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Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health

• Oxford University Press eBooks (2014)

Abstract Religious institutions and public health institutions seek to improve the well-being of their communities, many times with aligned interests but occasionally at odds with each other. This book explores for the first time the inters...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199362202.001.0001

Social Marketing and Public Health

Jeff French, Clive Blair-Stevens, Dominic McVey, Rowena Merritt • Oxford University Press eBooks (2009)

Social marketing is the application of commercial marketing tools and principles to the design, implementation, and evaluation of health and social behaviour-change programmes. It focuses on target groups within the population, tailoring ca...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199550692.001.0001

Agreement and association between normative and subjective orthodontic treatment need using the index of orthodontic treatment need

Salwa M Taibah, Fadia M Al-Hummayani • Journal of Orthodontic Science (2019)

AIMS: To determine the association and level of agreement between young adults' perception of orthodontic treatment need (subjective need) and the orthodontists' assessment of treatment need (normative objective need). METHODOLOGY: For this...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jos.JOS_87_18

Awareness of COVID 19 pandemic among dental practioners of Telangana state, India: A cross sectional survey

Alekhya Kanaparthi, Divya Dukkireddy, Hema Gopalaiah, Sathya Prakash Reddy Kesary et al. • Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research (2020)

Background: Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. The dental professionals are considered to be at high risk, as most of the treatments may lead to the spread of infection due to direct proxi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2020.08.001

Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertension in Non-pregnant Women of Punjab

Charan Kamal Sekhon, Ramandeep Kaur, Monika Airi, Anurag Chaudhary • Indian Journal of Public Health (2025)

Background: Women’s hypertension (HTN) is often underestimated and goes untreated due to the perception that women have a lesser risk of cardiovascular disease compared to males. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the preva...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/ijph.ijph_1051_24

LASIK Surgery

Megan Yu • Voices in Bioethics (2020)

Photo by Scott Van Daalen on Unsplash INTRODUCTION LASIK surgery, one of the most common elective procedures worldwide, aims to decrease or eliminate the need to wear glasses or contact lenses by reshaping the cornea’s curvature to re...

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Baseline Characteristics, Risk Factors and Etiology of Heart Failure Among Patients Hospitalized at a Teaching Hospital in Somalia: Cross-Sectional Study

Farah Yusuf Mohamud M, Jeele MOO, Cetinkaya O, Goitom Sereke S et al. • Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology (2022)

Mohamed Farah Yusuf Mohamud,1 Mohamed Osman Omar Jeele,1 Osman Cetinkaya,1 Senai Goitom Sereke,2 Felix Bongomin,3 Mohamed AM Ahmed4– 6 1Mogadishu Somali Turkish Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2School of Medicine, Colleg...

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A qualitative study of developing beliefs about health, illness and healthcare in migrant African women with gestational diabetes living in Sweden

Katarina Hjelm, Karin Bard, Jan Apelqvist • BMC Women's Health (2018)

Abstract Background Gestational diabetes (GDM) is associated with health risks for both mother and child, and is particularly relevant to migrant women and women of African origin. With today’s extensive global migration, contact with the n...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12905-018-0518-z

Evaluation of Respiratory Protection Program in Petrochemical Industries: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process

Hadi Kolahi, Mehdi Jahangiri, Haleh Ghaem, Akbar Rostamabadi et al. • Safety and Health at Work (2018)

Background: Respiratory protection equipment (RPE) is the last resort to control exposure to workplace air pollutants. A comprehensive respiratory protection program (RPP) ensures that RPE is selected, used, and cared properly. Therefore, R...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.05.003

Current Trends in Tolerance Induction in Cow's Milk Allergy: From Passive to Proactive Strategies

Cansin Sackesen, Derya Ufuk Altintas, Aysen Bingol, Gulbin Bingol et al. • Frontiers in Pediatrics (2019)

This review addresses the current strategies of inducing tolerance development in infant and childhood cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA). The change in prevention strategies for CMPA has been emphasized based on the lack of evidence to supp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fped.2019.00372

Utilization of mobile health applications and determinant factors among health science students at Debre Markos University, northwest Ethiopia in 2022.

Gizaw Hailiye Teferi, Maru Meseret Tadele, Getaye Tizazu, Zegeye Regasa Hordofa et al. • PLoS ONE (2023)

BackgroundHigh penetration of smartphones and ownership among the young generation increased the utilization of mobile health applications for health management among university students more than ever. Compared to other health service prov...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275689

Toward a Fit-for-purpose Policy Architecture on Long-term Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impasse and a Research Agenda to Overcome it

Isabella Aboderin • Journal of Long-Term Care (2019)

Context: Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have featured little in the expanding global debate on long-term care (LTC) policy thus far – despite SSA countries’ embrace of global commitments on the development of equitable and susta...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31389/jltc.5

Understanding patient perspectives on digital therapeutics and its platform for insomnia: insights from focused group interviews

Jinhyun Kim, Kyung Mee Park, Suonaa Lee, Sooji Park et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2024)

Abstract Background Digital therapeutics (DTx) is a treatment option that uses computer software to provide evidence-based interventions for medical disorders. DTx platforms are digital services that facilitate interactions among stakeholde...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11286-4

Empowering Students for Cybersecurity Awareness Management in the Emerging Digital Era: The Role of Cybersecurity Attitude in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution Era

Bulbul Ahamed, Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas, Ahmed Imran Kabir, Abu Saleh Md. Sohel-Uz-Zaman et al. • SAGE Open (2024)

The purpose of the study is to examine how cybersecurity knowledge, password security, and self-perception of skill affect cybersecurity awareness issues via the mediating lens of cybersecurity attitude among university students in Banglade...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21582440241228920

Exploring language learning and corrective feedback in an eTandem project

Tang Jinlan, Qian Kan, Wang Na, Hu Xiaona • Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning (2021)

Many studies about eTandem and language learning stem from learners in Western institutions of higher education. Unfortunately, there is a lack of research investigating the telecollaboration regarding language development between learners ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/jccall-2021-2005

Menstrual Health Education Using a Specialized Large Language Model in India: Development and Evaluation Study of MenstLLaMA

Prottay Kumar Adhikary, Isha Motiyani, Gayatri Oke, Maithili Joshi et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2025)

Abstract BackgroundThe quality and accessibility of menstrual health education (MHE) in low- and middle-income countries, including India, remain inadequate due to persistent challenges (eg, poverty, social stigma, and gender in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/71977

Diminished Auditory Responses during NREM Sleep Correlate with the Hierarchy of Language Processing.

Meytal Wilf, Michal Ramot, Edna Furman-Haran, Anat Arzi et al. • PLoS ONE (2016)

Natural sleep provides a powerful model system for studying the neuronal correlates of awareness and state changes in the human brain. To quantitatively map the nature of sleep-induced modulations in sensory responses we presented participa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157143

Computer Vision Syndrome: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Undergraduates in a Tertiary Institution in North western Nigeria

Nwankwo B, Mumueh KP, Olorukooba AA, Usman NO • Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences (2021)

Background: Computers and other visual display devices have become essential in the present era and have led to a rise in computer-related health problems. Using computers in homes, universities and other institutions has increased output g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.36020/kjms.2021.1501.003