"Health Transition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Demographic and epidemiologic changes that have occurred in the last five decades in many developing countries and that are characterized by major growth in the number and proportion of middle-aged and elderly persons and in the frequency of the diseases that occur in these age groups. The health transition is the result of efforts to improve maternal and child health via primary care and outreach services and such efforts have been responsible for a decrease in the birth rate; reduced maternal mortality; improved preventive services; reduced infant mortality, and the increased life expectancy that defines the transition. (From Ann Intern Med 1992 Mar 15;116(6):499-504)
| Descriptor ID |
D019456
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.240.600.400 N01.224.625.400 N06.850.505.400.700.400 N06.850.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Transition- Health Transition
- Health Transitions
- Transition, Health
- Transitions, Health
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Transition" by people in Profiles.
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Ferris ME, Harward DH, Bickford K, Layton JB, Ferris MT, Hogan SL, Gipson DS, McCoy LP, Hooper SR. A clinical tool to measure the components of health-care transition from pediatric care to adult care: the UNC TR(x)ANSITION scale. Ren Fail. 2012; 34(6):744-53.
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Zilberberg MD, Tjia J. Growth in dementia-associated hospitalizations among the oldest old in the United States: implications for ethical health services planning. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Nov 14; 171(20):1850-1.
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Davis M, Sondheimer DL. State child mental health efforts to support youth in transition to adulthood. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2005 Jan-Mar; 32(1):27-42.
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Ndiwane A, Miller KH, Bonner A, Imperio K, Matzo M, McNeal G, Amertil N, Feldman Z. Enhancing cultural competencies of advanced practice nurses: health care challenges in the twenty-first century. J Cult Divers. 2004; 11(3):118-21.
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Minh HV, Byass P, Wall S. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Bavi District, Vietnam. Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2003; 62:26-31.