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Improved tools and strategies for the prevention and control of arboviral dis...
Background \ud Research has been conducted on interventions to control dengue transmission and respond to outbreaks. A summary of the available evidence will help inform disease... -
A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a support and training interve...
Background Secondary school teachers are at heightened risk of psychological distress, which can lead to poor work performance, poor quality teacher-student relationships and... -
Anti-tobacco control industry strategies in Turkey
Background Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) penetrated the Turkish cigarette market due to trade and investment liberalization in the post-1980 period and eventually... -
A typology of community and stakeholder engagement based on documented exampl...
Background Despite broad consensus on the importance of community and stakeholder engagement (CSE) for guiding the development, regulation, field testing, and deployment of... -
Associations within school-based same-sex friendship networks of children's p...
Background Physical activity in children is associated with better physical and mental health but many children do not meet physical activity guidelines. Friendship groups are... -
Residential neighbourhood greenspace is associated with reduced risk of incid...
Background Three cross sectional studies suggest that neighbourhood greenspace may protect against incident diabetes. This study uses data from a longitudinal study with a large... -
Veteran-centered barriers to VA mental healthcare services use.
Background Some veterans face multiple barriers to VA mental healthcare service use. However, there is limited understanding of how veterans’ experiences and meaning systems... -
Treatable causes of fever among children under five years in a seasonal malar...
Fever remains a major public health problem. In Burkina Faso, more than half of febrile children are considered not to be infected by malaria. This study prospectively assessed... -
Vaginal washing and lubrication among female sex workers in the Mexico-US bor...
Background To assess the potential acceptability and inform the development of behaviorally-congruent vaginal douche- or gel-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products,... -
A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Health Research and Capaci...
Capacity building in health research generally, and helminthiasis research particularly, is pivotal to the implementation of the research and development agenda for the control... -
Surgical referral coordination from a first-level hospital: a prospective cas...
Background: Patients in isolated rural communities typically lack access to surgical care. It is not feasible for most rural first-level hospitals to provide a full suite of... -
The translation of sports injury prevention and safety promotion knowledge: i...
Background A recognised research-to-practice gap exists in the health research field of sports injury prevention and safety promotion. There is a need for improved insight into... -
Advice from the health insurer as a channelling strategy: a natural experimen...
Background In a health care system based on managed competition it is important that health insurers are able to channel their enrolees to preferred care providers. However,... -
Cost of HPV screening at community health campaigns (CHCs) and health clinics...
Background Cervical cancer is the most frequent neoplasm among Kenyan women, with 4800 diagnoses and 2400 deaths per year. One reason is an extremely low rate of screening... -
Bisphenol a increases risk for presumed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in ...
Background Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a ubiquitous chemical and recognized endocrine disruptor associated with obesity and related disorders. We explored the association between BPA... -
Language-concordant automated telephone queries to assess medication adherenc...
Background Clinicians have difficulty accurately assessing medication non-adherence within chronic disease care settings. Health information technology (HIT) could offer novel... -
Epidemiology of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs consumption in Spain. Th...
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used despite their risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or cardiovascular events. We report the profile of people taking... -
a concept map analysis of parenting and nutrition experts input
Background: Parents are an important influence on children’s dietary intake and eating behaviors. However, the lack of a conceptual framework and inconsistent... -
Contextually tailored interventions can increase evidence-informed policy-mak...
Background The present study aims to test out contextually tailored interventions to increase evidence-informed health-enhancing physical activity policy-making in two Danish... -
Diagnosis and mortality of emergency department patients in the North Denmark...
Background Emergency departments handle a large proportion of acute patients. In 2007, it was recommended centralizing the Danish healthcare system and establishing emergency...
