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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Ashish Kumar Gupta, Laishram Ladusingh
Neighbourhood characteristics influence infant mortality above and beyond individual/household factors. In India, there are very few studies discussing the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on infant mortality. This study examined the effect of neighbo…
Carlos José Ortiz-Lizcano, Jürg Niederbacher-Velásquez, Luis Alfonso Díaz-Martínez
Setting: Three pediatric pneumatologist offices in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Objective: To establish the concordance between medical criteria and the Childhood-Asthma Control Test (cACT). Design: Study of the assessment of diagnostic technology using transverse…
Wai Wing Ada Ma
Community of Practice (CoP) has been proved as an effective means for co-creation of knowledge. It is not yet widely used in health promotion, not to mention to utilize technological environment such as Web 2.0 to add value to the CoP. Under this study, an eH…
Kaushlendra Kumar
The objective of this study is to investigate the subject of birth preparedness and complication readiness to tackle the obstetric complications. Birth preparedness and complication readiness is studied based on husband’s response. Emergency birth preparednes…
Yoshihito Kurazumi, Emi Kondo, Kenta Fukagawa, Reiko Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Yamato, Kunihito Tobita, Tomonori Sakoi, Tadahiro Tsuchikawa, Tetsumi Horikoshi
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effect localized heating of the feet has on physiological and psychological reactions of female in an air-conditioned environment in summer. In Japan, female office workers wear less clothing than their male cou…
Celia Cohen Barros, Célia Pereira Caldas
Purpose: It has been established that physical exercise generally improves the physical performance of older people. This finding has led to an increase in studies into the most efficient forms of exercise. The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency…
Kumiko Ohara, Yoshimitsu Okita, Katsuyasu Kouda, Harunobu Nakamura
Purpose: Heart rate variability (HRV) is acknowledged as a useful tool to estimate autonomic function. Fast Fourier transform (FFT) and autoregressive model (AR) are used for power spectral analysis of HRV. However, there is little evidence of agreement betwe…
Giselle Lima de Freitas, Roseni Rosângela de Sena, Josana Cristina Faleiros e Silva, Fabiana Faleiros
Meningomyelocele is a congenital defect involving the central nervous system which is one of the most common among those compatible with life. Children affected by this condition present neurological, orthopedic, renal and urogenital complications, needing li…
Alison Nelson, Kyly Mills, Samara Dargan, Chantel Roder
Chronic disease is a main contributor to the disproportionately high burden of illness experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. However, there are very few programs addressing chronic disease self-management and rehabilitation which a…
Saada A. Seif, Thecla W. Kohi, Lilian T. Mselle
Caretaker-adolescent communication is an appealing source for influencing adolescents’ knowledge, attitudes and behavior, because caretakers are an accessible and often willing source of information for their children. With the realization of the importance o…
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