نتایج جستجو برای: smoking initiatives
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BACKGROUND The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless, smoking remains a leading risk for early death and disability worldwide, and therefore continues to require sustained political commitment. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) offers a ro...
OBJECTIVES The objective of the present study was to explore the trends in the intention to quit smoking among adults in Greece between 2006 and 2011, a period characterized by financial instability and newly endorsed tobacco control initiatives. METHODS Trend analysis of 3 representative national and cross-sectional surveys, 'Hellas Health I' (2006), "Hellas Health III" (2010) and Hellas Hea...
AIM This paper examines appeal to fear in general: its perceived positive aspects, its negative characteristics, its appropriate as well as its fallacious use. BACKGROUND Appeal to fear is a commonly used marketing method that attempts to change behaviour by creating anxiety in those receiving a fearful message. It is regularly used in public health initiatives such as anti-smoking, anti-drun...
Introduction: Plain cigarette packaging as a tobacco control measure is to be implemented in Australia on December 1st 2012. There is mounting evidence for its likely impact on smokers and potential smokers. Yet Australia’s integrated model of smoking cessation and the particular role and opportunities it has created for primary healthcare have not yet been subject to policy analysis in leading...
OBJECTIVES Increasing demands on primary care providers have created a need for systems-level initiatives to improve primary care delivery. The purpose of this paper is to describe and present outcomes for two such initiatives: the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians' Residency Program Collaborative (RPC) and the St. Johnsbury Vermont Community Health Team (CHT). METHODS Researchers con...
BACKGROUND Youth smoking trends among Latin American countries, including Mexico, are on the rise. Notably, although the high prevalence of smoking in teens has been well documented in the literature, few studies have evaluated the impact of smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure on their respiratory system. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of smoking and SHS exposure on the respirat...
BACKGROUND U.S. Hispanic physicians constitute a considerable professional collective, and they may be most suited to attend to the health education needs of the growing U.S. Hispanic population. These educational needs include tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation. However, there is a lack of information on Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices, their level of awareness an...
BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to assess the performance of three primary care-led initiatives providing structured care to patients with Type 2 diabetes in Ireland, a country with minimal incentives to promote the quality of care. METHODS Data, from three primary care initiatives, were available for 3010 adult patients with Type 2 diabetes. Results were benchmarked against the n...
The National Toxicology Program has broad responsibilities for expanding the toxicological database on the cor impact of chemical interactions with biological systems, providing data that strengthen the scientific foundation P .# for regulatory decisions, developing and validating alternative test systems, and communicating strategies and C i g c findings to the scientific community, regulatory...
a Centre for Complementary Healthcare and Integrated Medicine (CCHIM), Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Thames Valley University, Brentford, United Kingdom b Institute for General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Germany c Kompetenzzentrum für Komplementärmedizin und Naturheilkunde, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Germany d Institute of Complementary Medicin...
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