The Effect of Brazil's Family Health Program on Cognitive Skills
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills (measured by test scores) of fifth‐grade students. We use biennial data from national exams between 2007 and 2015, and variation in the FHP implementation date across municipalities, birth cohort, and test year to identify the ...
Pinar Mine Gunes, Magda Tsaneva
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Empowering future public health professionals: The impact of community-based education on students' maternal and child health competencies. [PDF]
Zakar R +4 more
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ABSTRACT Despite all efforts, obesity remains a major health concern worldwide, with continuously increasing rates, affecting approx. 14% of the total world population, being as high as 43% in some countries. As obesity is related to numerous comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some types of cancer, the consequences ...
Farhad Vahid +22 more
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Critical malnutrition thresholds and educational system constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for evidence-based nutrition policy. [PDF]
Gannoun I +3 more
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Predictive ability of malnutrition screening tools in enterally fed, mechanically ventilated patients with phase angle inference: A prospective observational study. [PDF]
Al-Kalaldeh M +2 more
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Risk factors for cholera mortality: A scoping review
Abstract Objectives Cholera is an easily treatable disease, but many people are still unnecessarily dying from it. To improve current case management practices and prevent mortality requires a comprehensive understanding of who is at higher risk of dying.
Despina Pampaka +4 more
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ABSTRACT Healthcare systems worldwide face mounting pressure to deliver high‐quality care while enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Nurse‐led interventions have emerged as promising strategies to optimize care delivery, particularly within value‐based health systems.
Aleix Fontanals‐Jimenez +2 more
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Preparing for an ageing Tanzania: cross-sectional study assessing the undergraduate health students' knowledge, attitudes and barriers to geriatric nutrition assessment. [PDF]
Rashid RM, Peter DE, Millanzi WC.
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Risk prediction models for malnutrition in dialysis patients in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Liu M +6 more
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