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Spatiotemporal change in socioeconomic inequality in hygienic menstrual product use among adolescent girls in India during 2015–2019

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background The use of hygienic products, such as sanitary napkins, tampons, and menstrual cups, to absorb menstrual blood is vital for the health and well-being of adolescent girls in India.
Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Shivani Singh, Pooja Tripathi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Large‐Scale Multi‐Omics Data for Risk Prediction and Deep Phenotyping of Valvular Heart Diseases in the General Population

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Large‐scale UK Biobank analyses identify clinical and proteomic signatures for early prediction of valvular heart disease and its subtypes. Proteins add predictive value for VHD, AVS, and MVR, with outcome‐specific compact panels showing translational potential. Multi‐layer evidence highlights matrix remodeling, protease regulation, immune inflammation,
Zhihao Jiang, Yang Liu, Mingyu Song, Ning Chen, Canqing Yu, Jun Lv, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Lu Qi, Liming Li, Dianjianyi Sun, Bang Zheng   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promotion of hand hygiene strengthening initiative in a Nigerian teaching hospital: implication for improved patient safety in low-income health facilities

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Background: Health care-associated infection remains a significant hazard for hospitalized patients. Hand hygiene is a fundamental action for ensuring patient safety.
Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Chinwendu Daniel Ndukwe, Patrick Gold Oyibo, Kingsley Onuoha Nwakpu, Richard Chukwuka Nnabu, Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Efficient Detection Platform Based on Mesoporous Au@Cr2O3 Particles with Schwarz P Surface for Precise Periodontitis Metabolite Profiling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A non‐invasive periodontitis diagnosis platform was developed using Au nanoparticles‐decorated mesoporous Cr2O3 (Au@mCr2O3) particles with Schwarz P surface as matrix for saliva metabolic fingerprinting (SMFs) analysis via MALDI‐MS. With the assistance of machine learning of SMFs, this platform enables efficient diagnosis and the screening of potential
Yue Sun, Yan Wang, Fangying Shi, Wenhe Xie, Yiding Zhang, Heyuhan Zhang, Chunhui Deng, Limin Wu, Meihua Chen, Yonghui Deng   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coming clean on hand hygiene [PDF]

, 2007
Introduction: Hand hygiene is universally recognized as one of the most effective ways to reduce the cross-transmission of hospital acquired infections. Successful strategies to improve hand hygiene compliance require a baseline knowledge of hand hygiene
Scicluna, Elizabeth, Borg, Michael Angelo, Montefort, Maxine, Chetcuti, Sarah   +3 more
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Community-associated Carbapenem-Resistant Organism Case Investigations in New York City, December 2020-May 2023

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO) has focused on transmission in acute care hospital or long-term care facility (LTCF) settings. Few investigations have examined community-associated (CA)-CRO, with no consensus about common exposures ...
Celina Santiago, Ying Lin, Ulrike Siemetzki-Kapoor, Nicole Burton, Katelynn Devinney, Balan Dominique, Portier Thomas, William Greendyke, Molly Kratz, Catharine Prussing, Kailee Cummings, Rebecca Zimba, Karen Alroy   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple arboviral infections during a DENV-2 outbreak in Solomon Islands

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
Background Solomon Islands, a country made up of tropical islands, has suffered cyclic dengue fever (DF) outbreaks in the past three decades. An outbreak of dengue-like illness (DLI) that occurred in April 2016 prompted this study, which aimed to ...
Andrew Waleluma Darcy, Seiji Kanda, Tenneth Dalipanda, Cynthia Joshua, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Nobuyuki Mishima, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

MENTAL HYGIENE AND DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1919
Everybody seems to realize the importance of mental hygiene, yet no one seems to know just how to begin. Dr. Hincks strikes the key-note of the situation. He says that the experimental stage is passed. It needs the backing of public opinion and the sound financial footing of support from public health funds.
openaire   +2 more sources

Frequent Sweetened Beverage Consumption Is Associated With Accelerated Biological Aging: Evidence From a Population‐Based Study and Gut Microbiota Analysis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Frequent sweetened beverage consumption is associated with accelerated biological aging in a large Chinese population. Five gut microbial genera are consistently enriched in both frequent sweetened beverage consumers and individuals with accelerated aging and show significant mediating effects, suggesting a potential microbiota‐related pathway linking ...
Yuwei Shi, Xinmei Li, Yufan Hao, Qiaoyu Wu, Yuji Yu, Siyu Li, Nuo Xu, Yi‐Hsuan Wu, Eunhye Lee, Chi Chang, Emily Hu, Ying Lu, Elizabeth Delzell, Ann W. Hsing, Shankuan Zhu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water, sanitation and hygiene for the prevention of diarrhoea. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Ever since John Snow's intervention on the Broad St pump, the effect of water quality, hygiene and sanitation in preventing diarrhoea deaths has always been debated.
Fung, Isaac CH, Cairncross, Sandy, Curtis, Val, Schmidt, Wolf-Peter, Bostoen, Kristof, Hunt, Caroline, Boisson, Sophie   +6 more
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