Sentences with phrase «health burden among»

Our mission is to create awareness and be a part of revolution aimed at reducing health burden among female population.

«Various bits of epidemiological data conservatively estimate the mental health burden among Indigenous Australians is three times worse than the broader community, but access to mental health care is very poor.

Our mission is to create awareness and be a part of revolution aimed at reducing health burden among female population.

Our mission is to create awareness and be a part of revolution aimed at reducing health burden among female population.

Our mission is to create awareness and be a part of revolution aimed at reducing health burden among female population.

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«There are several steps that scientists, health care professionals and systems can take to better serve the individuals who have bravely served their countries, including an honest reckoning with the growing evidence base showing a disproportionately high burden of childhood abuse among military personnel, a genuine and continuous effort to diminish the stigma of disclosing childhood abuse, and allocation of resources for epidemiologic efforts and treatment modalities to address issues of childhood abuse among military personnel,» write John R. Blosnich, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Robert M. Bossarte, Ph.D., of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Among the mental health disorders reported in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 2013, 8.7 % of the burden of illness was attributed to Afghanistan - related military service while 28.7 % was attributed to past child abuse experiences.

While socioeconomic status is a major contributor to the greater burden of heart disease and stroke in African Americans, the statement notes that among the growing middle - and upper - class African American community, health outcomes are still poorer in African Americans, even when their socioeconomic status is comparable to white Americans.

The authors include in their paper a set of recommended resources to assist healthcare providers, and examples of culturally tailored, community - based public health initiatives that have been effective in improving diabetes outcomes among African - Americans, who represent a critical population for effective and culturally appropriate diabetes healthcare because they are disproportionately burdened by type 2 diabetes in the United States.

«We observed higher rates of neurocognitive decline, increased symptom burden and a decline in health - related quality of life over time among non-progressing patients treated with bevacizumab,» he says.

She discovered recurring themes among the afflicted, including difficulty maintaining employment, financial burdens and the challenge of commuting to Flagstaff for health care.

MDR E. coli and K. pneumoniae are among the major contributors to the health and economic burden of antibiotic resistance on a global scale.

Now there is growing interest in the application of genomics to the management of infectious diseases and epidemics [2], which are among the top global public health burdens [3].

Due to the continuing rise in life expectancy, the disease and its associated burden of suffering among individuals and their families and its costs to society are becoming ever more significant public health problems.

Self - stigma is a burden that is prevalent among people with mental illness, says Robert Lundin, a Chicago - area mental - health worker and writer who began having delusions in his 20s and was later diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a combination of schizophrenia, mania, and depression.

This is very alarming because research has shown many health problems that result from this level of toxic burden including obesity, chronic fatigue, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, infertility, and various hormone imbalances, allergies, behavioral / mood disorders, neurological conditions, and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, among many others.

alarming because research has shown many health problems that result from this level of toxic burden including obesity, chronic fatigue, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, infertility, and various hormone imbalances, allergies, behavioral / mood disorders, neurological conditions, and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, among many others.

A growing body of empirical evidence indicates that significant adversity during childhood (e.g., from abuse or neglect, exposure to violence, deep and persistent poverty, and / or the cumulative burdens of racial or ethnic discrimination) can contribute to lifelong problems in learning, behavior, and chronic health impairments such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes cancer, and depression, among many others.

Older people are at much higher risk of dying during extreme heat events.136, 50,241,233 Pre-existing health conditions also make older adults susceptible to cardiac and respiratory impacts of air pollution25 and to more severe consequences from infectious diseases; 257 limited mobility among older adults can also increase flood - related health risks.258 Limited resources and an already high burden of chronic health conditions, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, will place the poor at higher risk of health impacts from climate change than higher income groups.25, 50 Potential increases in food cost and limited availability of some foods will exacerbate current dietary inequalities and have significant health ramifications for the poorer segments of our population (Ch.

Medical experts report that the findings are of great public health significance because of the potential for greater lifetime burden of disability among younger patients.

According to the WHO, it is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.1 More than 300 million people are estimated to be suffering from depression, corresponding to 4.4 % of the global population.1 Depression is more common among older adults, with a prevalence of 7 % and believed to be underestimated.2 As the world population ages, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of older adults with depressive symptoms and associated global health burden.3

Late - life depression has become a major public health problem, leading to suffering among older people and burdening those who care for them.

Specifically, the ACE Study model relies strongly on the idea that adverse childhood experiences create a burden of psychological stress that changes behavior, cognitions, emotions, and physical functions in ways that promote subsequent health problems and illness.22 Among the hypothesized pathways, adverse childhood experiences lead to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, which in turn can lead to substance abuse, sleep disorders, inactivity, immunosuppression, inflammatory responses, and inconsistent health care use, possibly leading to other medical conditions later in life.23, 24 Therefore, childhood behavioral and emotional symptoms very likely represent a crucial mediator linking adverse childhood experiences and the longer term health - related problems found in the ACE substudies.

Poor nutrition is a major determinant of excess morbidity and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 1 contributing to over 16 % of the burden of disease.2 In this issue of the Journal (page 549), consistent with the «economics of food choice» theory, 3 Brimblecombe and O'Dea report that the diet of a remote Aboriginal community was high in energy - dense, nutrient - poor foods — the cheapest options to satisfy hunger.4 This energy — cost differential restricts access to healthy food, and helps explain the persistently poor dietary patterns and deplorable health status of remote Indigenous communities.4 Placing nutrition issues in an economic framework highlights the investment required to improve Indigenous nutrition.4 But what has been learned to date about where resources should be directed?

Our study also has key strengths: 1) analyses were based on a community sample and we were able to estimate the burden of behavioural problems associated with food insecurity among children in the general population, while most prior studies focused on high - risk families; 2) longitudinal follow - up of children's mental health allowed us to distinguish different types of symptoms and their developmental patterns over up to 7 years of follow - up; 3) statistical adjustment for multiple individual and family factors potentially associated with children's outcomes.