Total of resources: 27062

Caregiving: helping the elderly with activity limitations

Summarizes need for caregivers among persons 70 years and older, and amount and value of the unpaid care given by adult children. Also defines and summarizes limitations in activities of daily living...
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Resource added in: 21/09/2002
Available languages: English
Activities of Daily Living, Caregivers, Health of the Elderly, Aged

Depression: A treatable disease

Defines depression, its coesxistance with other chronic conditions, prevalence by gender, marital status, age, and income, perceptions by gender, relation to health status, and impact on quality of li...
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Resource added in: 21/09/2002
Available languages: English
Depression, Gender Identity, Chronic Disease, Aged, Health of the Elderly

Workers and chronic conditions: opportunities to improve productivity

Profile of workers with chronic conditions, their labor force participation, earnings, voluntarism, and other impacts.
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Resource added in: 21/09/2002
Available languages: English
Work, Aged, Chronic diseases

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A growing challenge

Definition of Alzheimer's Disease, its prevalence, profile, associated risk factors, limitations in activities of daily living, and costs.
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Resource added in: 21/09/2002
Available languages: English
Alzheimer Disease, Chronic Disease, Risk Factors, Cost of Illness, Aged, Health of the Elderly

Hypertension: A common condition for older Americans

Definiton of hypertension, its prevalence by age, gender and race, associated risk factors, co-morbid chronic conditions, knowledge, use of services,impact on health and health care use.
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Resource added in: 21/09/2002
Available languages: English
Hypertension, Aged, Health of the Elderly, Chronic diseases, cost of disease

Fundação Médico-Cultural de Gastroenterologia e Nutrição de São Paulo - FUGESP

Criada em 1985, é uma fundação médico cultural, sem fins lucrativos. O site informa sobre suas publicações, eventos, estatutos, apresenta novidades e artigos selecionados sobre o tema, disponibi...
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Resource added in: 20/09/2002
Available languages: Portuguese
Public Health, 52503, Health, Gastroenterology, Alimentação e nutrição, taçãontação

ISMA - Brasil

O Brasil é o 13° país integrante da ISMA - International Stress Management Association, associação, sem fins lucrativos, de caráter internacional voltada à pesquisa e ao desenvolvimento da prev...
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Resource added in: 20/09/2002
Available languages: Portuguese
Public Health, 50230, Health, Estresse

Associação Brasileira de Adolescência - ASBRA

A ASBRA, fundada em Brasília - DF, em l989, é uma entidade de caráter científico, voltada para a medicina do adolescente, sem fins lucrativos, de duração indeterminada, com sede mutável de acor...
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Resource added in: 20/09/2002
Available languages: Portuguese
Public Health, Adolescent, 50230, MEDICINA DO ADOLESCENTE

Division of Family Health Services

This site presents family health services: strategic planning, customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resources focus, process management, abstinence, birth defects registry, child...
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Resource added in: 20/09/2002
Available languages: English
Family Health, Health Services, Strategic Planning, Child Care, Nutrition Programs, Sexual Abstinence, Public Information, 16617, Health Workforce, Child Health Services, Immunization, Maternal Welfare, Abnormalities

Challenges for the 21st Century: Chronic and Disabling Conditions

Profiles of Chronic & Disabling conditions in the United States, affecting largely older persons (released in two series). The first series includes hearing loss, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, d...
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Resource added in: 20/09/2002
Available languages: English
Aged, Health of the Elderly, Hearing Loss, Deafness, Heart Diseases, Arthritis, Delivery of Health Care, Asthma, Depression, Occupational Health, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Hypertension, Obesity, Vision Disorders, Neoplasms, chronic diseases, Diabetes, Prescription, drugs, sticsisticsistics