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Training Load and Its Role in Injury Prevention, Part I: Back to the Future.

Journal of athletic training, 2020
The purpose of this 2-part commentary series is† to explain why we believe our ability to control injury risk by manipulating training load (TL) in its current state is an illusion and why the foundations of this illusion are weak and unreliable. In part
F. Impellizzeri, P. Menaspà, A. Coutts, Judd T. Kalkhoven, M. Menaspà   +4 more
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Repositioning for pressure injury prevention in adults.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020
BACKGROUND A pressure injury (PI), also referred to as a 'pressure ulcer', or 'bedsore', is an area of localised tissue damage caused by unrelieved pressure, friction, or shearing on any part of the body.
B. Gillespie, R. Walker, S. Latimer, L. Thalib, J. Whitty, E. McInnes, W. Chaboyer   +6 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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Assessing service availability and readiness to manage cervical cancer in Bangladesh

BMC 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, Koustuv Dalal, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Cinderella Akbar Mayaboti, Progga Paromita, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, A. H. M. Eanayet Hussain, Saidur Rahman Mashreky   +7 more
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Extent, patterns and demographic correlates for physical fighting among school-attending adolescents in Namibia: examination of the 2013 Global School-based Health Survey [PDF]

PeerJ, 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, Anne Abio, Michael Lowery Wilson, Masood Ali Shaikh   +3 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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Social autopsy for maternal and perinatal deaths in Bangladesh: a tool for community dialog and decision making

Public 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, Junnatul Ferdoush, Abu Sayeed Md Abdullah, Abdul Halim   +3 more
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Increases in United States life expectancy through reductions in injury-related death

Population 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, Grant T. Baldwin, Rose A. Rudd, Michael F. Ballesteros   +3 more
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