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BMI, waist to height ratio and waist circumference as a screening tool for hypertension in hospital outpatients: a cross-sectional, non-inferiority study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective This non-inferiority study aimed to determine the burden of obesity in a hospital outpatient setting of a developing country, using three commonly employed metrics as predictors of hypertension (HTN).Design A cross-sectional study design was ...
Rajan Shrestha, Sanjib Kumar Upadhyay, Bijay Khatri, Janak Raj Bhattarai, Manish Kayastha, Madan Prasad Upadhyay   +5 more
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Feasibility of implementation of CARD™ for school-based immunizations in Calgary, Alberta: a cluster trial

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Negative experiences with school-based immunizations can contribute to vaccine hesitancy in youth and adulthood. We developed an evidence-based, multifaceted and customizable intervention to improve the immunization experience at school called
Anna Taddio, Joanne Coldham, Charlotte Logeman, C. Meghan McMurtry, Cheri Little, Tracy Samborn, Lucie M. Bucci, Noni E. MacDonald, Vibhuti Shah, Cindy Dribnenki, Joanne Snider, Derek Stephens   +11 more
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Vitreous Hemorrhage following High-Altitude Retinopathy

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2021
Purpose. To report a case of high-altitude retinopathy with vitreous hemorrhage. Methods. An apparently healthy 29-year-old boy presented with a history of floater and slight diminution of vision in the left eye after climbing the mountain 4760 meters ...
Arjun Shrestha, Rinkal Suwal, Biju Shrestha   +2 more
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Factors associated with low and medium household dietary diversity compared with high dietary diversity among marginalised households in rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Suchana baseline survey

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective This study aimed to identify the associated factors of low and medium household (HH) dietary diversity (DD) compared with high DD among marginalised households in rural Bangladesh.Methods Through the Suchana baseline survey, data on 5440 ...
Mohammad Ali, Tahmeed Ahmed, A S G Faruque, Towfida Jahan Siddiqua, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Md Ahshanul Haque, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Farina Naz, S M Tanvir Ahmed, Shahed Rahman   +9 more
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Children as Service Evaluators [PDF]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 1999
In recent years there has been a growing interest in methods of eliciting children's views on factors influencing their lives. When children's views are sought it is important that this is done in a developmentally appropriate manner with instruments whose psychometric properties are known.
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Caregivers’ experiences of being asked about adverse childhood experiences and receiving support from an integrated health and social care hub: a qualitative study

BMJ Open
Objectives Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are significant contributors to the burden of disease and remain a serious concern for the health and wellbeing of children in Australia.
Ashraful Kabir, Harriet Hiscock, Hueiming Liu, Lingling Chen, Rebecca Bosward, Natalie White, Sarah Loveday, Wilhelmina Ebbett   +7 more
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Influence of the Suchana intervention on exclusive breastfeeding and stunting among children aged under 6 months in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2023
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) provides significant health benefits to children. However, mothers may find it difficult to continue EBF for 6 months. The present analysis aimed to examine the influence of the Suchana intervention—a large‐scale programme ...
Md Ahshanul Haque, Barbie Zaman Wahid, Fahmida D. Farzana, S. M. Tanvir Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Farina Naz, Sheikh S. Rahman, Towfida J. Siddiqua, A. S. G. Faruque, Nuzhat Choudhury, Tahmeed Ahmed   +10 more
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Operationalizing Equity in Surgical Prioritization

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2023
The allocation of critical care resources and triaging patients garnered a great deal of attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is a paucity of guidance regarding the ethical aspects of resource allocation and patient prioritization in ...
Kayla Wiebe, Simon Kelley, Annie Fecteau, Mark Levine, Iram Blajchman, Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Roxanne Kirsch   +6 more
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A systematic review of strategies to increase access to health services among children in low and middle income countries

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
BackgroundUniversal Health Coverage is widely endorsed as the pivotal goal in global health, however substantial barriers to accessing health services for children in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) exist.
T. Bright, L. Felix, H. Kuper, S. Polack
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Young children’s online learning during COVID-19 pandemic: Chinese parents’ beliefs and attitudes

Children and youth services review, 2020
Online learning has been widely promoted to replace traditional face-to-face learning during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain young children’s learning and play at home.
Chuanmei Dong, S. Cao, Hui Li
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