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Wang, Xiaochuan (Sherry). "Three essays on population health and public health policy." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/29270.
Full textFlynn, Kathryn. "College Health Clinic Population Health Improvement Plan Project." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10604260.
Full textA college community health improvement plan (CHIP) focusing on the indicators of nutrition and weight status, and physical activity and fitness is designed with the goal of reducing obesity risk, improving health, and preventing chronic disease. The precede proceed model, logic model, innovative care for chronic conditions model, self-care theory, and Bandura’s social cognitive learning theory were used as a research design framework for assessing, planning, and managing sustainability through a two-year college health clinic. The research questions were: what are the current health promotion inputs and activities in terms of environment, ecology, education, and policy and could be supplemented to improve outputs and health outcomes? An integrated review of the literature, observation of the site, regulatory investigation, and focus group sessions were the methods of data collection. The precede-proceed model provided the analytical strategies to assess initiatives and resources, and to determine supplementary initiatives and resources. Results showed that environmental, educational, administrative, and policy resources were available but limited and not well promoted. Conclusions were that health promotion, wellness staffing, and education exist, but are underutilized, under promoted, and funding is necessary. Recommendations include a wellness program, increased activity initiatives, case management, grant funding, and increased community partnerships. The contribution to nursing is to fill a gap-in-practice for health planning in 2-year colleges. The implications for positive social change are improved knowledge, sustained health behaviors, decreased amount of obesity, improved health outcomes and quality of life, decreased chronic diseases, and lower healthcare costs.
Metscher, Karen N. "Population health measures as indicators of fertility change." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3346.
Full textVita: p. 246. Thesis director: Jack A. Goldstone. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 11, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-245). Also issued in print.
Flynn, Kathryn M. "College Health Clinic Population Health Improvement Plan Project." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3881.
Full textVasianovich, Alena. "Exploring population health in Belarus during transition (1990-2010)." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=227038.
Full textBarclay, Lee. "Public health law in Timor-Leste." Thesis, Curtin University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/875.
Full textAlsaif, Mohammed A. "Diabetes and obesity in adult Saudi population." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289724.
Full textAiroldi, Mara. "Essays on healthcare priority setting for population health." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/916/.
Full textGutierrez, Cassity, and Sara Johnston. "Fit for Population Health Service: Assessing the Change in Public Health Competencies of Interprofessional Undergraduate Health Sciences Students." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol7/iss1/3.
Full textRzepka, Susan G. "Geriatric trauma care: A population-based study." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057600839.
Full textMcGuire, Marissa. "Poverty, food insecurity and overweightobesity in the Canadian population." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27890.
Full textKnight, Rodney Eric. "Advancing population and public health ethics regarding HIV testing among young men." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50504.
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Oremus, Mark 1968. "Use of medications in the Alzheimer's disease population : physician and caregiver perspectives." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85947.
Full textMethods. Two studies were conducted. The first involved all of the Province of Quebec's geriatricians, neurologists, and psychogeriatricians, as well as a random sample of Quebec's 8,115 general practitioners. The second study involved 375 caregivers who attended AD-related support groups. Questionnaires were used to collect data on the proportion of patients prescribed cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), efficacy requirements for prescribing new medications, acceptance of adverse effects, physician-caregivers discussions about medications, and caregiver pressure on physicians to prescribe medications.
Results. Response rates were 35.4% (physicians) and 64.4% (caregivers). More stringent efficacy requirements on the part of physicians were negatively associated with prescribing ChEIs, although effect sizes were small and associations were not always statistically significant. More stringent efficacy requirements on the part of caregivers were negatively associated with prescribing in some instances (e.g., required improvements to patients' ability to eat, OR=0.74, 95% CI=0.61 to 0.89), but not in others (e.g., required improvements to patients' speech, OR=1.02, 95% CI=0.81 to 1.19). Caregivers' willingness to accept adverse effects was positively associated with prescribing ChEIs (odds ratios for 11 adverse effects ranged from 1.83 to 8.30); however, prescribing was not associated with physicians being the first to discuss the use of medications to treat AD (OR=2.37; 95% CI=0.90 to 6.24), nor was it associated with caregiver pressure on physicians to prescribe (OR=1.33; 95% CI=0.49 to 3.58).
