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Identifying the content of home-based health behaviour change interventions f...
Background: Meeting the needs of the growing number of older people is a challenge for health and social care services. Home-based interventions aiming to modify health-related... -
Communication around HPV vaccination for adolescents in low- and middle-incom...
Abstract Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes cervical cancer. More than 80% of those diagnosed with cervical cancer live in low- and middle-income countries... -
Development of an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity inter...
Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a significant public health challenge that affects approximately one in five children worldwide. Infant feeding practices are implicated... -
The efficacy of varenicline in achieving abstinence among waterpipe tobacco s...
Abstract Background Waterpipe tobacco smoking has increased among youth across the globe including in the US, and it continues as a common and traditional form of smoking... -
Self-monitoring of health data by patients with a chronic disease: does disea...
Background: There is a growing emphasis on self-monitoring applications that allow patients to measure their own physical health parameters. A prerequisite for achieving... -
A cluster randomized controlled trial of extending ART refill intervals to si...
Abstract Background The antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence club (AC) differentiated service delivery model, where clinically stable ART patients receive their ART refills... -
Outcome reporting in neonates experiencing withdrawal following opioid exposu...
Abstract Background Neonatal withdrawal secondary to in utero opioid exposure is a growing global concern stressing the psychosocial well-being of affected families and scarce... -
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to care among non-camp Syr...
Abstract Background Tackling the high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden among Syrian refugees poses a challenge to humanitarian actors and host countries. Current response... -
Progress towards the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals by age and gender in a rural area ...
Abstract Background The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has developed an ambitious strategy to end the AIDS epidemic. After eight years of antiretroviral... -
The cost of influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits in Kenya
Background: We estimated the cost-per-episode and the annual economic burden associated with influenza in Kenya. Methods: From July 2013–August 2014, we recruited patients with... -
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Increased vaccine hesitancy presents challenges to public health and undermines efforts to eradicate diseases such as measles, rubella, and polio. The decline is partly... -
Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to in...
Abstract Background Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from... -
Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: the eMERGe reporting guidance
Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to provide guidance to improve the completeness and clarity of meta-ethnography reporting. Background Evidence-based policy and practice... -
The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income c...
Abstract Background Socio-economic inequalities are associated with unequal exposure to social, economic and environmental risk factors, which in turn contribute to health...
