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How to Monitor for Population Health Outcomes: Guidelines for developing a monitoring framework [PDF]

, 2007
Public Health Intelligence (PHI) is the epidemiology group of the Ministry of Health. PHI carries out the Ministry’s statutory responsibility to monitor the health of the New Zealand population by analysing population health outcomes and risks and ...
Wren, John
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Clinical features and severe outcome predictors of COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection among hospitalized patients: results from Egypt severe acute respiratory infections sentinel surveillance, 2021–2022

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background COVID-19 vaccines are effective against infections and outcomes; however, breakthrough infections (VBT) are increasingly reported, possibly due to waning of vaccine-induced immunity or emerging variants.
Amr Kandeel, Manal Fahim, Ola Deghedy, Walaa Alim, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen, Khaled Abdelghaffar   +7 more
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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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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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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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Birth order and health events attributable to alcohol and narcotics in midlife: A 25-year follow-up of a national Swedish birth cohort and their siblings

, 2022
Higher birth order is associated with increased risks of adverse health outcomes attributable to alcohol or narcotics in adolescence, but it remains unclear whether these observed birth order effects are also present in midlife.
Bishop, Lauren Elise, Barclay, Kieron,, Bishop, Lauren,, Barclay, Kieron, Bishop, Lauren   +4 more
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Milk consumption and health outcomes in Western and Asian populations

Public Health Nutrition
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend three cup equivalents of dairy per day, whereas the Nutrition Source recommends limiting consumption to one to two servings per day.
Zui C. Narita, Japanese National Center Cohort Collaborative for Advancing Population Health Group   +1 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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“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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