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The added value of food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) information to estimate the usual food intake based on repeated 24-hour recalls

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background Statistical methods to model the usual dietary intake of foods in a population generally ignore the additional information on the never-consumers. The objective of this study is to determine the added value of Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ)
Cloë Ost, Karin A. A. De Ridder, Jean Tafforeau, Herman Van Oyen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment-seeking rates in malaria endemic countries [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The proportion of individuals who seek treatment for fever is an important quantity in understanding access to and use of health systems, as well as for interpreting data on disease incidence from routine surveillance systems.
Battle, KE, Bhatt, S, Bisanzio, D, Cameron, E, Dalrymple, U, Gething, PW, Gibson, HS, Hay, SI, Howes, RE, Mappin, B, Weiss, DJ   +10 more
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Fat-soluble vitamin intake from the consumption of food, fortified food and supplements: design and methods of the Belgian VITADEK study

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background The adequacy of micronutrient intake is a public health concern, as both insufficient and excessive intake levels may result in adverse health effects.
Isabelle Moyersoen, Stefaan Demarest, Karin De Ridder, Jean Tafforeau, Carl Lachat, John Van Camp   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of record-linkage to handle non-response and improve alcohol consumption estimates in health survey data: a study protocol [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Introduction: Reliable estimates of health-related behaviours, such as levels of alcohol consumption in the population, are required to formulate and evaluate policies.
Gorman, E., Gorman, E., Gray, L., Gray, L., Katikireddi, S. V., Katikireddi, S. V., Leyland, A. H., Leyland, A. H., McCartney, G., McCartney, G., Rutherford, L., Rutherford, L., White, I. R., White, I. R.   +13 more
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Health Survey of Women [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2003
Dear Editor, At this small base world women's day was celebrated by carrying out medical examination of women. It is prudent to note that in Armed Forces we are mostly concerned with the medical examination of the service personnel, whereas families of service personnel are never screened for common diseases unless they have complaints.
openaire   +2 more sources

Performance of Small Cluster Surveys and the Clustered LQAS Design to estimate Local-level Vaccination Coverage in Mali [PDF]

, 2012
Background Estimation of vaccination coverage at the local level is essential to identify communities that may require additional support. Cluster surveys can be used in resource-poor settings, when population figures are inaccurate.
Albouhary Touré, Andrea Minetti, Aurore Taconet, B Efron, CA Field, DA Rhoda, F Marc LaForce, Fabienne Nackers, Florence Fermon, Francesco Checchi, Johanne Sekkenes, JT Boerma, K Greenland, L Kish, L Pezzoli, L Pezzoli, Margarita Riera-Montes, Marie Hortense Koudika, OO Bilukha, P Sandiford, R Development Core Team, Rebecca F Grais, RF Grais, RG Newcombe, S Bennett, S Hoshaw-Woodard, SE Robertson, SH Kim, Thomas Roederer, United States Census Bureau, Working Group for Mortality Estimation in Emergencies, World Health Organization   +31 more
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Poor Health: Adding Insult to Injury for HOPE VI Families [PDF]

, 2007
Examines the poor overall health status and debilitating medical conditions reported by many residents in the HOPE VI housing program.
Carlos A. Manjarrez, Elizabeth Guernsey, Susan J. Popkin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Estimating hypertension medication adherence among adults using linked Belgian health interview survey and administrative pharmacy refill data

BMC Public Health
Background Medication adherence includes initiation, implementation, and persistence. Population-level estimates are commonly based on administrative claims, yet these may not fully capture patient behavior.
Arno Maetens, Rana Charafeddine, Stefaan Demarest, Bernard Vrijens, Johan Van der Heyden   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Health Surveys and Health Policy: Impact of the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Surveys and the Reproductive Health Surveys

West Indian Medical Journal, 2012
Over the last six decades, comprehensive national health surveys have become important data-gathering mechanisms to inform countries on their health status and provide information for health policy and programme planning. Developing countries have only recently begun such surveys and Jamaica has been at the forefront of this effort.
Ferguson, Trevor S, Tulloch-Reid, Marshall, M. Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana, Hamilton, Pansy, Wilks, Rainford J.   +4 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source