189 Louhivuori, 2007; Krauss et al., 2005). However, these studies demonstrate medication use as a consistent, common factor in falls by older adults. Healthy People 2010 (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000) identified injury and violence prevention as one of the nation’s leading health indicators for the future. Fall prevention...

INTRODUCTION There are population groups nowadays that are regarded as vulnerable, one of which is the prison population, considered to have major health needs. Nonetheless, people deprived of liberty maintain inherent human rights such as that of health care, which in some situations may take second place. METHODS Cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out at El Manzano Prison compliance...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences and challenges of supporting family caregivers of seniors with complex needs and to outline support strategies and research priorities aimed at supporting them. DESIGN AND METHODS A CIHR-funded, two-day conference entitled "Supporting Family Caregivers of Seniors: Improving Care and Caregiver Outcomes" was held. An...

PROBLEM The Chinese central government launched the Health System Reform Plan in 2009 to strengthen disease control and health promotion and provide a package of basic public health services. Village doctors receive a modest subsidy for providing public health services associated with the package. Their beliefs about this subsidy and providing public health services could influence the quality ...

Alberta's abolition of its health regions and the creation of Alberta Health Services in 2008 has integrated previously disparate providers of healthcare services. The long-term benefits of this "second-wave" approach to health systems structuring include lower administrative costs, greater equity of access, improved intraprovincial learning and economies of scale. Some benefits have begun to b...

The aim of this paper is to gather elements for a discussion on health policies and services in northeast Brazil. The author begins with an analysis of the population's main health problems, the health system's limitations, and current opportunities for implementing health programs. She highlights the following research priorities: people's health situations according to their material living c...

OBJECTIVE To document the opinions of the users of the Quebec Physicians Health Program (QPHP) about the services they received. DESIGN Mailed questionnaire. SETTING Quebec. PARTICIPANTS A total of 126 physicians who used QPHP services between 1999 and 2004. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Users' overall rating of the QPHP services, their opinions about the program, and whether their situations i...

OBJECTIVES Due to recent changes in legislation on occupational health and safety, a national monitor on stress and physical load was developed in The Netherlands to monitor (a) risks and consequences of stress and physical load at work, (b) preventive actions in companies to reduce these risks, and (c) organisational and environmental variables that facilitate preventive actions. METHODS Inf...

Is happiness good for your health? This common notion is tested in a synthetic analysis of 30 follow-up studies on happiness and longevity. It appears that happiness does not predict longevity in sick populations, but that it does predict longevity among healthy populations So, happiness does not cure illness but it does protect against becoming ill. The effect of happiness on longevity in heal...