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Salt and Health: public awareness, attitudes, and practices in Sri Lanka to inform a behaviour change communication campaign to reduce dietary salt

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2022
Introduction: Sri Lankan citizens consume almost double the recommended daily amount of salt.   Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to health effects of dietary salt among adults and adolescents in Sri Lanka to inform ...
Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Nalika Gunawardena, Angela de Silva, Champika Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Gamlath, Thilak Siriwardena, Janaki Vidanapathirana, Shanthi Ginawardena, Vindya Kumarapeli, AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Ishanka Thalagala, Aravinda Wickramasinghe, Prabha Kumari, Prasad Ranatunga, Sapumal Dhanapala, Razia Pendse   +15 more
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Designing accountability measures for health professionals: results from a community-based micro-credential: case study on Indigenous cultural safety

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background: There is a widespread commitment to implementing anti-Indigenous racism with health organizations in Canada by introducing cultural safety staff training. In partnership with a public health unit in Ontario, Canada, we developed an evaluation
Angela Mashford-Pringle, Sharon Tan, Sterling Stutz, Gabriel Tjong   +3 more
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Quinolinic acid impairs mitophagy promoting microglia senescence and poor healthspan in C. elegans: a mechanism of impaired aging process

Biology Direct, 2023
Senescent microglia are a distinct microglial phenotype present in aging brain that have been implicated in the progression of aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
Anjila Dongol, Xi Chen, Peng Zheng, Zehra Boz Seyhan, Xu-Feng Huang   +4 more
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Library support for indigenous university students: Moving from the periphery to the mainstream [PDF]

, 2015
Objective – This research project explored the models of Indigenous support programs in Australian academic libraries, and how they align with the needs of the students they support.
Abbott, Wendy Anne, Hare, Joanna
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Editorial

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2015
The challenge for any research journal today is how to continue to make the work we publish relevant, contemporary and innovative for the research groups, educational organisations, and Indigenous communities locally and globally that we serve.
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
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Indigenous Telemedicine

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2012
We are describing a simple and innovative way of documenting tachycardia. This patient came with video recording of neck pulsation done with the help of mobile phone camera. No other documentation of this tachycardia was available as patient was living in a remote area away from even basic health facilities.
Neeraj Parakh, MD, DM, Vivek Chaturvedi, MD, DM   +1 more
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Adolescent and young adult substance use in Australian Indigenous communities: a systematic review of demand control program outcomes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: Identifying preventative approaches to substance use in Indigenous communities is the foundation for developing evidence‐based responses. This study reports the findings of a systematic review of the published literature evaluating the impact ...
Lynore Geia, Kirstie Broadfield, Daniel Grainger, Andrew Day, Felecia Watkin‐Lui   +4 more
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The use of indigenous knowledge in development: problems and challenges [PDF]

, 2005
The use of indigenous knowledge has been seen by many as an alternative way of promoting development in poor rural communities in many parts of the world.
Allan, W., Andresen, P. R., Briggs, J., Brokensha, D., Chambers, R., Chambers, R., Dinucci, A., Ellen, R., Escobar, A., Eyzaguirre, P. B., Hobbs, J., Homann, S., Jewitt, S., John Briggs, Kalland, A., Lamers, J. P. A., Leach, M., Mackenzie, F., Maddox, G., Mitchell, T., Niemeijer, D., Novellino, D., Ortiz, O., Ostberg, W., Pottier, J., Reij, C., Richards, P., Scoones, I., Shaka, J., Sikana, P., Sillitoe, P., Swift, J., Warren, D. M., Warren, D. M., Warren, D. M., World Bank, World Bank   +36 more
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The Indigen and Cultigen [PDF]

Science, 1918
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Role of MOH as a grassroots public health manager in preparedness and response for COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka

AIMS Public Health, 2020
Pandemic transmission of COVID-19 virus warranted activation of public health responses in all countries. Public health unit system of Sri Lanka (also known as the Medical Officer of Health unit system) managed by a medical doctor with special training ...
Pamila Sadeeka Adikari, KGRV Pathirathna, WKWS Kumarawansa, PD Koggalage   +3 more
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