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Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Site-specific Annual Cancer Incidence by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Ethnicity, Illinois
Author: Site-specific Annual Cancer Incidence by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Ethnicity, Illinois, 1986-1992
Author: Annual Report of the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry
Author: Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances RegistryPublisher:
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
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.
Ovarian Cancers
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309380499
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
In an era of promising advances in cancer research, there are considerable and even alarming gaps in the fundamental knowledge and understanding of ovarian cancer. Researchers now know that ovarian cancer is not a single disease-several distinct subtypes exist with different origins, risk factors, genetic mutations, biological behaviors, and prognoses. However, persistent questions have impeded progress toward improving the prevention, early detection, treatment, and management of ovarian cancers. Failure to significantly improve morbidity and mortality during the past several decades is likely due to several factors, including the lack of research being performed by specific disease subtype, lack of definitive knowledge of the cell of origin and disease progression, and incomplete understanding of genetic and non-genetic risk factors. Ovarian Cancers examines the state of the science in ovarian cancer research, identifies key gaps in the evidence base and the challenges to addressing those gaps, considers opportunities for advancing ovarian cancer research, and examines avenues for translation and dissemination of new findings and communication of new information to patients and others. This study makes recommendations for public- and private-sector efforts that could facilitate progress in reducing the incidence of morbidity and mortality from ovarian cancers.
Publications of the State of Illinois
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publications of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Office of Secretary of StatePublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Illinois Cancer Statistics Review
Author: Therese A. DolecekPublisher:
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Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Presents data by site, gender and race/ethnicity, with additional tables for incidence in children.
Annual Report
Author: Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances RegistryPublisher:
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
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