HEALTH ISSUE: There are differences in health practices and self-rated health among different socio-demographic groups of women. The relationship between socio-demographic status and a) a range of health behaviours and b) a combination of multiple risk and multiple health promoting practices were examined. The relationship between self-rated health and health practices was also assessed. KEY FI...

Personal health budgets (PHBs) were piloted in the National Health Service (NHS) in England between 2009 and 2012 and were found to have greater positive effects on quality of life and psychological well-being for those with mental health problems than commissioned service, as well as reducing their use of unplanned care. The government intends to extend PHBs in England for long-term conditions...

Many healthcare information technology (HIT) groups have demonstrated a growing interest in PHRs. Citing some examples of this interest among many are HIMSS’ inauguration of a PHR Steering Committee in 2006; HL7 developing PHR related use cases in 2007; The Markle Foundation convening a group of industry experts regarding PHRs in 2007; CCHIT assuming the task of certifying PHRs, with a major fo...

For those concerned about disparities in health between rich and poor nations, 1993 was a momentous year. First, the World Bank's World Development Report for 1993, subtitled " Investing in Health " [1], forcefully put forward the thesis that improving the health of the poor is an engine for economic development. This is the case because healthier workers are better able to cope with both the i...

we conducted this study to determine the risk of transmission of q fever to health care workers (hcws) during perioperative exposure to coxiella burnetii -infected thoracic endovascular aneurysm stent graft. pre-operative and 6-week post-operative phase i and ii igg q fever antibody titers were determined in 14 staff members of an operation room. the room had a negative pressure and all the mem...

background: diabetes disease is one of the 4 main types of non-communicable diseases. no research has been conducted in order to identify data items for diabetic personal health record (dphr), in iran. this study, with the aim of systematically developing the dphr was done to supply ultimately the country with a national model through delphi method. methods: we conducted a systematic review of ...

introduction: personal health record is an individual–oriented system that is planned for people to access their health information that using other means of support such as knowledge databases to help people to have more active role in their health considering that physicians and nurses have a basic role in its completing, educating and using of this tools, this study was conducted to evaluate...

in a quasi experimental study, the effect of health education program in the students' knowledge about personal hygiene and its related factors were investigated. the subjects were 150 students that selected by stratified sampling from the moslemebna aghil guidance school in the rural area of ghooch hesar, a district of shahre rat. it was found that: before the health education program res...

objectives: japan has a relatively high prevalence of smoking in men. despite the importance of behavioral patterns on successful smoking cessation, only limited information is available in japan. the present study collected data from former smokers in a rural community in japan in order to identify health status at the time of cessation, predominant motivating factors, and the role of smoking ...