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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... -
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis...
Abstract Background Main treatable Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchial Asthma (BA) and Allergic Rhinitis (AR) are... -
Knowledge about mammography screening in Germany by education and migrant sta...
Abstract Background The population-based mammography screening program (MSP) is aimed to reduce breast cancer mortality, to detect breast cancer at an early stage, and to allow... -
The characteristics of mixing patterns of sexual dyads and factors correlated...
Abstract Background The HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China has increased yearly. This study aimed to explore the association between the... -
Development of a small panel of SNPs to infer ancestry in Chileans that disti...
Abstract Background Current South American populations trace their origins mainly to three continental ancestries, i.e. European, Amerindian and African. Individual variation in... -
Rubella outbreak in the school children, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: February–Apri...
Abstract Background Rubella is a vaccine-preventable contagious disease causing an estimated 100,000 children to be born with congenital rubella syndrome each year globally.... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards rabies: questionnaire survey in ru...
Abstract Background Rabies is a fatal animal disease of significant public health importance. Domestic dogs are the main reservoir and transmitter of this disease particularly... -
Mediation analysis to understand genetic relationships between habitual coffe...
Abstract Background Increased coffee intake is associated with reduced serum urate concentrations and lower risk of gout. Specific alleles of the GCKR, ABCG2, MLXIPL, and CYP1A2... -
Challenges in the construction of knowledge bases for human microbiome-diseas...
Abstract The last few years have seen tremendous growth in human microbiome research, with a particular focus on the links to both mental and physical health and disease.... -
An audit of food and beverage advertising on the Sydney metropolitan train ne...
Abstract Background Increased marketing of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods has been identified as a driver of the global obesity epidemic and a priority area for preventative... -
Are there benefits from using bone-borne maxillary expansion instead of tooth...
Abstract Background The aim of the current systematic review was to compare the clinical effects of bone-borne or hybrid tooth-bone-borne rapid maxillary expansion (RME) with... -
Progression of the smoking epidemic in high-income regions and its effects on...
Abstract Background Of all lifestyle behaviours, smoking caused the most deaths in the last century. Because of the time lag between the act of smoking and dying from smoking,... -
Equity of primary care service delivery for low income "sicker" adults across...
Abstract Background Despite significant investments to support primary care internationally, income-based inequities in access to quality health care are present in many... -
Measuring and stimulating progress on implementing widely recommended food en...
Abstract Background Monitoring the degree of implementation of widely recommended food environment policies by national governments is an important part of stimulating progress... -
Addressing vulnerability, building resilience: community-based adaptation to ...
Abstract Background The threat of a rapidly changing planet – of coupled social, environmental and climatic change – pose new conceptual and practical challenges in responding... -
What is it about a cancer diagnosis that would worry people? A population-bas...
Abstract Background Surveys indicate quite high prevalence of cancer worry in the general population, but little is known about what it is about cancer that worries people. A... -
Sub-analysis of geographical variations in the 2-year observational COPTIMIZE...
Abstract Background Studies suggest that patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) who fail to benefit from a disease-modifying treatment (DMT) may benefit... -
Consumption of non-nutritive sweeteners by pre-schoolers of the food and envi...
Abstract Background Consumption of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) is becoming increasingly more frequent, particularly in the context of obesity prevention policies. The aim of... -
Epidemiological analysis of the Kaohsiung city strategy for dengue fever quar...
Abstract Background Dengue is endemic in over 100 countries and is an important public health problem worldwide. Dengue fever is not endemic in Taiwan; the importation of dengue... -
Psychotropic medications in older people in residential care facilities and a...
Abstract Background Psychotropic medications have been associated with many adverse outcomes in older people living in residential care. Home-like models of residential care may...
