Family Empowerment of Patients with Hypertension in Preventing Stroke
Teuku Tahlil, Hajjul Kamil, Asniar, Marthoenis in Challenges in Nursing Education and Research, 2020
Non-communicable disease is a disease caused by epidemiological transition that starts from a complex change in health patterns and patterns of major diseases causing death where there is a decrease in the prevalence of infectious diseases (infectious diseases), while non-infectious diseases (non-communicable diseases) increase. This happens along with changing lifestyles, socio-economics and increasing life expectancy which also means increasing risk patterns for the emergence of degenerative diseases such as stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, which is the highest mortality rate of 63%, which causes deaths throughout the world by killing 36 million people per year (WHO, 2011). In Indonesia, non-communicable diseases are still an important health problem because morbidity and mortality are increasing. This is a burden on health services, as well as challenges that must be faced in the development of the health sector in Indonesia.
Health Impact Assessment *
Jamie Bartram, Rachel Baum, Peter A. Coclanis, David M. Gute, David Kay, Stéphanie McFadyen, Katherine Pond, William Robertson, Michael J. Rouse in Routledge Handbook of Water and Health, 2015
An important pre-requisite of an HIA is the definition of health; there are two broad paradigms, namely the reductionist ‘biomedical’ approach and the ‘social or public health model’ as outlined below:Reductionist approach: where health is considered within a series of disease categories (such as communicable disease, non-communicable disease, nutrition, injury, mental disorder and so on) and the health sector structure and operations deal with these through the delivery of health services.Public health model: where health is considered to be ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ as defined by the World Health Organization in their constitution.
War on Cancer
John Melford in Pocket Guide to Cancer, 2017
The WHO reports that non-communicable diseases were responsible for 68% of all deaths globally in 2012, up from 60% in 2000. The four main non-communicable diseases are cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung disease. According to the American Cancer Society 42% of men and 38% of women have a lifetime risk of developing cancer. The figures are worse for the United Kingdom, where Cancer Research U.K. predicts that 54% of men and 48% of women will get cancer at some point in their lives. Cancer is on the brink of surpassing cardiovascular disease to become the leading killer in developed countries. The mere fact that we are living longer, and surviving cancer longer, means it is now present in more of us. It is destined in one form or another to touch the lives of all of us. Survival rates against the different forms of cancer are increasing due to: Improvements in medical treatmentBetter nutritionChanges in lifestyle
The triple burden of disease, destitution, and debt: Small business-women’s voices about health challenges after becoming debt-ridden
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2023
Sara Rizvi Jafree, Mudasir Mustafa
Women from all MFP types reported at least seven or more types of health problems and thus differences in health challenges faced by women according to MFP type have not been reported separately. Health challenges have been reported using the theoretical framework of this study, which categorizes problems according to “environment” and “healthcare delivery system.” “Environmental” health challenges are further sub-divided under “social,” “physical and mental,” and “economic” challenges. For the “social” sub-category, we found that women faced the following health challenges: (i) unsupportive loan officers, (ii) communicable diseases, and (iii) lack of permission to seek healthcare. Under the “physical and mental” sub-category we found that women face health challenges related to: (i) stress and anxiety, (ii) injuries, and (iii) non-communicable diseases. Under the “economic” sub-category we found two health challenges: (i) poverty and (ii) small loans and high installments rates.
An assessment of the coverage of non-communicable disease research reported in British and Irish newspapers, 2002-13
Published in Cogent Medicine, 2020
Elena Pallari, Atia Sultana, Carl Williams, Grant Lewison
Non-communicable diseases include cardiovascular disease & stroke, cancer, diabetes, mental health disorders, and respiratory diseases. In this study we examined the coverage of research on these five non-communicable diseases in three newspapers. Two were UK daily newspapers: Daily Mail and The Guardian, and the third an Irish one: the IrishTimes in the 12 years, between 2002 to 2013. We found that the coverage paralleled the changes in the burden of disease in the UK and Ireland, notably the reduction in that from cardiovascular disease & stroke that has taken place. Most stories were about the causes of disease and how to prevent them, rather than means of treatment. Most of the researchers were male whose work was reported. The same was found for the experts who were invited to comment on the significance of the results.
Tuberculosis and leprosy associated with historical human population movements in Europe and beyond – an overview based on mycobacterial ancient DNA
Published in Annals of Human Biology, 2019
Susceptibility to infection is strongly associated with host resistance and is influenced by nutritional status, metabolic diseases, physical and mental health. Non-communicable diseases include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, diabetes and nutritional deficiencies. For example, in London, the Cross Bones burial site in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames, contained the remains of the destitute. Most were of women and infants with pathology indicating infectious diseases such as syphilis and metabolic diseases such as scurvy and rickets (Donoghue et al. forthcoming). It was found that a significant proportion of the human remains were infected with tuberculosis, but there was very little if any palaeopathology of the disease. The most likely reason for this is that the local population had such a poor health and diet that they died before any visible palaeopathology developed.
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