Author: Audrey Huey-Wen ChenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health promotion
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Effectiveness of a Home-based Intervention to Promote Walking in Ethnic Minority Women
Author: Audrey Huey-Wen ChenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health promotion
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Intervention Promoting Walking and Lifestyle Physical Activity in a Primary Care Practice
Author: Kirsten J. BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exercise therapy
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082544
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Cancer ranks second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States, making it a tremendous burden in years of life lost, patient suffering, and economic costs. Fulfilling the Potential for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection reviews the proof that we can dramatically reduce cancer rates. The National Cancer Policy Board, part of the Institute of Medicine, outlines a national strategy to realize the promise of cancer prevention and early detection, including specific and wide-ranging recommendations. Offering a wealth of information and directly addressing major controversies, the book includes: A detailed look at how significantly cancer could be reduced through lifestyle changes, evaluating approaches used to alter eating, smoking, and exercise habits. An analysis of the intuitive notion that screening for cancer leads to improved health outcomes, including a discussion of screening methods, potential risks, and current recommendations. An examination of cancer prevention and control opportunities in primary health care delivery settings, including a review of interventions aimed at improving provider performance. Reviews of professional education and training programs, research trends and opportunities, and federal programs that support cancer prevention and early detection. This in-depth volume will be of interest to policy analysts, cancer and public health specialists, health care administrators and providers, researchers, insurers, medical journalists, and patient advocates.
The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Author: Task Force on Community Preventive ServicesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199759782
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
The gold standard for evidence-based public health, The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a primary resource to improve health and prevent disease in states, communities, independent, nonfederal Task Force on Community Preventive Services, The Guide uses comprehensive systemic review methods to evaluate population-oriented health interventions. The recommendations of the Task Force are explicitly linked to the scientific evidence developed during systematic reviews. This volume examines the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to combat such risky behaviors as tobacco use, physical inactivity, and violence; to reduce the impact and suffering of specific conditions such as cancer, diabetes, vaccine-preventable diseases, and motor vehicle injuries; and to address social determinants oh health such as education, housing, and access to care. The chapters are grouped into three broad categories: changing risk behaviors; reducing specific diseases, injuries, and impairments; and methodological background for the book itself.
Clinical Evidence
Author: S. BartonPublisher: Bmj Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780727914989
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
Book Description
Clinical Evidence is a six-monthly updated compendium of evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions. It uses the work of the Cochrane Collaboration and products such as Evidence Based Medicine to answer common and important questions facing the everyday practising clinician.
Self-control and the Addictive Behaviours
Author: Nick HeatherPublisher:
ISBN: 9780029468197
Category : Compulsive behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Collection of papers written by recognised experts in the field of addictive behaviour. The book presents a new approach to understanding such behaviour based on the premise that it represents a breakdown in self-regulatory processes. Includes bibliographies.
Communities in Action
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309452961
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Caffeine for the Sustainment of Mental Task Performance
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082587
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This report from the Committee on Military Nutrition Research reviews the history of caffeine usage, the metabolism of caffeine, and its physiological effects. The effects of caffeine on physical performance, cognitive function and alertness, and alleviation of sleep deprivation impairments are discussed in light of recent scientific literature. The impact of caffeine consumption on various aspects of health, including cardiovascular disease, reproduction, bone mineral density, and fluid homeostasis are reviewed. The behavioral effects of caffeine are also discussed, including the effect of caffeine on reaction to stress, withdrawal effects, and detrimental effects of high intakes. The amounts of caffeine found to enhance vigilance and reaction time consistently are reviewed and recommendations are made with respect to amounts of caffeine appropriate for maintaining alertness of military personnel during field operations. Recommendations are also provided on the need for appropriate labeling of caffeine-containing supplements, and education of military personnel on the use of these supplements. A brief review of some alternatives to caffeine is also provided.
A Home-based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Low Income African American Adults
Author: Dorothy Fauntleroy WhiteheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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