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Oxford Textbook of Public Health

Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang, Martin C. Gulliford • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2011)

SECTION 1: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE OF PUBLIC HEALTH 1.1 The scope and concerns of public health 1.2 The history and development of public health in high-income countries 1.3 The history and development of public health in low- and...

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Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Select Patients With Lower Extremity Acute Limb Ischemia

Elica Inagaki, Alik Farber, Jeffrey A. Kalish, Mohammad H. Eslami et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (2018)

BackgroundContemporary data on patients presenting with acute limb ischemia (ALI), who are selected for treatment with endovascular peripheral vascular interventions (PVI), are limited. Our study examined outcomes following endovascular PVI...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004782

Impact of COVID-19 health precautions on asymptomatic Streptococcus pyogenes carriage in palestinian children: a pre- and post-pandemic study

Ibrahim Amer Ghannam, Rana Mahmoud Maraqa, Duha Shokri Qawasmeh, Rania Khalil Alsous et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases (2024)

Abstract Background Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus, GAS) is a significant pathogen that causes diverse infections, ranging from pharyngitis to severe invasive diseases. Asymptomatic carriage in children is pivotal for transmi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-10023-w

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

Evidence-Based Public Health: A Fundamental Concept for Public Health Practice

Ross C. Brownson, Jonathan E. Fielding, Christopher Maylahn • Annual Review of Public Health (2009)

Despite the many accomplishments of public health, a greater attention to evidence-based approaches is warranted. This article reviews the concepts of evidence-based public health (EBPH), on which formal discourse originated about a decade ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100134

Risk Communication and Public Health

(2010)

Abstract Controversies about risks to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or ‘lifestyle’ risks such as drinking. To those trying to manage or regulate risks, public r...

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Transportation and Public Health

Todd Alexander Litman • Annual Review of Public Health (2013)

This article investigates various ways that transportation policy and planning decisions affect public health and better ways to incorporate public health objectives into transport planning. Conventional planning tends to consider some publ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114502

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

Identification of wild-caught phlebotomine sand flies from Crete and Cyprus using DNA barcoding

Emmanouil Dokianakis, Nikolaos Tsirigotakis, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Nikos Poulakakis et al. • Parasites & Vectors (2018)

Abstract Background Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of Leishmania spp., protozoan parasites responsible for a group of neglected diseases called leishmaniases. Two sand fly genera, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia, co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2676-0

Trauma is a public health issue

Kathryn Marley Magruder, Katie A. McLaughlin, Diane L. Elmore • European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2017)

Exposure to trauma is pervasive in societies worldwide and is associated with substantial costs to the individual and society, making it a significant global public health concern. We present evidence for trauma as a public health issue by ...

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GIS and Public Health

Ellen K. Cromley, Sara McLafferty (2002)

Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the leading text and professional resource on using geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems. Basic GIS concepts and tools are explained, including ways to a...

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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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Prevalence of malaria infection and factors associated among HIV-infected adult patients attending HIV care and treatment clinic at Kitete regional referral hospital in Tabora region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Hamad Nnimbo, Doreen Kamori, Nsiande Lema, Abdallah Mohamed • Bulletin of the National Research Centre (2023)

Abstract Background HIV and malaria are serious public health concerns, particularly in Tanzania. HIV-infected individuals are more likely to get malaria and its complications. However, data on the interaction of the two diseases in Tanzani...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s42269-023-01141-7

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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Clinical characteristics of and risk factors for secondary bloodstream infection after pneumonia among patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Fangfang Huang, Ting Shen, Xin Hai, Huiqing Xiu et al. • Heliyon (2022)

Purpose: To investigate the clinical features and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia (MP) with secondary MRSA bloodstream infections (MRSA-BSI) (termed MP-BSI) compared with MP alone and to study t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11978

The LEGACy study: a European and Latin American consortium to identify risk factors and molecular phenotypes in gastric cancer to improve prevention strategies and personalized clinical decision making globally

Tessa Suzanne van Schooten, Sarah Derks, Elena Jiménez-Martí, Fatima Carneiro et al. • BMC Cancer (2022)

Abstract Background Gastric Cancer (GC) is the fourth most deadly cancer worldwide. Enhanced understanding of its key epidemiological and molecular drivers is urgently needed to lower the incidence and improve outcomes. Furthermore, tumor b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-09689-9

Study of serum Total Immunoglobulin E in Egyptian patients with newly diagnosed colorectal carcinoma

Wessam Eid, Fawzia Abo Ali, Sara Taha, Sara Zaki et al. • Zagazig University Medical Journal (2022)

Total immunoglobulin E (IgE) has roles in allergy and anti-parasitic immunity. Recently IgE showed a major role in cancer immune surveillance; an increased risk of solid and blood malignancies has been associated with total IgE deficiency. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2022.130517.2541