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Comparison of tuberculosis indicators after implementation of the clinical protocol for tuberculosis and HIV management in Iranian prisons: a quasi-experimental study [PDF]

Journal of Health Research, 2020
Purpose – The aim of this study was to compare the defined indicators of tuberculosis (TB) control program in the intervention and control prisons, after implementation of the national clinical protocol for TB and HIV management in Iranian prisons ...
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Behnam Farhoudi, Bahar Ataeinia, Omid Dadras, Mostafa Hosseini, Sirous Jafari, Elham Mazaheri-Tehrani, Ramin Alasvand, Mohammad Shahbazi, Minoo Mohraz   +9 more
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Family Health Behaviors [PDF]

American Economic Review, 2017
We study how health behaviors are shaped through family spillovers. We leverage administrative data to identify the effects of health shocks on family members’ consumption of preventive care and health-related behaviors, constructing counterfactuals for affected households using households that experience the same shock but a few years in the future ...
Nielsen, Torben Heien, Fadlon, Itzik
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Space–time self-harm and suicide clusters in two cities in Taiwan

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2023
Aims Suicidal acts may cluster in time and space and lead to community concerns about further imitative suicidal episodes. Although suicide clusters have been researched in previous studies, less is known about the clustering of non-fatal suicidal ...
Fang-Wen Lu, Erica Conway, Ya-Lun Liang, Ying-Yeh Chen, David Gunnell, Shu-Sen Chang   +5 more
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Effectiveness of a menstrual health education program on psychological well-being and behavioral change among adolescent girls in rural Uganda

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
Objectives: Menstrual hygiene management is one of the main barriers to girls’ education attainment in low-and middle-income countries. Poor access to sanitary products and lack of menstrual knowledge affect students’ performance at school compared to ...
Yi-Ting Yang, Duan-Rung Chen
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Collective efficacy and community readiness for dementia prevention: a spatial spillover analysis

Geospatial Health
Dementia represents a growing public health challenge in Taiwan, particularly within its rapidly aging population. This study employed the Community Readiness Model (CRM) to systematically assess community readiness for dementia prevention across ...
Duan-Rung Chen, Chun-Tung Kuo, Tzu-Chin Wu   +2 more
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Associations of health literacy, personality traits, and pro-individualism with the willingness to complete advance directives in Taiwan

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Studies indicated that patients with advance directives (ADs) have a generally better quality of life near death. Yet, the concept of ADs is relatively new in East Asian countries.
Duan-Rung Chen, Hui-Ching Weng
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Perceptions of activity-supportive environment and motorcycle use among urban Taiwanese adults

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Although research has shown that numerous perceived environmental factors are supportive of physical activity, little is known about their associations with sedentary transport in motorcycle-oriented countries.
Chien-Yu Lin, Yung Liao
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Gender-specific responses to multifaceted factors associated with disordered eating among adolescents of 7th to 9th grade

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2022
Plain English Summary This study examined gender-specific responses to multifaceted factors associated with disordered eating, including personal, behavioral, family, and school-related characteristics.
Duan-Rung Chen, Grace Sun, Brianna Levin
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Interventions to increase participation of NGOs in preventive care: A scoping review

Health Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have enormous potential to effectively prevent and manage diseases; however, little research is available on interventions used to improve NGOs' participation in this area.
Haniye Sadat Sajadi, Laleh Ghadirian, Fatemeh Rajabi, Azadeh Sayarifard, Narges Rostamigooran, Reza Majdzadeh   +5 more
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Development of an action programme tackling obesity-related behaviours in adolescents: a participatory system dynamics approach

Health Research Policy and Systems
System dynamics approaches are increasingly addressing the complexity of public health problems such as childhood overweight and obesity. These approaches often use system mapping methods, such as the construction of causal loop diagrams, to gain an ...
Angie Luna Pinzon, Wilma Waterlander, Naomi de Pooter, Teatske Altenburg, Coosje Dijkstra, Helga Emke, Emma van den Eynde, Meredith L. Overman, Vincent Busch, Carry M. Renders, Jutka Halberstadt, Wilma Nusselder, Karen den Hertog, Mai Chinapaw, Arnoud Verhoeff, Karien Stronks   +15 more
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