Attitude to Health - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Quality of life in intermittent exotropia: child and parent concerns.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To identify specific health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) concerns for children with intermittent exotropia (IXT) and their parents. METHODS: Twenty-four children aged 5 to 17 years with IXT and 1 parent for each child were recruited. ... Read more...

Patients' perception of hospital care in the United States.

28 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Patients' perceptions of their care, especially in the hospital setting, are not well known. Data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey provide a portrait of patients' experiences in ... Read more...

Invited Article: Professionalism in neurology: the role of law.

12 Oct 2008 Professionalism may be defined as the obligation of the physician to uphold the primacy of patients' interests, to achieve and maintain medical competency, and to abide by high ethical standards. Recent commentary has suggested that medical ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Attitude to Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Children are waiting for care and answers. 2 Nov 2008
• Children's views on their involvement in clinical research. 30 Oct 2008
• Quality of life in intermittent exotropia: child and parent concerns. 30 Oct 2008
• Patients' perception of hospital care in the United States. 28 Oct 2008
• Opponents stymie fight against polio in Nigeria. 19 Oct 2008
• Invited Article: Professionalism in neurology: the role of law. 12 Oct 2008
• Graduate entry to medicine in Iran. 9 Oct 2008
• Inequalities. The road less travelled. 7 Oct 2008
• The effect of traumatic brain injury on the health of homeless people. 5 Oct 2008
• Acculturation matters: risk perceptions of smoking among Bosnian refugees living in the United States. 29 Sep 2008
• Smoking patterns within a primary care sample of resettled Bosnian refugees. 29 Sep 2008
• Addressing the need for access to culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention for Latinos. 29 Sep 2008
• Disparities in self-reported diabetes mellitus among Arab, Chaldean, and black Americans in Southeast Michigan. 29 Sep 2008
• Analyzing participant produced photographs from an ethnographic study of fatherhood and smoking. 29 Sep 2008
• Symptoms and physical activity behavior in individuals with multiple sclerosis. 29 Sep 2008
• Development of an instrument to assess perceived self-efficacy in the parents of infants. 29 Sep 2008
• Predictors of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding among first-time mothers. 29 Sep 2008
• Lifestyle physical activity of older rural women. 29 Sep 2008
• A model testing factors that influence physical activity for Taiwanese adults with anxiety. 29 Sep 2008
• A warm footbath before bedtime and sleep in older Taiwanese with sleep disturbance. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Attitude to Health'

Definition: Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.

Descriptor UI: D001294

Alternative terms: Attitude to Health; Health, Attitude to; Health Attitude; Attitude, Health; Attitudes, Health; Health Attitudes;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Dropouts; Sick Role;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology;

Tree Number: F01.100.150; N05.300.150;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: includes attitude to disease