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Prevalence of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in the Korean general population: a retrospective cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The health burden of chronic liver disease is increasing worldwide. Its main histological consequence is liver fibrosis, and eventually cirrhosis. This process is rarely diagnosed at the pre-cirrhotic stage due to it being asymptomatic. Little
Eun-Hee Nah   +5 more
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Chinese Expert Consensus on Grassroots Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension Combined with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Dyslipidemia in Adults 2024 [PDF]

open access: yesZhongguo quanke yixue
Hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and dyslipidemia are collectively referred to as the "three highs", which often coexist in the same individual.
Beijing Hypertension Association, China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Beijing Community Health Service Association, Beijing Community Health Promotion Association
doaj   +1 more source

Obésité et vieillissement en santé : bien-être social, fonctionnel et mental chez les personnes âgées au Canada

open access: yesHealth Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2019
Corriger un certain nombre d’erreurs ou d’imprécisions, ayant paru aux pages 491 à 497 de l’article suivant : Rao DP, Patel P, Roberts KC, Thompson W. Obésité et vieillissement en santé : bien-être social, fonctionnel et mental chez les personnes âgées ...
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada editorial team
doaj   +1 more source

Can Education Motivate Individual Health Demands? Dynamic Pseudo-panel Evidence from China's Immigration [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Enhancing residents' willingness to participate in basic health services is a key initiative to optimize the allocation of health care resources and promote equitable improvements in group health. This paper investigates the effect of education on resident health record completion rates using a system GMM model based on pseudo-panel that consisting of ...
arxiv  

Systematic Design and Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health Ontology (SDoHO) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Social determinants of health (SDoH) have a significant impact on health outcomes and well-being. Addressing SDoH is the key to reducing healthcare inequalities and transforming a "sick care" system into a "health promoting" system. To address the SDOH terminology gap and better embed relevant elements in advanced biomedical informatics, we propose an ...
arxiv   +1 more source

The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space: An Avenue for Health Promotion

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Social cohesion involves the interpersonal dynamics and sense of connection among people. Increased social cohesion can be associated with various physical and psychological health benefits.
Viniece Jennings, Omoshalewa Bamkole
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Whole genome sequencing of increased number of azithromycin-resistant Shigella flexneri 1b isolates in Ontario

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Azithromycin (AZM) resistance among Shigella is a major public health concern. Here, we investigated the epidemiology of Shigella flexneri serotype 1b recovered during 2016–2018 in Ontario, to describe the prevalence and spread of AZM resistance.
Alefiya Neemuchwala   +8 more
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Evolutionary Time-Use Optimization for Improving Children's Health Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
How someone allocates their time is important to their health and well-being. In this paper, we show how evolutionary algorithms can be used to promote health and well-being by optimizing time usage. Based on data from a large population-based child cohort, we design fitness functions to explain health outcomes and introduce constraints for viable time
arxiv  

Translating Social Ecological Theory into Guidelines for Community Health Promotion

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Health Promotion, 1996
Health promotion programs often lack a clearly specified theoretical foundation or are based on narrowly conceived conceptual models. For example, lifestyle modification programs typically emphasize individually focused behavior change strategies, while ...
D. Stokols
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Designing a comprehensive Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) programme for hypertension and diabetes at primary health care level: evidence and experience from urban Karnataka, South India

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background India accounts for more than two-third of mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in south-east Asia. The burden is high in Karnataka, one of the largest states in southern India. There is a need for integration of disease prevention,
Krishnamurthy Jayanna   +13 more
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