Pandemics are stressful times, full of uncertainty and fear. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have experienced feelings stress, grief, loss. How Right Now (HRN)–and its Spanish-language counterpart, Qué Hacer Ahora (QHA)–is an evidence-based, culturally-relevant communication campaign designed to promote strengthen emotional well-being resiliency populations adversely affected by pa...

Background Social determinants of health (SDoH) have a significant impact on the well-being individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). ADRD patients from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups are generally subject to higher risks adverse events than those advantaged groups. However, information SDoH is not collected systematically in most medical institutions. Unstructu...

conclusions an increase in the time spent on sport and home activities, even after considering other influential factors, was related to low birth weight. results in the present research, based on the results of multiple logistic regression test, an increase in the time spent on sport activities (or = 2.20) and home activities (or =1.44) (p = 0.003) was accompanied by increased chance of giving...

in this commentary, we endorse concerns about the health impact of the trans-pacific partnership (tpp), paying particular attention to its mechanisms for investor state dispute settlement. we then describe the different, judgeled approach being advocated by the european commission team negotiating the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnership, arguing that, while not perfect, it offers si...

conclusions baseline characteristics can inform who is at higher risk of renal disease mortality over the next 25 years. race, age, drinking, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes at baseline can all inform programs to reduce burden of kidney disease. results in multivariable model, race, age, drinking, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes at baseline predicted deaths due to renal disease. gender,...

In 2005, the Director General of the WHO set up a global Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). The objective of the Commission was to achieve policy change by learning from existing knowledge about the social determinants of health (SDH) and turning that learning into global and national political and economic action. To facilitate the learning a number of Knowledge Networks (...