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Understanding consumer response to front-of-package labeling: insights from a nationwide survey in Sri Lanka

BMC Public Health
Background Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of global mortality, with unhealthy diets being a significant risk factor. Front-of-package labelling, particularly the traffic light labeling system, has been proposed as a public health ...
Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe, Nissanka Achchi Kankanamalage Ayoma Iroshanee Nissanka, Upeksha Gayani Karawita, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika Gunawardana, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage Prasad Chathuranga Weerasinghe, Vithanage Chandima Nayani Vithana, Kanchana Lanka Kumari Mahagamage, A.M.A.A.P Alagiyawanna, Ranjith Batuwanthudawe   +8 more
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health literacy in five districts in Sri Lanka: a baseline assessment of health literacy levels among 18-49-year-olds and associated factors

BMC Public Health
Background Despite Sri Lanka’s high general literacy rate, disparities persist in health literacy (HL), which is a critical determinant of healthcare outcomes.
Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe, Nathasha Hithaishi Obeyesekera, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika Gunawardana, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage Prasad Chathuranga Weerasinghe, Upeksha Gayani Karawita, Nissanka Achchi Kankanamalage Ayoma Iroshanee Nissanka, Vithanage Chandima Nayani Vithana, Singappuli Arachchilage Sanjeewanie Champika Karunaratne, Praveen Nagendran, Gayani Sandeepika Dissanayake, Ranjith Batuwanthudawe, MAAP Alagiyawanna, Palitha Karunapema   +12 more
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Does long-term recreational gymnastics prevent injurious falls in older women? A prospective 20-year follow-up

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Exercise interventions focusing on balance and strength training have been shown to be effective for falls prevention. The aim of this 20-year register-based follow-up was to examine whether long-term participation in recreational female ...
Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Saija Karinkanta, Pekka Kannus, Kari Tokola, Harri Sievänen   +4 more
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Nutrition health promotion: framework for action.

, 1992
Optimal health for Irish people can only be achieved when greater efforts are made towards health promotion and prevention of illness and when nutrition is an integral part of these efforts.
Department of Health (DoH). Health Promotion Unit
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-based interventions to improve child nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices: a pilot study in three nutritionally vulnerable Sri Lankan districts

BMC Research Notes
Objective Child malnutrition remains a critical public health challenge in Sri Lanka and is exacerbated by socioeconomic disparities and gaps in community-based educational interventions.
Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe, Nissanka Achchi Kankanamalage Ayoma Iroshanee Nissanka, Gayani Sandeepika Dissanayake, Upeksha Gayani Karawita, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika Gunawardana, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage Prasad Chathuranga Weerasinghe, Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Madushani Shiyamala Rathnayaka, Kanchana Lanka Kumari Mahagamage, Rajapaksha Pathirage Manjula Sandamali, Rajan Thavaseelan, Ranjith Batuwanthudawe, A. M. A. A. P. Alagiyawanna   +11 more
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Situated Health Promotion

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2010
Handing down health knowledge and behavior patterns is a main objective of health promotion. Often, interventions do not bring about the intended change of behavior.
Andrea Pieter, Michael Fröhlich, Eike Emrich, Robin Stark   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the pamphlet: an overview of evidence for health promotion initiatives to address four risk factors

, 2005
The tables that comprise the body of this report summarise selected reviews of studies that evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion interventions to promote behaviour change in 4 main areas: alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, physical ...
Health Promotion Strategy Unit, DHCS
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Forming, managing and sustaining alliances for health promotion [PDF]

, 2005
Issue addressed: To create consistency among the health promotion alliances in which it engages, the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHFA) undertook to develop guidelines for the formation, management and sustainability of alliances for ...
Abernathy, P., Egan, H., Roberts, Lyn, Roberts, L., Helen Egan, Lyn Roberts, Louise Baldwin, Egan, Helen, Peter Abernethy, Baldwin, Louise, Baldwin, L., Abernethy, Peter   +11 more
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