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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…
Maria Hassandra, Marios Goudas, Yiannis Theodorakis
The purpose of this review is to summarize the more recent research findings regarding the relationship between exercise and smoking behavior. Reviewed studies have been presented according to themes and research design types. Initially cross-sectional and lo…
Samuel Ambapour, Jean Christophe Okandza, Hylod Armel Moussana
The objective of this study is to identify the ways in which poverty could affect the nutritional health of the child and to analyze the strength of these links. On the whole, it appears that the relationship between poverty (measured by the wealth index) and…
Fereshteh Farzianpour, Raziye Byravan, Sara Amirian
Patient satisfaction with hospital services is one of the most important indicators of effectiveness and quality of hospital services. Patient satisfaction surveys can provide valuable data for evaluating the current status, awareness of quality and quantity…
P. Cougar Hall, Josh H. West, Benjamin T. Crookston, Yvonne Allsop
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and understand the potential impact on elementary students’ perceptions of, and intentions related to, healthy eating and physical activity when their classroom teacher sets and shares goals…
Ashry Gad, Saud Almousa, Mohanned Sharefi, Ali Alshaqrawi, Azzam Alqashami, Meshari Al-Salloom, Abdulaziz Binsaid
Objectives: To estimate the proportion of patients who received instructions regarding their medications’ functions, methods of administration, dosages, adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, as well as to identify the sources of knowledge concerning medica…
Athanassios Vozikis, Maria Siganou
Immigrants deserve special attention as they constitute a very sensitive social group, facing an increasing risk of social exclusion. The access of immigrants to health services is one of the most important factors, which contributes to their integration into…
Lixin Song, Mark P. Toles, Jinbing Bai, Matthew E. Nielsen, Donald E. Bailey, Betsy Sleath, Barbara Mark
Objectives: To describe the communication behaviors of patients and physicians and patient par-ticipation in communication about treatment decision-making during consultation visits for local-ized prostate cancer (LPCa). Methods: This is a secondary analysis…
Silvania Braga Ribeiro, Angela Maria Alves e Souza, Ana Ruth Macêdo Monteiro, Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte, Sarah Maria de Sousa Feitoza, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Flávia Paula Magalhães Monteiro, Maria Gyslane Vasconcelos Sobral, Samila Torquato Araújo, Máguida Gomes da Silva, Mona Lisa Menezes Bruno, Islene Victor Barbosa, Isabelle Barbosa Pontes
This study aimed to describe structure, functionality and development of pediatric heart transplant families, from the understanding of the experienced chronic condition. A descriptive, exploratory study using a qualitative approach was developed in a hospita…
Angelika A. Schlarb, Marco D. Gulewitsch, Victoria Weltzer, Ute Ellert, Paul Enck
Objective: The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate sleep duration for nighttime sleep from early infancy to late adolescence in a German sample to illustrate the developmental course and age-specific variability of these variables among subjects…
Lidia Stella Teixeira de Meneses, Francisca Elisangela Teixeira Lima, Sherida Karanini Paz de Oliveira, Francisca Jane Gomes Oliveira, Maira di Ciero Miranda Vieira, Paulo Cesar Almeida, Viviane Martins da Silva
The objective was to evaluate the practice of self-care of patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis. A descriptive, cross-sectional study developed in two outpatient valvopathies of teaching hospitals of Fortaleza/CE, from October 2013 to January 2014.…
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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… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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