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Short Name: A Epidemiol Public Health
ISSN: 2639-4391
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To assess the recent trends in changing Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in India and the policies to address gender imbalances. The challenge of gender disparity at birth through a skewed sex ratio is not uncommon in low-and-middle income countries.
In Pakistan, there is an urgent need to overhaul primary healthcare to improve access to affordable, high-quality services while balancing preventive care and treating episodic infections and chronic diseases. Patient-centered medical home model has been used to engage communities and provide context-relevant services.
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, posing significant challenges to healthcare systems and societies at large. The disease manifests as a result of atherosclerosis, a condition characterized by the formation of atherosclerotic plaques within the coronary arteries, impeding blood flow to the heart muscle which can lead to angina, myocardial infarction, and potentially life-threatening arrhythmias.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about drastic changes in the way we teach medical students. As the universities shut down to contain the pandemic, teachers and educationists were forced to contemplate upon ways and means to continue teaching our vast medical curriculum, while the students stayed at home, having their world turned entirely virtual.
Nowadays, Treatment for refractory unstable Ventricular tachycardia (VT) with a pulse remained a challenge. Antiarrhythmic are recommended, although there is a risk of exacerbating hypotension in a patient who is already hemodynamically unstable. Herein, we described the double sequential synchronised cardioversion (DSSC) technique for treating a patient with refractory unstable VT with a pulse.
Nowadays, zoonotic pathogens are major contributors to human food borne diseases in both developed and developing countries, and still a major challenge to human informed as being associated with the persistence of health worldwide [1]. It was reported by [2] that contribution and liability of veterinary medicine promotes a well-being of human health.
The article outlines the interplay between both branches of the ANS and explains why HRR should be utilised alongside conventional aerobic tests which are underpinned by sympathetic dominance. The article proposes HRVB as a practical solution to improve PNS efficiency and discusses why this should form an essential part of any cardiac health programme, and how research in this area can improve to facilitate better guidelines and field-based outcomes
Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is an important crop in desert regions of the Middle East and contributes significantly to human nutrition. It has been reported that the date palm trees produced million tons wastes across the world.
The road to Covid-19 vaccines has been a real challenge. The genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 was obtained in January, 2020: Earlier vaccinal studies began on Spring 2020 and in less than 12 months (December, 2020) the European Medicines Agency (EMA) could recommend the first conditional authorisation for a Covid-19 vaccine [1].
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease caused by various Brucella species, which mainly infect cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. Humans generally acquire the disease through direct contact with infected animals, by eating or drinking contaminated animal products or by inhaling airborne agents. The aim of this study is to assess the livestock farming communities` knowledge, attitude, and practices related to brucellosis in Ada`a Barga, Dandi and Gindeberet districts of Oromia, Ethiopia.
Head and neck cancer is the seventh most common type of cancer worldwide, and the development of immunotherapy is conducive to the preservation of function and the improvement of prognosis. We intersected the immune gene database ImmPort and InnateDB databases and selected specific modules by WGCNA. We performed uni-/multi-variate Cox regression analyses to screen their prognostic roles in HNSCC patients from TCGA. GO and KEGG were used to define the functional enrichment of specific immune gene modules.
Malaria remains a major public health problem affecting children <5 years because of the weak immune system. Uganda set targets to control and eliminate malaria with interventions of most at-risk groups; however, infection rates remain high in Northern Uganda, especially Lango region. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors of malaria and identified among children <5 years in Agwata Sub-county, Dokolo District, Northern Uganda.
In 1986, the US Congress passed the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA).(1) HCQIA was designed to protect the health and safety of the public by 1) enhancing the Peer Review process through protection for peer review members from lawsuits, and 2) providing a national repository for reported information regarding medical malpractice payments and adverse actions involving physicians.
Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) group, classified as Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC), causes around 90% of community-acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs). These strains have increased its level of antimicrobial resistance to frontline antibiotics due to the indiscriminate use of antimicrobials
In order to access, comprehend, and use information to make decisions about their health, people must possess certain personal traits and social resources, which are referred to as health literacy. Patients’ ability to engage in complex disease management and self-care is strongly related to their level of health literacy.
