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Wanting to or having to – a qualitative study of experiences and attitudes to...
Abstract Background This study assesses how tuberculosis (TB) screening is perceived by immigrants in Norway. Screening is mandatory for people arriving from high incidence... -
Factors associated with health service orientation and active product marketi...
Abstract Background Little is known about pharmacy owners’ commitment to public health and health policy goals in the strategic planning of their business. The aim of this... -
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... -
Evaluation of the national surveillance of Legionnaires' disease in Norway, 2...
Abstract Background In Norway, Legionnaires’ disease is reportable upon clinical suspicion to public health authorities and mandatorily notifiable through the Norwegian... -
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... -
Monitoring and evaluation of breast cancer screening programmes: selecting ca...
ABSTRACT Objective In the scope of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC), the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) group was tasked to identify breast... -
Experiences of dementia and attitude towards prevention: a qualitative study ...
Abstract Background A better insight into older adults’ understanding of and attitude towards cognitive disorders and their prevention, as well as expectations and reasons for... -
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... -
Health care professionals’ perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for ...
Abstract Background Little/no research has been conducted in Uganda in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in general on the health professional’s perspectives on barriers to... -
Mapping staff perspectives towards the delivery of hospital care for children...
Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which... -
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... -
Measurement properties of instruments to assess pain in children and adolesce...
Abstract Background Pain in children and adolescents with cancer has been identified as an area where many healthcare professionals seek guidance. This protocol details a... -
Accounting for matching structure in post-matching analysis of observational ...
Matching design is commonly used in social science and health research with observational data, as it is robust to outcome model misspecification and has the intuitive... -
The effect of information about the benefits and harms of mammography on wome...
Abstract Background The decision to participate or not in breast cancer screening is complex due to the trade-off between the expected benefit of breast cancer mortality... -
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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... -
A systematic review of palliative care tools and interventions for people wit...
Abstract Background Increasing attention to palliative care for the general population has led to the development of various evidence-based or consensus-based tools and... -
Prognostic DNA methylation markers for sporadic colorectal cancer: a systemat...
Abstract Background Biomarkers that can predict the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and that can stratify high-risk early stage patients from low-risk early stage... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in effectiveness of and compliance to workplace he...
Abstract Background This individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis aimed to investigate socioeconomic inequalities in effectiveness on healthy behavior of, and compliance to,...
