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Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of populatio...
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess the commitments of food companies in Malaysia to improving population nutrition using the Business Impact Assessment on... -
The moderating role of food cue sensitivity in the behavioral response of chi...
Abstract Background Neighborhood food cues have been inconsistently related to residents’ health, possibly due to variations in residents’ sensitivity to such cues. This study... -
A cross sectional study of unmet need for health services amongst urban refug...
Abstract Background Although the Thai government has introduced policies to promote the health of migrants, it is still the case that urban refugees and asylum seekers (URAS)... -
What is the right sequencing approach? Solo VS extended family analysis in co...
Abstract Background Testing strategies is crucial for genetics clinics and testing laboratories. In this study, we tried to compare the hit rate between solo and trio and trio... -
Clinical reasoning for acute dyspnoea: comparison between final-year medical ...
Abstract Clinical reasoning for acute dyspnoea: Comparison of final-year medical students from discipline- and competency-based undergraduate programmes. Background The global... -
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... -
The role of the built environment in explaining educational inequalities in w...
Abstract Background This study examined whether characteristics of the residential built environment (i.e. population density, level of mixed land use, connectivity,... -
Gender difference in utilization willingness of institutional care among the ...
Abstract Background Institutional care has become an urgent issue in rural China. Rural single seniors, compared with their counterparts, have lower income and are more... -
Sedentary behavior patterns and adiposity in children: a study based on compo...
Abstract Background Between-person differences in sedentary patterns should be considered to understand the role of sedentary behavior (SB) in the development of childhood... -
Integrated care reform in urban China: a qualitative study on design, support...
Abstract Background Initiatives on integrated care between hospitals and community health centers (CHCs) have been introduced to transform the current fragmented health care... -
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... -
Perspectives of policy-makers and stakeholders about health care waste manage...
Abstract Background In South Africa, a new primary health care (PHC) re-engineering initiative aims to scale up the provision of community-based care (CBC). A central element in... -
Increase in premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka...
Abstract Background Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the leading cause of death and more than 40% of NCD deaths are premature occurring before the age of 70 years.... -
Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the fore...
Abstract Background Poor maternal health delivery in developing countries results in more than half a million maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within a few weeks... -
Association between convenience stores near schools and obesity among school-...
Abstract Background Food environments have rapidly changed over the past years in China and children have more access to unhealthy food in convenience stores near schools. Since... -
Prospective observations study protocol to investigate cost-effectiveness of ...
Abstract Background Among the non-invasive screening methods for the identification of fetal aneuploidy, NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) shows the highest sensitivity and... -
Bus commuting, subway commuting, and walking to workplaces in U.S. cities: So...
Most previous studies that examine the controversies involved in transit subsidies concentrate on large metropolitan areas in the U.S. The main contribution of this paper to the... -
Small-area socioeconomic deprivation indices in Cyprus: development and assoc...
Abstract Background Area-level measures of socioeconomic deprivation are important for understanding and describing health inequalities. The aim of this study was the... -
What happened and why? A programme theory-based qualitative evaluation of a h...
Abstract Background There is increasing interest in and demands for partnerships between academia and healthcare practices. Few empirical studies have described the influence of... -
Decomposing the causes of socioeconomic-related health inequality among urban...
Abstract Background In recent decades, China has experienced tremendous economic growth and also witnessed growing socioeconomic-related health inequality. The study aims to...