Conclusion. This research is the first to show how physician and caregiver perspectives on issues such as efficacy and safety can affect the use of medications in AD.
Dobrovolskaite, Aiste. "Urine Electrolyte Excretion in a Hypertensive Population of East Africans." TopSCHOLAR®, 2017. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1947.
Full textOliveira, Luís André Simões de Pinho. "Cardiovascular risk factors in a homeless population." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/62304.
Full textOliveira, Luís André Simões de Pinho. "Cardiovascular risk factors in a homeless population." Dissertação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/62304.
Full textChau, Fangxiao Leena Wu. "Examining the delivery of mental health services in primary care and public health collaborations using a population health framework." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59989.
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Fraser, Mary I. "Uses of over-the-counter analgesic agents in the Montreal population." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0018/MQ44168.pdf.
Full textClow, Lisa Ann. "Yoga as a Women’s Population Health Intervention." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7621.
Full textAssimes, Themistocles. "Hypertension and the risk of cancer : a population study." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=31184.
Full textUsing the Saskatchewan Health Databases, a cohort of subjects with incident treated hypertension between 1980 and 1987 was assembled and followed until 1996 to identify all incident cancer hospitalizations. Age and sex-standardized incidence ratios for all cause and for site-specific cancers were estimated using provincial cancer rates.
A small increased risk of all-cause cancer was found mainly among females (RR: 1.12, 95 percent CI 1.06--1.17). Site-specific analyses revealed increased risks for uterine, breast, bladder, kidney, and several less common cancers. Re-analyses to control for reverse causality and detection bias did not alter the findings.
While this study suggests a weak association between hypertension and cancer, the inability to control for information bias and for certain confounders does not allow for a definitive conclusion on causality.
Ramrakha, Sandhya, and n/a. "The link between mental health problems and sexual risk taking in a general population sample." University of Otago. Dunedin School of Medicine, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090527.155127.
Full textCostantini, Lianna Hope. "Diet Quality and Dyslipidemia in the US Population." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523573879067727.
Full textTsai, Yu-Chia. "Tobacco use and cessation counseling in a population of health professions students in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11116.
Full textTobacco is a leading risk factor for the global burden of disease in both developed and developing countries. The morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco can be prevented efficaciously and cost-effectively by active intervention from health professionals. In developing countries, a limited number of studies have explored tobacco usage and training in smoking cessation and prevention amongst health professions students. This pilot study evaluated: 1. tobacco use patterns; 2. knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards tobacco use and tobacco control; 3. environmental tobacco smoke exposures; and 4. training in smoking cessation and prevention amongst health professions students in South Africa.
Harding, Yusupha. "The impact of hypertension in population above sixty years old." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523043.
Full textThe impact of hypertension as human's age is debilitating and could affect any individual as they grow older. Hypertension is a silent killer that must be taken very seriously because it has claimed the life of 7.6 million people in 2005 worldwide. The purpose of this research study was to raise a global awareness and the characteristics of people who are more likely to have hypertension. Demographically, this research project focuses on those patients 60 years of age or older who are overweight, with an emphasis on the Black Community. The dataset used in this project was a cross-sectional, descriptive secondary data obtained from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP).
The results of the study for the hypothesis suggests that African Americans 60 years and older have a higher rate of hypertension compared with other races 60 years and older in the United States. Furthermore, the study also validates that there is a relationship between higher body mass index and hypertension. The higher body mass index a person has the greater their chances of having hypertension.
Mytton, Oliver. "A population perspective on physical activity and health." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/264414.
Full textSchneider, Karen L. "Applying advanced methods to population-based survey data for purposes of breast cancer control." View abstract/electronic edition; access limited to Brown University users, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3318359.
Full textFrantz, Allison E. "The impact of the growing elderly population on health care." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1992. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
Full textSource: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2940. Abstract precedes thesis as [1] preliminary leaf. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-158).