Focus on the potential connections between DM and TB is growing as the Diabetic Mellitus (DM) pandemic spreads in nations where TB is also widespread. Diabetes is a complicated condition that includes multiple types of dyslipidemia in addition to hyperglycemia. However, it is unclear how much these underlying metabolic variables contribute to a higher vulnerability to TB.
The demand for blood and blood products is increasing all over the world. Despite the fact that many people are eligible to donate, the number of people who donate on a regular basis within the recommended time frame is also very small. This study aimed to assess the determinant factors of time to return of voluntary blood donors at the National Blood Bank Service, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The regular use of plant protection products in modern agriculture improved the quality and quantity of yield products. Exposure to pesticides through water, food, or breathing polluted air has become a significant public health burden. In Lebanon, agriculture activities are not tightly controlled.
The key intervention in prevention and controlling the spread of HIV, counseling and testing (HCT) is pertinent across the globe. Despite this pandemic, However, HCT intervention is still undertaken and more especially, in sub-Saharan Africa. Student nurses formed the largest group undergoing health care training in the country compared to doctors and other health cadres. Also, student nurses are usually in their youthful age and according to WHO, they are part of the most vulnerable group to HIV infection.
The objective of this research was to evaluate effectiveness of psychological intervention performed with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for health personnel from first-level care networks in Berazategui, part of the metropolitan area in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
COVID-19 is the latest pandemic that has triggered respiratory diseases worldwide at an alarmingly fast pace. The symptoms of this disease are acute respiratory illness, hyperthermia, cough, sore throat, breathlessness and diarrhea. The present study through a statistical analysis relates the COVID-19 incidence and mortality dynamics. The required data (i.e., total number of confirmed deaths reported globally in the year 2020, by 23rd July, the population in millions, and number of deaths per million) was collected.
Health literacy enhances a population’s self-care capacity and helps to reduce health inequalities. Low health literacy (LHL) is associated mostly with mature patients with chronic health conditions, who have limited education, not necessarily from a lower income group, and those who cherish superstitions and stigma inside their preset narrow mind that prevents them from gathering some relevant information about health or health system access, diseases, and drugs from their surroundings, with a few exceptional cases.
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC) represent very common types of cancer, whose incidence is rapidly rising. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several studies reported a significant decrease in skin tumours operated compared with the previous years, with a concomitant increased proportion of treatment of large skin tumours.
When diagnosing viral hepatitis, the leading directions of laboratory service work are the determination of the most informative methods of detecting infection markers, determination of criteria for objective evaluation of the results obtained, development of optimal algorithms of laboratory tests, and implementation of quality improvement systems for detecting infection markers. Therefore, affordable and high-quality ELISA test kits play an important role in the primary diagnosis of HBV and HCV infection...
Background: Rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients not primarily assigned with the diagnosis of COVID-19 is highly relevant to effectively rule out virus transmission among patients and medical staff.
The purpose is to develop a model for the prediction of the actual presence of a SARS-CoV-2 infection before a valid test result is available and to avoid unnecessary testing in Critical Care Units.
A novel neethling virus disease or similarly known as Lumpy skin disease, is an evolving bovine viral infection. This is widespread in most African countries as well as in some Middle East zone, Asian and European countries. The virus that causes lumpy skin disease (LSD) is called the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV), and it belongs to the Capripoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. It is a transnational illness with serious economic implications that affects cattle and water buffaloes...
Background: Disease control personnel have an important role in preventing spreading of COVID-19, such as case screening, outbreak investigation, and contact tracing. This study aims to find out their protective behaviors and other associated factors with inappropriate PPE use, as well as the percentage of seropositivity by natural SARS-CoV2 infection in September 2020 during the period without any COVID-19 vaccine...
Introduction/purpose of the study: Helicobacter Pylori infection is probably the most common bacterial infection world wide. About 40% of the world’s population is affected. The aim of this study was toto assess the seroprevalence of H. Pylori infection at Sikasso hospital.
Method: Thisis a cross-sectional study that took place from April 01, 2019 to March 30, 2020 in the Laboratory/Blood Bank department of SIKASSO Hospital which receives patients over 15 years of age, of both sexes...
