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Current Health Reports
- Working Towards Wellness: Chronic disease is the leading
cause of death and disability worldwide. Increasingly it affects people in low
to middle-income countries as well as in high-income countries. Chronic
diseases impair productivity and lead to associated costs. Multinational
companies are using the workplace to promote long-term behavioral changes
which will benefit employers, employees and communities. The World Economic
Forum's Working Towards Wellness initiative is a collaborative,
multi-stakeholder effort to facilitate and stimulate greater business
engagement to help prevent chronic disease. [2007]
See:
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/wellness/index.htm
- Congenital Heart Disease Increasingly More Common
According to a 15-year population study, the prevalence of congenital heart
disease has increased strikingly among adults and children.
- Preventive Services
A program which provides you with access to scientific evidence,
recommendations on clinical preventive services, and information on how to
implement recommended preventive services in clinical practice. For materials
for clinicians, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prevenix.htm. For materials for consumers, go
to: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/#prevention.
- All Health Breaks Loose: Monday's Are a Good Day to Start Thinking
Healthy!
It's a simple notion. The workweek ends with TGIF on Fridays, but it should
begin with AHBL on Mondays. Public health advocates want to brand Monday the
day for healthy lifestyle changes across America. The campaign was recently
launched by Columbia University's School of Public Health (http://healthymonday.org).
- January 2007 - Adolescent Immunization Schedules
The annual recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents in
the United Stats in 2007 were approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The
schedules reflect current recommendations for the use of vaccines licensed by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- January 2007 - HPV Vaccination: Should
States Make it Compulsory?
In June last year, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a
vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), thereby opening a debate in states
over whether vaccination against HPV should be compulsory for girls entering
sixth grade. The vaccine, Gardasil, developed by the pharmaceutical company
Merck, is considered a major public health development, since it protects
against four strains of HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease in
the United States.
- December 2006 - Building Peer Support
Programs to Manage Chronic Disease: Seven Models for Success
Research shows that when chronically ill patients fail to follow recommended
treatment -- by not adhering to medication regiments or diet and exercise
programs, for example -- their health suffers, sometimes significantly.
However, when patients get the support they need to master and sustain
self-management, there are potential benefits for both individual health and
the overall health care system. See:
http://www.chcf.org/topics/chronicdisease/index.cfm?itemID=127997.
- Studies Help Emergency Departments Break Cycle of Dependence in
Children's Asthma: RWJF research
finds emergency department-based intervention can reduce return visits for
chronic disease by 40 percent. Early and consistent education during and after
a visit to the emergency department is the key to successful long-term
management of pediatric asthma, says recent research supported by the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation [News Release, 11-3-06] -
Click
here for news release.
- HHS Physical Activity Guidelines:
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced
that the Department will develop comprehensive guidelines, drawn from science,
to help Americans fit physical activity into their lives. The announcement was
made during his keynote address on the state of the nation's health, during
the Innovation in Prevention Awards Ceremony at the National Prevention
Summit, an annual HHS-supported event that highlights successful initiatives
in disease prevention and health promotion. "Physical activity is vital to
promote and maintain health, but it's easy for many of us to overlook,"
Secretary Leavitt said. "The physical activity guidelines will underscore the
importance of physical activity to America's health and assist on the journey
to a healthier life."
Click here for
news release.
- August 29, 2006 - Washington DC: New report finds adult obesity rates up
in 31 states; the South is the "Biggest Belt"
According to a new
report from Trust for America's Health (TFAH), adult obesity rates
continued to rise in 31 states over the past year while government policy
efforts have consistently failed to provide viable solutions to the growing
obesity crisis. Read the full report here:
http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10428.
AIDS EPIDEMIC
 World
Health Organization:
Global AIDS
Epidemic Continues to Grow.
National Rural Health Association:
Research Shows Rural Outbreaks on the Rise.
Center
for AIDS Prevention Studies:
What are Rural HIV
Prevention Needs?
HEALTH
LITERACY
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