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Rivers, Caitlin. "Modeling Emerging Infectious Diseases for Public Health Decision Support." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52023.
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Mableson, Hayley Elizabeth. "The disease-scape of the new millennium : a review of global health advocacy and its application." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17855.
Full textRosenberg, Shirit Chaia-Rivka. "Disability, physical activity, health, health status and chronic diseases in adults." Thesis, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3704483.
Full textThere is a great deal of concern regarding the levels of physical inactivity in people with disability, which is more prevalent than in the general population. Inactivity in individuals with disabilities can lead to higher rates of chronic diseases and obesity and vice versa. Moreover, disability is increasing in middle-aged adults while decreasing among older adults. This purpose of this dissertation was to: 1) evaluate the prevalence of disability across the lifespan, 2) to examine the relationships between disability (DA), physical activity (PA), and factors associated with them, and 3) to look at the trends in these factors to understand the patterns occurring in middle-aged adults compared with older adults.
Data analyzed for this dissertation were collected as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) conducted between 2003 and 2011. Measures included DA, PA, chronic diseases, sociodemographics, health risk behaviors, and health status.
In our first study, we found that respondents categorized as disabled or functionally limited reported less PA, more chronic diseases, and poorer health behaviors than those categorized as able bodied. There was a higher prevalence of DA in the middle-aged and older adults compared to younger adults. Individuals with lower incomes and those with chronic diseases were more likely to be classified as having a disability compared to individuals with higher incomes and individuals without chronic disease. Our second study showed that middle-aged people were less likely to meet physical activity recommendations compared with older adults. Having a DA and being in poor health were strongly associated with not meeting the PA recommendations. In our third study, we found all the age groups showed an increase in functional limitation and DA over time. Further, among all age groups there was an increase in meeting aerobic recommendations over time. Our studies showed that DA and functional limitation are strongly associated with unhealthy behaviors and chronic diseases and poorer health. Moreover, middle-aged and older adults showed similar results in DA and PA recommendations. Given that physical inactivity has the potential to reduce disability, prevent chronic disease and enhance health, greater public health attention to what is warranted.
Chocho, Karen. "Hispanic Migrants and Cross-border Disease Control of Arizona's Vaccine Preventable Diseases." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/35.
Full textDing, Hongliu. "Bone Health and Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Treated with Tamoxifen: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2008. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/404.
Full textXu, Fang, and 徐方. "Self-rated health, chronic diseases and health service utilisation in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212607.
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MURPHY, CATHRYN LOUISE School of Health Services Management UNSW. "INFECTION CONTROL IN THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE SETTING." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Health Services Management, 1999. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17600.
Full textDas, Debalina. "Waterborne Diseases: Linking Public Health And Watershed Data." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/235/.
Full textFaissol, Daniel Mello. "Mathematical modeling of diseases to inform health policy." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24690.
Full textCommittee Chair: Julie Swann; Committee Co-Chair: Paul Griffin; Committee Member: David Goldsman; Committee Member: Pinar Keskinocak; Committee Member: Thomas Gift
Stevens, Timothy Richard John. "Neutrophil activation in health and connective tissue diseases." Thesis, University of Bath, 1987. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379167.
Full textChoate, Radmila. "ESTIMATING DISEASE SEVERITY, SYMPTOM BURDEN AND HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASES." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epb_etds/22.
Full textChochó, Karen S. "Hispanic migrants and cross-border disease control of Arizona's vaccine preventable diseases." restricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04222008-151047/.
Full textTitle from file title page. Richard Rothenberg, committee chair; Russ Toal, Karen E. Gieseker, committee members. Electronic text (135 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed August 12, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135).
Levick, B. A. "The ecological context of diseases of public health importance." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3007656/.
Full textTang, Shenglan, John Ehiri, and Qian Long. "China's biggest, most neglected health challenge: non-communicable diseases." BioMed Central, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610162.
Full textГоробченко, Неля Георгіївна, Неля Георгиевна Горобченко, Nelia Heorhiivna Horobchenko, H. S. Maslak, and A. O. Sharafullina. "World Health Organization combating the most dangerous epidemic diseases." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/15946.
Full textMalta, André Filipe Domingues. "Open-source electronic health record system for neglected diseases." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/18342.
