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Addressing health disparities using multiply imputed injury surveillance data

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Assessing disparities in injury is crucial for injury prevention and for evaluating injury prevention strategies, but efforts have been hampered by missing data.
Yang Liu, Amy F. Wolkin, Marcie-jo Kresnow, Thomas Schroeder   +3 more
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COVID-19-related violence trend data challenges & a resource for injury researchers

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Published works have raised concerns that certain violent behaviors and firearm acquisition have encountered dramatic increases since the onset of COVID-19.
Hannah I. Rochford, Kaleb Brooks, Mark Berg, Cori Peek-Asa   +3 more
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Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Background Multi-victim homicides are a persistent public health problem confronting the United States. Previous research shows that homicide rates in the U.S.
Katherine A. Fowler, Rachel A. Leavitt, Carter J. Betz, Keming Yuan, Linda L. Dahlberg   +4 more
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Self-reported prevalence of asthma and its associated factors among adult rural population in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using WHO PEN protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective For over a decade, the prevalence of asthma remained unchanged at around 7% in Bangladesh. Although asthma causes significant morbidity among both children and adults, updates on epidemiological data are limited on the prevalence in Bangladesh.
Riffat Ara Shawon, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Palash Chandra Banik, Lingkan Barua, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Mithila Faruque, Shagoofa Rakhshanda, Minhazul Abedin, Abrar Wahab   +8 more
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Racial disparities in pedestrian-related injury hospitalizations in the United States

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Racial/ethnic disparity has been documented in a wide variety of health outcomes, and environmental components are contributors. For example, food deserts have been tied to obesity rates.
Cara Hamann, Corinne Peek-Asa, Brandon Butcher   +2 more
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Disability-friendly healthcare at public health facilities in Bangladesh: a mixed-method study to explore the existing situation

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Several strategies and policies are being implemented in Bangladesh to address the healthcare needs of people with disabilities, who comprise about 10% of the country’s total population.
Nawshin Torsha, Farah Naz Rahman, Md Shafkat Hossain, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Minjoon Kim, S. M. Mustafizur Rahman, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Aminur Rahman   +7 more
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Timely linkage of individuals to substance use disorder treatment: development, implementation, and evaluation of FindHelpNowKY.org

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Substance use disorders (SUD) have steadily increased over the last two decades. Seeking SUD treatment involves searching SUD treatment facility types (inpatient, outpatient and intensive outpatient, residential and family residential, and ...
Terry Lee Bunn, Dana Quesinberry, Tyler Jennings, Amber Kizewski, Heather Jackson, Sarah McKee, Sarah Eustice   +6 more
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Domestic violence and abuse related emergency room visits in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Hospitals’ emergency rooms (ERs) are generally the first point of contact of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) victims to the health care system.
Sonica Singhal, Sarah Orr, Harkirat Singh, Menaka Shanmuganantha, Heather Manson   +4 more
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An evaluation of Emergency Management of Severe Burn (EMSB) course in Bangladesh: a strategic direction

Burns & Trauma, 2017
Background Burn is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. Specialized personnel and technologies are required, however, in many cases they are not readily available. Taking the situation into account, Interplast Australia and New Zealand,
Animesh Biswas, Fazlur Rahman, Peter Maitz, Kamran Ul Baset, Jahangir Hossain, Saidur Rahman Mashreky   +5 more
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Exploring the perceptions, practices and challenges to maternal and newborn health care among the underprivileged teagarden community in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
Poor health care-seeking behaviour, access to services and availability of service delivery have implications for the health of the community. This study explored the perceptions, practices and challenges related to maternal and neonatal care in the ...
Animesh Biswas, Sathyanarayan Doraiswamy, Abu Sayeed Md. Abdullah, Nabila Hossain Purno, Fazlur Rahman, M. A. Halim   +5 more
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