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Assessing service availability and readiness to manage cervical cancer in Bangladesh

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2021
Background The second most common cancer among females in Bangladesh is cervical cancer. The national strategy for cervical cancer needs monitoring to ensure that patients have access to care.
Shagoofa Rakhshanda   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extent, patterns and demographic correlates for physical fighting among school-attending adolescents in Namibia: examination of the 2013 Global School-based Health Survey [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2020
Background Physical fighting is particularly detrimental for young people, often affecting other areas of their developing lives, such as relationships with friends and family and participating in risky behaviors.
Laura E. Davis   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Social autopsy for maternal and perinatal deaths in Bangladesh: a tool for community dialog and decision making

open access: yesPublic Health Reviews, 2018
Bangladesh has an established comprehensive death review system for tracking and reviewing maternal and perinatal deaths. This death review system, established in 2010, was initially known as the “Maternal and Perinatal Death Review (MPDR) System.” One ...
Animesh Biswas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the perceptions, practices and challenges to maternal and newborn health care among the underprivileged teagarden community in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

open access: yesSexual 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increases in United States life expectancy through reductions in injury-related death

open access: yesPopulation Health Metrics, 2017
Background During the previous century the average lifespan in the United States (US) increased by over 30 years, with much of this increase attributed to public health initiatives.
Scott R. Kegler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life experiences associated with change in perpetration of domestic violence

open access: yesInjury Epidemiology, 2020
Background This study assessed whether several adult life experiences, including loss of support, loss of food security, loss of housing, and substance use cessation, are associated with change in domestic violence (DV) perpetration from early to later ...
Avanti Adhia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Sports and Growth on Hamstrings and Quadriceps Development in Young Female Athletes: Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesSports, 2019
Context: Lower extremity muscular strength may vary by different sport participation during growth process. Objective: To investigate effect of sport participation and growth by comparing strength of the hamstrings, quadriceps, and hamstrings to ...
Dai Sugimoto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of community-based first responder development for the management of drowning casualties in rural areas of Bangladesh

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background: Drowning is the leading cause of childhood death in Bangladesh. In order to minimize the number of casualties Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) incorporated a ‘first responder’ program which includes Cardio ...
Mohammad Jahangir Hossain   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of mandatory opioid prescribing limits in North Carolina: healthcare administrator and prescriber perspectives

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Recent increases in state laws to reduce opioid prescribing have demonstrated a need to understand how they are interpreted and implemented in healthcare systems.
Natalie A. Blackburn   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicide attempts and behavioral correlates among a nationally representative sample of school-attending adolescents in the Republic of Malawi

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Suicide is among the top causes of adolescent mortality worldwide. While correlates of suicidal behavior are better understood and delineated in upper-income countries, epidemiologic knowledge of suicidal behavior in low-income countries ...
Masood A. Shaikh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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