For example, longitudinal studies have concluded that social networks and social support are causal factors in
several measures of health status, including psychological distress, cardiovascular diseases, chronic diseases, mortality, and quality of life (Berkman & Syme, 1979; Eng, Rimm, Fitzmaurice, & Kawachi, 2002; House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988; Seeman, Kaplan, Knudsen, Cohen, & Guralnik, 1987).
Not exact matches
The FSI polls Americans on
several key
measures of their financial
health now compared with a year ago, and turns those answers into a score.
For each age demographic, YouGov BrandIndex
measured several of the biggest
health insurers with its Quality score, which asks respondents «Is it high quality or low quality?»
Research has shown that the children
of same - sex couples, whether adopted or biological, fare no worse than the kids
of straight couples on mental
health, social functioning, school performance and
several other life - success
measures.
Getso said the State Ministry
of Health had taken
several control
measures to check the outbreak
of the disease.
These new findings are consistent with numerous cross sectional and longitudinal studies showing that fruit and vegetables, together and separately, are linked with a lower risk
of depression and higher levels
of well - being assessed by
several measures of mental
health.
That funding could be folded into the annual appropriations bill to fund the National Institutes
of Health or be part
of several measures aimed at speeding medical innovation that Congress may take up after the election.
When the kids ate only organic fruits, veggies, juice, pasta, cereal and salsa, the levels
of several organophosphate pesticides in their bodies plummeted (as
measured by urine analysis), scientists reported in 2006 in Environmental
Health Perspectives.
Growth in depressive symptoms were predictive
of the incidence
of sexually transmitted infections while growth in BMI was associated with
several health risk
measures, including blood pressure, blood glucose, and overall
health rating.
Several performance reporting systems now report publicly on aspects
of quality such as surgical outcomes, 8 adherence to evidence - based quality
measures, 9,10 and patients» assessments
of care, 11 but few public reports about the quality
of health care organizations have also assessed the equity
of care provided by those organizations.
On
several of the study's
measuring sites in Chittagong, the levels in the air are considerably above the threshold the World
Health
Researchers analyzed data from
several national
health surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and found that people with arthritis — which includes those with aging - related osteoarthritis and similar conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout — tend to rate lower than their peers on
measures of overall
health.
Potatoes and potato components have been shown to have favorable impacts on
several measures of cardiometabolic
health in animals and humans, including lowering blood pressure, improving lipid profiles, and decreasing markers
of inflammation.
, both
of my parents»
health by
several measures have significantly improved since they went vegan.
The international research team assessed a dozen
measures of physical
health, including lung function, systemic inflammation and
several measures of metabolic syndrome, including waist circumference, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, glucose control and body mass index.
In the past
several years, a number
of fashion designers have ventured into wearable technology, with everything from clothing that
measures various
health functions to accessories that charge devices.
There are
several measures that can be implemented to safeguard and improve the respiratory
health of their pupils, staff and visitors.
Similarly,
several groups are working on public
health systems that empower communities to deal with most
of their
health issues, through combining traditional and modern systems, and through strengthening the links between safe food and water, nutrition, preventive
health measures, and curative care.
Several projects were successfully completed or reached significant milestones, including: First time in 100 years that the global population
of wild tigers has increased, with 60 % growth where WWF - Canada works on tiger conservation in Nepal; first ever certified sustainable cod fishery in Canada; first ever national
measure of the
health of our freshwater ecosystems reaching 75 % completion; and, end
of oil exploration interests near Arctic's Lancaster Sound region
In recent years,
several measures have been put in place to monitor the
health and treatment
of these dogs during the race.
The Fund for Animals asked New York State and county
health agencies to stop fox hunting when
several hounds at one kennel came down with leishmaniasis; newspapers used the press releases from the group, even though the Masters
of Foxhounds Association had already halted the hunts, put other control
measures in place, and was working with federal government agencies to determine the spread
of the disease.
In
several cases, the implementation
of AFOLU mitigation
measures may result in an improvement in land management and therefore have socio ‐ economic,
health, and environmental benefits: For example, reducing deforestation, reforestation, and afforestation can improve local climatic conditions, water quality, biodiversity conservation, and help to restore degraded or abandoned land.
Based on our Bill Rights which provides that «the state must take reasonable legislative and other
measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation
of the right to have access to
health care services», our Department
of Trade and Industry has developed a draft IP Policy which intends to initiate the amendment
of several IP laws, amongst which is our Patents Act.