Boyer, Nicole Renée Soldner. "Economic evaluation of population health interventions aimed at children and delivered at school." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/9012/.
Full textMacKinlay, Elizabeth, and n/a. "Health related decision making and the elderly : the acceptance of influenza vaccination." University of Canberra. Education, 1989. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060825.150054.
Full textDunton, Creaig Anthony. "FEMALE SEXUAL OFFENDERS-AN UNDEREXAMINED POPULATION." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4426.
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Peterkin, Ren. "Perceptions of Tuberculosis among the Karen-Burmese Population in DeKalb County, Georgia." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/79.
Full textBruen, Brian Keith. "Assessing the Past, Present, and Future of Treatment of Hepatitis C in the D.C. Medicaid Population." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13812577.
Full textStarting in late 2013, new direct-acting antiviral medicines (DAAs) offered the chance of a cure for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In clinical trials, DAAs helped more than 90% of patients achieve sustained viral response (SVR), commonly considered to be a cure that will stop progression of related liver disease and prevent transmission of the virus to others. Prices for these medicines are now around $20,000 per treatment after discounts from manufacturers, due to competition.
In late 2016, the medical director for D.C. Medicaid asked what it would take to eradicate hepatitis C in the city. This dissertation focused on that question for Medicaid alone, to inform policy discussions and identify next steps. I profiled beneficiaries with chronic HCV infection based on medical claims from 2014-2016; interviewed medical providers and policymakers to learn more about their decision-making processes and to identify opportunities to expand treatment, as well as potential barriers; and created an Excel-based Markov model that estimates outcomes and costs under different scenarios.
Only 799 individuals, about 10% of the D.C. Medicaid beneficiaries identified as having chronic HCV infection, received treatment with DAAs in 2014-2016. Providers and policymakers are committed to treating this population, but treatment rates remained low through 2018. I estimate that roughly 80% of Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic HCV had not been treated at the start of 2019.
Beneficiaries with chronic HCV infection often have other physical, mental, and behavioral health conditions that might keep them from seeking treatment for an often-asymptomatic HCV infection. They often miss scheduled appointments and/or are lost to follow-up. Most live east of the Anacostia River, where there are fewer providers. Even if they engage in care, government or health plan policies might discourage or prevent individuals with low levels of liver damage from getting prior authorization for treatment.
Broader use of DAAs in D.C. Medicaid will allow more people to achieve SVR, potentially decreasing future healthcare costs for some and saving lives. A moderate (50%) increase in treatment rates among those with low liver damage could enable about 300 additional patients to achieve SVR over 10 years, at a net cost of $6.1 million. A 50% increase in treatment rates among those with moderate liver damage could enable more than 500 additional patients to achieve SVR over 10 years, keep more than 160 from severe liver damage, and avoid 19 early deaths. The net cost of the second scenario is $6.5 million, a smaller increase per person achieving SVR because curing those with moderate liver damage is more likely to avoid high healthcare costs.
The District must weigh the upfront costs of expanding use of DAAs against uncertain long-term benefits and inherent budget limitations. I recommend that D.C. develop a more complete profile of Medicaid beneficiaries with HCV infection; work toward universal screening and sustained monitoring of at-risk populations; collaborate with key stakeholders to develop policies, practices, and tools to engage beneficiaries in care; and reduce prior authorization requirements that might deter or prevent treatment when beneficiaries and health care providers are ready.
Zellmer, Mark R. "Clinical Recognition of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Population-Based Sample." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/837.
Full textNavarro, Christine. "Sexually transmitted diseases and their socio-demographic and behavioural correlates in Canada: National Population Health Survey, 1996-1997." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/8963.
Full textSharpe, Colin R. "Population-based case-control study of the effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs on the risk of breast cancer." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ64666.pdf.
Full textValenzuela, Jose. "Medicare advantage's population make-up and its impact on the future of Medicare financing." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1526966.
Full textThe objective of the study was to validate the assumption that respondents who self-identified as white, were more likely to be enrolled in a Medicare Advantage HMO Plan and underutilize health care services when compared to their non-white counterparts.