The plant hormone Abscisic Acid (ABA) has applications not only in agriculture, but also in human health. ABA is established as the key hormonal regulator of plant stress physiology, and it is also involved in plant growth and development under normal conditions. This phytohormone is present in the human body from dietary sources as well as from endogenous production through the carotenoid biogenesis pathway...
Background: Under the influence of COVID-19, sedentary and home life has become a constant state of life, which affects people’s health and needs to do more perfect research on physical activity.
Methods: This paper adopts the national data of Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). This paper adopts multinomial logistic regression model with insufficient active as baseline, moreover, it divides the change of the degree of physical activity into two stages, i.e. the stage from “inactive” to “insufficiently active”, and the stage from “insufficiently active” to “sufficiently active”.
World climate change is no longer far in the future, and its consequence has just begun. With growing temperature, it is becoming evident that the effect of heat stress on organisms trying to survive out of the temperature zones is increasing. Scientists report from different places of the planet the breaking records of the temperature that is directly impacting the biodiversity across the entire ecosystem. However, it has been neglected by human being at all levels of the society. For example, the current rise in temperature is unlikely ever observed...
Fungal infection is mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, caused by severe fungal infection developing an epidemic within a global pandemic of COVID-19. Nepal has reported the first cases of black fungus that mostly reported thousands of COVID-19 patients in neighboring countries of India. Therefore, the government of Nepal should be developed for an identification protocol to ensure effective early screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management in the current scenario of Nepal population to tackle against the fungal infection on going global pandemic COVID-19...
COVID-19 vaccine-induced rhabdomyolysis is rare. The concurrent presentation of rhabdomyolysis and hyponatremia secondary to COVID-19 vaccine has never been reported. A 54-year-old gentleman had developed rhabdomyolysis two days after receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) vaccine. His initial Creatine Kinase (CK) and sodium level were 12,588 U/L and 113mmol/L, respectively. He was treated with two-steps fluid management strategy...
The prevalence of hypertension is increasing in Indian adolescents and young adults. The increase in prevalence is attributed to factors like changed dietary habits (consumption of processed food) and a sedentary lifestyle. Hypertension which develops in childhood/ adolescence persists in adulthood. This study was conducted to determine salt consumption and hypertension in girls between 18-20 years of age. The study included 120 girls from different colleges in Mumbai...
In November 2021, for the first time, a new variant omicron (B.1.1.529) of SARS-CoV-2 was reported to World Health Organization (WHO). It quickly became evident that the four genetically distant variants (BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2, and BA.3.1) of viral lineages existed. Each of them had a unique set of mutations. In the beginning, the BA.1 was the most circulating variant worldwide...
Chemical fumes/sprays are one of the risk factors, which challenging the reptile population’s welfare. Worldwide the reptiles and amphibians are vanishing at an alarming rate. The causes are unclear in most cases, although they are believed to be caused by human-made contamination of the environment. According to recent studies, most herbicides/pesticides in the aquatic setting can destroy animal endocrine systems....
Background: Heavy metals are chemical substances mainly present in water and soil. They exist as natural and or synthetic element in water, soil and industry. This element often finds their way into human through inhalation, contact and ingestion. The exposure to animal could be through eating polluted grass/food, air and or water result in deposition in their organs.
Background: The birth weight of a newborn has a substantial impact on infant mortality, morbidity, development, and long-term health. It is determined by the mother’s overall health status. More than 20 million babies are born with low birth weight across the world. In developing countries, almost 17% of all newborns are born with low birth weights, with no exception in Ethiopia. Alleviating this problem, needs a clear understanding of the determinants...
Background: Normal (BP0) or high Blood Pressure (BP1) are variably present in patients with chronic Glomerulonephritis (GN) and Nephrotic Syndrome (NS). At biopsy each BP0 or BP1 patient is associated with different values of renal function, urinary proteins excretion and renal lesions severity [GGS%, TID and AH score]. Thus, outcome of BP0 and BP1 may be dependent in every patient by the associations with these parameters and by eventual treatments with immunosuppressive agents.
Contamination with fungi and their toxins is considered one of the most dangerous hidden pollutants that threaten the health of the consumer. The presence of mycotoxins in various foods has been recorded, despite their apparent safety for human consumption. Therefore, the current study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Aspergillus species by culture method...
