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Is Population Density Associated with Non-Communicable Disease in Western Developed Countries? A Systematic Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Over the last three decades, researchers have investigated population density and health outcomes at differing scale. There has not been a systematic review conducted in order to synthesise this evidence.
E. Carnegie, G. Inglis, Annie Taylor, A. Bak-Klimek, O. Okoye   +4 more
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Physical activity and carotid atherosclerosis risk reduction in population with high risk for cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Decreased physical activity had been reported to be a common causal and modifiable risk factor for major vascular events. However, the relationship of physical activity and sedentary leisure time with carotid atherosclerosis in population with
Lulu Chen, Yuan Bi, Jian Su, Lan Cui, Renqiang Han, Ran Tao, Jinyi Zhou, Ming Wu, Yu Qin   +8 more
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Integration of non-communicable disease and HIV/AIDS management: a review of healthcare policies and plans in East Africa

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Background Low-income and middle-income countries are struggling to manage growing numbers of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while services for patients with HIV infection are well established.
O. Adeyemi, M. Lyons, Tsi Njim, J. Okebe, J. Birungi, Kevin Nana, Jean Claude Mbanya, S. Mfinanga, K. Ramaiya, S. Jaffar, A. Garrib   +10 more
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Age-standardized mortality, disability-adjusted life-years and healthy life expectancy in different cultural regions of Guangdong, China: a population-based study of 2005–2015

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Guangdong province is dominated by three cultural regions: Canton, Hakka and Hoklo. However, little is known about the disease burden within these regions, particularly because different population,environmental and socioeconomic risk factors ...
Xue-yan Zheng, Xiao-jun Xu, Yi-yang Liu, Yan-jun Xu, Si-xing Pan, Xin-ying Zeng, Qian Yi, Ni Xiao, Li-feng Lin   +8 more
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Nutrition-related non-communicable disease and sugar-sweetened beverage policies: a landscape analysis in Kenya

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: The burden of undernutrition is significant in Kenya. Obesity and related non-communicable diseases are also on the increase. Government action to prevent non-communicable diseases is critical.
M. Wanjohi, A. Thow, S. Abdool Karim, G. Asiki, A. Erzse, S. Mohamed, Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Pamela A. Juma, K. Hofman   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effect gap of hypertension health management services in poverty and non-poverty counties on the hypertension control: evidence from China Chronic Diseases Risk Factors Surveillance

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023
Background The Chinese government implemented the health poverty alleviation project (HPAP) since 2016 in poverty counties (PCs). To evaluate the effect of the HPAP on hypertension health management and control in PCs is vital for the policy improvement.
Bo Jiang, Limin Wang, Mei Zhang, Zhenping Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Chun Li, Maigeng Zhou   +6 more
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Biomedical Research, A Tool to Address the Health Issues that Affect African Populations. [PDF]

, 2013
Traditionally, biomedical research endeavors in low to middle resources countries have focused on communicable diseases. However, data collected over the past 20 years by the World Health Organization (WHO) show a significant increase in the number of ...
Peprah, Emmanuel, Wonkam, Ambroise
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The burden of non communicable diseases in developing countries [PDF]

, 2005
Background: By the dawn of the third millennium, non communicable diseases are sweeping the entire globe, with an increasing trend in developing countries where, the transition imposes more constraints to deal with the double burden of infective and ...
Boutayeb, A, Boutayeb, S
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Economic evaluations of non-communicable disease interventions [PDF]

, 2006
Background Demographic projections suggest a major increase in non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality over the next two decades in developing countries. In a climate of scarce resources, policy-makers need to know which interventions represent value
Fox-Rushby, J, Mulligan, J, Walker, D
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Association between multimorbidity and socioeconomic deprivation on short-term mortality among patients with diffuse large B-cell or follicular lymphoma in England: a nationwide cohort study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives We aimed to assess the association between multimorbidity and deprivation on short-term mortality among patients with diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL) in England.Setting The association of multimorbidity and ...
Aurélien Belot, Edmund Njeru Njagi, Bernard Rachet, Clémence Leyrat, Sara Benitez Majano, Miguel Angel Luque Fernandez, Matthew James Smith, Audrey Bonaventure   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source