When assessing the health benefits of increased education in less developed countries, many researchers have been concerned about the omission of important determinants of an individual's education from the models. The study presented here shows that one should also be concerned about the limitations of the individual-level perspective. According to a multilevel discrete-time hazard model estim...

Based on the results of Studies by researchers on behavior change, today, successful preventive education is carried out according to well-known models. Although randomized controlled trials are the most accurate test for Studies on health behaviors.

BACKGROUND Preventive health check-ups in Austria are offered free of charge to all insured adults (98% of the population) and focus on early detection of chronic diseases, primary prevention, and health counseling. The study aims to explore predictors of compliance with the recommended interval of preventive health check-up performance. METHODS Source of data was the Austrian Health Intervie...

but also their quality of life and their families. This paper reviewed the effectiveness of various preventive measures, categorized as primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Primary prevention includes oral health education, tooth-brushing with fluoridated toothpaste, water fluoridation, fluoridated milk, and dietary control. Systematic reviews showed that effectiveness of simple health e...

Sara Higueras-Fresnillo, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Verónica Cabanas-Sanchez, José R. Banegas, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, David Martinez-Gomez Department of Physical Education, Sport, and Human Movement, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/...

Communications to the Editor on condom usage except in case 3. Natural rubber has been well known to cause contact dermatitis. Recently other allergic reactions to rubber or latex products, such as rhinitis, asthma, and anaphylaxis, have also been described.2 Seaton and Cherrie reported a case of rubber glove asthma, and Turjanmaa et al described allergic reactions to nibber condoms. Were there...

What is preventive medicine? Specifically, what is the specialty of preventive medicine, and how should it best be described? The specialty of preventive medicine is poorly understood, not only by the medical profession and the general public, but even among some of its practitioners. Currently, there is no unifying, vernacular explanation of the specialty of preventive medicine, to its detrime...