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Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response and maintaining health services: implications for future pandemics

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Sarath Samarage, Ravindra Prasan Rannan-Eliya, Nilmini Wijemunige, Azrah Ghaffoor, Sarasi Amarasinghe, Manage Dhanusha Nirmani, Sanjay Perera, KCS Dalpatadu, Niroshani Wisidagama, Sachini Fonseka, Nalin Kumara, Ahthiga Selvaratnam, Thimani Dananjana   +12 more
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Empowering decision makers in Latin America: potential impact of three interventions for tobacco control

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The burden of disease attributable to tobacco use in Latin America is very high. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential impact of implementing cigarette plain packaging (PP), 100% smoke-free environments (SFE) and complete ...
Andrea Alcaraz, María Belén Rodríguez, Akram Hernández Vásquez, Natalie Soto, Sebastián García Martí, Ariel Bardach, Alfredo Palacios, Andrés Pichón-Riviere   +7 more
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Burden of disease attributable to tobacco use and impact of different taxation schemes in Latin America

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide. The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease attributable to tobacco use and to evaluate the potential impact of increasing cigarette´s price through taxes
Ariel Bardach, Alfredo Palacios, María Belen Rodríguez, Andrea Alcaraz, Agustín Ciapponi, Sacha Virgilio, Federico Augustovski, Andrés Pichón-Riviere   +7 more
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No Strings Attached: The Impact of an Unconditional Prenatal Income Supplement on First Nations Birth and Early Childhood Outcomes

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction In Manitoba, low-income pregnant women are eligible for the Healthy Baby Prenatal Benefit (HBPB), an unconditional income supplement provided during the second and third trimester of pregnancy. HBPB is associated with improved birth outcomes
Marni Brownell, Mariette Chartier, Nathan Nickel, Rhonda Campbell, Jennifer Enns, Wanda Phillips-Beck, Dan Chateau, Elaine Burland, Joykrishna Sarkar, Janelle Boram Lee   +9 more
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The Overlap Between the Child Welfare and Youth Justice Systems in Manitoba, Canada

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Manitoba has one of the highest rates of children taken into care of child welfare services (Child and Family Services; CFS) in the world, and also one of the highest youth incarceration rates in Canada.
Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Lorna Turnbull, Wendy Au, Leonard MacWilliam, Oke Ekuma, Jeff Valdivia, Scott McCulloch, Janelle Boram Lee   +8 more
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Examining how well an intervention improved adolescents’ attitudes towards contraception, unsafe abortion, and intimate partner violence in southeast Nigeria

Discover Public Health
Introduction This study assessed the effect of an intervention on adolescents’ attitudes towards condom use, contraceptive use, unsafe abortion, and intimate partner violence in urban and rural communities in Southeast Nigeria.
Ifunanya Clara Agu, Chibuike Innocent Agu, Irene Ifeyinwa Eze, Ozioma Nwankpa, Chinyere Okeke, God’stime Eigbiremolen, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe   +7 more
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Smoking prevalence and attributable deaths in Thailand: predicting outcomes of different tobacco control interventions

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Despite substantial positive impacts of Thailand’s tobacco control policies on reducing the prevalence of smoking, current trends suggest that further reductions are needed to ensure that WHO’s 2025 voluntary global target of a 30% relative ...
Suchunya Aungkulanon, Siriwan Pitayarangsarit, Kanitta Bundhamcharoen, Chutima Akaleephan, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Ratsida Phoncharoen, Viroj Tangcharoensathien   +6 more
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Primus Inter PARES: First among equals—practical strategies for young adult PAtient RESearch partners (PARES) by young adult PARES

Research Involvement and Engagement
Background This manuscript is coauthored by 15 young adult Patient RESearch partners (PARES) with lived and living mental health experiences and three institutional researchers across Canada involved in a patient-oriented research (POR) study called the ...
Sandy Rao, Gina Dimitropoulos, Rae Jardine, Julien Quickstad, Laetitia Satam, Mohammad Qureshi, Thyra Bui, Antoaneta Alexandrova Todorova, Ysabelle Tumaneng, Abitha Suthakaran, Kaiden Dalley, Stacie Smith, Scott B. Patten, the entire HEARTS Study Team   +13 more
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Disparities in untreated caries among children and adults in the U.S., 2011–2014

BMC Oral Health, 2018
Background The Affordable Care Act of 2010 increased dental coverage for children in the United States, (U.S.) but not for adults. Few studies in current scholarship make use of up-to-date, nationally representative data to examine oral health ...
Niodita Gupta, Marko Vujicic, Cassandra Yarbrough, Brittany Harrison   +3 more
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Supporting the health of working women in Japan: summary report in English

Environmental and Occupational Health Practice, 2021
Japan Society for Occupational Health Policy and Legislation Committee
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