Introduction: HELLP syndrome is a life-threating complication in pregnancy that occurs in 0.5 to 0.9% of all pregnancies and in 10-20% of cases with severe preeclampsia/eclampsia with increased rate of both maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study is to assess maternal and perinatal outcome of HELLP syndrome at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
The objective of this study is to discuss the relationship between the features of the millennial generation and their intellectual formation based on consensus between the parties. A documentary study was carried out with a non-probabilistic selection of sources indexed to international repositories, considering the period from 2019 to 2021 and the keywords...
Introduction: The fight against hepatitis B in Africa requires knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease in community setting and, above all, patient follow-up. Our objective was to study the outcome of patients after screening for hepatitis B in a community-based setting in Ouagadougou in July 2018.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive cohort study of 787 people screened, sensitized and followed up for 18 months to describe their outcome after screening. Proportions were calculated.
Cryptogenetic stroke is not a rare entity but represents about 30-40% of ischemic strokes and the pathogenetic mechanism at the basis is the passage of microemboli through the patent foramen ovale. The probability of having a second cerebral ischemic event increases if the patency of the oval foramen is associated with the presence of an aneurysmal interatrial septum. We took care of a patient who was then diagnosed with breast cancer and potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy started...
Background: Following the reporting of animal cases of Rift Valley Fever in Tchintabaraden, Niger, we conducted a study to identify disease risk factors.
Methods: An unpaired case-control study was conducted. A case of Rift Valley Fever was defined as anyone living in Tchintabaraden with a fever (temperature≥38.5°C), with a gastrointestinal, vaginal, mucuous or nose bleeding, between August 2 and October 31, 2016. A control was a person living in Tchintabaraden without any symptoms of Rift Valley Fever at the time of the study. Proportions and Odds ratios were calculated.
Background: The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world. In Senegal, the number of cases continues to increase. The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with COVID-19 in the health district of Touba.
Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study. Data were collected using investigation sheets, by individual interviews with suspected cases and contacts who were tested for COVID-19 between March 10 and May 10, 2020. Logistic regression was used to identify associated factors.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia and associated factor among pregnant women attending ANC service in Worabe Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from September to December 2016, Silte ZoneSouthern Ethiopia.
Result: Out of 295 pregnant women that participated in the study 107 (36.3%) were anemic. Among the 295 pregnant women examined for intestinal parasite and malaria all none of them were negative for intestinal parasite and malaria.
Occupational brucellosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases among veterinarians worldwide. Therefore, it is important to monitor the prevalence and risk factors associated with occupational brucellosis among veterinarian in Saudi Arabia.
The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of occupational brucellosis among veterinarians in different regions of KSA who work in MEWA, and identify the risk factors associated with the occurrence of disease in veterinarians.
Background: Drug resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is a major public health problem that undermines successes in TB control. In Guinea-Bissau there were 25 MDR-TB patients in 2017 for an estimated treatment success rate of 44%. It is imperative to act at the grassroots level to prevent the emergence of such resistance, but no similar study has been carried out in the country. The objective of the study was to determine the factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau...
Introduction: The author decided to write this article after seeing the photo of one patient before the COVID-19 treatment and after her admittance in the hospital to treat this infection (that showed that she became 10 years older than before the infection treatment).
Purpose: To demonstrate why patients that was undergoing COVID-19 treatment seems to be older after this treatment...
The idea for our study came from the experience of one of our authors (SHS) with a nurse practitioner-run Emergency Department Follow-up Office (EDFO) at an urban, academic Emergency Department (ED) in the 1980s [1]. The role of that EDFO in supporting patient care and addressing provider concerns seemed indispensible to the practice of Emergency Medicine (EM) in an academic, urban environment. Indeed, our author’s follow up office to this day continues to meet the needs and expectations...
Vaccinations have been a widely debated topic in recent years due to many vehement accusations that they cause autism in children. The accuracy of these accusations has been repeatedly studied across the globe, and the unanimous consensus has been for years that vaccines do not cause autism. Despite these findings, the number of unvaccinated individuals in the United States continues to grow, which in turn has brought about the return of infectious diseases, which had an exceedingly low incidence rate in past years...
