Time's up. Descriptive epidemiology of multi-morbidity and time spent on health related activity by older Australians: a time use survey [PDF]
, 2015 Most Western health systems remain single illness orientated despite the growing prevalence of multi-morbidity. Identifying how much time people with multiple chronic conditions spend managing their health will help policy makers and health service ...
Banfield, Michelle +10 more
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Epidemiological profile of leprosy cases in a Family Health Center [PDF]
Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2013 Objective: To reveal the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients diagnosed with leprosy between the years 2007 and 2008, in a Family Primary Healthcare Unit in the city of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.Methods: Documentary, quantitative and ...
Viviane Bezerra de Souza +6 more
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Leprosy in the elderly population of Alagoas
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2018 Objective: to describe the epidemiological profile of elderly persons with leprosy in the state of Alagoas. Method: a descriptive epidemiological study of leprosy cases among the elderly reported to the Disease Notification Information System between ...
David Darnis Bezerra da Silva +5 more
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The epidemiology of injuries in Australian professional Rugby Union 2014 Super Rugby competition [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Rugby union is a collision-based ball sport played at the professional level internationally. Rugby union has one of the highest reported incidences of injury of all team sports.
Fitzgerald, Edward +4 more
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Malaria in Haiti: A descriptive study on spatial and temporal profile from 2009 to 2018
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022 Background: Haiti is one of the Caribbean countries where malaria persists. More than 99% of malaria cases are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the main vector being the mosquito Anopheles albimanus.
Jean Ricardo Jules +8 more
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Timing of poverty in childhood and adolescent health: Evidence from the US and UK [PDF]
, 2018 Childhood poverty is associated with poorer adolescent health and health behaviours, but the importance of the timing of poverty remains unclear.
Crosnoe, Robert +4 more
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Epidemiology, prehospital care and outcomes of patients arriving by ambulance with dyspnoea: An observational study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: This study aimed to determine epidemiology and outcome for patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with shortness of breath who were transported by ambulance.
Archer, Peter +57 more
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A Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2022 Abstract In this paper, we propose a framework for thinking through the design and conduct of descriptive epidemiologic studies. A well-defined descriptive question aims to quantify and characterize some feature of the health of a population and must clearly state: 1) the target population, characterized by person and place, and anchored
Catherine R, Lesko +2 more
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Clostridium difficile infection in the United States: A national study assessing preventive practices used and perceptions of practice evidence [PDF]
, 2015 We surveyed 571 US hospitals about practices used to prevent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Most hospitals reported regularly using key CDI prevention practices, and perceived their strength of evidence as high.
Dubberke, Erik R +6 more
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Finding the right title for your article: Advice for academic author. [PDF]
, 2014 On reading the title of an article the reader can sometimes wonder what the author is trying to say, as the title seems so far removed from the research covered in the article.
Hundley, Vanora +4 more
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