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Determinants of health policy impact: comparative results of a European policymaker study.

2003

This article will use a new theoretical framework for the analysis of health policy impact introduced by Rütten et al. (2003). In particular, it will report on a comparative European study of policymakers' perception and evaluation of specific determinants of the policy impact, both in terms of output (implemented measures) and outcome (health behaviour change). Policy determinants investigated are goals, resources, obligations and opportunities as related to the policymaking process.Theory is applied to a comparative analysis of prevention and health promotion policy in Belgium, Finland, Germany. The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. The study is MED2-part of a project that has developed…

Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide

2007

In low-income countries, infectious diseases still account for a large proportion of deaths, highlighting health inequities largely caused by economic differences. Vaccination can cut health-care costs and reduce these inequities. Disease control, elimination or eradication can save billions of US dollars for communities and countries. Vaccines have lowered the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and will control cervical cancer. Travellers can be protected against "exotic" diseases by appropriate vaccination. Vaccines are considered indispensable against bioterrorism. They can combat resistance to antibiotics in some pathogens. Noncommunicable diseases, such as ischaemic heart disease, c…

The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness.

2019

The poor physical health of people with mental illness is a multifaceted, transdiagnostic, and global problem. People with mental illness have an increased risk of physical disease, as well as reduced access to adequate health care. As a result, physical health disparities are observed across the entire spectrum of mental illnesses in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries. The high rate of physical comorbidity, which often has poor clinical management, drastically reduces life expectancy for people with mental illness, and also increases the personal, social, and economic burden of mental illness across the lifespan. This Commission summarises advances in understanding on the…

Intervenciones preventivas en el ámbito de la atención primaria. El ejemplo del PAPPS. Informe SESPAS 2012

2012

ResumenObjetivosEl Programa de Actividades Preventivas y de Promoción de la Salud (PAPPS), que la Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria (semFYC) puso en marcha a finales de la década de 1980, tiene como objetivo la integración de las actividades preventivas y de promoción de la salud en el seno de las tareas desarrolladas en las consultas de atención primaria. Se pretende conocer el grado de cumplimentación del PAPPS en atención primaria.MétodosSe ha realizado una búsqueda bibliográfica de las publicaciones relacionadas con el PAPPS con el fin de evaluar su implementación y el impacto sus programas.ResultadosLas evaluaciones periódicas que se han ido realizando desde su ini…

Public health leadership

2014

Background The public’s health is determined by a plethora of influences at local, national or international scale. In addition, people, services and goods have become much more mobile and the electronic revolution has fundamentally changed the range of options available to deliver public health. These changes require a reconsideration of the traditional notions of public health leadership and of approaches to develop public health …

2020

The observational cross-sectional study was aimed to obtain information on the promotion and development of young professionals in Switzerland. An online survey with 20 questions was sent out. Data was collected on participants’ demographic data, including age, gender, level of qualification, place of work, information on employment, future perspectives, and career prospects. The survey was sent out to 1920 practitioners, of which 440 (22.9%) responded (37.1% males and 62.9% females). Of them, 76.6% were members of the Swiss Dental Association (SSO) 15.9% students, and 7.5% non-SSO members. Most participants had parents with a dental education (80.9%), and 19.8% did not. Young dentists in S…

Potential Risks and Factors of Women’s Health Promotion

2020

In addition to diseases shared by both sexes, there are a number of illnesses and injuries that are primarily associated with women [...]

Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy

2011

Abstract Background It is known that supplement use is a widespread and accepted practice by athletes and people who attend commercial gyms. Little is known about protein supplement amongst people undertaking strength training in commercial gyms in Italy when compared to the US. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the use of protein supplementation, alone or in association with other supplements, and dietary behavior amongst regular fitness center attendees in Palermo, Italy. Design Resistance training information have been collected from 800 regular fitness center attendees for the initial analysis. A specific questionnaire was generated for the experimentation. Data were co…

Iodide Mumps After Intravenous and Oral Administration of Contrast Medium

1996

A 70-year-old woman with a history of radical cystectomy and continent urinary diversion with a Mainz pouch I due to muscle invasive bladder carcinoma presented for a routine evaluation. Physical examination, electrocardiogram, chest x-ray and routine laboratory values showed no pathological findings. There was no history of salivary gland disease. Excretory urography was performed with 100 ml. nonionic contrast medium (iopromide) injected intravenously. Painless bilateral swelling of the submandibular glands developed 16 hours later without any dysphagia, dyspnea or other allergic reactions (see figure). After systemic treatment with an antihistamine and prednisolone the swelling resolved …

Klinik und Therapie der fr�hen lepromat�sen Lepra an einem Fallbeispiel

1994

Taking into account the increase in worldwide human migration, leprosy is of growing importance in the differential diagnosis of dermatological diseases encountered in Central Europe. We report on the case of a young man from Ghana who developed hypopigmented maculae and plaques on his trunk and proximal limbs. The diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy could be made in consideration of the histological pattern of infiltrating leucocytes and detection of numerous acid-fast mycobacteria on skin biopsy. The results of the physical examination as well as routine laboratory and immunological parameters were consistent with this form of leprosy. Due to glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency, tre…