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Barriers and Strategies for Recruitment of Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Perspectives from Neurological Clinical Research Coordinators
ConclusionPatient level barriers to clinical trial recruitment are well documented. Less is known about barriers facing CRCs. Further identification of how and when barriers manifest and the effectiveness of strategies to improve CRCs recruitment efforts is warranted.
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - February 6, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
From battlefield to home: a mobile platform for assessing brain health - Resnick HE, Lathan CE.
Cognitive testing batteries have been used for decades to diagnose deficits associated with conditions such as head injury, age-related cognitive decline, and stroke, and they have also been used extensively for educational evaluation and planning. Cogniti...
Source: SafetyLit - March 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Characterizing Cardiovascular Health and Evaluating a Low-Intensity Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation in a Food-Assistance Population
This study sought to evaluate the cardiovascular health status, and determine the impact of a low-intensity smoking cessation education intervention that connected mobile food pantry participants to state quit-smoking resources. A pre-post design with a 6-week follow-up was used to evaluate the impact of a 10 –12 min smoking cessation education session implemented in five food pantries in Delaware. Baseline cardiovascular health, smoking behaviors and food security status were assessed. Smoking cessation knowledge, intention to quit and use of the state quit line were also assessed at follow-up. Of th e 144 participants...
Source: Journal of Community Health - April 27, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
DIS-17-0023 The Enduring Health Challenges of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees in Iran: A Systematic Review
This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by the author.
Data Availability
All national (MagIran, Science Information Database (SID) and Iranmedex) and international (PubMed, Scopus) databases were searched from November 2010 to November 2016 using keywords both in English and Persian: Afghan immigrants, Afghan refugees, Iran, infectious diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, non-communicable disease, food security, mental health, barriers, health insurance, access to health service. All related websites and webpages were also searched by Google with the same keywords ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - July 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: nasim Source Type: research
The Enduring Health Challenges of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees in Iran: A Systematic Review
This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by the author.
Data Availability
All national (MagIran, Science Information Database (SID) and Iranmedex) and international (PubMed, Scopus) databases were searched from November 2010 to November 2016 using keywords both in English and Persian: Afghan immigrants, Afghan refugees, Iran, infectious diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, non-communicable disease, food security, mental health, barriers, health insurance, access to health service. All related websites and webpages were also searched by Google with the same keywords ...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - July 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: nasim Source Type: research
Has Disability Risen among the Elderly?
Disability is neither purely medical nor purely social. Rather, it is an outcome of their interplay.By Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaNEW DELHI, Jul 31 2017 (IPS)The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (or RPD Act) is laudable in its intent and procedural detail, but mostly silent on disabilities among the elderly. Indeed, for this reason alone, it is arguable that its overarching goal—“The appropriate Government shall ensure that the persons with disabilities enjoy the right to equality, life with dignity and respect for his or her integrity equally with others” —is mere rhetoric, if ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Veena Kulkarni Vani Kulkarni Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Headlines Health Human Rights Labour TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Women's Health Source Type: news
Teach Our Children: Stroke Education for Indigenous Children, First Nations, Ontario, Canada, 2009 – 2012
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - August 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hypertension Medication Access and Self-Management Among the Elderly by Education: Insights from the 2013 USA Medicare Current Beneficiary ’s Survey
Hypertension, a major risk-factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke, is a global public health problem. Effective antihypertensive medication use can decrease morbidity/mortality, yet medication access may vary by factors beyond insurance coverage. We measured educational disparities in hypertension medication access and confidence in hypertension self-management among the elderly with Medicare coverage in the USA.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: T Sentell, C Shen, D Landsittel, D Taira Tags: CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS - Health Care Use & Policy Studies Source Type: research
SES, Heart Failure, and N-terminal Pro-b-type Natriuretic Peptide: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Conclusions SES was associated with clinical heart failure as well as NT-proBNP levels inversely and independently of traditional cardiovascular disease factors and healthcare access.
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - December 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
10 Global Health Issues to Watch in 2018
January 19, 2018It ’s notallbad news.When we set out to compile our annual list of global health issues to watch this year, it seemed like all bad news. And true, that ’s often what we deal with in global health—the problems that need tackling, the suffering we can help alleviate.But then stories and columns likethis one cheer us up. They remind us that no matter how complicated and frustrating our work may get, fighting back against poverty and inequality works.There are and always will be global health challenges to face. But there ’s boundless hope, too. And a field full of determined health workers and other hu...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Source Type: news
Effectiveness of a community-based educational programme in reducing the cumulative incidence and prevalence of human Taenia solium cysticercosis in Burkina Faso in 2011 –14 (EFECAB): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT0309339. Findings Two villages in the same randomisation block were excluded, resulting in a final sample size of 58 villages. Overall, the intervention tended towards a decrease in the cumulative incidence of active cysticercosis from baseline to after randomisation (adjusted cumulative incidence ratio 0·65, 95% Bayesian credible interval [95% CrI] 0·39–1·05) and a decrease in active cysticercosis prevalence from baseline to after randomisation (adjusted prevalence proportion ratio 0·84; 95% CrI 0·59–1·18). The intervention was shown to be effective in ...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - March 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Comparison of two approaches in achieving smoking abstinence among patients in an outpatient clinic: A Phase 2 randomized controlled trial
Smoking has harmful effects on nearly every bodily organ and causes six million deaths worldwide annually [1,2]. Smoking causes serious health damage that results in many chronic problems, including cancer, heart disease, stroke and lung disease [1], and imposes a large economic burden on society. It is therefore crucial that healthcare professionals promote smoking cessation to the public and help people quit.
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - February 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: K.Y. Ho, William H.C. Li, M.P. Wang, K.K.W. Lam, T.H. Lam, Sophia S.C. Chan Source Type: research
Heuristics and biases in cardiovascular disease prevention: How can we improve communication about risk, benefits and harms?
For cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, probabilistic risk is central to clinical guidelines that determine whether medication should be prescribed to a patient [1]. CVD risk calculators based on large cohort studies take modifiable (e.g. blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking) and non-modifiable (e.g. age, sex, diabetes) risk factors into account, to identify patients at highest risk of a heart attack or stroke [2,3]. This is a better way to recommend medication than treating blood pressure or cholesterol as isolated risk factors, because it targets patients at highest risk who are most likely to benefit from taking medication [4].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - December 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carissa Bonner, Shannon McKinn, Annie Lau, Jesse Jansen, Jenny Doust, Lyndal Trevena, Kirsten McCaffery Source Type: research
Correlates of Emergency Department Service Utilization Among U.S. Chinese Older Adults
AbstractOlder adults visit emergency departments (EDs) at a disproportionally higher rate than other age groups. Prior studies examining racial disparities in ED utilization focus on African Americans and Hispanics. There is a dearth of information on ED utilization patterns among older Asian Americans despite the evidence that ED expenditures in Asian Americans are comparable to that of Caucasians. To address this knowledge gap, we examined factors associated with ED service utilization in the largest Asian subgroup, U.S. Chinese older adults. Cross-sectional data from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (P...
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - October 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Train your brain, change your brain
(D'Or Institute for Research and Education) Less than one hour of brain training with neurofeedback leads to a strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain areas. This is the main finding of a new study conducted at D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), published today in Neuroimage. According to the authors, the study may pave the way for the optimization and development of therapeutic approaches against stroke and Parkinson's, for example.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
