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Children's eating behaviours: The importance of the family setting [PDF]

, 2008
Childhood obesity has become a major public health challenge. Whilst it is accepted that the aetiology of obesity is complex, there is very little that targets the home environment and specifically looks at the family setting and how this influences ...
Brownell, Green, Kalnins, Kickbusch, Mullen, Novilla, Patrick, Peploe, Peters, Robinson, Rudolf, Summerbell, Swinburn, Swinburn   +13 more
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Health and Epidemiology

Asia-Pacific journal of public health, 2020
In this issue of the journal, we publish a review of COVID-19 infection by 2 eminent virologists, MacKenzie and Smith (see in this issue). It is too early in the history of the COVID-19 outbreak to write the full history, but their article provides a ...
C. Binns, W. Low, Lee Mi Kyung
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation Strategies in Improving the Use of Research in Public Health: Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
Background Knowledge translation (KT) aims to facilitate the use of research evidence in decision making. Changes in technology have provided considerable opportunities for KT strategies to improve access and use of evidence in decision making by public ...
Alison L Brown, Courtney Barnes, J. Byaruhanga, M. Mclaughlin, R. Hodder, D. Booth, Nicole Nathan, R. Sutherland, L. Wolfenden   +8 more
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Information-seeking among chronic disease prevention staff in state health departments: Use of academic journals [PDF]

, 2014
Use of scientific evidence aids in ensuring that public health interventions have the best possible health and economic return on investment. We describe use of academic journals by state health department chronic disease prevention staff to find public ...
Allen, Peg, Brownson, Ross C, Elliott, Lindsay, Harris, Jenine K, Jacob, Rebekah R   +4 more
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Personalizing Nutrition Strategies: Bridging Research and Public Health

Journal of Personalized Medicine
In recent years, although life expectancy has increased significantly, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to pose a significant threat to the health of the global population.
V. J. Clemente-Suárez, Helia Carmen Peris-Ramos, L. Redondo-Flórez, Ana Isabel Beltrán-Velasco, Alexandra Martín-Rodríguez, Susana David-Fernandez, Rodrigo Yáñez-Sepúlveda, J. F. Tornero-Aguilera   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Armed conflict and public health: into the 21st century.

Journal of public health, 2019
BACKGROUND Many people worldwide are affected by conflict, and countries affected are less likely to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This review outlines the effects of conflict on health and focuses on areas requiring more attention ...
S. Garry, S. Garry, Francesco Checchi, Francesco Checchi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How well do doctors understand a scientific article in English when it is not their first language? A randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction English is the lingua franca of science. How well doctors understand English is therefore crucial for their understanding of scientific articles.
Eva Skovlund, Magne Nylenna, Pål Gulbrandsen, Erlend Hem, Martine Rostadmo, Siri Lunde Strømme, Are Brean, Ragnhild Orstavik   +7 more
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Pathogen Genomics in Public Health.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
Rapid advances in DNA sequencing technology ("next-generation sequencing") have inspired optimism about the potential of human genomics for "precision medicine." Meanwhile, pathogen genomics is already delivering "precision public health" through more ...
G. Armstrong, D. MacCannell, Jill Taylor, H. Carleton, Elizabeth B. Neuhaus, R. Bradbury, J. Posey, M. Gwinn   +7 more
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Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise and systematic scoping review of factors researched

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2020
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is understood as a complex condition, likely triggered and sustained by an interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Kari Tveito, Inger Johanne Bakken, Signe A. Flottorp, Siri Mjaaland, Lillebeth Larun   +5 more
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Public health digitalization in Europe

European Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background As digitalization is progressively permeating all aspects of society, how can be it fruitfully employed to sustain the public health goals of quality, accessibility, efficiency and equity in health care and prevention?
A. Odone, S. Buttigieg, W. Ricciardi, N. Azzopardi-Muscat, A. Staines   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source