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A Review of Public Health in Vietnam: 50 Years after Agent Orange was Sprayed 越南公共卫生回顾:橙剂喷洒50年后

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.31488/heph.119

A. Young

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Readability and Suitability of Over-the-Counter Medication Labels 非处方药标签的可读性和适用性

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.31488/heph.128

Y. R. Lee, C. Baker, G. G. Aguirre

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Dance as Moderate Intensity Activity in the Stress Management among Teenage Girls 舞蹈作为中等强度活动在少女压力管理中的作用

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.31488/heph.120

Ágnes Nagy, ViktoriaPremusz, B. Perjés, A. Duberg, G. Hegyi

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Exploring the Adequacy of Family Planning Services to Adolescents needs: Results of a cross-sectional Study from two settings in the emocratic Republic of the Congo 探索计划生育服务对青少年需求的充分性:来自刚果民主共和国两种情况的横断面研究结果

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.31488/heph.111

Dieudonné Mpunga Mukendi, Faustin Chenge Mukalenge, Mapatano Mala Ali, G. Wembodinga, Utshudienyema

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Contributing Factors to Acute Diarrhea in Children Less than Five Years in Orotta Pediatric National Referral Hospital from 1st May to 30th June 2016 2016年5月1日至6月30日奥罗塔儿科国家转诊医院5岁以下儿童急性腹泻的影响因素

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.31488/heph.127

Kidane, Chimar, Tesfu, Ghirmay, Kaleab, Fsehaye, and Andom

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Electromagnetic properties of the human blood circulation 人体血液循环的电磁特性

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2018-12-30 DOI: 10.31488/heph.110

M. Beraia, G. Beraia

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Anxiety about ageing and related factors in Japan 日本的老龄焦虑及其相关因素

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2018-12-30 DOI: 10.31488/heph.106

K. Miyamoto, W. Seo, M. Iwakuma

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Care Preferences of Elderly People Living Alone in Japan 日本独居老人的护理偏好

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2018-12-30 DOI: 10.31488/heph.107

N. Kumagai

{"title":"Care Preferences of Elderly People Living Alone in Japan","authors":"N. Kumagai","doi":"10.31488/heph.107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31488/heph.107","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction There is strong evidence that social isolation is a risk factor for poor mental and physical health [1], and is associated with increased mortality [2,3]. The most commonly studied outcomes of social isolation or loneliness are depression and cardiovascular health [1]. The risks of social isolation depend not only on who you are, but also on where you live [4], especially in urban areas, where there tends to be more elderly people with a higher degree of social isolation. Therefore, care problems arising from social isolation have emerged as a major concern for health policy. In Japan, the number of elderly people living alone has grown. In 2015, the proportion among those aged ≥65 years was 13.3% in males, and 21.1% in females. The proportion of elderly people living alone increased from 9.6% in 2000 to 15.5% in 2015. Most elderly living alone are likely to be socially isolated and to die alone if unable to receive long-term care insurance (LTCI) services when needing care. Demand for the LTCI service exceeds supply in urban areas. Staff shortage in the care sector has been found to be related to both the shortage of human resources and high land prices [5]. Moreover, excess demand for labor in the care sector depends on delayed adjustment of nursing care costs set by the Japanese government [6]. Thus, overcoming supply constraints in the care sector is considered difficult. Social isolation exacerbates the health issues of elderly persons who live alone, resulting in longer waiting times for LTCI services in Japan.1 Previous studies have found care preferences relating to individual healthcare or nursing care needs. Residents of a country with a strong national healthcare infrastructure are less likely to prefer family-based care [7]. In a previous study, nursing home care was most preferred for dementia care [8]. Another study pointed out that old, frail, and reclusive people who live alone may require home care [4].","PeriodicalId":93290,"journal":{"name":"Health education and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47701656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Improvement prediction process prevent chronic diseases from environmental threat: Integration omics to decision process in quality of health 改善预测过程预防慢性病的环境威胁:将组学整合到健康质量决策过程中

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2018-12-30 DOI: 10.31488/heph.109

Hong-Duck Kim, A. Ansehl, Y. J. Lee, P. Murthy, S. Warner, Laili Qiyam, L. Miranda, Carpenter, D. Heck

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Future LTC needs of the elderly in Japan with some reference to Germany 未来日本老年人的LTC需求与德国有一定的参考

Health education and public health Pub Date : 2018-12-30 DOI: 10.31488/heph.108

T. Fukawa

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