5 results match your criteria: "University of the Philippines Population Institute[Affiliation]"
Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension Among Older Adults in the Philippines.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
February 2024
University of the Philippines Population Institute, Quezon City, Philippines.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among older Filipinos aged 60 and above, revealing a significant lack of management in this population.
- The findings indicated that 69.1% of older Filipinos had hypertension; however, only 61.6% were aware of their condition and 51.5% were untreated.
- Sociodemographic factors like age, sex, and education were found to influence the prevalence and awareness of hypertension, highlighting the need for improved government outreach to better manage this health issue among older adults.
Health equity & tribal populations: Challenges & way forward.
Indian J Med Res
August 2022
Centre of Social Medicine & Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067; Director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi 110 049, India; Visiting Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology, College of Humaities and Social Sciences, Ball State University, Indiana, USA; Visiting Faculty, University of the Philippines Population Institute, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Manila, The Philippines; UNFPA Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
Health selection on self-rated health and the healthy migrant effect: Baseline and 1-year results from the health of Philippine Emigrants Study.
PLOS Glob Public Health
July 2022
University of California-Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Studies of migration and health focus on a "healthy migrant effect" whereby migrants are healthier than individuals not migrating. Health selection remains the popular explanation of this phenomenon. However, studies are mixed on whether selection occurs and typically examine migrants post-departure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCohort profile: the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) to examine the health impacts of international migration from the Philippines to the USA.
BMJ Open
November 2019
Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Purpose: The Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) longitudinally investigates over 3 years whether migrating from the Philippines to the USA results in increased risk for obesity relative to non-migrants in the Philippines. The study is designed to test the healthy immigrant hypothesis by collecting health measures from migrants starting from a pre-migration baseline and enrolling a non-migrant cohort matched on age, gender and education for comparison.
Participants: A migrant cohort (n=832; 36.
Who cares? Provision of Care and Assistance Among Older Persons in the Philippines.
J Aging Health
December 2018
1 The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Objective: This study aims to examine the provision of assistance among older persons in the Philippines who experience difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
Method: Data for this research are drawn from the 2007 Philippine Study on Aging (PSOA). Cross-tabulations and regression analyses are used to identify who provides assistance to older Filipinos.