Physician health and wellness is a critical issue gaining national attention because of the high prevalence of physician burnout. Pediatricians and pediatric trainees experience burnout at levels equivalent to other medical specialties, highlighting a need for more effective efforts to promote health and well-being in the pediatric community. This report will provide an overview of physician bu...

Although the federal government’s prevention agenda for the Nation, Healthy People 2010 (1), lays out an action plan for improving the health of all people in the United States, it neglects specific mention of the Nation’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people (GLBT) (2). To fill this gap, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, developed a companion document toHealthy People 2010 (3)...

Due to individuals' increasing demand for health promotion, various health-related consumer goods, like dietary supplements (DS), have flourished in the marketplace as magical solutions consumers' life problems. Inevitably influenced by stakeholders and information sources such family, friends, brands, social media influencers, consumers may encounter difficulties making well-informed decisions...

By putting together a comprehensive wellness strategy, employers are not only "doing the right thing" but also are able to see, believe and maintain the tangible return on investment (ROI) that wellness programs are capable of delivering. This article discusses employers' ROI from wellness initiatives, as well as innovations that support a culture of wellness and what enhanced opportunities for...

background: improvement of attitudes toward breast cancer positively affects the screening behaviors of women. imagery has been shown to have a positive impact on the screening behaviors of women. aim: this study aimed to investigate the effects of breast cancer screening training based on the systematic comprehensive health education and promotion (shep) model on the attitudes and breast self-...

BACKGROUND Impaired physician health can have a direct impact on patient health care and safety. In the past, problems of alcoholism and substance abuse among physicians have received more attention than other conditions-usually in the form of discipline. While patient safety is paramount, the medical profession may be more successful in achieving the required standards by fostering a culture c...

Monitoring and modeling biomedical, health care and wellness data from individuals and converging data on a population scale have tremendous potential to improve understanding of the transition to the healthy state of human physiology to disease setting. Wellness monitoring devices and companion software applications capable of generating alerts and sharing data with health care providers or so...