/m2 per decade since 1980 [1]. It is associated with increased total mortality and increased risks of disease or death from diabetes, ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke, cancers, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis [2]. Beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on body weight and global health have now been clearly proven and besides diet and behavior therapy, PA is considered as a cornerstone of weight management for overweight/obese adults [3–5].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: A.J. Romain, V. Attalin, A. Sultan, C. Boegner, C. Gernigon, A. Avignon Tags: Intervention Source Type: research

A time to die? Conversations with Jack
I first heard from Jack in July 2009. He wrote to me after reading a letter of mine that was published in a local newspaper in which I had discussed some of the ethical challenges arising in the case of a woman who had a severe stroke 20 years previously and had stopped eating and drinking – the only legal choice she had to end her life in New Zealand. In the letter I was sympathetic to medical assistance to hasten death in certain situations.
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Phillipa J. Malpas Tags: Reflective Practice Source Type: research

Study shows ethnic groups are at higher risk for heart disease yet many aren't aware
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Different ethnic groups have widely varying differences in both the prevalence and awareness of cardiovascular risk factors, a finding that highlights the need for specially designed education and intervention programs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Cause-specific mortality by education in Canada: a 16-year follow-up study.
This study examines cause-specific mortality rates by education in a broadly representative sample of Canadians aged 25 or older. The data are from the 1991 to 2006 Canadian census mortality follow-up study, which included about 2.7 million people and 426,979 deaths. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) were calculated by education for different causes of death. Rate ratios, rate differences and excess mortality were also calculated. RESULTS: All-cause ASMRs were highest among people with less than secondary graduation and lowest for university degree-holders. If all cohort members had the mortality rates of those ...
Source: Health Reports - November 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Health Rep Source Type: research

The Double Burden of Malnutrition
These Haitian schoolchildren are being supported by a WFP school feeding programme designed to end malnutrition which, for many countries, can be a double burden where overweight and obesity exist side by side with under-nutrition. Credit: UN Photo/Albert González FarranBy Gloria SchiaviROME, Nov 23 2014 (IPS)Not only do 805 million people go to bed hungry every day, with one-third of global food production (1.3 billion tons each year) being wasted, there is another scenario that reflects the nutrition paradox even more starkly: two billion people are affected by micronutrients deficiencies while 500 million individuals s...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gloria Schiavi Tags: Development & Aid Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & MDGs Women & Economy breastfeeding Children Civil Society disease family farming FAO Fr Source Type: news

OPINION: Now Is the Time to Tackle Malnutrition and Its Massive Human Costs
Sadhana Ghimire, 23, makes sure to give her 18-month-old daughter nutritious food, such as porridge containing grains and pulses, in order to prevent stunting. Credit: Mallika Aryal/IPSBy José Graziano da Silva and Margaret ChanROME/GENEVA, Nov 13 2014 (IPS)The scourge of malnutrition affects the most vulnerable in society, and it hurts most in the earliest stages of life. Today, more than 800 million people are chronically hungry, about 11 percent of the global population.Undernutrition is the underlying cause of almost half of all child deaths, and a quarter of living children are stunted due to inadequate nutrition. Mi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jose Graziano da Silva and Margaret Chan Tags: Advancing Deserts Biodiversity Climate Change Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Food & Agriculture Global Global Governance Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & MDGs TerraViva United N Source Type: news

How a Small Tribe Turned Tragedy into Opportunity
An Irula couple fishes in the creeks of the Pichavaram Mangrove Forest in Tamil Nadu. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPICHAVARAM, India, Nov 13 2014 (IPS)When the Asian tsunami washed over several Indian Ocean Rim countries on Boxing Day 2004, it left a trail of destruction in its wake, including a death toll that touched 230,000.Millions lost their jobs, food security and traditional livelihoods and many have spent the last decade trying to pick up the pieces of their lives. But for a small tribe in southern India, the tsunami didn’t bring devastation; instead, it brought hope.Numbering some 25,000 people, th...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Malini Shankar Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Civil Society Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Education Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Indigenous Rights Labour Natu Source Type: news

Variables Associated with Effects on Morbidity in Older Adults Following Disasters
Conclusion Older adults are at a known risk for increased morbidity during and shortly after disasters and catastrophic events, especially in the presence of multiple co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. Other factors, such as the need for prescription medications, low social support, visual and hearing impairment, impaired mobility, and poor economic status, have also been associated with an increased risk of negative health outcomes. The utilization of existing databases of older adults’ vulnerabilities and the measurement of the prevalence of these risk factors in the community may...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - December 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: jenkins at jhmi.edu Source Type: research

Unpredictable, unpreventable and impersonal medicine: global disaster response in the 21st century
Abstract The United Nations has recognized the devastating consequences of “unpredictable, unpreventable and impersonal” disasters—at least US $2 trillion in economic damage and more than 1.3 million lives lost from natural disasters in the last two decades alone. In many disasters (both natural and man-made) hundreds—and in major earthquakes, thousands—of lives are lost in the first days following the event because of the lack of medical/surgical facilities to treat those with potentially survivable injuries. Disasters disrupt and destroy not only medical facilities in the disaster zone but also infras...
Source: EPMA Journal - January 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

NACCHO Provides Resources to Help Local Health Departments Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
NACCHO is providing local health departments with resources, publications, and webinars to educate the public on the importance of preventing heart attack and stroke in the United States.
Source: PHPartners.org - February 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Using Big data for an Economic Evaluation of reducing the Innappropriate prescribing of atypical Antipsychotics among Dementia Patients
This study is an economic evaluation of the NPS MedicineWise educational program in terms of reduced falls and stroke incidence due to reduction in antipsychotic prescribing including olanzapine, quetiapine and risperidone
Source: Value in Health - May 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: R. Khan, A. Jammali-Blasi, A. Todkar, A. Heaney Source Type: research

Effectiveness of psychological and/or educational interventions to prevent the onset of episodes of depression: A systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Conclusion Psychological and/or educational interventions to prevent onset of episodes of depression were effective, although most had small or medium effect sizes.
Source: Preventive Medicine - June 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research