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Towards a Unified Theory of Health-Disease: I. Health as a complex model-object
(Brasil, 2013)
Theory building is one of the most crucial challenges faced by basic, clinical and population research, which form the scientific foundations of health practices in contemporary societies. The objective of the study is to ...
Comparing lifecourse models of social class and adult oral health using the 1958 national child development study
(CDH Publishers, 2015)
Objective: To identify the lifecourse model that best describes the association between social class and adult oral health. Methods: Data from 10,217 participants of the 1958 National Child Development Study were used. ...
Endemic Cardiovascular Diseases of the Poorest Billion
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)
The poorest billion people are distributed throughout the world, though most are concentrated in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) data can be sparse in low- and middle-income countries ...
Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)
Objectives: High rates of household participation are critical to the success of door-to-door vector control campaigns. We used the Health Belief Model to assess determinants of participation, including neighbour participation ...
Forty years since Alma-Ata: do we need a new model for noncommunicable diseases?
(International Society of Global Health, 2019)
Last year marked the 40th Anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration which stated that Primary Health Care (PHC) was “essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology ...
The Effects of City Streets on an Urban Disease Vector
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
With increasing urbanization vector-borne diseases are quickly developing in cities, and urban control strategies are needed. If streets are shown to be barriers to disease vectors, city blocks could be used as a convenient ...
Transition for young adults with special health care needs: Recommendations of the committee on NANEAS of pediatric Chilean society
(2011)
Medicine in the world has changed, and Chile hasn't been left out of this reality. Advances in therapies for chronic diseases, neonatal intensive care, and critical care, have made children survive and improve infant ...
Epidemiological transition. The other side of the coin
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2006)
The model of epidemiological transition proposed by Omram explains the changes in disease patterns in communities. In societies with a high level of development this model has been complemented with the study of the post ...
Relationship between care model and disease activity states and health-related quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Objective: To assess whether the care model (comprehensive vs regular) has any impact on the clinical outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Methods: Between August 2019 and January 2020, we evaluated SLE ...