Heightened risk

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at heightened risk for HIV acquisition, yet they may delay or avoid HIV testing due to intersectional stigma experienced at the healthcare facility (HCF). Few validated scales exist to measure intersectional stigma, particularly amongst HCF staff.

11p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1   Download

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with prediabetes – a heightened level of glucose, and/or impaired glucose tolerance - the time to act is now. Prediabetes for Dummies examines the signs and symptoms of this potential precursor to diabetes and offers up-to-date information about treatment. It provides clear, practical advice on steps you can take to minimize the risk of serious health consequences.

387p zizaybay1104 29-05-2024 3 2   Download

Frailty, a syndrome resulting in heightened risk of negative outcomes for older adults, is increasing across the globe. However, little is known about the health service impacts of frailty in low-income countries (LICs), and in particular, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study explores the relationship between frailty and health service 1) utilisation and 2) expenditure within Côte d’Ivoire.

12p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 10 5   Download

Pregnancy among adolescent girls in Bangladesh is high, with 66% of women under the age of 18 reporting a first birth; this issue is particularly acute in the northern region of Bangladesh, an area that is especially impoverished and where girls are at heightened risk.

10p vitokyo2711 31-08-2020 13 2   Download

General objective: Studying the impact of the multimarket contact on the competition, credit risk and operating performance of Vietnamese commercial banks. Measure the impact of multimarket contact on the credit risk of Vietnamese commercial banks. Propose solutions and recommendations for bank administrators and policymakers on improving the operating performance of commercial banks, heightening stability for the operation of banks in the context of the contemporary increase in competition and risks of Vietnamese commercial banks.

25p cothumenhmong6 17-07-2020 35 2   Download

Sexually exploited youth are disconnected from societal tethers and need support systems, which makes them some of the most vulnerable of youth. This heightened level of vulnerability increases their risk for violence, abuse, ongoing sexual exploitation and all its sequelae.

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The aim of this research is to show that unless the lending business is incentivised by an appreciable earnings potential the effect of the enforcement of the Basel III capital and liquidity requirements is sure to be a credit crunch. Initially, this empirical research hypothesis was tested against a number of independent variables reflecting trends in lending volumes; subsequently, these variables were used to establish if the risks of default that corporate borrowers face under the impact of credit rationing are likely to be heightened by other factors.

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Past research provides strong evidence that adverse life events heighten the risk of delinquent behavior among adolescents. Urban informal (slum) settlements in sub-Saharan Africa are marked by extreme adversity. However, the prevalence and consequences of adverse life events as well as protective factors that can mitigate the effects of exposure to these events in slum settlements is largely understudied.

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Research about self-harm in adolescence is important given the high incidence in youth, and strong links to suicide and other poor outcomes. Clarifying the impact of involvement in school-based self-harm studies on young adolescents is an ethical priority given heightened risk at this developmental stage.

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Detention personnel may assume that mental health problems heighten the likelihood of future violence in detained youth. This study explored whether brief mental health screening tools are of value for alerting star to a detained youth’s potential for future violent offending.

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Adolescence is a time of considerable social, cognitive, and physiological development. It reflects a period of heightened risk for the onset of mental health problems, as well as heightened opportunity for flourishing and resilience. The CogBIAS Longitudinal Study (CogBIAS-L-S) aims to investigate psychological development during adolescence.

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The topic of “risk” and what financial services firms are doing to manage or oversee risk has received heightened attention in recent years. The market events of 2007–2009 prompted many firms to take a fresh look at their practices and resources and to incorporate any lessons learned from their own or others’ experience. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also focused attention on risk oversight practices by requiring companies, including funds, to disclose the board’s risk oversight role.

57p khanhchilam 29-03-2013 83 8   Download

This article criticizes the predominant use of fear appeals in social marketing. Laboratory studies, which have been the basis for most of the research on fear appeals and which generally suggest that high fear works, have limitations that include forced exposure, short-term measurement, and an overdependence on student samples. Although, unfortunately, field research evaluations of fear appeals are few, they usually reveal that fear has both weaker effects and unintended deleterious effects in real-world social marketing campaigns.

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Rising concern over the threat of terrorist attacks at private-sector targets has prompted commercial industries to consider ways to reduce the risk of terrorism. Shopping centers are particularly vulnerable to terrorist attacks because of their easy access and dense concentrations of people. This vulnerability has resulted in a relatively high risk of attacks: Since 1998, over 60 terrorist attacks at shopping centers have occurred throughout the world. In response to heightened concerns about terrorism,...

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In the European Union, the existing insurance and reinsurance directives do not contain any provisions that place reliance on credit rating agencies. There is no explicit credit risk charge for the solvency margin in the Solvency I framework. The solvency margin in the Solvency I framework is not the sum of different capital charges related to different risks, but a single capital charge calibrated to reflect all the risks an insurance company faces.

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In 2007, Ashley conducted a voluntary health risk assessment for all employees in Wisconsin. They used the services of Butler and Company (@Butler) 3 from Little Suamico, Wisconsin. They particularly liked Butler’s ability to provide immediate biometric testing results. Tests were processed onsite and employees with heightened risk factors were counseled by an RN and a health coach prior to leaving the test site. Five key metrics plus blood pressure, body mass, height, weight and nicotine, were tested.

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The heightened interest in pain management is making the need for appropriate boundary setting within the clinician–patient relationship even more apparent. Unfortunately, it is impossible to determine before hand, with any degree of certainty, who will become problematic users of pre- scription medications. With this in mind, a parallel is drawn between the chronic pain management paradigm and our past experience with problems identifying the “at-risk” individuals from an infectious disease model.

24p thangbienthai 17-11-2012 47 0   Download