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Measuring population health: costs of alternative survey approaches in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System in rural Burkina Faso [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: There are more than 40 Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites in 19 different countries. The running costs of HDSS sites are high. The financing of HDSS activities is of major importance, and adding external health surveys to
Henrike Lietz, Moustapha Lingani, Ali Sié, Rainer Sauerborn, Aurelia Souares, Yesim Tozan   +5 more
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State of HIV costing in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic literature review

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objectives. To summarize available data on unit costs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, prevention, and care interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. We conducted a systematic literature review of costing studies published
Diego Cerecero-García, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Fernando Macías-González, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo   +3 more
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Education-related disparities in reported physical activity during leisure-time, active transportation, and work among US adults: repeated cross-sectional analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2007 to 2016

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Understanding socioeconomic disparities in physical activity is important, given its contribution to overall population-wide health and to health disparities.
Shaun Scholes, David Bann
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Simulating price subsidies on healthy foods in Mexico

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To simulate the impact of a price subsidy (price reduction) on purchases of healthy foods with suboptimal consumption. Design: We used data from the 2018 Mexican National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, a cross-sectional study.
Jesús E Morales-Ríos, Mishel Unar-Munguía, Carolina Batis, Josué A Quiroz-Reyes, Néstor A Sánchez-Ortiz, M Arantxa Colchero   +5 more
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Transition and factors associated with the level of physical activity combined with sedentary behavior of the elderly: A longitudinal study

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020
Introduction: Physical activity and sedentary behavior are emerging issues in public health, especially in developing countries. Objective: To verify transition and factors related to physical activity combined with sedentary behavior among the elderly ...
Lilane Maria Alves Silva, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Leiner Resende Rodrigues   +2 more
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A health survey in the workers of municipality

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks, 2013
Internal and external air pollution that is gradually increasing due to urbanization and industrialization has a negative impact on the lung health. A health survey has been applied to evaluate the respiratory symptoms, respiration functions and smoking habbits of the workers of Izmir Konak Municipality whom have been reported to have a high rate of ...
Tuğba, Göktalay, Ayşın, Şakar Coşkun, Yavuz, Havlucu, Selim Erkan, Akdemir, Utku, Datlı, Filiz, Gümeli, Arzu, Yorgancıoğlu   +6 more
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Household water security is a mediator of household food security in a nationally representative sample of Mexico

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: Explore the relationship between water insecurity (WI) and food security and their covariates in Mexican households. Design: A cross-sectional study with nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey-Continuous
Teresa Shamah-Levy, Ignacio Méndez-Gómez-Humarán, Verónica Mundo-Rosas, Alicia Muñoz-Espinosa, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Sera Lewise Young   +5 more
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Nutrition Intervention Coverage and Inequities Along the Continuum of Care: Results From the Eighth Demographic and Health Survey in Six Sub‐Saharan African Countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Many countries rely on national household surveys to monitor coverage of nutrition interventions. Following a multi‐year consultative effort, 14 new and revised nutrition coverage indicators were included in the Round 8 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS‐
Erica Phillips, Stephanie Zobrist, Erin M. Milner, Jacqueline K. Kung'u, Rebecca A. Heidkamp, Rukundo K. Benedict   +5 more
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Adapting the Dutch Reverse Diabetes2 Now program for Belgian primary care: a quasi-experimental study of effectiveness and transferability

Archives of Public Health
Introduction The prevalence of diabetes in Belgium has steadily increased since 2001, reaching 6.9% in 2024, with type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounting for approximately 90% of cases.
Charlotte Juton, Johan Van der Heyden, Stefanie Vandevijvere   +2 more
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Impact of Fee For Service on the Efficiency and Survival of Seguro Popular's Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Mexico

JCO Global Oncology
PURPOSECost containment and efficiency in the provision of health care are primary concerns for health systems that aim to provide affordable, high-quality care.
Diego Cerecero-García, Fernando Macías-González, Paloma Muñoz-Aguirre, Rodrigo Huerta-Gutierrez, Martha Zapata, Roberto Rivera-Luna, Martin Lajous, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo   +7 more
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