Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2020
Body mass index and mortality among community-dwelling elderly of Southern Brazil.
This study aims to measure the association between body mass index (BMI), comparing two different classifications, and mortality among community-dwelling elderly considering myopenia in Pelotas, Brazil. This is a longitudinal study started in 2014, we followed 1451 elderly people (≥ 60 years) enrolled in the "COMO VAI?" study. BMI was classified according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the classification with specific cutoff points for older adults. ⋯ In conclusion the underweight increased the risk of death in community-dwelling elderly people during a follow-up of three years. The specific classification seemed to be more adequate to indicate risk of mortality in this population. Higher BMI protect against mortality when muscle mass was not considered.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2020
Integrating the preventive medicine specialty in the rural and public health workforce.
The majority of the U. S. American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population live in rural areas, and are thus disproportionately affected by rural health issues. ⋯ To best prepare preventive medicine physicians for rural and Tribal practice, medical schools could recruit students from rural and Tribal areas and encourage them to pursue the specialty of preventive medicine. Additionally, preventive medicine residency training programs could establish clinical and public health practicum rotations in rural and Tribal areas, and develop curricula that address rural and Tribal health issues. Currently very few preventive medicine residency programs expressly state a mission to train physicians in rural or Tribal settings.