BACKGROUND AND AIMS Reducing health care costs through preventive geriatric care has become a high priority in Japan. We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of a preventive home visit program on health care costs among ambulatory frail elders. METHODS Structured preventive home visits by nurses or care managers were provided to the visit group every 6 month...

Physicians who provide primary care for children have a unique position to provide diagnostic, triage, educational, and preventive dental care for patients. Several papers have been published regarding primary pediatricians' participation in the preventive dental health care of their patients. One publication, a survey of physicians in Alabama focusing on physicians' overall awareness of dental...

Background Diabetes and mental health conditions co-occur frequently in the United States1,2 and each is a risk factor for the other.3,4 Moreover, individuals with comorbid diabetes and psychiatric disorders are at greater risk for poor health outcomes than the general population or than their peers with diabetes.5,6 One step toward understanding and potentially reducing the health disparities ...

BACKGROUND Early onset and high prevalence of chronic disease among Indigenous Australians call for action on prevention. However, there is deficiency of information on the extent to which preventive services are delivered in Indigenous communities. This study examined the variation in quality of preventive care for well adults attending Indigenous community health centres in Australia. METHO...

to investigate attitudes of iranian senior dental students towards preventive dentistry in relation to their background factors and self-perceived competency in providing preventive care.in spring 2008, a questionnaire survey was conducted with all the senior dental students of seven randomly selected state dental schools in iran. in addition to the respondents' age and gender, the voluntary qu...

Despite a large volume of evidence supporting its cardioprotective properties and its other numerous established health benefits, physical activity is not a serious prescription option for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, health services increasingly focus on pharmacological prevention without considering properly the long-term consequences of medication. Eth...

Identifying the factors that deter or stimulate the women to participate in screening activities is very important in order to design effective education and motivation strategies, particularly in the countries without an organized system. The study employed a case-control design. The participants were recruited in four primary health care institutions in Belgrade over a month. The study group ...