... TheActiveFemaleTheActiveFemaleHealthIssuesThroughoutTheLifespan Edited by Jacalyn J Robert-McComb Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences Health, Exercise, ... young females, yet there are long-term health consequence that are not so obvious to the ill-informed In 1992, TheFemale Athlete Triad was the focus of a consensus conference called by the Task ... together to promote optimal health and well-being for female athletes and active women (http://www.femaleathletetriad.org) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS The instructional materials that accompany The Active...
... reported three or more.3 (See table 2.) The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across theLifespanThe Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across theLifespan Table 1: Prevalence of Individual ... The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across theLifespanThe Effects of Toxic Stress on Adult Health and Well-Being Research findings demonstrate that childhood stress can impact adult health ... in teach- The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across theLifespan 11 ing children about safety and providing them with skills that may reduce their risk of abuse.18 However, the research...
... Dose-response function relates health effects to air pollution concentrations and other factors affecting health Slope of dose-response function measures the percentage change in thehealth outcome for ... Pollution Control GEF The numbers can be large! For example, in 2010 the Monetized Benefits from the US Clean Air Act are estimated as follows: Cost Mortality Chronic Bronchitis Other Morbidity Productivity ... Mortality in the Caspian region Persian Gulf Environmental Damages (air pollution from burning oil wells) VSL calculations from Iran Other examples And don’t forget the other types of...
... develop more thorough explanations for the effect Summary The hypotheses made for the present study are verified by the results found The first hypothesis, that thelifespan distribution of PTSD will ... PTSD With the previous findings in the PTSD literature in mind, we find it relevant to examine the following hypotheses concerning thelifespan distribution of PTSD prevalence: (a) thelifespan ... at certain periods in the male or female life course then the results from the present study demand further research Thus, the goal of future research would be to verify the presented findings...
... plan to provide mental health services throughoutthe state States vary widely in the organization of their mental health service delivery systems, and in the degree to which these systems interact ... mental health and aging coalitions at the state level The goal of these coalitions was to increase public awareness of mental health and aging issues while improving the provision of mental health ... older persons in the medical care setting They are comparing the effectiveness of these services versus the referral of these same persons to mental health professionals outside the primary care...
... dialogue, the Bank is working in partnership with other international organizations to raise the profile of reproductive health policies The Bank has joined the World Health Organization (WHO), the ... deathsare conductedwith the cooperationof health workersat all levels,not just where the death occurred The investigationincludes questionsto determinewhetheror not the family and thehealth care providersunderstood ... procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to thefemale genital organs whether for cultural or other nontherapeutic reasons Genital mutilation has...
... with as they arise throughoutthe entire pregnancy The management of pain and elimination of infection that otherwise could result in increased stress for the mother and endangerment of the fetus ... Public Health Service 1985 Report of the Public Health Service Task Force on Women’s HealthIssues Public Health Reports 100:73-106 U.S Department of Health and Human Services Women’s Health ... if possible If there is serious concern about the drug passing to the child through the breast milk, particularly narcotics or anti-anxiety agents, the mother may elect to pump the breast milk...
... acknowledging the severity of the violence and the impact on the victim In a study on rape, researchers found women who had been raped by their partner needed to hear the abuse they suffered at the hands ... the intervention order system was not protecting the victims of family violence’84 The report recommends that the violent partner should be the one to leave the family home, not the victim: The ... given society, therefore, is the result of tacit acceptance by that society The way men view themselves as men, and the way they view women, will determine whether they use violence or coercion...
... issues such as the work load of health staff, whether or not the programme had become more responsive to the needs of the people, and whether the functioning of the programme had changed at the ... The results of their study reinforce the findings of others about the dominance of the private sector, that includes qualified and unqualified practitioners, in the provision of health care The ... common ground After the ICPD, many donors have decided to fund reproductive health programmes However, there are serious gaps in their understanding of the concepts and theissues These must be addressed...
