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Cities and population health [PDF]

Social Science & Medicine, 2005
A majority of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2007 and cities are exerting growing influence on the health of both urban and non-urban residents. Although there long has been substantial interest in the associations between city living and health, relatively little work has tried to understand how and why cities affect population ...
Galea, Sandro, Freudenberg, Nicholas, Vlahov, David   +2 more
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Serotonin syndrome: a rare undiagnosed cause of hyperpyrexia

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Serotonin syndrome (SS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, and it is caused by increasing serotonergic activities. It is an underdiagnosed and under-reported condition.
Hamdy Ibrahim, Safwat Abdel Maksod, Magdy Khorshed, Hanan Rady, Ahmed Alsisi, Adel Mohamed, Omar Alkassas, Marwa Haron, Suzan Saied   +8 more
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Meningococcal meningitis, a life-threatening disease with a dangerous skin rash: two case reports

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Meningococcal meningitis (MM) is a medical emergency that progresses rapidly to cause life-threatening organ failure, and a high level of suspicion is required for early diagnosis and intervention with antibiotics and fluid resuscitation.
Hamdy Ibrahim, Safwat Abdel Maksod, Magdy Khorshed, Ahmed Alsisi, Nasser Fouad, Hanan Rady, Alaaa Al Amir, Adel Mohamed, Mohamed Hosny   +8 more
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The Determinants Of Population Health Spatial Disparities [PDF]

, 2014
Health of the population is one of the basic factors of social development. The results of empirical studies indicate a number of factors determining the level of health of the population related to access to health care services, the level of ...
Modranka, Emilia, Suchecka, Jadwiga
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A randomized controlled trial to assess the potential efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of an m-health intervention targeting parents of school aged children to improve the nutritional quality of foods packed in the lunchbox ‘SWAP IT’

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019
Background Scalable interventions that improve the nutritional quality of foods in children’s lunchboxes have considerable potential to improve child public health nutrition. This study assessed the potential efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of an
Rachel Sutherland, Nicole Nathan, Alison Brown, Serene Yoong, Meghan Finch, Christophe Lecathelinais, Renee Reynolds, Alison Walton, Lisa Janssen, Clare Desmet, Karen Gillham, Vanessa Herrmann, Alix Hall, John Wiggers, Luke Wolfenden   +14 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the Kidogo model in empowering women and strengthening their capacities to engage in paid labor opportunities through the provision of quality childcare: a study protocol for an exploratory study in Nakuru County, Kenya

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
Worldwide, there is a wide gap between what women can contribute to the economy and what they actually contribute. One of the main barriers to women’s engagement in the labor market and productivity at work is the societal expectation that they should ...
Kenneth Okelo, Margaret Nampijja, Patrick Ilboudo, Ruth Muendo, Linda Oloo, Sylvia Muyingo, Elizabeth Mwaniki, Nelson Langat, Silas Onyango, Florence Sipalla, Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo   +10 more
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Measuring Population Health, Maximising Population Health

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Introduction & Context: Population Health is a term popularised by Kindig and Stoddart in their 2003 paper which defined it as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.” Its initial formulation focused on health statuses and was synonymous with the “health of the population”.
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Population and Health Policies* [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Abstract The program evaluation literature for population and health policies is in flux, with many disciplines documenting biological and behavioral linkages from fetal development to late life mortality, chronic disease, and disability, though their implications for policy remain uncertain.
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“They talked to me rudely”. Women perspectives on quality of post-abortion care in public health facilities in Kenya

Reproductive Health, 2023
Plain language summary Access to abortion is legally restricted and socially reproved in Kenya. Therefore, women requiring abortion in such restrictive contexts resort to unsafe methods that result in complications, often requiring treatment in health ...
Ramatou Ouedraogo, Grace Kimemia, Emmy Kageha Igonya, Sherine Athero, Shelmith Wanjiru, Martin Bangha, Kenneth Juma   +6 more
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Challenges and prospects for implementation of community health volunteers’ digital health solutions in Kenya: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background The value of digital health technologies in delivering vital health care interventions, especially in low resource settings is increasingly appreciated.
Pauline Bakibinga, Eva Kamande, Lyagamula Kisia, Milka Omuya, Dennis J. Matanda, Catherine Kyobutungi   +5 more
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