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[Introduction to] Handbook of Social and Clinical …

WebFrom 1988 to 1991 Donelson R. Forsyth worked with C.R. Snyder and many other experts in the field of social and clinical psychology, editing a handbook that--at that time--summarized ongoing efforts in what was known as the social-clinical interface. This interface recognized the growing interdependency of these two fields. Up to that time …

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Health Care: Why Jurisdiction Matters

WebThis feature of federal jurisdiction, representative capacity to protect its citizens from federal law. Virginia also has conceded that, in the absence of the Health Care Freedom Act, its constitutional claim against the mandate would be too abstract to constitute a justiciable controversy in federal court. Virginia argues that the Health Care

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The Way It Was In Health Policy, And Probably Will Be: …

WebLearning Lessons by Rashi Fein is an enjoyable memoir from a scholar and policy adviser unlike any other. Fein’s influential involvement in health care policy dates back to John F. Kennedy’s administration, and his career as a leading health economist paralleled the significant growth in the political influence of health economists following the enactment …

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Health Care Reform in Virginia: Lessons Learned before, …

WebThis article surveys Virginia's initial foray into health care reform. This process began with the Virginia Health Reform Initiative, which had a significant presence in the Virginia 2011 General Assembly session. While the nascent health care reform efforts this session reflect only incremental steps, they are indicative of Virginia's direction and commitment to change.

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Global, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause …

WebBackground Up-to-date evidence on levels and trends for age-sex-specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality is essential for the formation of global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) we estimated yearly deaths for 188 countries between 1990, and 2013. We used the results to assess …

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Public Health Messages and Weight-Related Beliefs: …

WebAcross two studies, we examined the double-edged sword hypothesis, which outlines effects of weight-related beliefs and public health messages on physical and mental health. The double-edged sword hypothesis proposes that growth mindsets and messages (weight is changeable) predict reduced well-being and stigma via an increase in blame, …

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Well-being in the time of COVID-19: Do metaphors and …

WebCommunications about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) often employ metaphors, which can help people understand complex issues. For example, public health messages may focus on “fighting” the disease, attempting to rouse people to action by instilling a sense of urgency. In contrast, change-focused metaphors may foster …

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The Burden of a Good Idea: Examining the Impact of …

WebHealth care costs are on the rise. In 1960, the United States spent $9 billion on hospital care. Since then, hospital related spending has grown exponentially. In 2015, the United States spent over $1 trillion on hospital care, with $359.9 billion of those payments coming from the federal Medicare program for the aged and disabled. Researchers have long …

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"Beyond Capitation: How New Payment Experiments Seek …

WebA key issue in the decades-long struggle over US health care spending is how to distribute liability for expenses across all market participants, from insurers to providers. The rise and abandonment in the 1990s of capitation payments—lump-sum, per person payments to health care providers to provide all care for a specified individual or …

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Chronic Disease Management: How IT and Analytics Create …

Web1 CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT: HOW IT AND ANALYTICS CREATE HEALTHCARE VALUE THROUGH THE TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT OF CARE. Steve Thompson . Robins School of Business . University of Richmond . 102 UR Drive . Richmond, VA 23173 . [email protected] . Jonathan Whitaker . Robins School of …

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The Built Environment and Its Relationship to the Public's …

WebThe built environment affects health in a number of ways. It is not sufficient to educate people regarding healthy lifestyles; the built environment must pro-mote, or at least allow for, en-gaging in healthy behaviors. Law can be used as a tool to ac-complish this goal.25.

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Healthcare Performance Improvement and High Reliability: A …

WebHealthcare Performance Improvement (HPI) improves. reliability in healthcare by helping organizations achieve and sustain high performance outcomes in safety, quality, and satisfaction. Safety is the core value of the healthcare organization. Yet safety – protection from harm – doesn’t just happen.

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Public Health and the Built Environment: Historical, Empirical, …

WebUniversity of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Law Faculty Publications School of Law 2003 Public Health and the Built Environment: Historical, Empirical, and Theoretical Foundations

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WebThe Effects of Health Literacy on Treatment Adherence and Health Optimism 2 Abstract Health literacy is a very critical aspect of a patient’s recovery, and low levels of it have

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"Medicating Children: The Enduring Controversy over ADHD and …

WebAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) holds the distinction of being both the most extensively studied pediatric mental disorder and one of the most controversial. This is partly due to the fact that it is also the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder among minors. On average, one in every ten to 15 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with the …

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Growth mindset messaging in stigma-relevant contexts: …

WebGrowth mindsets are increasingly used to promote learning, development, and health. The increased popularity resulted in scrutiny and disputes about utility. The current work reviews a perspective critical to the debate. Namely, we focus on emerging research that examines both the favorable and potentially adverse consequences of growth …

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Weblevel of health literacy increases, their medical adherence increases and barriers in care decrease. Furthermore, there was a significant positive correlation between kidney-specific health. literacy and barriers in access to information (r (29) = -.408, p = .025) with a moderate effect. size.

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Parental involvement and mental well-being of Indian adolescents

WebThis study examined the association between parental involvement and mental well-being among the 6721 school-going adolescents aged 13 to 15 years who participated in India’s nationally-representative Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in 2007. Parental involvement (homework checking, parental understanding of …

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WebMindsets of Health and Healthy Eating Intentions. above 25). This high obesity rate is a cause for concern because obesity related illnesses, 2006) are amongst the leading causes of mortality in the US (WHO, 2016). Furthermore, with an. societal economic impact (Mastellos, Gunn, Felix, Car & Majeed, 2014).

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Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American …

WebAn Introduction: Confronting Complexity 3 panel on "Preparation of Cases Before International Courts and Tribunals" included geogra-pher Martin Pratt; "Financial Crisis in the Eurozone" included journalist Stephen Richter;

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