Background: WHO is developing a global strategy towards eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem, which proposes an elimination threshold of four cases per 100 000 women and includes 203
Background: The WHO Director-General has issued a call for action to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive decline in cognitive function.
This chapter covers both knowledge and awareness about managing stress, providing nine worksheets to help with stress management.
The chapter outlines worksheets for seven effective techniques to cope with anxiety: (1) rational emotive therapy essentially challenges or refutes self-talk that contributes to irrational thinking; (2) simplified kundalini yoga is based upon the principles of introspection regarding the degrees to which we worry; (3) gestalt emphasizes the unity of self-awareness, behavior, and experiences; (4) systematic desensitization that involves imagining or experiencing an anxiety-provoking scene while practicing relaxation; (5) cognitive behavioral therapy that emphasizes cognitive restructuring; (6) mindfulness that entails focusing on the present; and (7) optimism that requires focusing on the bright side of things. Important terms are defined along with five websites to explore.
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Evidence-Informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions, Riding the Waves, 2020, Pages 235-256
This chapter addresses goal 3 by discussing what can be done to ease transitions in dementia.
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Now that the New Year’s confetti has been cleared away, it’s time for employers to consider making resolutions to improve their workplaces. Here are 10 resolutions employers should consider making for 2020, which in turn will help advance SDG 3 (good health and well being), SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and SDG 10 (reduced inequalities).
This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining a need to increase our understanding of the immunobiology of maternal immunization in order to better prevent infectious diseases in the pregnant women and the young infant.
This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation by discussing the relationship between water content in food and management of food spoilage.