Sentences with phrase «health characteristics associated»

This survey study examines the demographic and health characteristics associated with the employment status of current Medicaid expansion enrollees in Michigan.

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Moderation and rules are not characteristics we often associate with Halloween, but, say child health experts, the holiday can be a good time to teach your kids important lessons about nutrition and dental care.

A new study carried out by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Institute of Global Health of Barcelona (ISGlobal), a centre supported by «la Caixa» Foundation, associates for the first time mild obsessive - compulsive symptoms, which are present in a much higher percentage of cases than those that require specialized medical and psychological attention, to characteristics and specific alterations of the cerebral anatomy.

A newly published research study conducted by graduate students Jessie Green and Alan Brown under the guidance of Punam Ohri - Vachaspati, a nutrition researcher at the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at Arizona State University, examined whether noticing and using calorie menu labels was associated with demographic characteristics of customers at a national fast food chain currently posting calorie counts.

«Veterans with PTSD had a very high sleep disorder prevalence of 16 percent, the highest among the various health conditions or other population characteristics that we examined,» said Principal Investigator and senior author James Burch, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carhealth conditions or other population characteristics that we examined,» said Principal Investigator and senior author James Burch, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South CarHealth at the University of South Carolina.

Our results build on prior research indicating that state same - sex marriage bans were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorders19 and that health expenditures decreased following implementation of a same - sex marriage policy in Massachusetts.22 Our study contributes evidence on the association between same - sex marriage and mental health based on a robust analysis that controls for differences in state characteristics and for other state - level events that may affect suicide attempts, which are unlikely to systematically vary with the same geographic and temporal pattern as same - sex marriage implementation.

Then we briefly describe some of the epidemiologic characteristics and recent genomic advances associated with four particular infectious diseases - Ebola, pandemic influenza, hepatitis B and tuberculosis - that have large - scale public health consequences but differ in terms of ease of transmission, chronicity, severity, preventability and treatability, factors which affect a range of ELSI issues.

These health metrics are examined for two globally applicable objective site categories: urban and non-urban, that are determined based on the use of gridded metadata associated with urban characteristics: population and night - time lights.

Few empirical data have been gathered to understand the characteristics of consumers, the psychological, behavioral, and health impact, and the ethical, legal, and social issues associated with personal genomic testing services.

Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute and at the National Institutes of Health are finding a connection between tyrosine hydroxylase activity, thyroid hormone receptors, and depleted dopamine levels in the brain — particularly in the substantia nigra, a region associated with the movement difficulties characteristic of Parkinson's disease.11, 12,13

Participant characteristics associated with errors in self - reported energy intake from the Women's Health Initiative food - frequency questionnaire.

To better understand the circumstances faced by those who claim early Social Security benefits, GAO examined: (1) demographic and occupational characteristics associated with early claiming; (2) retirement income of early claimers compared to those who delay; and (3) how PPACA changes health coverage options for early claimers.

Likewise, dogs of breeds with physical characteristics that have been fundamentally altered tend to have a shorter life expectancy, often stemming from health problems associated with abnormal physical traits.

Conclusions and Clinical Relevance: Results suggest that certain characteristics, such as age, sex, health status, and lifestyle, are associated with risk of FeLV and FIV seropositivity among cats in North America.

Life insurance has fees and charges associated with it that include costs of insurance that vary with such characteristics of the insured as gender, health and age, and has additional charges for riders that customize a policy to fit individual needs.

Life insurance has fees and charges associated with it that include costs of insurance that vary with characteristics of the insured such as gender, health and age.

Life insurance has fees and charges associated with it that include costs of insurance that vary with such characteristics of the insured as gender, health and age, and has additional charges for riders that customize a policy to fit your individual needs.

Variable life insurance has fees and charges associated with it that include costs of insurance that vary with such characteristics of the insured as gender, health and age, underlying fund charges and expenses, and additional charges for riders that customize a policy to fit your individual needs.

In the survey - linked cohort, positively associated family characteristics included smaller family size; higher socioeconomic status; and parents who were older, were college graduates, reported excellent health, and received influenza vaccination.

Although the results from the present study may not be conclusive on whether children who participate in ECE have better learning outcomes due to lack of robust longitudinal support, it is undeniable that stimulation of child characteristics that are targeted to reduce educational inequalities at school entry between advantaged and disadvantaged children represents a critical foundation in reducing the economic, health, and social burdens associated with poverty.

The new provision requires abortion counseling to include information on any research showing that some women (based on their «physical, psychological, demographic or situational» characteristics) may be at higher risk of negative mental health outcomes associated with an abortion.

Instead, evolutionary theory predicts men desire characteristics associated with youth, health, and child - rearing abilities.

After controlling for relevant demographic characteristics, parental co-morbid psychopathology, and offspring psychopathology, maternal depression was associated with higher levels of physical symptoms (β = 0 · 14, S.E. = 0 · 07) during adolescence, and higher levels of minor stressors (β = 2 · 52, S.E. = 1 · 07) and a greater risk for using mental health services (OR 1 · 86, 95 % CI 1 · 14 — 3 · 03) in young adulthood.

