While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic impacts of adverse health shocks, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. This paper builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam two related issues: how far household income and medical[r]
US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993Or download MP3 (Right-click or option-click and save link)This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.A new report says the poverty rate in the United States last year was the highest sincenineteen ninety-three. The official rate was 15.1 percent, up from 14.[r]
INTRODUCTION Bhutan, a small land locked country in the Himalayas pursues a lofty philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH) as the overarching developmental philosophy (Vision 2020, 2000). This is contrary to the conventional Gross National Product (GNP) or[r]
There are significant differences across the three countries, with people in Vietnam much more likely to have “Insurance product” compared with people in Indonesia and Thailand. For example, while 47.5% of Thai respondents and 44.0% of Indonesian respondents possess insurance product, this compares[r]
This doctoral thesis focuses on the role of patient satisfaction in health services management as a strategic measure of health organizations’ performance. Most of the literature contributions on patient satisfaction were developed in US and UK; however, in the last years also[r]
Caregiving for childhood cancer survivors may be burdensome for caregivers and affect their physical health and health behaviors. However, studies examining health behaviors in caregivers of childhood cancer survivors are scarce.
Nutrition is the process of how the body takes in and utilizes food and other sources of nutrients. It is a fivepart process that includes intake, digestion, absorption, metabolism, and elimination. This chapter gives you an understanding of how a wellplanned diet can lead to optimal health and well[r]
CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION1.1 Rationale and justificationFor every hospital, patients are the main users. The primary function of the hospital is patient care. It is one of the yardsticks to measure the success of services that it produces. Effectiveness of the hospital relates to provision of good patie[r]
SCHER is requested to comment and give an opinion on the health risks to consumers that result from exposure to organostannic compounds from the various nonfood consumer product sources of exposure or from other environmental sources BIOCIDES OTHERS Mostly TBT Wood preservatives Nonallergenic pillo[r]
Chapter 2Your Psychological and Spiritual Well-Being2. ____________________ is the ability to monitor and use emotions to guide thinkingand actions.ANS: Emotional intelligence3. The top level of one's psychological health, once all other levels of well-being havebe[r]
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations with primary responsibility for international health matters and public health. Through this organization, which was created in 1948, the health professions of some 189 countries exchange their kn[r]
ABSTRACT Background: In the context of transitional Vietnam, hypertension has been shown to be one of the ten leading causes of morbidity and mortality in hospitals. However, populationbased data on hypertension are to a large extent lacking. This thesis aims to charac[r]
This thesis compares the cases of Korea and Taiwan. The selection ofthese two countries for comparative analysis is based on the principle of the54“Most Similar Systems” approach. According to Ragin, too many cases, aswell as the large number of variables involved in any[r]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Keeping pace with current technological advances, people today are choosing a new approach to healthcare services; they are well informed and eager to take responsibility for their own health. Therefore, the consumers of healthcare services have except[r]
During green revolution intensive use of chemical in agriculture might have helped to achieve a dramatic increase in crop yield ensuring food security in India, but meanwhile, the intensive application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides led to gradual decline in soil health and environment, and[r]
Healthy life expectancy is shorterin the UK than abroadPeople in the UK enjoy fewer years of goodhealth before they die than the citizens of mostcomparable European countries as well asAustralia and Canada, a major report shows. Thehealth secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said Britain'spe[r]
As coastal environments around the world face unprecedented natural and anthropogenic threats, advancements in the technologies that support geospatial data acquisition, imaging, and computing have profoundly enhanced monitoring capabilities in coastal studies. Providing systematic treatment of the[r]
Exercise on WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit (HHRA Toolkit) Working Group: Case study on Accidental release of Chlorine Gas Objective The objective of this case study is to demonstrate how the principles and roadmaps that comprise the Toolkit can be used by a public health or related profess[r]
NATIONAL NUTRITION STRATEGY FOR 20112020, WITH A VISION TOWARD 2030 HANOI, FEBRUARY 2012
DECISION Ratification of the National Nutrition Strategy for 2011 – 2020, With a Vision toward 2030 THE PRIME MINISTER Based upon the Government Organization Law dated 25 December 2001; and Based upon National[r]