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Maternal mortality in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal health as the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. According to estimates from UNICEF, Uganda’s maternal mortality ratio, the annual number of deaths of women from ...
Nantume, Samali
core  

Development of Disordered Weight Control Behaviors and Its Progression to Eating Disorders in Canada: A Nationally Representative Microsimulation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Eating disorders (ED) present a significant health burden to children, adolescents, and young adults globally. Despite the importance of disordered weight control behaviors (DWCB) in ED development, little is known about the progression from DWCB to ED.
Ye Shen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Psychological Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents: A Critical Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although international treatment guidelines for eating disorders recommend varying psychological approaches for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN), most existing reviews have combined adolescent and adult samples, leaving the overall evidence base for this population poorly defined.
Renée A. Broersma   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal “Near Miss

open access: yesJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2014
Background : To determine the frequency of maternal near miss, maternal near miss incidence ratio, maternal near miss to mortality ratio and mortality index Methods: In this descriptive study near miss cases were defined based on WHO criteria 2009. Socio-
Fehmida Shaheen
doaj  

A Study of Etiological Spectrum of Maternal Near-miss Cases and Quality Care Indicators in Western Region of India

open access: yesNMO Journal
Background: Maternal death review has remained the fundamental quality care indicator for any maternal health-care governance program. Maternal near-miss (MNM) cases which are the forerunner of mortality cases could serve as a proxy indicator to evaluate
Alhad A. Pande   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal Mortality in Central Province, Kenya, 2009-2010 [PDF]

open access: gold, 2014
Onesmus Maina Muchemi   +1 more
openalex   +1 more source

Severity of effect considerations regarding the use of mutation as a toxicological endpoint for risk assessment: A report from the 8th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT)

open access: yesEnvironmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract Exposure levels without appreciable human health risk may be determined by dividing a point of departure on a dose–response curve (e.g., benchmark dose) by a composite adjustment factor (AF). An “effect severity” AF (ESAF) is employed in some regulatory contexts.
Barbara L. Parsons   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal mortality estimation at the subnational level: a model-based method with an application to Bangladesh

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To provide a model-based method of estimating maternal mortality at the subnational level and illustrate its use in estimating maternal mortality rates (MMrates) and maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) in all 64 districts of Bangladesh.
Saifuddin Ahmed, Kenneth Hill
doaj   +1 more source

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