Full textLow-resource countries are primarily the ones afected by tropical diseases where environmental factors play a major role. Means for controlling these diseases are often lacking in these countries in part due to their poor support of Health Information Technology. Nowadays, with the advances of standards and software in the health-field, several open-source electronic health record systems (EHR) exist which can assist facilities to capture of information, aiding to research and better health-care of neglected diseases in these countries. In this work, we performed a systematic review of several of such solutions to select the most appropriate candidate to satisfy the requirements of a testbed in a low-resource country - Gondar in Ethiopia. The implementation was conducted with a strong focus on adapting the existing paper-based workflow of the institution to the proposed system, to assure that all the information generated in this center can be captured in a digital way. As a final result, a working prototype was deployed and some conclusions are obtained from all this process.
Países sub-desenvolvidos são os principalmente afectados por um conjunto de doenças tropicais onde factores ambientais desempenham uma contribuição maior na sua origem. No geral estes países não dispõem de métodos para controlar estas doenças eficazmente, em parte devido à fraca implementação de Tecnologias da Informação em Saúde. Atualmente, com o avanço em standards e software na área da saúde, existem diversos sistemas opensource de registos clínicos que podem auxiliar centros de cuidados médicos na captura de informação útil à melhoria dos serviços prestados e há investigação de doenças negligenciadas. Nesta dissertação efectuámos uma revisão sistemática de tais soluções de maneira a escolher um candidato apropriado aos requisitos de uma cama de teste de um país sub-desenvolvido - Gondar, Etiópia. A implementação foi conduzida com ênfase à adaptação do fluxo de trabalho baseado em papel da instituição para o sistema proposto, assegurando que toda a informação gerada pelo centro pode ser capturada de forma digital. Como resultado final, um protótipo foi criado e algumas conclusões obtidas de todo este processo.
Pearson, Georgina. "Global health, local realities : neglected diseases in northwestern Uganda." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2015. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3303/.
Full textDe, Palma Patricia Alvarado. "Oral health among a group of homeless individuals from dental professional's and patient's perspective /." Stockholm, 2007. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2007/978-91-7357-051-0/.
Full textSihavong, Amphoy. "Management of reproductive tract infections among health providers and in the community in Lao People's Democratic Republic /." Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2007/978-91-7357-383-2/.
Full textBigatti, Silvia Marcela. "Relationships between perceived burden, physical health, and health care use among spouses of people with fibromyalgia syndrome /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9970686.
Full textNatto, Suzan Bakur. "Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-438-4/.
Full textDysart, Laura. "Health over time : an investigation into the relationship between the future and health behaviours for people with long-term conditions." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2018. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=239217.
Full textGuo, Mei. "Exploring health behaviour determinants of ageing Australians with chronic diseases." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45939/1/Mei_Guo_Thesis.pdf.
Full textWang, Qianyi. "Fatty Acids, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Diabetes Mellitus." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14117764.
Full textPallis, Monica. "Lymphocyte adhesion molecule deployment in health and disease." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282599.
Full textThomas, Kurt Florian Patrick. "Animal models of retroviral neurological diseases." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39882.
Full textIn a second project, pathological effects associated with a disease determining region contained in the gp70 envelope protein of the Cas-Br-E murine leukemia virus, were investigated. In infected mice, this virus causes hind limb paralysis and a spongiform myeloencephalopathy with gliosis and neuronal loss. Stably transfected fibroblasts that express gp70 were injected into the brains of mice, and the animals were examined for histopathological changes attributable to the effects of gp70. While gp70 protein was detected at the implantation site, this was not accompanied by any specific histological changes. These data suggest that the intracerebral expression of the neuropathogenic gp70 protein alone is not sufficient to cause disease, and lend indirect support to a model according to which gp70 causes disease by altering the cytokine profile of infected mononuclear cells in the central nervous system.
Jansson, Sven-Arne. "Health economic epidemiology of obstructive airway diseases : the obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden studies - thesis VII /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-805-3/.
Full textTsabedze, Vusumuzi Ndumiso. "Prevalence of impacted mandibular third molar teeth at Medunsa Oral Health Centre." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/654.
Full textMaestas, Melissa May. "Air pollution and gastrointestinal diseases in Utah." Thesis, The University of Utah, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10246554.
Full textThe valleys of northern Utah, where most of Utah’s population resides, experience episodic air pollution events well in excess of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Most of the events are due to an accumulation of particulate matter during persistent cold air pools in winter from both direct emissions and secondary chemical reactions in the atmosphere. High wintertime ozone concentrations are occasionally observed in the Uintah Basin, in addition to particulate matter. At other times of the year, blowing dust, wildland fires, fireworks, and summertime ozone formation contribute to local air pollution. The objective of this dissertation is to investigate one facet of the health effects of Utah’s air pollution on its residents: the acute impacts of air pollution on gastrointestinal (GI) disease.
