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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... -
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... -
Communication around HPV vaccination for adolescents in low- and middle-incom...
Abstract Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes cervical cancer. More than 80% of those diagnosed with cervical cancer live in low- and middle-income countries... -
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.... -
Development of an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity inter...
Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a significant public health challenge that affects approximately one in five children worldwide. Infant feeding practices are implicated... -
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... -
Combined interventions to reduce HIV incidence in KwaZulu-Natal: a modelling ...
Abstract Background Combined prevention interventions, including early antiretroviral therapy initiation, may substantially reduce HIV incidence in hyperendemic settings. Our... -
A 12-month follow-up of a transdiagnostic indicated prevention of internalizi...
Abstract Background Anxious and depressive symptoms in youth are highly prevalent, are often comorbid and have a high rate of relapse. Preventive interventions are promising,... -
Prioritising pathogens for the management of severe febrile patients to impro...
Abstract Background Severe febrile illness without a known source (SFWS) is a challenge for clinicians when deciding how to manage a patient, particularly given the wide... -
Immune responses upon Campylobacter jejuni infection of secondary abiotic mic...
Abstract Background Campylobacter jejuni infections are of rising importance worldwide. Given that innate immune receptors including nucleotide-oligomerization-domain-2 (Nod2)... -
Understanding variations in catastrophic health expenditure, its underlying d...
Abstract Background To assess the financial burden due to out of pocket (OOP) payments, two mutually exclusive approaches have been used: catastrophic health expenditure (CHE)... -
Transient detectable viremia and the risk of viral rebound in patients from t...
Abstract Background Temporary increases in plasma HIV RNA ('blips') are common in HIV patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Blips above 500 copies/mL have been... -
Sitagliptin does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalizati...
Abstract Background To examine the effects of the DPP-4i sitagliptin on CV outcomes during and after incident MI in the Trial... -
Qualitative study exploring the phenomenon of multiple electronic prescribing...
BACKGROUND: A previous census of electronic prescribing (EP) systems in England showed that more than half of hospitals with EP reported more than one EP system within the same... -
Predictors of delayed culture conversion among Ugandan patients
Abstract Background Estimates of month-2 culture conversion, a proxy indicator of tuberculosis (TB) treatment efficacy in phase-2 trials can vary by culture-type and... -
Mortality changes after grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculos...
textabstractBackground: Since its founding in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund) has become the dominant multilateral health financier... -
Systematic mapping of existing tools to appraise methodological strengths and...
Abstract Background Qualitative evidence synthesis is increasingly used alongside reviews of effectiveness to inform guidelines and other decisions. To support this use, the... -
Pathological findings in spontaneously dead and euthanized sows – a descripti...
Abstract Background A high rate of euthanized and spontaneously dead sows causes production losses and likely indicates underlying... -
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... -
Predictors of fibromyalgia: a population-based twin cohort study
Abstract Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a pain syndrome, the mechanisms and predictors of which are still unclear. We have...
