Administrative medicine presents an edited summary of a three-day conference of selected leaders in medicine, nursing, education, public health, and sociology. Although the theme of the conference was Administrative Medicine, the discussions actually constituted a potpourri of a wide variety of subjects related to the socio-economic problems involved with general health care in the community. D...

1 Universidade Federal de Viçosa – UFV, Department of Nutrition and Health, Area of Public Health, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF, Dental School, Department of Specific Formation, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil 3 Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, Piracicaba Dental School, Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Area of Biostatistics, Piracicaba, SP, ...

Administrative medicine presents an edited summary of a three-day conference of selected leaders in medicine, nursing, education, public health, and sociology. Although the theme of the conference was Administrative Medicine, the discussions actually constituted a potpourri of a wide variety of subjects related to the socio-economic problems involved with general health care in the community. D...

Ayurveda is prevention in itself. It is not necessary for Ayurveda to develop a comprehensive structure of preventive approaches as it is found in modern health education. On the other hand has Ayurveda not modernized its preventive principles according to the present living and working conditions of the people. It is so far not understood as integral part of the socio-economic development of t...

(Chest 1991; 100:487-93) ung diseases are among the leading causes of death in the United States today. Much work remains in order to reduce morbidity and mortality due to preventable respiratory diseases. Recent documents released by the Surgeon General, the US Public Health Service, and expert medical committees tinderscore the need for today’s physicians to become practitioners of preventive...

Tseveenjav Battsetseg. Preventive dentistry in Mongolia. Department of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2004. 83 pp. ISBN 952-91-7349-0 The current study investigated preventive dentistry in Mongolia by assessing future and practicing dentists’ professional preventive practice and knowledge and the oral health outcomes dental professionals achieved fo...

INTRODUCTION Previous studies have shown that the state of oral health in the area of Podrinje Canton is really poor. Taking into account that in the last five years are implemented two projects in the municipality it is necessary to examine the impact of preventive measures in dentistry on the oral health. THE RESEARCH GOALS ARE a) To evaluate the impact of continuing education and local flu...

Physicians who provide primary care for children are considered to be in a unique position to provide dental preventive care to their patients. No literature relates the amount of preventive oral health education that physicians receive during training. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of pediatricians and family physicians toward preventive dental c...

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The gender paradox in mortality--where men die earlier than women despite having more socioeconomic resources--may be partly explained by men's lower levels of preventive health care. Stereotypical notions of masculinity reduce preventive health care; however, the relationship between masculinity, socioeconomic status (SES), and preventive health care is unknown. Using the Wisconsin Longitudina...