MEDIA INFLUENCE ON MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA

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of HIV/AIDs on health workers in two districts in Zambia.Health Policy and Planning 2007, 22(3):139-148.38. National AIDS STD Control Programme, Ministry of Health, andKenya: Preparedness for HIV/AIDS service delivery: the 2005Kenya health workders survey. NASCOP:[r]

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the original questionnaire [9]. The aim of this studywas to develop and validate the Iranian version ofEHP-5. There was no such an instrument available inIran.* Correspondence: montazeri@acecr.ac.ir2Mental Health Research Group, Mother and Child Health Research Centre,Iranian Institute[r]

Jokovic et al [3]. This questionnaire was translated and validated for the Brazilian population by Barbosa et al [19] and presents good psychometric properties. The CPQ 11-14 is a self-administered instrument used to determine quality of life associated with oral health and consists of 35 ite[r]

in Nepal, as well as 10 drug-using participants who had never had an HIV test and did not knowtheir HIV status. Using grounded theory, this study investigated the perceptions and experiencesof HIV-positive persons, or those perceived to be at risk for HIV, as they sought health careservices i[r]

voluntary. However, there is lack of quality standards, outdated clinical protocols, few guidelines, lack of monitoring, inadequate regulation and variable quality within the private sector. The MOH is responsible for regulating and licensing new private hospitals, while the DOH is responsible for r[r]

Province and those of lower socio-economic status were less likely to have been tested. Women of lower socio-economic status face constraints, including transport costs to access services. We found the most common reason given by mothers for failure to attend antenatal clinics was competing time dem[r]

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integrate into their health care strategy a new set of solutions emerging with the advance of new technologies and next-generation health care delivery models, such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). While health plans are making strides, they are increasingly challenged[r]

population studies [18,30,40,42], permitting direct com-parison of the results to other studies.Although a handful of studies have reported high levels ofmorbidity and disability among cleaning staff [26,43,44],a host of methodological challenges such as high turnoverand part-time employment have li[r]

Germany individuals systematically report a lower healthstatus, whereas Dutch respondents show a higher prob-ability to opt for the best category. For both health indi-ces, we find evidence of reporting heterogeneity. Thismeans that a worse objective health status not only leadsto a lo[r]

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July 1998, Vol. 27 No. 4461Self-Perception of Health Among the Elderly—K M Chan et alSelf-Perception of Health among Elderly Community Dwellers in SingaporeK M Chan,*FAMS, MBBS, M Med (Int Med), W S Pang,**FAMS, M Med (Int Med), MRCP (UK),C H Ee,***FAMS, MBBS, M Med (Int Med), Y Y Ding[r]

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Zaag J Van Der, Meulen MJ Van Der, Naeije M, Dworkin SF: Use of the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders for multinational research: translation efforts and reliability assessments in The Netherlands. J Orofac Pain 2005, 4:301-308.17. The World Health Organization qual[r]

zation for research and treatment of cancer (QLQ-BR23) is merely specialized for bre ast cancer and mea-sures the life quality of patients suffering from breastcancer. This questionnaire evalua tes four functionalaspects and four sets o f common sy mpt oms in patie ntssuffering from cancer. It consi[r]