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1 Fan, Jessie Xiaojing; Wen, MingDisparities in healthcare utilization in China: do gender and migration status matter?Using a multi-stage cluster sampling approach, we collected healthcare and demographic data from 531migrants and 529 local urban residents aged 16-64 in Shanghai, China. Logistic regressions were used to analyze the relationship between gender-migration status and healthcare utilization while contr...2012
2 McCloskey, KathleenUtah AHECs and Eccles Library Outreach Service ConnectionA LIFT Forum presentation. The purpose of the Library and Information Technology Forum is to inform the University of Utah community about electronic information resources, and current trends in the use of computers and online technologies for accessing these resourcesAHEC1999-09-08
3 Gardner, Reed M.Measuring the Value of Information SystemsBiomedical Informatics1984
4 Le Ber, Jeanne M.; Lombardo, Nancy T.; Bramble, JohnMedical students find power in their palm: PDAs in a clinical rotationLibrarians partnered with School of Medicine faculty to integrate the use of handheld devices into a third-year course. This was an excellent opportunity for the library to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum. The course planning team met regularly for three months to design the less...PDA; Personal Digital Assistant; Mobile Technology; Clinical Rotation; Medical School Curriculum; Palm Tungsten C2005-05-27
5 Mitchell, Joyce A.50 Years of informatics research on decision support: what's nextObjectives: To reflect on the history, status, and future trends of decision support in health and biomedical informatics. To highlight the new challenges posed by the complexity and diversity of genomic and clinical domains. To examine the emerging paradigms for sup - porting cost-effective, person...2011-01-01
6 Dwan, JohnIgnored medical problemA physician who doesn't recommend that a patient stop smoking is hard to find. Few, however, try to help patients lose weight, even though a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) study showed that at least 300,000 deaths each year can be attributed to being overweight, obese or severely overwei...Diet; Life Style; Therapeutic Aspects; Science of nutrition2000-03
7 Hamasu, ClaireCommunity-based organizations' perspective on health information outreach: a panel discussionA panel was convened to elicit guidance for librarians in initiating and implementing community-based health information outreach. Participants included a panel of individuals from communities or community organizations who represented the types of groups with which librarians or information special...National Library of Medicine (U.S.); NN/LM; RML; National Network of Libraries of Medicine; Regional Medical Libraries; Consumer Health Information; Outreach; Community-based Organziations2005-05
8 McDaniel, SusanMedical culture and health politics: the Ontario debateThe 1986 doctors' strike in Ontario brought into stark relief many of the issues that have been latent in Canadian health politics for several decades. In this paper, an analysis from a sociological perspective is offered of the issues involved in the 1986 doctors' strike. Issues are discussed i...1988
9 Wen, MingTrans-local ties, local ties and psychological well-being among rural-to-urban migrants in ShanghaiDuring the past three decades, an estimated 200 million rural residents have moved to urban centers in China. They are "sojourners" in the cities and maintain close ties with their home communities, which we term trans-local ties. This paper examines the relationship between migrants' social ties an...2012-01-01
10 Sample, SusanUsing Weight to Control the UncontrollableBulimic behavior? Jane M. Blackwell, Ph.D., remembers how people would wrinkle their foreheads when she used the phrase in lectures 15 years ago. "Now it's a household word. "We thought bulimia would be gone, that it was a fad," said the clinical psychologist, who first held a therapy sess...Eating Disorders; Body Image; Serotonin2000-03
11 Zimmer, ZacharyImpact of past conflicts and social disruption on the elderly in CambodiaCambodia experienced violence during the rule of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Many who died were the children or spouses of today's elderly. This may have resulted in an erosion of family support in a country where formal channels of assistance are virtually absent. This article examines the extent...Cambodia; Elderly; Social Disruption; Conflicts; Poverty2006-06
12 Clayton, Paul D.Issues and Structures for Sharing Medical Knowledge among Decision-Making Systems: The 1989 Arden Homsetead RetreatBiomedical Informatics1989
13 Wright, Scott D.Pilgrim in the land of big G and little G - a review essayIt used to be said the life is short and art is long, but now in our supposed high point for the era of the ?scientific management of aging? (Cole, 1992), our goal is instead ? the art of living longer. Our current landscape for understanding the experience of aging is representing by the following...Aging; Longevity; Book review2010
14 Warner, Homer R.History of Medical Informatics at UtahBiomedical Informatics1990
15 Francis, John G.; Francis, Leslie P.Rationing of health care in Britain: an ethical critique of public policy-makingIN BRITAIN, as in the United States, rationing of health care is a fact of life and death. Some rationing is overt, such as the Stanford heart transplant program's decision not to accept very young or older patients.1 Some is disguised, such as day-to-day decisions in hospitals about "do not resusci...Rationing; National Health Service1986
16 Taylor, MarkUnderstanding the community based participatory research (CBPR) approach: case study in GhanaIn 2003, the University of Utah, in cooperation with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the Atwima Nwabiagya District Assembly and Barekuma community leaders, formed what is known as the Barekuma Collaborative Community Development Proj...2011-12-01
17 Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of UtahIAIMS Newsletter Winter 1996/97The IAIMS Newsletter provides valuable information about Library activities and resources as well as informative articles related to information technology.IAIMS1996-11-21
18 Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of UtahIAIMS Newsletter Fall 2004The IAIMS Newsletter is published three times a year (August, January, May) with one InfoFair supplement and provides valuable information about Library activities and resources as well as informative articles related to information technology.IAIMS2004-09-01
19 Gardner, Reed M.Computerized Clinical Decision-Support in Respiratory CareBiomedical Informatics2004
20 Florsheim, Paul W.; Ngu, LeDifferential outcomes among adolescent fathers: understanding fatherhood as a transformative processIn response to the rising numbers of mother headed households, there is a great debate about whether to encourage young unwed parents to marry. Policies designed to pursue and/or punish fathers who do not meet their legal and financial responsibilities and to promote marriage, carte blanche, are ref...Parenting; Gender; Matrimony2003-10-18
21 Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of UtahIAIMS Newsletter Spring 2000The IAIMS Newsletter is published three times a year (August, January, May) with one InfoFair supplement and provides valuable information about Library activities and resources as well as informative articles related to information technology.IAIMS2000-01-04
22 Smith, Timothy W.Marital discord and coronary artery disease: a comparison of behaviorally defined discrete groupsObjective: Marital difficulties can confer risk of coronary heart disease, as in a study of outwardly healthy couples (T. W. Smith et al., 2011) where behavioral ratings of low affiliation and high control during marital disagreements were associated with asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD). ...2012-01-01
23 Gardner, Reed M.Technology Development Standardization and Evaluation in Pulmonary MedicineBiomedical Informatics1981
24 Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of UtahIAIMS Newsletter Winter 1998The IAIMS Newsletter provides valuable information about Library activities and resources as well as informative articles related to information technology.IAIMS1997-12-11
25 Ward, Robert ScottThe physical therapy and society summit (PASS) meeting: observations and opportunitiesThe construct of delivering high-quality and cost-effective health care is in flux, and the profession must strategically plan how to meet the needs of society. In 2006, the House of Delegates of the American Physical Therapy Association passed a motion to convene a summit on ?how physical therapist...2010
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