Children's Environmental Health in Thailand: Past, Present, and Future.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health professionals must be academically and experientially prepared regarding the social determinants of health to reduce health disparities at the global level. The emerging literature reflects a trend for incorporating global health competencies for health care. Specifically, recommendations from the Con...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Amerson R

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012, the Rio+20 meeting initiated the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals. The resulting document "The Future We Want" is best conceived as a roadmap toward poverty eradication and sustainable development. Although the SDGs were develo...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Plum A,Kaljee L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chile has recently been reclassified by the World Bank from an upper-middle-income country to a high-income country. There has been great progress in the last 20 to 30 years in relation to air and water pollution in Chile. Yet after 25 years of unrestrained growth, there remain clear challenges posed by air ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Pino P,Iglesias V,Garreaud R,Cortés S,Canals M,Folch W,Burgos S,Levy K,Naeher LP,Steenland K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As neonatal care improves in low-resource settings, more preterm or low birth weight (LBW) babies are surviving, but little is known about their long-term outcomes. Globally, preterm and/or LBW babies are at increased risk of mortality, malnutrition, and developmental delay. Objectives:We aim to describe th...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ahishakiye A,Abimana MC,Beck K,Miller AC,Betancourt TS,Magge H,Mutaganzwa C,Kirk CM

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viral hepatitis B is a disease condition of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus, and it leads to complications such as cancer and cirrhosis. This poses an occupational hazard because about 66,000 health care workers get infected with the virus annually. Adequate knowledge and right attitude of health w...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Aniaku JK,Amedonu EK,Fusheini A

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to heavy metals at contaminated industrial and mining sites, known also as hot spots, is a significant source of toxic exposure and adverse health outcomes in countries around the world. The Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP) developed by Pure Earth, a New York-based nongovernmental organizat...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Dowling R,Caravanos J,Grigsby P,Rivera A,Ericson B,Amoyaw-Osei Y,Akuffo B,Fuller R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mozambique is an emerging lower income country (LIC) on the southeast coast of Africa. There are significant workforce shortages in medical and health professions in the country. Mozambique was one of 12 countries in Africa that was awarded a grant through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Noormahomed EV,Mocumbi AO,Ismail M,Carrilho C,Patel S,Nguenha A,Badaro R,Bickler S,Benson CA,Schooley RT

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urogenital fistula is a debilitating condition that women can develop following obstructed labor. The primary objective of this study was to reveal illness narratives of Rwandan women with urogenital fistula to appreciate their unique experiences. The secondary aim was to identify common themes that emerged ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kay A,Nishimwe A,Hampton BS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes has become a major health care problem in India with an estimated 66.8 million people suffering from the condition, representing the largest number of any country in the world. OBJECTIVE:The rising burden of diabetes has greatly affected the health care sector and economy in India. The goal of heal...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Joshi SR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. Objective:To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease. Methods:One hundred forty-eight factory workers, forme...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Frank AL,Villamizar G,Bustillo Pereira JG

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meeting health security capacity in sub-Saharan Africa will require strengthening existing health systems to prevent, detect, and respond to any threats to health. The purpose of this review was to examine the literature on health workforce, surveillance, and health governance issues for health systemsstreng...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ayanore MA,Amuna N,Aviisah M,Awolu A,Kipo-Sunyehzi DD,Mogre V,Ofori-Asenso R,Gmanyami JM,Kugbey N,Gyapong M

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:European asbestos manufacturers and their expert witnesses have advanced the claim that recent exposures to asbestos are not of significance in the causation of malignant mesothelioma. They argue that in cases of prolonged exposure to asbestos only the earliest exposures contribute to mesothelioma induction....

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Landrigan PJ,Collegium Ramazzini.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Aim: Implementing guidelines in the practice of occupational health is a high-priority need, since their use can reduce the variability in practice and increase professional efficiency, resulting in higher quality of health care services. The aim of this report is to provide information regarding the develo...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Nena E,Koupidis S,Douna E,Kikemenis A,Dounias G

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Piece rate pay remains a common form of compensation in developing-world industries. While the piece rate may boost productivity, it has been shown to have unintended consequences for occupational safety and health, including increased accident and injury risk. OBJECTIVES:This paper explores the relationshi...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Davis ME

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite the growing interest in the development of emergency care systems and emergency medicine (EM) as a specialty globally, there still exists a significant gap between the need for and the provision of emergency care by specialty trained providers. Many efforts to date to expand the practice of EM have f...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rybarczyk MM,Ludmer N,Broccoli MC,Kivlehan SM,Niescierenko M,Bisanzo M,Checkett KA,Rouhani SA,Tenner AG,Geduld H,Reynolds T

