The purpose of this study was to further knowledge of health care seeking behavior among pregnant women in rural Haiti. Eighty-two pregnant women were interviewed to assess care seeking behaviors during pregnancy, satisfaction with services, reliance on social networks, and management of pregnancy-related illness. Twenty-five percent reported not seeking care in the formal health sector for a p...

1. Detect the pathophysiologic cause(s) of anemia in critically ill patients and assess the risks associated with its development. 2. Assess for the presence of anemia of critical illness in patients using clinical and laboratory indicators. 3. Assess the risks and benefits associated with the various treatment strategies for anemia of critical illness. 4. Develop patient-specific therapeutic p...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic illness affecting the spine/pelvic limb joints and sacroiliac, resulting in ankylosis deformity of spine. Hip can be affected on both sides, making them more susceptible prone to significant injury than other joints. Even though novel biological therapies have drastically altered management this illness, surgical intervention still necessary some cases. To ev...

Many programs for offenders with mental illness (OMIs) seem to assume that serious mental illness directly causes criminal justice involvement. To help evaluate this assumption, we assessed a matched sample of 221 parolees with and without mental illness and then followed them for over 1 year to track recidivism. First, compared with their relatively healthy counterparts, OMIs were equally like...

OBJECTIVE There is accumulating evidence to indicate that the illness representations of significant others are important for understanding patients' responses to chronic disease. The aims of the present study were to (a) assess the illness representations of patients with type 2 diabetes and their partners, (b) determine the extent of agreement between patient and partner representations, and ...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of people suffer from chronic illness. Processes exist to provide better chronic illness care and yet for the most part, they are not used. OBJECTIVE To examine the change in use of commonly recommended chronic illness care management processes (CMPs) in large medical groups between 2000 and 2006 and the factors associated with the change. DESIGN AND MEASURES...

To assist UC Davis departments in establishing and implementing an injury illness prevention program, this Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) template has been prepared by the Office of Environmental Health & Safety in accordance with University Policy (UCD Policy & Procedure Manual Section 290-15: Safety Management Program) and California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3203 (8 CCR...

To assist UC Davis departments in establishing and implementing an injury illness prevention program, this Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) template has been prepared by the Office of Environmental Health & Safety in accordance with University Policy (UCD Policy & Procedure Manual Section 290-15: Safety Management Program) and California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3203 (8 CCR...

During the summer of 1985, 45 soldiers with heat illness were admitted to the British Military Hospital, Hong Kong. Twelve had severe heat stroke, the remainder heat exhaustion. This paper discusses the management and prevention of heat illness in the military context.

To assist UC Davis departments in establishing and implementing an injury illness prevention program, this Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) template has been prepared by the Office of Environmental Health & Safety in accordance with University Policy (UCD Policy & Procedure Manual Section 290-15: Safety Management Program) and California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3203 (8 CCR...