The focus of this study is on the prevalence of Lyme disease and the common factors that contribute to this prevalence. Borrelia burgdorferi, hereafter referred to as B. burgdorferi, is the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. B. burgdorferi is a zoonotic bacterium found in Ixodes scapularis, commonly referred to as the Blacklegged tick or the deer tick. The purpose of this literature review is to analyze peer-reviewed resources to determine the prevalence of Lyme disease across the United States of America...
Background: 1945 marked the end of World War II; however, the United States was unaware of an upcoming battle with an invisible pathogen which would linger for decades to come. The war’s conclusion meant thousands of troops returning to the United States. It was quickly realized the need for urgency in shoring up food production. To keep pace with the increasing population, farms and slaughterhouses took sanitary shortcuts...
Background: Potential impact of malaria parasiteamia on SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and severity remains unclear. We determined the cellular and humoral factors of oxidative burst (aspect of innate immunity) of COVID-19 patients having malaria parasiteamia as a mechanism to understand the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 in malaria patients.
Background: Public healthcare set-ups in India face formidable challenges and is lagging far behind from private set-ups. However, in some states, there is a difference. Tamil Nadu, a southern state in India has been christened as the Medical capital of India as it has one of the best healthcare services in India and a very well-established public-health care system. Several studies have outlined the facilities of public-healthcare set-ups in Tamil Nadu as being superior to that found in other states in India but there is no study so far that has captured the perception of people in the state of Tamil Nadu on them...
Background: Smoking remains one of the leading preventable causes of premature death, disease, and disability in the world. Previous studies have considered various factors that influence smoking prevalence in the Cypriot population, however, smoking behaviour remains highly prevalent in the population. The present study aims to use recent data to estimate the smoking prevalence and identify socio-demographic factors associated with an increased likelihood of smoking within the Cypriot population...
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) causative pathogen, is a member of the Coronaviridae family of single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses with a genome size of approximately 30 kb. Researchers have sequenced nearly 4,10,000 genomes of SARS-CoV-2 since its emergence in China in December 2019 and shared the details on the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database...
Background: SARS-COV 2 is a novel and rapidly spreading virus without specific drug treatment, thus the need to understand the dynamic of host antibody responses for possible plasma therapy.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of anti-SARS-COV 2 specific -IgG and -IgM antibodies in COVID-19 Nigerian patients.
Objective: The infectious corona virus, COVID-19 has high case mortality in those whom suffer with severe symptoms requiring hospitalisation. A major problem associated with COVID-19 is the spread of infection by a-symptomatic carriers, or those with mild symptoms. We aim to determine the antibody prevalence in a professional Welsh cohort and begin to explore the longevity of COVID-19 antibodies.
Background: There is limited knowledge about the utilization of cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) for the value assessment of Medical Devices (MDs) in the field of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI). The objective of this study was two-fold. First, it was to provide relevant insight into the state of the art with respect to the use of CEA in the field of CLI. Second, it was to critically appraise the quality of included studies.
Background: Tracheal intubation is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea to maintain or keep an open airway. COVID-19 includes a wide range of symptoms such as fever, cough, and tiredness. Also, some complications of COVID-19 like respiratory failure and respiratory distress are life-threatening, therefore; they need conservation and supportive treatment strategies..
The ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged the global health community in unprecedented ways. To date, the novel coronavirus has infected over 25.6 million people and caused more than 853,000 deaths globally [1]. Although 80% of cases manifest as mild disease, approximately 6% of individuals develop life-threatening pneumonia requiring intensive care .
Background: Early in the pandemic, Chloroquine (CQ), Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), and Azithromycin (AZ) were considered viable options due to promising results from preliminary studies.
Objective: To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of HCQ, CQ, and/or AZ in COVID-19 patients.
The virus that causes COVID-19, is SARS-CoV-2, was confirmed a common virus on March 11th 2019. With over 50 million cases and 1.2 million deaths around the world, Thus, the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is an urgent global imperative. There are over 165 vaccine candidates being developed, with 33 in various stages of clinical testing. COVID-19 has brought unprecedented society level attention on a truly global scale into antibody and vaccine science and technology.
Ageing population has increased rapidly over the recent decades, so as the prevalent of mental illness among the elderly population.
Objectives: Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mental health problems among the elderly in our setting, the common diagnoses of elderly (aged 60 years old and above) psychiatric referrals and their socio-demographic distribution.
