Health as an economic engine: evidence for the importance of health in economic development [0.03%]
健康作为经济引擎：关于健康对经济发展的重要性证据
David M Mirvis,Cyril F Chang,Arthur Cosby
David M Mirvis
Most discussions on the relationships between health and economic conditions have focused on the impact of differences in personal finances or national economic conditions on health. Recently, however, the role of health as an 'economic eng...
Tonya T Neaves,Neal Feierabend,Charles Caleb Butts et al.
Tonya T Neaves et al.
Place is an integral part of human identity. Not only does place define where people are, but it also helps determine who they are. The basic methods of answering questions concerning locational features often fail to detail the relationshi...
Joy A Clay,David M Mirvis
Joy A Clay
This symposium explores the role of health as an 'economic engine' in the lower Mississippi River Delta region of the United States. The health as an economic engine model proposes that health is an important and perhaps critical determinan...
The road to empowerment: a historical perspective on the medicalization of disability [0.03%]
赋权之路——残疾医学化的百年历程述评
Jeanne Hayes,Elizabeth Lisa M Hannold
Jeanne Hayes
The aims of this paper are to analyze the role of medical and health professions in creating and establishing the disability category. We also explore how the diagnosis, measurement, and treatment of disability have contributed to stigmatiz...
The impact of having a young child with disabilities on maternal labor supply by race and marital status [0.03%]
按种族和婚姻状况看，养育残疾儿童对母亲劳动供给的影响
George L Wehby,Robert L Ohsfeldt
George L Wehby
Data from the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) with the three-year follow-up survey data were used to assess the impact of having a young child with disabilities on maternal labor supply. The oversampling of low birth-weig...
How well are we doing addressing disability in America? Examining the status of adults with chronic disabling conditions, 1995 and 2005 [0.03%]
美国的残障问题解决得如何？基于1995年和2005年的数据对慢性致残性疾病患者的状况进行审视
Jane Nelson Bolin
Jane Nelson Bolin
Despite laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), (1992), and The Ticket to Work Act, (TTWA), (2001), working age adults who develop chronic disabling conditions often find themselves faced with a choice of leaving the labor mark...
Disability in Alzheimer's disease: causes, consequences, and economic considerations [0.03%]
阿尔茨海默病的残疾：原因、后果和经济因素
George J Demakis
George J Demakis
This literature review broadly examines disability in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The paper addresses the various types of disability in AD, as well as the presumed causes and the economic and social costs of such disability. The influence of...
Working age Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities: population characteristics and policy considerations [0.03%]
残疾人医疗保障制度的特点及政策考虑
Jae Kennedy,Iulia Balbach Tuleu
Jae Kennedy
Compared to older beneficiaries, disabled workers who become eligible for Medicare 25 months after they are deemed eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), receive little research attention or policy consideration. This is ...
Quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis: data from the Sonya Slifka Longitudinal Multiple Sclerosis Study [0.03%]
Sonya Slifka纵向多发性硬化症研究中的多发性硬化患者的生存质量
Ning Wu,Sarah L Minden,David C Hoaglin et al.
Ning Wu et al.
Current knowledge about the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) experienced by people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is limited. We compared item and component scale scores on the Medical Outcomes Short Form 12 (SF-12) of 2,109 people with...
Irene O&#x;Boyle,James A Johnson,Michelle Simms et al.
Irene O&#x;Boyle et al.
The authors explore the complexity of challenges facing the public health community in an era increasingly defined by terrorism. The public health and associated political structure in this country has much to do to better coordinate its' e...