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Unplanned urbanization and health risks of Dhaka City in Bangladesh: uncovering the associations between urban environment and public health

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Background Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh, has experienced rapid and unplanned urbanization over the past few decades. This process has brought significant challenges to public health as the urban environment has become a breeding ground for ...
Mohammad Anisur Rahaman, Abul Kalam, M. Al-Mamun   +2 more
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Co-creation, co-design, co-production for public health - a perspective on definition and distinctions.

Public Health Research & Practice, 2022
Collaboration between community members, researchers, and policy makers drives efforts to solve complex health problems such as obesity, alcohol misuse, and type 2 diabetes.
Carmen Vargas, J. Whelan, J. Brimblecombe, S. Allender   +3 more
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Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a Systemic Framework for Prioritizing the "Social" in Social Determinants of Health.

Annual Review of Public Health, 2022
There is growing interest in and renewed support for prioritizing social factors in public health both in the USA and globally. While there are multiple widely recognized social determinants of health, indicators of social connectedness (e.g., social ...
J. Holt-Lunstad
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Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

BMC Public Health, 2012
BackgroundHealth literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of persons to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. Although its importance is increasingly recognised, there is no consensus about the definition of health literacy or ...
K. Sørensen, S. van den Broucke, James Fullam, G. Doyle, J. Pelikan, Z. Słońska, H. Brand   +6 more
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Prioritizing the Mental Health and Well-Being of Healthcare Workers: An Urgent Global Public Health Priority

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health systems in most countries, and in particular, on the mental health and well-being of health workers on the frontlines of pandemic response efforts.
Lene E. Søvold, J. Naslund, A. Kousoulis, S. Saxena, M. W. Qoronfleh, C. Grobler, L. Münter   +6 more
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Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic, and it is unknown whether a combination of public health interventions can improve control of the outbreak.
A. Pan, Li Liu, Chao-Long Wang, Huan Guo, Xingjie Hao, Qi Wang, Jiao Huang, N. He, Hong-Jie Yu, Xi-Hong Lin, Sheng Wei, Tangchun Wu   +11 more
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Interrupted time series regression for the evaluation of public health interventions: a tutorial

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis is a valuable study design for evaluating the effectiveness of population-level health interventions that have been implemented at a clearly defined point in time.
J. L. Bernal, S. Cummins, A. Gasparrini
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Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

British medical journal, 2021
Objective To review the evidence on the effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.
S. Talic, Shivangi Shah, H. Wild, D. Gasevic, A. Maharaj, Z. Ademi, Xue Li, Wei Xu, Ines Mesa-Eguiagaray, Jasmin Rostron, E. Theodoratou, Xiao-Meng Zhang, A. Motee, D. Liew, D. Ilic   +14 more
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Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions

Lancet Public Health
Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) can rapidly analyse large and complex datasets, extract tailored recommendations, support decision making, and improve the efficiency of many tasks that involve the processing of data, text, or images. As such, AI has
D. Panteli, Keyrellous Adib, Stefan Buttigieg, Francisco Goiana-da-Silva, Katharina Ladewig, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, J. Figueras, David Novillo-Ortiz, Martin McKee   +8 more
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Diabetes mellitus, the fastest growing global public health concern: Early detection should be focused

Health Science Reports
Diabetes is recognized as a significant factor in both mortality and morbidity worldwide, affecting various demographics regardless of geographic location, age group, or gender.
Md. Jamal Hossain, M. Al-Mamun, Md. Rabiul Islam   +2 more
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