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Investigating the prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a population-based study: Fasa PERSIAN COHORT data

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background A high prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) and its subsequent serious complications made this disease a major health-treatment concern in many societies.
Mostafa Bijani, Saeed Parvizi, Azizallah Dehghan, Massih Sedigh-Rahimabadi, Mahsa Rostami-chijan, Maryam Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Alireza Ghaemi, Reza Homayounfar, Mojtaba Farjam   +9 more
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Noncommunicable disease risk factors among the trainee doctors of a tertiary level diabetes hospital in Bangladesh

Lifestyle Medicine, 2021
Background Doctors, despite being the public health leaders, are predisposed to the early development of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This study was done to determine the prevalence of risk factors of NCDs among doctors.
Tonima Sultana, Mithila Faruque, Palash Chandra Banik, Sharmin Sultana, Feroz Amin, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman   +5 more
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A cross-sectional study on hypertension and diabetes care cascade and prevalence of noncommunicable diseases risk factors in Tamil Nadu: rationale and methods. [PDF]

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Ramalingam A, Chadwick J, Kriina M, Neelavanan MD, Govindan A, R D, Venkatasamy V, Devasagayam E, Joseph S, Madhusoodanan S, Kangusamy B, Ramaswamy S, Govindasamy E, I K, Paparaju AK, D C, Kumar D, Rajasekar D, Duraisamy A, Subramaniam S, Viswanathan V, K K, Selvam JM, S ST, S V, Thamburaj AA, Palanaiandi SK, Kaur P, Murekhar M.   +28 more
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Entornos y actividad física en enfermedades crónicas: Más allá de factores asociados [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Chronic noncommunicable diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality. The most cost-effective strategy is the practice of physical activity but there is a direct relationship between the increase of these diseases with the high ...
Arango-Alzate, Catalina Maria, Muñoz-Rodríguez, Diana Isabel, Segura-Cardona, Ángela Maria   +2 more
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Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable diseases risk factors among reproductive-aged women: Findings from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionKnowing the risk factors like smoking status, overweight/obesity, and hypertension among women of reproductive age could allow the development of an effective strategy for reducing the burden of non-noncommunicable diseases.
Saifur Rahman Chowdhury, Md Nazrul Islam, Tasbeen Akhtar Sheekha, Shirmin Bintay Kader, Ahmed Hossain   +4 more
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Hybrid metaheuristic optimization for detecting and diagnosing noncommunicable diseases. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Malik S, Patro SGK, Mahanty C, Kumar S, Lasisi A, Naveed QN, Kulkarni A, Buradi A, Emma AF, Kraiem N.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Moving towards a population health approach to the primary prevention of common mental disorders [PDF]

, 2012
There is a need for the development of effective universal preventive approaches to the common mental disorders, depression and anxiety, at a population level.
A Bradford Hill, A Mykletun, A Mykletun, A Mykletun, A Nanri, A Nanri, A Sanchez-Villegas, A Sanchez-Villegas, Arnstein Mykletun, BN Renn, C Liu, E Lopez-Garcia, E Waters, F Jacka, Felice N Jacka, FN Jacka, FN Jacka, FN Jacka, FN Jacka, FN Jacka, G Kohlboeck, G Stathopoulous, GB Crawford, H Okubo, HC Schulberg, HE Duivis, I Imayama, JA Pasco, JA Pasco, JA Pasco, JK Soczynska, K Murakami, KM Appleton, KR Merikangas, L Chatzi, M Lucas, M Maes, MA Beydoun, MF Kuczmarski, Michael Berk, MJ Taylor, N Breslau, P Cuijpers, P Cuijpers, P Jha, PY Collins, RT Mikolajczyk, S Moylan, S Sharma, SB Harvey, SL Gortmaker, SL Pagoto, T Vos, TN Akbaraly, TT Weng, WH Oddy, World Health Organization (WHO), Y Aihara, Y Milaneschi   +58 more
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Healthy lifestyles and noncommunicable diseases: Nutrition, the life‐course, and health promotion

Lifestyle Medicine, 2021
Cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, targeted by Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, afflict millions of people and account for the highest global morbidity and mortality.
Marlon E. Cerf
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Ten years of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: progress in the Americas

Salud Pública de México, 2017
The objective of this article is to analyze the progress made in the Americas in the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) after its tenth anniversary of entry into force.
Adriana Blanco, Rosa Carolina Sandoval, Leticia Martínez-López, Roberta de Betânia Caixeta   +3 more
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Noncommunicable diseases in the Americas: a review of the Pan American Health Organization’s 25-year program of work

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
This article describes progress in tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Americas since the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) started its NCD program 25 years ago. Changes in the epidemiology of NCDs, NCD policies, health service capacity,
Silvana Luciani, Leendert Nederveen, Ramon Martinez, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Rosa C. Sandoval, Luciana Severini, Diana Cerón, Adriana B. Gomes, Sehr Malik, Fabio Gomez, Pedro Ordunez, Mauricio Maza, Maristela Monteiro, Anselm Hennis   +14 more
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