Results 11 to 20 of about 1,448,837 (262)

Adolescent condom use in Southern Africa: narrative systematic review and conceptual model of multilevel barriers and facilitators

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Adolescent HIV and pregnancy rates in Southern Africa are amongst the highest in the world. Despite decades of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programming targeting adolescents, recent trends suggest there is a continued need for ...
Áine Aventin, Sarah Gordon, Christina Laurenzi, Stephan Rabie, Mark Tomlinson, Maria Lohan, Jackie Stewart, Allen Thurston, Lynne Lohfeld, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Moroesi Makhetha, Yeukai Chideya, Sarah Skeen   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

One-hour post-load glucose improves the prediction of cardiovascular events in the OPERA study

Annals of Medicine, 2021
Background To estimate the ability of fasting, 1-h, and 2-h post-load glucose to predict cardiovascular outcomes.Methods We examined a population-based study consisting of 977 middle-aged subjects who underwent an oral glucose tolerance test with glucose
Anni Saunajoki, Juha Auvinen, Aini Bloigu, Olavi Ukkola, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Markku Timonen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early exposure to social disadvantages and later life body mass index beyond genetic predisposition in three generations of Finnish birth cohorts

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The study aimed to explore the association between early life and life-course exposure to social disadvantage and later life body mass index (BMI) accounting for genetic predisposition and maternal BMI.
Estelle Lowry, Nina Rautio, Niko Wasenius, Tom A. Bond, Jari Lahti, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Abbas Dehghan, Anni Heiskala, Leena Ala-Mursula, Jouko Miettunen, Johan Eriksson, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Sylvain Sebert   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicide, Life Course, and Life Story

International Psychogeriatrics, 1995
This article explores how a life-course perspective and narrative methodology can be used to study risk factors for late-life suicide. A life-course approach to aging and suicide requires consideration of age as both social and personal construction.
B J, Cohler, M J, Jenuwine
openaire   +2 more sources

Psoriasis – The Life Course Approach

Acta Dermato Venereologica, 2014
Over the last decades, Life Course Research (LCR), predominantly the domain of sociology, has been increasingly applied in health research, as Life Course Epidemiology (LCE). The latter is concerned with disease patterns over time, accumulation of exposures over time, critical time periods and patterns of risk.
Linder, Michael Dennis, PIASERICO, STEFANO, Augustin, Matthias, Fortina, Anna Belloni, Cohen, Arnon D, Gieler, Uwe, Jemec, Gregor B. E, Kimball, Alexa Boer, PESERICO STECCHINI NEGRI DE SALVI, ANDREA, Sampogna, Francesca, Warren, Richard B, de Korte, John, BELLONI FORTINA, ANNA   +12 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Epigenetic findings in periodontitis in UK twins: a cross-sectional study

Clinical Epigenetics, 2019
Background Genetic and environmental risk factors contribute to periodontal disease, but the underlying susceptibility pathways are not fully understood.
Yuko Kurushima, Pei-Chien Tsai, Juan Castillo-Fernandez, Alexessander Couto Alves, Julia Sarah El-Sayed Moustafa, Caroline Le Roy, Tim D. Spector, Mark Ide, Francis J. Hughes, Kerrin S. Small, Claire J. Steves, Jordana T. Bell   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of the Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Mouse and Human Islet Function

Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2019
Islet transplantation has the potential to cure type 1 diabetes, but current transplantation protocols are not optimal and there is extensive loss of islet β‐cell insulin secretory function during the immediate post‐transplantation period.
Ahmed A. Arzouni, Andreia Vargas‐Seymour, Paramjeet K. Dhadda, Chloe L. Rackham, Guo‐Cai Huang, Pratik Choudhary, Aileen J. F. King, Peter M. Jones   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suspected twin anemia polycythemia sequence in a dichorionic, diamniotic twin pregnancy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Twin anemia polycythemia sequence is a rare complication in monochorionic twin pregnancy. Case presentation We describe a case of dichorionic twin pregnancy presenting with suspected twin anemia polycythemia sequence.
Tania Jeyaseelan, Panicos Shangaris, Athina Efthymiou, Linzi Martin, Lisa Story, Surabhi Nanda, Neelam Gupta, Mudher Al-Adnani, Andreas Marnerides, Kypros H. Nicolaides, Srividhya Sankaran   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of exercise referral schemes in the United Kingdom in those with cardiovascular, mental health, and musculoskeletal disorders: a preliminary systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Exercise referral schemes within clinical populations may offer benefits for inactive and sedentary individuals, and improve and aid treatment of specific health disorders.
Nikita Rowley, Steve Mann, James Steele, Elizabeth Horton, Alfonso Jimenez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does pre-COVID impulsive behaviour predict adherence to hygiene and social distancing measures in youths following the COVID-19 pandemic onset? Evidence from a South African longitudinal study.

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Engagement in protective behaviours relating to the COVID-19 pandemic has been proposed to be key to infection control. This is particularly the case for youths as key drivers of infections.
Katharina Haag, Stefani Du Toit, Nace Mikus, Sarah Skeen, Kathryn Steventon Roberts, Marguerite Marlow, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Akhona Sambudla, Yeukai Chideya, Lorraine Sherr, Mark Tomlinson   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source