Effect of global atmospheric aerosol emission change on PM2.5-related health impacts.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported an association between cigarette advertising and smoking behavior. Although this has been reported extensively in the West, it has been reported less in Southeast Asian countries that have not completely banned tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). Indonesia is ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Prabandari YS,Dewi A

更新日期：2016-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghana is classified as being in the malaria control phase, according to the global malaria elimination program. With many years of policy development and control interventions, malaria specific mortality among children less than 5 years old has declined from 14.4% in 2000 to 0.6% in 2012. However, the same level of su...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Awine T,Malm K,Bart-Plange C,Silal SP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main cardio-metabolic diseases - mostly cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic heart disease - share common clinical markers such as raised blood pressure and blood glucose. The pathways of development of many of these conditions are also interlinked. In this regard, a higher level of co-o...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Haregu TN,Oti S,Ngomi N,Khayeka-Wandabwa C,Egondi T,Kyobutungi C

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents in low and middle-income countries experience pronounced mental health needs in contexts where infrastructure and resources are scarce. While evidence-based treatment are readily available, they may not fit the unique needs of certain contexts. OBJECTIVE:This manuscript illustrates the systemati...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Boustani MM,Daleiden E,Bernstein A,Michelson D,Gellatly R,Malik K,Patel V,Chorpita B

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noma is an infectious but opportunistic disease that often results in severe facial disfigurements and mortality if untreated. As noma progresses quickly, early detection and treatment are important to prevent its development. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to investigate primary healthcare work...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Ahlgren M,Funk T,Marimo C,Ndiaye C,Alfvén T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on previous data, road traffic injury (RTI) was a leading cause of non-fatal injury in all-age groups in Vietnam, and among the top causes of injury in children and adolescents. Specific analysis on RTIs in young people, however, has yet to be fully investigated. Using the results of two surveys in 200...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Le LC,Blum RW

更新日期：2013-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual violence against women and children in Tanzania and globally is a human rights violation and a developmental challenge. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of training health professionals on rape management. The specific objectives were to evaluate the changes of knowledge and a...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Abeid M,Muganyizi P,Mpembeni R,Darj E,Axemo P

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-cost mobile devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, and personal digital assistants, which can access voice and data services, have revolutionised access to information and communication technology worldwide. These devices have a major impact on many aspects of people's lives, from business and educatio...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hall CS,Fottrell E,Wilkinson S,Byass P

更新日期：2014-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of an effective health system response to various disasters, relevant research is still in its infancy, especially in middle- and low-income countries. OBJECTIVE:This paper provides an overview of the status of disaster health management in China, with its aim to promote the effective...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Zhong S,Clark M,Hou XY,Zang Y,FitzGerald G

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of individual risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) have been identified in Bangladesh. However, the etiology of IPV, intergenerational transmission, has never been tested in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE:We examined whether witnessing inter-parental physical violence (IPPV) was associated with ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Islam TM,Tareque MI,Tiedt AD,Hoque N

更新日期：2014-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the theoretical frameworks and conceptual tools we employ shape research outcomes by guiding research pathways, it is important that we subject them to ongoing critical reflection. A thoroughgoing analysis of the global production of women's health inequality calls for a comprehensive theorization of how social ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Annandale E,Wiklund M,Hammarström A

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality has been declining in Bangladesh since the mid- twentieth century, while fertility has been declining since the late 1970s, and the country is now passing through the third stage of demographic transition. This type of demographic transition has produced a huge youthful population with a growing nu...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Razzaque A,Nahar L,Akter Khanam M,Kim Streatfield P

更新日期：2010-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization emphasized that climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health, especially in lower income populations and tropical/subtropical countries. However, people in Asia and Africa were the least likely to perceive global warming as a threat. In Vietnam, little re...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Toan do TT,Kien VD,Bao Giang K,Van Minh H,Wright P

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Managing a deadly pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is challenging. The task becomes tougher when there is an outbreak of an equally deadly disease. This is the present situation of Ghana, a low-resource country, that is confronted with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and cerebrospin...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Adjorlolo S,Egbenya DL

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In India, 50-65% of the population face difficulties in accessing medicines. The Health Impact Fund (HIF) is a novel proposal whereby pharmaceutical companies would be paid based on the measured global health impact of their drugs. We conducted a key stakeholder analysis to explore access to medicines in Ind...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： McMullan P,Ajay VS,Srinivas R,Bhalla S,Prabhakaran D,Banerjee A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indonesia still faces challenges in maternal health. Specifically, the lack of information on community-level maternal morbidity. The relatively high maternal healthcare non-utilization in Indonesia intensifies this problem. OBJECTIVE:To describe the burden of community-level maternal morbidity in Indonesia...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Widyaningsih V,Khotijah,Balgis