Background: Infection prevention and control of cross-contamination are essential in providing a secure environment for patients and healthcare workers within healthcare settings in general and more specifically in dental practices. The aim of the current study was to determine the level of compliance of dentists with infection control in primary health care centers in Gaza Strip (GS).
Melioidosis is a common endemic across Southeast Asia, Northern Australia, India and China. It is caused by a gram-negative bacterium named Burkholderia pseudomallei, which originates in muddy water and humid soil. The infection typically takes place following the direct contact with contaminated water or soil, mainly through an open wound, inhalation or ingestion [1,2]. Infected individuals are mostly asymptomatic, even though some may show symptoms ranging from fever, skin infection, pneumonia to multi-site abscesses.
Objective: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating condition of unknown aetiology. Gastrointestinal symptoms and dietary sensitivities appear to be implicated in ME/CFS presentation; however, this has not yet been described in Australian patients. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the gastrointestinal symptoms, dietary habits, and food intolerances and the effect of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Australian ME/CFS patients.
Objective: One of the problems of improving dental care is the prevention of dental diseases. The aim of our work was to identify the awareness and the level of hygienic knowledge among school children to further increase the motivation of implementation and conduction of preventive measures.
Method: Analyzed 1465 questionnaires of the respondents of Armenia in 3 groups of ages.
We always have the problem and the data which belong to it, and if we do not put this data in a simple, effective and proven template for analysis and to come up with appropriate recommendations to solve this problem, the situation may worsen in a very painful way, and our present problem is the Covid-19 pandemic with its many data and statistics, and we suggest to use the famous Pareto principle (One of the tools of quality and management) to combat this controversial epidemic According to an ethical law frame and safety culture and here present the integration among health, safety, quality environment.
There is international consensus on inclusion of warning labels on tobacco products [1] (FCTC recommendations). The World Health Organization (WHO) has established guidelines in Article 11 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), including the size and location of the warnings [1]. In addition, WHO recommends that the warning include pictures [2-4]. As of June 2020, at least 125 countries have passed legislation to incorporate large pictorial health warnings on cigarette packages [4-7].
Child sexual abuse is a public health issue because of the pervasive nature, the adverse effects upon the health and well-being of victims, their families and the broader community. Its prevalence is high in Africa due to wrong beliefs, misconceptions and taboos. This calls for effective sensitization and communication in all the communities to prevent, identify and manage potential cases and as such curb this detrimental societal ill.
Objective: In a previous review of 19 follow-up studies, we found that elderly people with high Low-Density-Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) live just as long as or longer than people with low LDL-C. Since then, many similar follow-up studies including both patients and healthy people of all ages have been published.
The new coronavirus that is now popular with the title of COVID-19 around the world and boasting in spreading at a pandemic level, causing more panic than killings, is the seventh in the line of the class of coronaviruses. This family of viruses headed by the common cold or flu virus has lived in symbiosis with humans for long.
Climate change is one of the challenges impeding malaria elimination. Given that Lagos is vulnerable to climate change effects, where public awareness programme and other mitigating interventions on climate change exist, we conducted this study to assess the knowledge and perceived effects of climate change, cultural definition of climate change and vulnerability to increased risk of malaria in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) in Mexican children remains high with soft drinks accounting for 10% of energy intake. Greater intakes of SSB are associated with higher risks of weight gain, type 2 diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome (MS). A 12-week educational programme was developed to target environmental resources including school water fountains and determine its effectiveness on water and SSB consumption.
Due to the complexity of medical management, errors are common in medical prescriptions. The objective of the study was to describe the prevalence of prescribing errors related to hospitalized children with asthma in major state hospitals in a district in Sri Lanka. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in paediatric units of state hospitals of a district in Sri Lanka. The study population comprised of 577, 2-12-year-old children receiving treatment for acute exacerbation of asthma.
There is a high uncertainty regarding the prevalence of the COVID-19. We used a fast tracked straightforward method to estimate the prevalence of people contracted COVID-19 on a daily basis, which may rectify the official reports. We used the CDC's recent 'best estimate' regarding fatality ratios as a proxy to make the best estimate of the total number of symptomatic people based on the predicted number of probable deaths.
