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Understanding epidemiological transition in India [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Omran's theory explains changing disease patterns over time predominantly from infectious to chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). India's epidemiological transition is characterized by dual burden of diseases.
Suryakant Yadav, Perianayagam Arokiasamy
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Epidemiological transition and double burden of diseases in low-income countries: the case of Mozambique [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 Epidemiological transition theory aims to describe changes in epidemiological scenarios at the global and national level. The assumption is the shift from infectious diseases (IDs) to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Fausto Ciccacci +3 more
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Long-term trends in seasonality of mortality in urban Madagascar: the role of the epidemiological transition [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2020 Background: Seasonal patterns of mortality have been identified in Sub-Saharan Africa but their changes over time are not well documented. Objective: Based on death notification data from Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, this study assesses ...
Benjamin-Samuel Schlüter +3 more
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Updating the epidemiological transition model. [PDF]
Epidemiol Infect, 2018 AbstractThe main feature of the epidemiological transition is a shift in the recorded causes of death from infectious diseases to other morbid conditions. This paper outlines modifications made to Omran's original model and stages of transition, and suggests that without a focus on aetiology and morbidity, these have been basically descriptive rather ...
Mercer AJ.
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Does rapid urbanization aggravate health disparities? Reflections on the epidemiological transition in Pune, India [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Rapid urbanization in low- and middle-income countries reinforces risk and epidemiological transition in urban societies, which are characterized by high socioeconomic gradients.
Mareike Kroll +2 more
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Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993–2013 [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Virtually all low- and middle-income countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition whose progression is more varied than experienced in high-income countries.
Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula +6 more
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Epidemiological transition in rural Bangladesh, 1986–2006
Global Health Action, 2009 For understanding epidemiological transition, Health and Demographic Surveillance System plays an important role in developing and resource-constraint setup where accurate information on vital events (e.g. births, deaths) and cause of death is not available.This study aimed to assess existing level and trend of causes of 18,917 deaths in Matlab, a ...
Nurul Alam, Peter Kim Streatfield
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Economic growth, longevity and the epidemiological transition [PDF]
European Journal of Health Economics, 2004 This paper integrates investments in health to a standard growth model where physical and human capital investments are the combined engines of growth. It shows the existence of two distinct health regimes separated by an "epidemiological transition." The various patterns of this transition identified in the epidemiological literature can be mapped ...
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Turkey’s Epidemiological and Demographic Transitions: 1931-2013
Balkan Medical Journal, 2017 Background: The causes of death have changed with regard to the epidemiological and demographic events in society. There is no evidence of prior research into the epidemiological transition in Turkey. This transition in Turkey should be observed starting
Coşkun Bakar, Sibel Oymak, Işıl Maral
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The epidemiological transition and its interpretations
Демографическое обозрение, 2021 A critical analysis of A. Omran's theory of epidemiological transition (ET) and its various interpretations. The periodization of ET proposed by Omran is questioned, and the differentiation of the two "epidemiological revolutions" by M.
Anatoly Vishnevsky
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