The results showed that the majority of the respondents in the stratified population of Medicare eligible respondents were categorized as White, 11,271 out of 15,297, and 42% reported being enrolled in a Medicare Advantage HMO Plan. A total of 3,685 of the White respondents on Medicare Advantage HMO Plans indicated they were in "Good" or better health, which was 78% of all White respondents in this population. The mean number of times that White respondents were seen by an MD (Figure 2) fell within the same range of 5-6 times for the majority of the Race/Ethnic groups. The mean number of hospital stays for Whites and the other Race/Ethnic groups ranged from 1.86-1.92 within the same 12 month period, with the exception of Pacific Islanders.
Moreira, Emília da Conceição Torres Dias. ""Profiles em Pitfalls in Stroke Care Chain: Population and Doctors Counterparts"." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/21939.
Full textMoreira, Emília da Conceição Torres Dias. ""Profiles em Pitfalls in Stroke Care Chain: Population and Doctors Counterparts"." Dissertação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/21939.
Full textPoliquin, Suzette. "Calcium and vitamin D intake in a Canadian population : results from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99197.
Full textMethods. We estimated intakes of calcium and vitamin D from both diet and supplements using cross-sectional data from 9,423 randomly selected subjects 25 years of age and older who completed an interviewer administered abbreviated food frequency questionnaire. The participants were recruited from July 1995 to September 1997 in nine centres across Canada. We characterized the relationships of calcium and vitamin D with socio-demographic and lifestyle variables, physical characteristics, medical diagnosis and use of osteoporosis related medications.
Results. The median daily intake for calcium was estimated to be 930 (interquartile range (IQR) = 589;1360) mg for women, and 774 (IQR = 507;1155) mg for men; for vitamin D, intakes were 3.6 (IQR = 1.1;10.0) pg and 2.7 (IQR = 0.9;7.5) pg for women and men, respectively. Age and study centre were found to be associated with calcium and vitamin D intakes in both genders. Other variables associated with calcium intake included vitamin D intake, weekly energy expenditure and femoral neck bone mineral density. Factors found to be associated with vitamin D intake in both genders included calcium intake, height and caffeine intake.
Conclusions. The only group that on average met adequate daily intake levels for calcium was women aged 51-70. For vitamin D, on average, women and men under age 51 met adequate intake levels. Further education programs may be required to encourage increased consumption of these nutrients.
Rockell, Jennifer, and n/a. "Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and their determinants in the New Zealand population." University of Otago. Department of Nutrition, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080929.142611.
Full textPerez, Alicia Carmen Marlena. "Program Evaluation of the Employee Health and Wellbeing Program." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7568.
Full textSadeghzadeh, Seyedehsaloumeh. "Optimal Data-driven Methods for Subject Classification in Public Health Screening." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101611.
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Davis, Sharon H. "Outcomes of the Implementation of the Mental Health Recovery Measure in the DeKalb Community Service Board Population." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/91.
Full textScott, Susanne K. "Modeling Diabetes in the US Adult Population." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274374033.
Full text陸凱縈 and Hoi-ying Victoria Luk. "How does population aging affect disease control among old age from a public health perspective." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42997495.
Full textLuk, Hoi-ying Victoria. "How does population aging affect disease control among old age from a public health perspective." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42997495.
Full textEjlertsson, Göran, Lena Edén, and Ido Leden. "Predictors of positive health in disability pensioners : a population-based questionnaire study using Positive Odds Ratio." Högskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för Hälsovetenskap, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-899.
Full textMcAnally, Helena M., and n/a. "The association between rated intensity of 6-n-propylthiouracil and three health risk factors in a general population sample." University of Otago. Dunedin School of Medicine, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20091009.161623.
Full textMo, Daojun. "The identification of subgroups of the general population susceptible to the effects of ambient particulate air pollution." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0019/MQ55079.pdf.
Full textIslam, K. M. Monirul. "Colorectal Cancer: Incidence and Mortality among The Medicare Population (1990-1997)." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1093980347.
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