Prenatal health behaviors as predictors of breast-feeding, injury, and vaccination

Article Abstract:

Mothers who practiced preventive health before giving birth were more likely to have their children vaccinated. In contrast, breast-feeding and the rate of childhood injuries were not directly related to maternal prenatal health behavior. Questionnaires from 10,868 women were analyzed with respect to demographic information such as maternal age, family income, education level, race, and marital status. Health promotion, health protection, and service utilization corresponded to answers about breast-feeding, injury rate, and vaccination. While white women with higher incomes and reduced alcohol consumption during pregnancy practiced the best health prevention, aspects of breast-feeding and injury were less clear. Possible statistical errors due to socially accepted answers may distort real tendencies. Prenatal care should include counseling about breast-feeding and injury prevention.

Social aspects, Analysis, Usage, Children, Vaccination of children, Vaccination, Health behavior, Maternal health services

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Effectiveness of computer-generated reminders for increasing discussions about advance directives and completion of advance directive forms: a randomized, controlled trial

Article Abstract:

A computer-generated reminder at each patient visit can remind primary care physicians to discuss advance directives with their elderly patients. Advance directives are documents that name a person who will make medical decisions and establish what types of medical interventions will be done if an elderly person is incapacitated. Researchers found that the use of computer-generated reminders increased the percentage of physicians who discussed advance directives with their patients as well as the percentage of patients who completed an advance directive.

Planning, Evaluation, Practice, Physicians (General practice), General practitioners, Advance directives (Medicine)

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Predictors of onset of and recovery from mobility difficulty among adults aged 51-61 years

Article Abstract:

Onset and recovery from mobility difficulties in middle age may depend on several factors. Results from the self-reported health status of 6,376 people aged 51 to 61 years old indicate that mobility problems began most often in less educated, less affluent women without private health insurance who were obese and in frequent pain. Predictors of recovery were harder to identify.

Middle aged persons, Health aspects, Aging, Diagnosis, Physiological aspects, Chronic diseases, Disability evaluation

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