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Abstract 21 22 The actin cytoskeleton is a three-dimensional scaffold of proteins that is a regulatory, energy23 consuming network with dynamic properties to shape the structure and function of the cell. Proper 24 actin function is required for many cellular pathways, including cell division, autophagy, chaperone 25 function, endocytosis, and exocytosis. Deterioration of these processes manifests during aging 26 and exposure to stress, which is in part due to the breakdown of the actin...

7 ARTICLE IN PRESS G Model HEAP-3672; No. of Pages8 Health Policy xxx (2016) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Health Policy journal homepage: Drug information by public health and regulatory institutions: Results of an 8-country survey in Europe Giulio Formosoa,∗ , Maria Font-Pous b , Wolf-Dieter Ludwigc , David Phizackerley d , Dick Bijl e , Juan Ervitif , Blanka Pospísilová ˇ g , Jean Louis Montastruc h a Health and Welfare Directorate, Emilia-Romagn...

Using historical and contemporary resources, this paper provides a critical account of the contemporary governance of prostitution in New South Wales. A Foucauldian approach is used to analyse the ways in which prostitution has been problematized as a health issue and managed as a public health problem. The analysis diVers from other critical studies of prostitution in that it examines specific techniques of power, the operations of which have not been confined to the workings of a repressi...

icle online Website: Quick Response Code: DOI: 10.5455/ijmsph.2016. Research Article Depression and anxiety among the elderly persons from institutional and noninstitutional settings in the field practice area of a tertiary-care institute, Andhra Pradesh: a comparative study Praveen Kumar BA, Sharvanan Eshwaran Udayar, Sai Sravan, Arun D Department of Community Medicine, PES Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Correspondence to: Praveen Kumar ...

An online 2 × 2 factorial experiment (N = 203) examined the effect of parasocial contact on support for public health policies in the context of opioid addiction. We hypothesize that because of an intergroup dynamic, individuals are less likely to engage with an outgroup character than an in-group character featured in a news magazine article. Results support the in-group favoritism hypothesis. The study examines two narrative devices for overcoming this tendency: the narrator’s pers...

Introduction Self-regulation has received increasing attention in both the scientific literature and public media, generating over 10,000 peer-reviewed papers published in the past 15 years. This growing focus stems from evidence that self-regulation plays a foundational role in life-long functioning across domains, from mental health and social-emotional wellbeing to physical health, academic achievement, and socioeconomic success (e.g., Buckner, Mezzacappa, & Beardslee, 2009; Dishion...

The public behavioral health care system in the United States consists of a huge network that falls under the purview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is an agency responsible for leading public health efforts to support behavioral health and reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness (SAMHSA, 2018). There are several centers under the purview of SAMHSA, including the Center...

INTRODUCTION The Millennium Development Goals, adopted by all United Nations member states, aim to promote health through eradication of hunger and poverty, reduction in child mortality and improvements in maternal health, and the fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria and other endemic diseases.1 These goals can only be realized through public health actions and services that will prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect the public against environmental hazards and injuries, pr...

Abstract The screening of groups with a high risk for developing tuberculosis (TB) is a priority in order to control this disease. Since there is no gold standard for the diagnosis of latent TB infection (LTBI), both the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) have been used for this purpose. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of LTBI by using the TST and the IGRA tests, and to assess the risk factors related with discordant resul...

Abstract: Historically speaking, psychology and religion have worked separately toward the goal of improving mental health among the people. Can psychology and religion work together and reap better results for the client? How important is religion for the people and how important are religious values for psychologists? What is the relationship between religion and mental health? How today's schools of psychology deal with the religious client? How is religion integrated in psychotherapy?...

Introduction Colombia’s General System of Social Security in Health (GSSSH) was created by Law 100 of 1993 [1], and defines health insurance in article 14 of Law 1122 of 2007 as: (…) financial risk management, health risk management, articulation of services that guarantee effective access, quality assurance in the provision of health services and the representation of the member before the provider and other actors without prejudice to the autonomy of the user [2]. In Colombia...

Summary: Growing interest in the effectiveness of public organizations creates a possibility to systematize and intensify research on management in the public sector. Key public organization management processes do not differ much from the logic of management in the private sector [1,2]. However, it is necessary to bear in mind the specificity of public organizations, expressed especially in the principles of its financing, existence of multiple stakeholders whose goals are in fact con...

attributable to the main diseases Chronic diseases associated with inadequate nutrition show the great economic burden of these diseases for the SUS. The data show the need to prioritize integrated and intersectoral policies for the prevention and control of hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Conclusion: Obesity imposes a high cost to the health of people and public administration. Thus, by understanding the pathophysiology of obesity, it will allow healthcare providers to better manage...

bstract Background: Implementation research has emerged as part of evidence-based decision-making efforts to plug current gaps in the translation of research evidence into health policy and practice. While there has been a growing number of initiatives promoting the uptake of implementation research in Africa, its role and effectiveness remain unclear, particularly in the context of universal health coverage (UHC). Hence, this scoping review aimed to identify and characterise the use of imp...

The tragedy of American health care is the stubborn persistence of racial disparities in Black health,3 one hundred and forty years after Emancipation, and more than four decades after the passage of Title VI. Biomedical research into racial disparities in health is distracted by an etiological reductionism which overlooks the underlying history of slavery, racism and segregated health care. The epidemiological model of research is ill-equipped to adequately diagnose the health effec...

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Electronic health records (EHRs) are the fundamental building blocks of any national health information system (Castro, 2009). A country with low acceptance of health systems implementation is bound to have poor quality of healthcare services and low economic growth, as productivity of citizens might be greatly affected when they fall sick and are not attended to as required. However, influenced by government policies to begin using new te...

Energy used in dwellings is an important target for actions to avert climate change. Properly designed and implemented, such actions could have major co-benefits for public health. To investigate, we examined the effect of hypothetical strategies to improve energy efficiency in UK housing stock and to introduce 150 million low-emission household cookstoves in India. Methods similar to those of WHO’s Comparative Risk Assessment exercise were applied to assess the effect on health that c...

Introduction Terrorism predispose its victims to physical, psychological, structural, and systemic traumas and distress in cascades of actions leading to immediate and remote disease burden, epidemics, outbreak of internally displaced persons and refugees with their attendant problems. Since every incidence of terrorism leaves the immediate and remote environment with devastating effects and consequences bordering on health and welfare just like diseases and plagues, it underscore...

ABSTRACT Objectives: Current trends suggest a movement towards driving forward a global health research agenda in Canada in order to redress global health research inequalities. In this paper, we explore how to promote the participation of students and new researchers in global health in Quebec. To accomplish this, we undertook a study in order to: 1) document the state of teaching and research activities in global health in Quebec and 2) obtain the point of view of various actors on condu...

The global issue of skin bleaching or lightening has become a public health crisis of epic proportions. Many people of color purchase and use skin bleaching products that later cause skin discoloration, skin cancer and other medical problems. Due to the depth of this phenomenon, I will devote a two part series to this issue in order to explore the ethical and public health challenges involved in skin bleaching, especially involving people of color. The issue of skin bleaching is more dan...