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnostic support for clinicians is a domain of application of mHealth technologies with a slow uptake despite promising opportunities, such as image-based clinical support. The absence of a roadmap for the adoption and implementation of these types of applications is a further obstacle. OBJECTIVES:This ar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Wallis L,Hasselberg M,Barkman C,Bogoch I,Broomhead S,Dumont G,Groenewald J,Lundin J,Norell Bergendahl J,Nyasulu P,Olofsson M,Weinehall L,Laflamme L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low birth weight (LBW) continues to be the primary cause of infant morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to identify the predictors of LBW in Nigeria. DESIGN:The data for this study was extracted from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the National Population...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Dahlui M,Azahar N,Oche OM,Aziz NA

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to screening guidelines has been widely accepted to reduce morbidity, mortality, and cost outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL), cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa, some of...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Adonis L,Basu D,Luiz J

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a particular configuration, that deserves closer scrutiny. We identified a two-tiered CHW system, wit...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Leon N,Sanders D,Van Damme W,Besada D,Daviaud E,Oliphant NP,Berzal R,Mason J,Doherty T

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the launch of District Health Information System 2 across facilities in Kenya, more health facilities are now capable of carrying out malaria parasitological testing and reporting data as part of routine health information systems, improving the potential value of routine data for accurate and time...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Maina JK,Macharia PM,Ouma PO,Snow RW,Okiro EA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two decades after the launch of the Safe Motherhood campaign, India still accounts for at least a quarter of maternal death globally. Gujarat is one of the most economically developed states of India, but progress in the social sector has not been commensurate with economic growth. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Saxena D,Vangani R,Mavalankar DV,Thomsen S

更新日期：2013-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dengue is currently a major public health burden in Asia Pacific Region. This study aims to establish an association between dengue incidence, mean temperature and precipitation, and further discuss how weather predictors influence the increase in intensity and magnitude of dengue in Singapore during the p...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hii YL,Rocklöv J,Ng N,Tang CS,Pang FY,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. In addition, Lao PDR has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in southeast Asia and a high maternal mortality ratio. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to provide a comprehensive exploration of factors that influence SRH knowledg...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Phongluxa K,Langeslag G,Jat TR,Kounnavong S,Khan MA,Essink DR

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of diabetes mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing rapidly, and yet the prevalence and patient characteristics are still largely unknown. OBJECTIVES:We analyzed clinical and demographic characteristics of Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients attending a diabetes clinic in Guinea-Bissau from Februar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Byberg S,Bundesen C,Rudolf F,Haraldsdottir TL,Indjai L,Barai R,Beck-Nielsen H,Sodemann M,Jensen DM,Bjerregaard-Andersen M

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Having a child with a disability is a heavy burden for mothers, especially in developing countries, where there is little available financial or other government support. Having a child with a disability is also linked to mental health problems and poor quality of life. Communities rich in social capital and...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Thuy NT,Berry HL

更新日期：2013-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise across the globe, and the risk of dying prematurely from an NCD in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) is almost double that in a high-income country. Confronting this crisis requires a critical mass of scientists who are well versed in regional healt...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Malekzadeh A,Michels K,Wolfman C,Anand N,Sturke R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hazardous alcohol use is detrimental to persons with HIV (PWH), impacting medication adherence and liver function, yet globally resources to target alcohol use behavior in this population are limited. Few studies have identified the costs of integrating alcohol reduction interventions into HIV care. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Blackburn NA,Go VF,Bui Q,Hutton H,Tampi RP,Sripaipan T,Ha TV,Latkin C,Golden S,Golin C,Chander G,Frangakis C,Gottfredson N,Dowdy DW

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An m-health application has been developed and implemented with community health workers to improve their counseling in a rural area of India. The ultimate aim was to generate demand and improve utilization of key maternal, neonatal, and child health services. The present study aims to assess the impact and ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Prinja S,Nimesh R,Gupta A,Bahuguna P,Thakur JS,Gupta M,Singh T

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Increasing efforts are being made globally on capacity building. North-south research partnerships have contributed significantly to enhancing the research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) over the past few decades; however, a lack of skilled researchers to inform health policy developm...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Färnman R,Diwan V,Zwarenstein M,Atkins S,ARCADE consortium.

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00