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Barriers and Facilitators of Engaging Community Health Workers in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control in China: A Systematic Review (2006–2016)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a dominant disease burden in China. Although China has a prevention-centered NCD strategy, the implementation effect in the community has been subjected to manpower and financial difficulties ...
Hongfei Long, Wenting Huang, P. Zheng, Jiang Li, Sha Tao, Shenglan Tang, A. Abdullah   +6 more
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Politics of disease control in Africa and the critical role of global health diplomacy: A systematic review

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2021
Background: Africa is facing the triple burden of communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and nutritional disorders. Multilateral institutions, bilateral arrangements, and philanthropies have historically privileged economic development ...
Vijay Kumar Chattu, W. Knight, A. Adisesh, S. Yaya, K. S. Reddy, Erica Di Ruggiero, Obijiofor Aginam, G. Aslanyan, M. Clarke, M. Massoud, A. Jha   +10 more
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Resistant Starches and Non-Communicable Disease: A Focus on Mediterranean Diet

Foods, 2021
Resistant starch (RS) is the starch fraction that eludes digestion in the small intestine. RS is classified into five subtypes (RS1–RS5), some of which occur naturally in plant-derived foods, whereas the others may be produced by several processing ...
E. Cione, Alessia Fazio, Rosita Curcio, P. Tucci, G. Lauria, A. Cappello, V. Dolce   +6 more
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The Vaccine Hesitancy Profiles and Determinants of Seasonal Influenza among Chinese Community Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Vaccines, 2022
This paper is an evaluation of seasonal influenza vaccination hesitancy (IVH) and its determinants among community HCWs in Chongqing, a city in southwest China.
Xianxian Yang, Wenge Tang, Qiang Tan, Deqiang Mao, Xianbin Ding   +4 more
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Cross-sectional study on prevalence and risk factors for falls among the elderly in communities of Guangdong province, China

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective This study aims to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of falls among the elderly in Guangdong, China.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in six communities of Guangdong province.
Chuan Li, Xue-yan Zheng, Xiao-jun Xu, Li-feng Lin, Xia-zi Lin, Rui-lin Meng, Dan-dan Peng, Hao-feng Xu   +7 more
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A shared framework for the common mental disorders and Non-Communicable Disease: key considerations for disease prevention and control

BMC Psychiatry, 2015
BackgroundHistorically, the focus of Non Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and control has been cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), cancer and chronic respiratory diseases.
A. O'Neil, A. O'Neil, A. O'Neil, F. Jacka, F. Jacka, S. Quirk, Fiona Cocker, C. B. Taylor, B. Oldenburg, Michael Berk, Michael Berk   +10 more
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Dengue Situation in Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Shift in terms of Morbidity and Mortality

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019
The escalating dengue situation in Bangladesh has been emerging as a serious public health problem in terms of morbidity and mortality. Results of analysis of 40,476 cases of Bangladesh occurring during 2000–2017 indicated that 49.73% of the dengue cases
Pulak Mutsuddy, Sanya Tahmina Jhora, Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, S. M. Golam Kaisar, Md Nasir Ahmed Khan   +4 more
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Why the communicable/non-communicable disease dichotomy is problematic for public health control strategies: implications of multimorbidity for health systems in an era of health transition

International Health, 2015
In today's globalized world, rapid urbanization, mechanization of the rural economy, and the activities of trans-national food, drink and tobacco corporations are associated with behavioral changes that increase the risk of chronic non-communicable ...
T. Oni, N. Unwin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Direct detection of Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium propinquum, and Corynebacterium simulans in sputum samples by high-resolution melt curve analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Pulmonary infections caused by non-diphtheriae corynebacteria are increasing. However, rapid identification of Corynebacterium species poses a challenge due to the low genetic variation within the genus.
Shuai Xu, Xiaotong Qiu, Xuexin Hou, Haijian Zhou, Dongke Chen, Xuebing Wang, Lichao Han, Dan Li, Lina Sun, Xingzhao Ji, Minghui Li, Jingshan Zhang, Mengtong Li, Zhenjun Li   +13 more
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Infection Models for Pine Wilt Disease on the Basis of Vector Behaviors

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
Infection models for pine wilt disease without vector density were built to estimate the transmission coefficient of the pathogenic nematode. The models successfully simulated the annual change in the density of infected trees for four pine stands. ABSTRACT Pine wilt disease is caused by the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Steiner et ...
Katsumi Togashi
wiley   +1 more source