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Community-based initiatives improving critical health literacy: a systematic ...
Abstract Background Critical health literacy enables older adults to make informed health decisions and take actions for the health and wellbeing of themselves and their... -
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time in a cohort of US...
Abstract Background Observational studies linking physical activity with mortality are susceptible to reverse causation bias from undiagnosed and prevalent diseases. Researchers... -
Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway
Background: Water advisories, especially those concerning boiling drinking water, are widely used to reduce risks of infection from contaminants in the water supply. Since the... -
Burden of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: First estimates and research pr...
Abstract Background Since the 1990s, evidence has accumulated of an increased prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in Africa as compared to onchocerciasis-free... -
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... -
A valid and reliable nutrition knowledge questionnaire for track and field at...
© The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License... -
A systematic review of working conditions and occupational health among immig...
Abstract Background A systematic attempt to summarize the literature that examines working conditions and occupational health among immigrant in Europe and Canada. Methods We... -
‘Thinking outside the box’: advanced geriatric nursing in primary health care...
Abstract Background Older people are frequent users of primary health care (PHC) services. PHC services have been critiqued, mainly regarding limited accessibility and... -
Peripheral neuropathy in metachromatic leukodystrophy: Current status and fut...
Abstract Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is an autosomal recessively inherited metabolic disease characterized by deficient activity of the lysosomal enzyme arylsulfatase A.... -
First-generation migrants’ use of psychotropic medication in Northern Ireland...
Abstract Purpose There is a recent and growing migrant population in Northern Ireland. However, rigorous research is absent... -
Exploration of Finnish adults’ successful weight management over the life cou...
Abstract Background Despite the current obesogenic environment creating challenges weight management, some people succeed in... -
Social participation in older women and men: differences in community activit...
Contexte : La participation sociale est un déterminant de la santé qui est modifiable et influencé par les aspects physiques et sociaux de l'environnement. On sait peu de choses... -
Two subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury are associated with different...
Abstract Background The pathophysiology of septic acute kidney injury is inadequately understood. Recently, subphenotypes for... -
Patterns of urban land use in a developing country: the role of transport inf...
The paper investigates the determinants of urban land use for the city of Recife, Brazil. Using microdata on 98,198 individual parcels and a conditionally parametric spatial... -
"Navigation to prioritizing the patient" – first-line nurse managers’ experie...
Abstract Background First-line nurse managers are central to quality improvement work when changing work practices into better patient outcomes. Quality improvement... -
What is the available evidence that artificial light at night affects animal ...
Abstract Background Artificial light at night (ALAN), has increased dramatically over the past two centuries and is linked to... -
How does tillage intensity affect soil organic carbon? A systematic review
Background: The loss of carbon (C) from agricultural soils has been, in part, attributed to tillage, a common prac‑ tice providing a number of benefits to farmers. The promotion... -
Confirming the factor structure of a generic quality of life instrument among...
Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is a patient-reported outcome of increasing importance in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment field, and impaired QoL may be an... -
Drivers of hibernation in the brown bear
Background: Hibernation has been a key area of research for several decades, essentially in small mammals in the laboratory, yet we know very little about what triggers or ends...
