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Auxiliary midwives in hard to reach rural areas of Myanmar: filling MCH gaps

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Auxiliary Midwives (AMWs) are community health volunteers supporting the work of midwives, especially maternal and child health services in hard to-reach areas in Myanmar.
Sangay Wangmo, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Wai Mar Mar Htun, Tin Tun Aung, Chiraporn Khitdee, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Pe Thet Htoon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien   +7 more
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Urban-rural disparity in disability and its influencing factors among the elderly in Tai′an city

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo examine current situation and influencing factors of disability among urban and rural elderly residents in Tai'an municipality, and to provide evidence for promoting healthy aging in the population.
Lei LI, Fangfang HU, Haifeng YANG, Menghua LI, Wenlong TANG, Chenhui CHEN, Lingzhong XU, Yinlong LI   +7 more
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A cross sectional study of unmet need for health services amongst urban refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand in comparison with Thai population, 2019

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Although the Thai government has introduced policies to promote the health of migrants, it is still the case that urban refugees and asylum seekers (URAS) seem to be neglected.
Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Pigunkaew Sinam, Mathudara Phaiyarom, Nareerut Pudpong, Sataporn Julchoo, Watinee Kunpeuk, Panithee Thammawijaya   +6 more
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Mis-SHAPEing Public Health Policy [PDF]

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2009
On June 19, 2009, the Heart Attack Prevention Bill, a bill mandating health insurance coverage of radiographic screening tests to detect asymptomatic atherosclerosis, was passed through the Texas legislature and enacted in September.1 The bill, written by the SHAPE (Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education) Task Force and championed by ...
Erica S, Spatz, Joseph S, Ross
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Long‐term prognosis of enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition in a population aged 75 years and older: a population‐based cohort study

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition (PN) using gastrostomy (GS) and a nasogastric tube feeding (NGT) and PN should be initiated for older patients based on their prognoses.
Yukio Tsugihashi, Manabu Akahane, Yasuhiro Nakanishi, Tomoya Myojin, Shinichiro Kubo, Yuichi Nishioka, Tatsuya Noda, Shuichiro Hayashi, Shiori Furihata, Tsuneyuki Higashino, Tomoaki Imamura   +10 more
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Cigarette prices in eight sub-Saharan African countries in 2018: a cross-sectional analysis

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective While the trend in smoking prevalence is decreasing worldwide, the number of male tobacco smokers is growing in Africa. This study compares the cigarette market in eight sub-Saharan African countries.
Israel Agaku, Anthony A Laverty, Filippos T Filippidis, Kiara Chang, Emily Mayne   +4 more
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Epidemiologists and public health policy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 1989
Peer Reviewed ; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28237/1/0000690 ...
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Ears of the Armadillo: Global Health Research and Neglected Diseases in Texas [PDF]

, 2013
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have\ud been recently identified as significant public\ud health problems in Texas and elsewhere in\ud the American South. A one-day forum on the\ud landscape of research and development and\ud the hidden burden of NTDs
AD Harries, AV Bode, BI Restrepo, BI Restrepo, Bruce Y. Lee, BY Lee, BY Lee, C Barona-Vilar, C Bern, C González, CA Petersen, CE Matthews, CL Fredregill, CM Jean, CP McHugh, D Nash, E Dumonteil, EG Radke, EJ Hanford, Harold S. Margolis, HQ Qu, HQ Qu, J Cox, JA Serpa, JC Vazquez-Chagoyan, Jennifer Chow, Jesus G. Valenzuela, JJ Wen, JK Andrus, JK Andrus, JM Brunkard, Jocelyn K. Lambuth, Jon Andrus, Joseph B. McCormick, K Kline, K Purcell, K Schleich, Karen A. Goraleski, KM Lillibridge, KO Murray, KO Murray, KO Murray, Kristy O. Murray, KY Won, LM Gardner, MA Barry, Maria Elena Bottazzi, MM Ramos, MS Nolan, MS Nolan, N Bouri, NA Wright, OA Saldarriaga, P Hotez, P Hotez, P Reiter, Peter J. Hotez, Peter Melby, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, Rebeca Rico-Hesse, RJ Harrigan, S Mirza, S Sarkar, SA Kjos, SP Fisher-Hoch, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, T Meyer, Y Moolani   +79 more
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Sport, physical activity and the establishment of Health and Wellbeing Boards in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire [PDF]

, 2014
This paper will examine the emergence of Health and Wellbeing Boards in Nottinghamshire and the City of Nottingham and explore the implications for sport and physical activity. At the time of writing the transfer of responsibilities for Public Health and
Acheson D., Barrow C. J., Bennington J., Black D., Bryman A., Central Council for Physical Recreation, Coalter F., Department for Culture Media and Sport, Goss S., Marmot M., Moore M. H., Mulgan G., Peter Murphy, Scholten P. J., Whitehead M.   +14 more
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Advantages of the net benefit regression framework for trial-based economic evaluations of cancer treatments: an example from the Canadian Cancer Trials Group CO.17 trial

BMC Cancer, 2019
Background Economic evaluations commonly accompany trials of new treatments or interventions; however, regression methods and their corresponding advantages for the analysis of cost-effectiveness data are not widely appreciated.
Jeffrey S. Hoch, Annette Hay, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Kednapa Thavorn, Natasha B. Leighl, Dongsheng Tu, Logan Trenaman, Carolyn S. Dewa, Chris O’Callaghan, Joseph Pater, Derek Jonker, Bingshu E. Chen, Nicole Mittmann   +12 more
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