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hands-only bystander CPR increases survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Video-based CPR instruction in schools has been proposed as a means to mass-educate laypersons in Hands-only CPR™ (HOCPR), in developed as well as developing countries. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to determine wheth...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Schmid KM,García RQ,Fernandez MM,Mould-Millman NK,Lowenstein SR

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Asians have specific characteristics of hypertension (HTN) and its relationship with cardiovascular disease. The morning surge in blood pressure (BP) in Asians is more extended, and the association slope between higher BP and the risk for cardiovascular events is steeper in this population than in whites. Thus, 24-hou...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kario K,Tomitani N,Matsumoto Y,Hamasaki H,Okawara Y,Kondo M,Nozue R,Yamagata H,Okura A,Hoshide S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Risk perception and recognition of danger signs are important cues for accessing obstetric care. These measures are not well documented in many resource-limited settings, including northern Nigeria, a region with poor maternal health indices. Objective:To assess community level obstetric risk perception, da...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Iliyasu Z,Galadanci HS,Abdurrahim A,Jibo A,Salihu HM,Aliyu MH

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Machalaba C,Romanelli C,Stoett P,Baum SE,Bouley TA,Daszak P,Karesh WB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide celebration of the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife boosts innovative efforts by academic nursing schools to change the narrative for the nursing profession globally. These innovations have the potential to disrupt narratives that perpetuate negative perspectives and to replace them with counter-narratives ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Bolan N,Ogbolu Y

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) quantifies alcohol's disease burden. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is influenced by alcohol consumption per capita, duration, gender, ethnicity, and other comorbidities. In this study, we investigated the association between AAF/alcohol-related liver mortality and alco...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kröner PT,Mankal PK,Dalapathi V,Shroff K,Abed J,Kotler DP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The year-long position of chief medical resident is a time-honored tradition in the United States that serves to provide the trainee with an opportunity to gain further skills as a clinician, leader, teacher, liaison, and administrator. However, in most training programs in the developing world, this role do...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Walker T,Dusabejambo V,Ho JJ,Karigire C,Richards B,Sofair AN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research literature discusses two opposite hypotheses regarding the possible effects of healthcare quality on the willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare. One hypothesis theorizes that a lower quality of public healthcare may weaken the willingness to pay more taxes towards improving it. Another...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Habibov N,Luo R,Auchynnikava A

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peers are people with lived experience of mental illness. Peer support is an established intervention in which peers offer support to others with mental illness. A large proportion of people living with severe mental illness receive no care. The care gap is largest in low- and middle-income countries, with d...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Puschner B,Repper J,Mahlke C,Nixdorf R,Basangwa D,Nakku J,Ryan G,Baillie D,Shamba D,Ramesh M,Moran G,Lachmann M,Kalha J,Pathare S,Müller-Stierlin A,Slade M

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Healthcare equipment funded by international partners is often not properly utilized in many developing countries due to low levels of awareness and a lack of expertise. A long-term on-site training program for laparoscopic surgery was established at a regional hospital in Ghana upon request of the Ghana Hea...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kang MJ,Apea-Kubi KB,Apea-Kubi KAK,Adoula NG,Odonkor JNN,Ogoe AK

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia has one of the lowest rates of facility delivery and is promoting birth preparedness among pregnant women through its community health services to increase the rate of institutional delivery and reduce maternal mortality. Observational studies of birth preparedness in Ethiopia have thus far only rep...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rosado C,Callaghan-Koru JA,Estifanos AS,Sheferaw E,Shay T,De Graft-Johnson J,Rawlins B,Gibson H,Baqui AH,Nonyane BAS

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An estimated 424,000 fatal falls occur globally each year, making falls the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths after road traffic injuries. More than 80% of fall-related fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries. Data from low-income South Asian countries like Nepal are la...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Gupta S,Gupta SK,Devkota S,Ranjit A,Swaroop M,Kushner AL,Nwomeh BC,Victorino GP

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Researchers across the world are emphasising the importance of hand-washing and limited touching of face to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, access to safe water and hygiene is inadequate in many places around the globe; hence T-zone touching restriction is considered more worthwhile compared to other p...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rahman J,Mumin J,Fakhruddin B

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:New education programs are developing to improve global health awareness. Dental students have demonstrated interest in international settings but are largely unaware of global health topics. The Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health of the University of Washington (UW) and Harvard School of Denta...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Seminario AL,Chen B,Liu J,Seymour B

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An in-depth analysis conducted on the historical background and current status of occupational medicine in Russia is presented. Scientific and practical bases of occupational medicine in the Russian Federation were based on 2 of the most important principles of health service: free medical care and its preventive orie...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Mazitova NN,Simonova NI,Onyebeke LC,Moskvichev AV,Adeninskaya EE,Kretov AS,Trofimova MV,Sabitova MM,Bushmanov AY

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00