... mental health care for NDS should be considered although few reports with the approach have been demonstrated to date This is the first report focusing on the mental healthissues of a NDS using the ... discussion with healthcare professionals The final KeyGraph was interpreted in detail by healthcare professionals and provided the subject the feedback Scenario Map analysis includes interactive framework ... was performed with her mother as the donor Twenty years have passed since the transplantation and the subject’s younger sister was still living at the time of this study The subject was interviewed...
... In 85% of the operations, efforts were made to reduce the pain, although the question did not specify whether this was pain at the time of the operation or the period after In 83% of the operations ... whether they had been circumcised, at what age, and about their attitude to the continuation of this practice Women with circumcised daughters were asked about the details of the operation for the ... farming and working in the household as their main occupation (Walraven et al 2001) There has been no active campaign against FGC at the community level in the study area The results described...
... promising hypotheses on the societal impacts of housing and examine the growing body of research supporting these hypotheses This paper focuses on the impact of housing on education Other papers ... poverty rates, the demonstration nevertheless found significant improvements in mental health As Kling et al (2006) report: In contrast to the results for physical health, the adult mental health results ... the impact of housing on health and economic development * The Center for Housing Policy gratefully acknowledges the support of Enterprise Community Partners, the Fannie Mae Foundation, and the...
... inform members on theissuesThe Committee then produces a report with recommendations on those issues for the Secretary by the end of the year The Committee also sends letters to the Secretary after ... None of theissues examined in this report operates in isolation There are common links and concerns that bind them together There are obviously cross-cutting themes between the focus on healthy ... each meeting The letters serve as a vehicle for the Committee to raise other issues with the Secretary separate and apart from the report process The Committee meets three times a year The first...
... in the mother’s blood, pass through the placenta, and reach the developing fetus Other hazardous agents can affect the overall health of the woman and reduce the delivery of nutrients to the ... nutrients from the mother to the fetus During the first months of pregnancy (first trimester), the major fetal organs are formed During the remainder of the pregnancy, these organs mature and the fetus ... helpful to understand how thefemale reproductive system works The main reproductive tissues in women are the ovaries, uterus, and fallopian tubes The functions of these tissues are largely controlled...
... describe the work of health professions education organizations convened by the Joint Commission, the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) and the Federation of Associations of Schools of theHealth ... VII of the Public Health Service Act should be reauthorized The goal of the Title VII programs is to improve the quality of health care delivered in the United States through a diverse health ... through the development of interprofessional health professions education opportunities Now is the time to act We know that the high demand for all health professions will be sustained Meeting the health...
... given their longevity (and potential widowhood) and the 26 cumulative deprivations they suffer in their lives that may impinge on their health in old age Two other issues of interest – the role ... total amounts of health spending on the elderly, as well as their share in total health spending However, the literature suggests that increases in the proportion of the elderly, by themselves, have ... capita, the general price level, the ratio of health sector to general price levels, and the residual term Forecasting the growth of health expenditures then becomes a problem of forecasting the...
... in the Women’s Health Initiative The dietary modification (DM) component of the WHI has its origins in the distant history of the WHI, and was initially the main motivation for the study Theissues ... an advocate for the treatment but rather focus on whether the analysis of both the OS and the RCT is as rigorous as possible, recognizing the inherent limits of the OS design and the analysis assumptions ... conclusions as in their actual paper? Further, what is their best explanation of the discrepancy between the results of their WHI observational analysis and the results of the other observational...
... [26,27] The lack of knowledge regarding the psychosocial working environment and its relationship to mental health among female professional cleaning personnel provided the rationale for the present ... the male respondents, 374 women comprised the final sample and were included in the analyses The Committee for Medical Research Ethics of Norway and the Norwegian Data Inspectorate approved the ... which measure the frequency and intensity of symptoms during the past week, are scored on a scale from (not bothered) to (extremely bothered) The HSCL-25 total score was calculated as the sum score...