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Development of a Smartphone‐Enabled Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Management Package to Facilitate Evidence‐Based Care Delivery in Primary Healthcare Facilities in India: The mPower Heart Project

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
Background The high burden of undetected and undertreated hypertension and diabetes mellitus is a major health challenge worldwide. The mPower Heart Project aimed to develop and test a feasible and scalable intervention for hypertension and diabetes ...
Vamadevan S. Ajay, Devraj Jindal, Ambuj Roy, Vidya Venugopal, Rakshit Sharma, Abha Pawar, Sanjay Kinra, Nikhil Tandon, Dorairaj Prabhakaran   +8 more
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Understanding Health Risks for Adolescents in Protective Custody [PDF]

, 2019
Children in child welfare protective custody (e.g., foster care) are known to have increased health concerns compared to children not in protective custody. The poor health documented for children in protective custody persists well into adulthood; young
Beal, Sarah J., Crosby, Imani, Greiner, Mary V, Nause, Katie   +3 more
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Perceptions of Learners and Specialists Toward ECHO Palliative Care Project in Thailand

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Introduction: The Extension of Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) is a global movement that aims to decentralize the knowledge of specialists to primary care.
Nida Buawangpong, Lalita Chutarattanakul, Nisachol Dejkriengkraikul, Alicha Chumintrachark, Thawalrat Ratanasiri, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish, Nopakoon Nantsupawat, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen   +8 more
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Association between full service and fast food restaurant density, dietary intake and overweight/obesity among adults in Delhi, India

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The food environment has been implicated as an underlying contributor to the global obesity epidemic. However, few studies have evaluated the relationship between the food environment, dietary intake, and overweight/obesity in low- and middle ...
Opal Patel, Safraj Shahulhameed, Roopa Shivashankar, Mohammad Tayyab, Atiqur Rahman, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Lindsay M. Jaacks   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is the pharmacy profession innovative enough?: meeting the needs of Australian residents with chronic conditions and their carers using the nominal group technique [PDF]

, 2014
Background Community pharmacies are ideally located as a source of support for people with chronic conditions. Yet, we have limited insight into what innovative pharmacy services would support this consumer group to manage their condition/s.
A Sav, Adem Sav, Amanda J Wheeler, AP Tonna, BG Glaser, CO Agomo, DC Stewart, Fiona Kelly, G Lloyd-Jones, H Lempp, J Allen, J Sheridan, JD Grabenstein, Jennifer A Whitty, K Hoti, K Mott, KA Wilson, M Gallagher, Michelle A King, N Harvey, National Health Act, P Liamputtong, S Pumtong, Sara S McMillan, SS McMillan, V Drennan   +25 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic burden of cardiovascular disease and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background The evidence on the economic burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) remains scarce. We conducted a comprehensive systematic review to establish the magnitude and knowledge gaps in relation to the ...
Adrian Gheorghe, Ulla Griffiths, Adrianna Murphy, Helena Legido-Quigley, Peter Lamptey, Pablo Perel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life as measured with EQ-5D among populations with and without specific chronic conditions: A population-based survey in Shaanxi province, China [PDF]

, 2013
© 2013 Tan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited ...
A Alwan, A Yeung, AL Supina, AS Pickard, CLK Lam, David W. Dowdy, E Pappa, EI Lubetkin, F Gao, F Tian, GH Yang, GLK Hsu, H Picavet, H Sakamaki, Haibo Tu, JB Williamson, JE Ware Jr, JW Hou, JW Shaw, LD Wang, Lingxia Guo, M Javanbakht, MJ Calvert, MTD Dyer, R Brooks, R Rabin, R Tajima, S Sun, Siming Liu, SS Shi, Wenjun Cao, WJ Furlong, YF Yu, Ying Liang, Yongyong Xu, YT Zhang, Zhijun Tan   +36 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple Chronic Conditions

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2014
Background: Multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are significant public health problems receiving much attention, and rightly so, because of the substantial morbidity, mortality, and cost burden. Objectives: To report the prevalence of selected frequent MCCs with shared risk factors that are leading causes of death; and to quantify the association ...
Monica A. Fisher PhD, DDS, MS, MPH, Zhen-qiang Ma MD, MPH, MS   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources