In 1946, the newly constituted World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as follows: > Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease ...

Meta-analysis is a method to obtain a weighted average of results from various studies. In addition to pooling effect sizes, meta-analysis can also be used to estimate disease frequencies, such as ...

Place of death (home, hospital, nursing home, etc) is an end-of-life care indicator, important for guiding health policy and ...

Objective To compare the effects on mental and physical wellbeing, health related quality of life and long term adherence to physical activity, of participation in physical activity in natural ...

Background We compared short- and long-term management and outcomes between Bedouin Arabs and Jewish patients in the Negev region (Israel) to assess disparities in myocardial infarction care and ...

Study objective: To investigate the role of different types of social relations in adolescent health inequalities. Design: Cross sectional study. Measures included family social class, indices of ...