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Population and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: To present and compare population-based and antenatal-care (ANC) sentinel surveillance HIV prevalence estimates among women in a rural South African population where both provision of ANC services and family planning is prevalent and ...
Welz, Tanya, Hill Caterina, Bätzing-Feigenbaum, Jörg, Barnighausen, Till, Herbst Kobus, Tanser, Frank, Newell, Marie-Louise, Welz Tanya, Hill, Caterina, Barnighausen Till, Herbst, Kobus, Tanser Frank, Bätzing-Feigenbaum Jörg, Rice Brian D, Newell Marie-Louise, Rice, Brian D, Rice, Brian D., Hosegood, Victoria, Hosegood Victoria   +18 more
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Recent Spatiotemporal Patterns of US Lung Cancer by Histologic Type

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
BackgroundAfter a period of increasing rates, lung cancer incidence is declining in the US for men and women. We investigated lung cancer rate patterns by gender, geographic location, and histologic subtype, and for total lung cancer (TLC), for the ...
Denise Riedel Lewis, Linda W. Pickle, Li Zhu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Membrane filtration enrichment and optimization of nucleic acid extraction for qPCR detection of pathogenic bacteria in water – an experiment with Mycobacterium abscessus tester strain

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo establish a sensitive, reliable and rapid pre-treatment method for enrichment and nucleic acid extraction of pathogenic bacteria in water for fluorescent quantitative PCR (qPCR) detection of pathogenic bacteria in water.
Yan WU, Xiao ZHANG, Liang ZHANG, Fangxiao XING, Lan ZHANG   +4 more
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Pandemic Population Surveillance

, 2023
Abstract Covid-19 surveillance should not be seen as one more instance of centralized state surveillance of populations, as if it were an intensification of a single trend started with bulk collection by the NSA and GCHQ for counter-terrorist purposes.
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Computerized tablet based versus traditional paper- based survey methods: results from adolescent's health research in schools of Maharashtra, India

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Technological advancement is growing very fast in India and majority of young population is handling electronic devices often during leisure as well as at work. This study indicates that electronic tablets are
Naveen Agarwal, Balram Paswan, Prakash H. Fulpagare, Dhirendra N Sinha, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Manju Rani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Health Surveillance of Low-Frequency Populations [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2004
Public health agencies often require data that address the needs of special populations, such as minority groups. Sources of surveillance data often contain insufficient numbers of subjects to fully inform health agencies. In this review, we address the problems of and potential approaches for situations with insufficient surveillance data. We use the
Elena M, Andresen, Paula H, Diehr, Douglas A, Luke   +2 more
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Evaluating the gap in rapid diagnostic testing: insights from subnational Kenyan routine health data

BMJ Open
Background Understanding diagnostic capacities is essential to addressing healthcare provision and inequity, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries.
Emelda A. Okiro, Bibian N. Robert, Angela K. Moturi, Felix Bahati, Peter M. Macharia   +4 more
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Associations between Overall and Abdominal Obesity and Suicidal Ideation among US Adult Women

Journal of Obesity, 2012
Obesity is associated with increased risks for mental disorders. This study examined associations of obesity indicators including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-height ratio with suicidal ideation among U.S. women. We analyzed data
Guixiang Zhao, Chaoyang Li, Earl S. Ford, James Tsai, Satvinder S. Dhingra, Janet B. Croft, Lela R. McKnight-Eily, Lina S. Balluz   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of parental characteristics with offspring anthropometric failure, anaemia and mortality in India

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
This study used a wide range of information on parental sociodemographic, physical and behavioural characteristics as well as on the presence of non-communicable diseases among parents and examined the association of these attributes with anthropometric ...
Rajesh Kumar Rai, S. V. Subramanian, Sebastian Vollmer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer surveillance in a northeastern native American population [PDF]

Cancer, 1989
This study compares cancer incidence among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer incidence patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City. The cohort for this study consisted of all members of the SNI enrolled on January 1, 1955 and residing in NYS (N = 3262).
M C, Mahoney, A M, Michalek, K M, Cummings, P C, Nasca, L J, Emrich   +4 more
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