MacEwen suggests that
several firms band together and announce that they've chosen not to rely on PEP as a way to
measure financial
health of the firm.
Your life insurance medical exam will
measure several aspects
of your
health and will likely include the following:
Statistics aggregated by companies such as Blockchain and Kaiko show a slow but steady increase in the
health of Bitcoin on many
measures over the past
several months, including transaction volume, price, market capitalization and hash rate.
The Hays Global Skills Index 2013
measures several key indicators that determine a country's skill shortages including strength and resilience
of its economy, labour market
health, quality and flexibility
of education, and the demand and supply
of labour (particularly in high - skills industries and occupations).
Finally, FFCWS includes
several measures of child
health.
Included studies used
several tools for
measuring the severity
of depressive symptoms, namely the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM - D), 21 22 30 34 35 Patient
Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ - 9), 24 36 Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), 23 26 28 Hopkins Symptom Checklist - 20 (HSCL - 20), 37 38 Montgomery - Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), 18 25 27 Beck Depression Inventory - Fast Screen (BDI - FS) 39 and Center
of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES - D).40 These tools have different score ranges (HAM - D = 0 — 53, PHQ - 9 = 0 — 27, GDS = 0 — 15, HSCL - 20 = 0 — 4, MADRS = 0 — 60, BDI - FS = 0 — 21 and CES - D = 0 — 60), with higher scores in all tools representing increasing severity
of depressive symptoms.
She argues that it will probably take
several generations for Indigenous people's
health to approximate that
of non-Indigenous Australians: «Rather than specify an unrealistic time line for aspirational goals, it would be better to focus on shorter - term process
measures.»
Validity was assessed against
several established
measures of social anxiety, global assessments
of severity and improvement, and scales assessing physical
health and disability.
Low overall parenting skill, as
measured by the parenting index, was associated with greater risk
of several health outcomes including:
Research has shown that the children
of same - sex couples, whether adopted or biological, fare no worse than the kids
of straight couples on mental
health, social functioning, school performance and
several other life - success
measures.
A questionnaire was produced comprising these item pools in addition to well validated
measures covering: The 30 Big Five facets, stress, general anxiety, social anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive symptoms, schizotypy, psychological (eudemonic) well - being, physical
health, sleep quality, life satisfaction, coping styles, gratitude, hope, optimism, social desirability, and
several measures of parenting.
Several longitudinal studies have indicated that returning to full - time work after a brief maternity leave was a risk factor that compromised maternal mental
health (depression and anxiety), especially when shorter leaves coincided with maternal fatigue, poor general health, poor social support, marital concerns, and other risk factors.17, 18 When mothers in the Wisconsin Maternity Leave and Health Study were contacted one year after they had given birth, no significant differences were noted between home - makers, part - time, and full - time employed women in measures of mental health such as depression, anxiety and self - e
health (depression and anxiety), especially when shorter leaves coincided with maternal fatigue, poor general
health, poor social support, marital concerns, and other risk factors.17, 18 When mothers in the Wisconsin Maternity Leave and Health Study were contacted one year after they had given birth, no significant differences were noted between home - makers, part - time, and full - time employed women in measures of mental health such as depression, anxiety and self - e
health, poor social support, marital concerns, and other risk factors.17, 18 When mothers in the Wisconsin Maternity Leave and
Health Study were contacted one year after they had given birth, no significant differences were noted between home - makers, part - time, and full - time employed women in measures of mental health such as depression, anxiety and self - e
Health Study were contacted one year after they had given birth, no significant differences were noted between home - makers, part - time, and full - time employed women in
measures of mental
health such as depression, anxiety and self - e
health such as depression, anxiety and self - esteem.
Additionally, there are
several potential risk factors (such as negative life events, family conflict, medical illness) and protective factors (such as social support, adaptive coping strategies, self - efficacy) for poor mental
health and mental wellbeing (WHO 2012) that were not
measured and might have added to the predictive strength
of the study.
The PBS has been used as a diagnostic instrument and as a
measure of behavior, attention, mood, cognitive, sleep, and
health problems in
several published studies (Max et al., 1997; Max, et al., 1998; Max, Robin et al., 1998; Mayes & Calhoun, 2002, 2004, 2006a, 2006b, 2007a, 2007b; Mayes, Calhoun, & Crowell, 1998, 2000, 2001; Nichols et al., 2000; Wolraich et al., 1994).