Evaluation of the effectiveness of "5E" comprehensive injury prevention strategy for fall prevention among the rural elderly - six pilot villages, Yunnan Province and Chongqing Municipality, China, 2018-2023 - Sun F, Luo R, Han H.
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC? The mortality rate and disease burden associated with falls among the elderly in China are on the rise. Interventions can play a crucial role in preventing and managing falls. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT? The applic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Cognitive function following early life war-time stress exposure in a cohort of Vietnamese older adults - Korinek K, Zimmer Z, Teerawichitchainan B, Young Y, Cao Manh L, Toan TK.
Although Alzheimer's Disease is a leading cause of death in Vietnam and other post-conflict, low- and middle-income countries, aside from studies of veterans in western populations, research on war-related violence and deprivation as risk factors for cogni... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Bidirectional association between falls and multimorbidity in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a national longitudinal study - Tian Y, Zhou X, Jiang Y, Pan Y, Liu X, Gu X.
This study explores the bidirectional association between multimorbidity and falls in Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults. Participants aged 45 and above from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were included. Binary logistic regression a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Association between visual acuity and prospective fall risk in generally healthy and active older adults: the 3-year DO-HEALTH Study - Wieczorek M, Isler M, Landau K, Becker MD, Dawson-Hughes B, Kressig RW, Vellas B, Orav EJ, Rizzoli R, Kanis JA, Armbrecht G, Da Silva JAP, Egli A, Freyst ätter G, Bischoff-Ferrari HA.
This study aimed to examine if and to what extent baseline VA is associated with an increased risk of all an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Academic detailing as a health information technology implementation method: supporting the design and implementation of an emergency department-based clinical decision support tool to prevent future falls - Barton HJ, Maru A, Leaf MA, Hekman DJ, Wiegmann DA, Shah MN, Patterson BW.
BACKGROUND: Clinical decision support (CDS) tools that incorporate machine learning-derived content have the potential to transform clinical care by augmenting clinicians' expertise. To realize this potential, such tools must be designed to fit the dynamic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
A novel Internet of Things based fall detection system in smart home - Si W, Tan R, Yang G.
In the field of motion monitoring in smart home, the 5G technology can be applied to Internet of Things systems for facilitating our daily life. In this paper, a comprehensive study on the fall detection system based on 5G network is presented. Starting wi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Why do Chinese women experience gamophobia? Psychoanalytic theory assisted discourses analysis - Chang JN.
This study utilizes content analysis and sentiment analysis to e... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Validation of the adolescent dating violence victim-blaming attitudes scale - Arrojo S, Mart ín-Fernández M, Conchell R, Lila M, Gracia E.
Dating violence (DV) is a social problem that affects adolescents worldwide. Prevalence figures show that this type of violence is starting at an increasingly younger age, which is why it is important to study attitudes toward DV, as they are an important ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Unregulated social media as a toxin: New York City's public health action - Counts NZ, Avula D, Vasan A.
In 1538, Swiss physician and philosopher Paracelsus put forth the toxicology maxim that the dose makes the poison. In public health, this concept guides efforts to protect the population from environmental exposures where they live, work, and play through ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Unintended consequences? The effects of neighbourhood walkability on crime in nine US cities - Wo JC, Kim YA.
The criminological literature suggests that neighbourhood walkability might produce unintended consequences, namely that walkability is associated with higher crime rates because it affords potential offenders an abundance of weakly guarded targets. To add... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Transdermal alcohol concentration features predict alcohol-induced blackouts in college students - Richards VL, Glenn SD, Turrisi RJ, Mallett KA, Ackerman S, Russell MA.
BACKGROUND: Alcohol-induced blackouts (AIBs) are common in college students. Individuals with AIBs also experience acute and chronic alcohol-related consequences. Research suggests that how students drink is an important predictor of AIBs. We used transder... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The role of childhood cumulative trauma in the risk of lifetime PTSD: an epidemiological study - da Silva HC, Vilete L, Coutinho ESF, Luz MP, Mendlowicz M, Portela CM, Figueira I, Ventura P, Mari JJ, Quintana MI, Ribeiro WS, Andreoli SB, Berger W.
Cumulative trauma is usually devastating and can lead to severe psychological consequences, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Exposure to various types of traumas, particularly during childhood, can be even more deleterious than the sheer num... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The prevalence of mental illness in young people in custody over time: a comparison of three surveys in New South Wales - Marr C, Gaskin C, Kasinathan J, Kaye S, Singh Y, Dean K.
Few studies have examined the prevalence of mental illness in young people over time within the same jurisdiction. In the current study, we compared data from three large surveys of youth in custody in New South Wales, conducted in 2003, 2009 and 2015. We ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The prevalence and patterns of maltreatment, childhood adversity, and mental health disorders in an Australian out-of-home care sample - Harris LG, Higgins DJ, Willis ML, Lawrence D, Mathews B, Thomas HJ, Malacova E, Pacella R, Scott JG, Finkelhor D, Meinck F, Erskine HE, Haslam DM.
This study aimed to explore key characteristics of the out-of-home care subgroup of a nationally representative Australian sample. To ensure that mental health services are appropriately targeted, it is critical that we understand the differential impacts ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The mortality of children population - Albitsky VY, Baranov AA.
The article presents comprehensive medical statistical analysis of indicators and causes of mortality of children population of the Russian Federation in 2017-2021. It is emphasized that in Russia, in conditions of extremely unfavorable demographic situati... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