Given that child survival and maternal health particularly as it relates to malaria-related targets in Nigeria has remained challenging, this study examined health-seeking behaviour of people suspected to have malaria on the disease prevention and treatment in Ikorodu and Borgu local government areas of Lagos and Niger States, Nigeria respectively. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted using semi-structured questionnaires and focus group discussions among fathers and mothers of under-five children in the study communities.
The World Health Organization declared the novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic with an international emergency on March 11, 2020. As of September 2020, COVID-19 has swept through 216 countries and infected over 27,887,806 people killing 904,644 around the globe. The rapidly spreading outbreak imposes an unprecedented burden on the effectiveness and sustainability of the healthcare system for poor nations like Ethiopia, which have broken system even to deliver regular services.
Lifestyle and dietary habits are related to better health and better physical function and fitness. Mediterranean diet is considered one of the healthy diet which is recommended for athletes. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between Mediterranean Diet Adherence (AMD) and other healthy lifestyle indicators of health among members of sport academy clubs from Hebron in Southern West Bank.
Mental health disparities in the US. Among racial and ethnic minorities are a serious public health issue associated with substantial ethical, economic and health costs. Racial/ethnic minorities exhibit more severe mental disorder symptomatology; however, very little research exists on how this impacts functional outcomes and quality of life.
Burnout frequently is associated with stressors present in the medical field. The objective of this study was to identify the association between working conditions, stress burnout and somatic symptoms of residents and senior doctors. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 724 physicians from hospitals in Mexico City.
COVID-19 mainly causing inflammatory lesions in the lungs and can also cause injury to other major organs. Imaging methods have an important role in the diagnosis and evaluation of treatment strategies for COVID-19. Chest imaging is important for diagnosis predict prognosis. Computed tomography plays an important role in the diagnosis and evaluation of the severity in compliment with the RT-PCR test.
Harry Truman said, "the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know." However, I believe, while history may repeat itself, it does so imperfectly. With that caveat, I would like to examine what we might learn from my understandings of the 1918-20 influenza epidemic that can be applied to the current COVID-19 outbreak.
To investigate the prevalence rate and impact factors of springtime respiratory tract diseases in children in urban area of Chongqing. From March to May 2019, this study selected 2509 children in 5th and 6th graders from 4 elementary schools in an urban district of Chongqing City Proper. An epidemiological survey and pediatric pulmonologists inquiry were conducted to explore the prevalence rate of children respiratory diseases during one month.
Based on a joint report by world bank and World Health Organization, an estimated 15 million people in Ethiopia lives with some kind of disability. Over 95% of these people live in poverty and lack basic necessities, further adding to their daily challenges. There are multiple factors contributing to the existing disparities decreasing access to health care for disabled individuals.
Although the number of individuals contracted with hepatitis C virus infection is increasing, there is limited research locally on acceptance and disclosure of diagnosis among hepatitis C patient. This study aimed to explore views and experiences of patient following the diagnosis of hepatitis C infection at a tertiary centre in Kedah state, Malaysia.
COVID-19 is not the first severe respiratory disease outbreak caused by the coronavirus. Just in the past two decades, coronaviruses have caused three epidemic diseases, namely, COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). At present, the cases of COVID-19 have been found in many countries around the world.
Since the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the use of face masks has become common everywhere. All over the world, health authorities have enforced compulsory use of face mask policies in public places; however, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines has adopted a risk-based approach in offering recommendations for using face masks among health-care workers and the public.
Optimal cognitive capacity is vital throughout all stages of life. Most notably a healthy nutrition in childhood and adolescence is crucial for brain development and cognitive performance. Micronutrients are an essential component of several general cellular functions as well as of functions to neurologic activity such as the synthesis of dopamine, serotonin, and myelin formation.
The spread of coronaviruses (COVID-19) globally resulted in numerous deaths and hospitalizations. It causes respiratory tract disease and fatal lung disease in humans. Vitamin C can manage a variety of viral infections. Honey was reported to be effective against the respiratory syncytial virus. Moreover, Ginger was effective in blocking viral attachment and internalization.
Background: The mortality rate of children under 5 years old is an important index to measure the quality of maternal and child health work of a region. We aimed to analyze the death status of children under 5 years old in a city of northwest China (Lanzhou) from 2012 to 2018 and establish a time series model to predict the death of children under 5 years old in 2019.
