Marine ecosystem protection and conservation initiatives rely on the assessment of ecological integrity and health status of marine environments. The AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI), which consists on using macroinvertebrate diversity as indicator of ecosystem health, is used worldwide for this purpose. Yet, this index requires taxonomic assignment of specimens, which typically involves a tim...

In this paper we use the two waves of the British Retirement Survey (1988/89 and 1994) to quantify the relationship between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth rankings are important determinants of mortality and the evolution of the health indicator in the survey. For men aged 65 moving from the 40th percentile t...

Given that women in rural communities in developing countries are responsible for the nutrition and health-related decisions affecting children in their care, their empowerment may influence the health status of their children. The association between women's empowerment, measured by using a recently developed Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index, and children's health status is examined fo...

Physical function is recognized as an important indicator of health in older people and many studies have been undertaken. With increasing age, objectively measured health and functional status decline, physical and cognitive capacities decrease, and the number of chronic diseases and the extent of disability in performing daily activities increases. Maintaining good functional capacity is a cr...

O.Chandra Sekhara Reddy and Endale Alemayehu Page No.153 Ordinal logistic regression analysis to assess the factors that affect health status of students in Ambo University: a case of natural and computational sciences college, Ambo University O.ChandraSekhara Reddy*, Endale Alemayehu Statistics Department, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia. ..........................................................

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: health care organizations have begun applying six sigma methods into their operations. on the other hand, the difficulty of using indicators to compare health care providers in a meaningful way has led to an increased focus on using information about “adverse events”- that is , events that should not happen i...

BACKGROUND The quality of the relationship with the spouse/partner appears crucial among patients with multiple chronic conditions where illness management is complex and multifaceted. This study draws on data from the Quebec Health Survey (QHS) to examine, among patients with one or more chronic conditions, the relation between marital status, the perceived conflict with the spouse/partner, an...

INTRODUCTION It is well-established that low socioeconomic status (SES) influences one's health status, morbidity and mortality. Housing type has been used as an indicator of SES and social determinant of health in some studies. In Singapore, home ownership is among the highest in the world. Citizens who have no other housing options are offered heavily subsidised rental housings. Residents sta...

To the Editor: The article by O'Dell et al. (1) that appeared in a recent issue of this journal highlights the validity of the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) in reflecting global health status in HIVinfected people. Even though this can be true for AIDS patients, we think that KPS might be an inadequate measure in less advanced patients such as those with HIV infection and without an AIDS-i...