-- Family and school contexts as well as individual characteristics are associated with health and risky behaviors in adolescents.

Characteristics of Four Kinship Placement Outcome Groups and Variables Associated With These Kinship Placement Outcome Groups Chang & Liles Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 24 (6), 2007 Investigates factors that might be associated with the disruptions in kinship care of abused and neglected children, characteristics of the children such as their health status, ages, and the extent to which they were getting into «trouble» were significantly associatedCharacteristics of Four Kinship Placement Outcome Groups and Variables Associated With These Kinship Placement Outcome Groups Chang & Liles Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 24 (6), 2007 Investigates factors that might be associated with the disruptions in kinship care of abused and neglected children, characteristics of the children such as their health status, ages, and the extent to which they were getting into «trouble» were significantly associatedcharacteristics of the children such as their health status, ages, and the extent to which they were getting into «trouble» were significantly associated with outcomes.

This includes a clear understanding of ECMHC's key components and characteristics, as well as the major roles for mental health consultants and tasks associated with implementation, particularly for mental health consultants.

More recently, Peek et al. (2006) found that both husbands» and wives» own self - rated health was associated with partner's self - rated health even after accounting for other's demographic, health, and stress characteristics, and Stimpson, Eschbach, and Peek (2007) found that the level of spouse's chronic conditions, but not own conditions, was significantly associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms.

Whilst socio - economic and demographic characteristics had limited direct impact they may yet be influential but in an indirect manner affecting the parenting, health and development factors which are shown, in section 3.3, to be more directly associated with outcomes in these domains.

Cognitive development at 34 months was not independently associated with the mother's mental health once other factors, such as income and other family characteristics, were taken into account.

Household income and child general health are found, in particular, to be consistently associated with behavioural characteristics at school entry.

As well as considering various socio - economic characteristics, including those described above, a range of additional psycho - social factors were also considered which have been shown to be associated with maternal mental health in previous research.

Mental health difficulties were associated with a mother's social characteristics (e.g. lone parenting, low income and living in an area of deprivation) and with reported relationship difficulties and poor social support

Living in an area of deprivation was the only characteristic associated with both brief and repeated mental health problems.

High frequency of physical aggression (PA) is the central feature of severe conduct disorder1 and is associated with a wide range of social, mental, and physical health problems.2 - 4 The origin of PA problems can be traced back to early childhood, and studies have specifically shown that maternal characteristics, especially low levels of education, are among the best predictors of high PA from early childhood to adolescence.5 - 9

The researchers found that the program characteristics most strongly associated with better results in the areas of parenting behavior and skills included activities that created a stimulating home environment and content that addressed parental mental health and substance abuse.

The most apparent is that single measures of absolute concentrations of salivary cortisol, for most health - related variables, seldom give significant findings; deviation measures, in terms of diurnal deviations and / or laboratory stress tests seem to be more strongly and consistently associated with a number of factors, such as Socioeconomic Status (SES), psychological characteristics, biological variables in terms of overweight and abdominal fat accumulation, and mental and somatic disease.

Mental health professionals working with this «special population» of children and families require specialized professional knowledge, training, and expertise related to narcissistic and borderline personality characteristics and dynamics so that they may be alert for the profound distortions of truth and reality associated with narcissistic / borderline personality processes.

A systematic review of neighbourhood characteristics and health outcomes only identified one study that considered mental disorders.12, 13 Recent studies have shown that neighbourhood social disorganisation is associated with depressive symptoms14 and that living in socioeconomically deprived areas is associated with depression, 15,16 with higher levels of child problem behaviour, 17 with a higher incidence of non-psychotic disorders.18 A randomised controlled trial that moved families from high poverty neighbourhoods to non-poor neighbourhoods showed that both parents and children who moved reported fewer psychological distress symptoms than did control families who did not move.19

Characteristics of school - based health services associated with students» mental health.

A secondary aim was to determine whether the identified trajectories were associated with menopause status as well as baseline health - related and psychological characteristics.

In the present study, we test the relationship between food insecurity in early childhood (before age 4 1/2) and children's symptoms of depression / anxiety, aggression, and hyperactivity / inattention up to age 8, accounting for child and familial characteristics which may be associated with food insecurity and children's mental health [16], [20]: child's sex, immigrant status, family structure, maternal age at child's birth, family income, maternal and paternal education, prenatal tobacco exposure, maternal and paternal depression, family functioning and negative parenting.

Intervention characteristics associated with more effective outcomes: promoting positive mental health rather than the prevention of mental illness; continuous and long term; whole school approach, focusing on school climate and environment rather than on individual change; opportunities for practice in range of contexts, addressed self - concept, self - esteem and coping skills; combining universal and targeted programmes