Background: To analyze the distribution of birth defects in Lanzhou, China from 2012 to 2018, to forecast the prevalence in the future, and to provide evidence for prevention of birth defects. Materials and Methods: Monitoring datas for birth defects in Lanzhou from 2012 to 2018 were used to describe its epidemiological characteristics, such as the change of the prevalence and trend, urban-rural differences, the varieties and cis-position. Gray modeling, Curve estimation, Exponential smoothing, and ARIMA were used to predict the occurrence for the next year in the future.
The original English version of Child Oral Health Impact Profile-Short Form 19 (COHIP-SF 19), used to evaluate the oral health-related quality of life, has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, and Portuguese. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a Myanmar version of the COHIP-SF 19 (Myanmar COHIP-SF 19) and to identify the explanatory factors that impact the COHIP-SF 19.
Use of e-cigarettes, which contain nicotine and other harmful substances, is trending upward and posing adverse health effects for users. A review of literate demonstrated a dearth of studies regarding e-cigarettes use and its associated factors in adult Cancer Survivors.
Risk of Exposure to asbestos from unknown consumer products always has been worrying to consumers. Especially, consumer products manufactured before the asbestos ban would contain asbestos in their products. Consumers worried about exposure to asbestos from the vintage speakers manufactured before the asbestos ban during use or repairing.
Interactions between drugs and micronutrients have received only little or no attention in the medical and pharmaceutical world in the past. Since more and more pharmaceutics are used for the treatment of patients, this topic is increasingly relevant. As such interactions – depending on the duration of treatment and the status of micronutrients – impact the health of the patient and the action of the drugs, physicians and pharmacists should pay more attention to such interactions in the future...
Objective: The University Personality Inventory (UPI) is a mental health instrument for university students, which is still popularly used in Japan. The UPI is a 60-item self-report inventory designed to assess physical and psychological symptoms. The aim of this study was to investigate the mental health of the first-year students...
Objective: Published studies in the second largest agricultural zone in Lebanon showed that the well’s water is highly contaminated by pesticides that can affect the human system, especially the nervous system. The aim of this study is to assess the human exposure to pesticides, and to estimate the prevalence of two chronic neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson Disease (PD) in this region...
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Authors
Steven S Coughlin1 *; Kimberly Sullivan2
1Department of Clinical and Digital Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
2School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Received: Dec 07, 2017
Accepted: Jan 10, 2018
Published Online: Jan 18, 2018
Authors
Steven S. Coughlin, PhD, MPH1,2; Jessica Stewart, MPH1 ; Lovoria B Williams, PhD, APRN-BC, FAANP3
1Department of Clinical and Digital Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
2Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, GA
3Department of Biobehavioral Nursing, College of Nursing, Augusta, GA
Received: Dec 29, 2017
Accepted: Mar 12, 2018
Published Online: Mar 16, 2018
Authors
Arpit Kashyap1 ; Bradley C Martin2 ; Dinesh Mittal3 ; Chenghui Li2*
1Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, USA
2Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
3G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
Received: Feb 27, 2018
Accepted: May 07, 2018
Published Online: May 10, 2018
Authors
María Pilar Falomir; Almudena Jávega; Hortensia Rico; Daniel Gozalbo*
Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, Spain
Received: Mar 05, 2018
Accepted: May 11, 2018
Published Online: May 17, 2018
Authors
Syed Arshad Hussain
Health Department, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, JK, India
Received: Apr 02, 2018
Accepted: July 05, 2018
Published Online: July 10, 2018
Authors
Milena Edite Case de Oliveira; Tácila Thamires de Melo Santos; Lorena Sofia dos Santos Andrade; Kedma Anne Lima Gomes; Tiago Almeida de Oliveira; Mathias Weller*
Programa de Pós- Graduação em Saúde Publica. Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB). Central Integrada de aulas. Rua Domitila Cabral de Castro, s/n 30andar – sala 310, Bairro Universitário. CEP. 58.429-570. Campina Grande. Paraíba. Brazil
Received: Apr 11, 2019
Accepted: Jun 10, 2019
Published Online: Jun 12, 2019