To study the health effects of these episodic pollution events, some measure of air pollution exposure must be matched to the health data. Time and place are used to link the health data for a person with the pollution data. This dissertation describes the method of kriging data from the sparse pollution monitoring network to estimate personal air pollution history based on the zip code of residence. This dissertation then describes the application of these exposure estimates to a health study on GI disease.
The purpose of the GI study is to retrospectively look at two groups of patients during 2000-2014: those with autoimmune disease of the GI tract (inflammatory bowel disease, IBD) and those with allergic disease of the GI tract (eosinophilic esophagitis, EoE) to determine whether disease exacerbations occur more commonly during and following periods of poor air quality compared to periods of good air quality. The primary analysis method is case crossover design. In addition to using the kriged air pollution estimates, the analysis was repeated using simpler empirical estimation methods to assess whether the odds ratios are sensitive to the air pollution estimation method.
The data suggests an association between particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns and prednisone prescriptions, gastrointestinal infections in general, clostridium difficile infections specifically, and hospitalizations among people who have at least five entries of IBD diagnosis codes in their medical records. EoE exacerbations appear to be associated with high concentrations of particulate matter as well as ozone.
Zulu, Tryphine. "Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31799.
Full textAviña, Aldo. "A Spatially Explicit Environmental Health Surveillance Framework for Tick-Borne Diseases." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30432/.
Full textAl-Abri, Mohammed Ali. "Genetic variability of health disorders in Ontario Holstein cows." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112310.
Full textAmsler, Lorenz. "Prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei DNA in patients with various gastrointestinal diseases and in healthy controls /." Zürich, 2002. http://www.public-health-edu.ch/new/Abstracts/AL_01.09.02.pdf.
Full textChalmers, Lynn. "A comparative assessment of health and immune response between triploid and diploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26609.
Full textAlsan, Marcella Mousavi. "Infectious Diseases and Economic Development." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10321.
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Alamian, Arsham. "Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases and Public Health Implications." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1382.
Full textJackson, Desmarie DeCuir. "Health barriers, health perceptions, and cardiovascular health risk factors of adolescent black American males." View the abstract Download the full-text PDF version (on campus access only), 2007. http://etd.utmem.edu/ABSTRACTS/2007-003-DeCuir-index.html.
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Persson, Lena. "Tobacco smoking, vascular reaction and neutrophil activity in periodontal health and disease." Stockholm, 2003. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2003/91-7349-404-6.
Full textLindberg, Mathilda. "The human gastric microbiota in health and disease." Stockholm, 2010. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2010/978-91-7409-859-4/.
Full textOsika, Walter. "Self-perceived psychological health and vascular changes in childhood /." Göteborg : Dept. of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Clinical Physiology, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/4534.
Full textLu, Yuan. "Impact of Multiple Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions on Cardiovascular Diseases and Disparities." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14117763.
Full textAbdi, Ali Ahmed Yousra. "A Study on behavioral Health Interventions for Neglected tropical diseases : What is missing in current health interventions?" Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Utveckling och internationellt samarbete, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33553.
Full textGopalakrishna-Remani, Venugopal. "Information Supply Chain System for Managing Rare Infectious Diseases." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1341245050.
Full textCoe, Ellen Moster. "The correlation between changes in conicity index and changes in other risk factors for coronary heart disease at baseline and after a six- month intervention program." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941352.
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Leung, Lai-king. "Are health-education programmes effective in improving knowledge of and compliance with non-pharmacological measures against mosquito-borne disease?" Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40721073.
Full textCostin, Graham A. "Skeletal health education : effects of an educational intervention on health behaviour and health behaviour indicators of adolescent girls." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998.
Find full textMcCormick, Natalie. "The health resource utilization and economic burden of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42149.
Full textVrbova, Linda. "Use of animal data in public health surveillance for emerging zoonotic diseases." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44254.
Full text龔慧慈 and Wai-chee Annie Kung. "Thyroglobulin gene expression and thyroid functions in health and autoimmune thyroid diseases." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31981355.
Full textBeard, Lorraine Joyce. "IgG subclass concentrations in children in health and disease /." Title page, contents and summary only, 1990. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09MD/09mdb368.pdf.
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