Guillou-Landreat, Morgane Dany, Antoine Le Reste, Jean Yves Le Goff, Delphine Benyamina, Amine Grall-Bronnec, Marie Gallopel-Morvan, Karine
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BackgroundThe marketing of alcohol influences patterns of alcohol consumption. Existing studies have focused, for the most part, on adolescents and the links between exposure to marketing and alcohol initiation. In France, the Evin law, a French exception, was set up in 1991 with the aim of regulating this exposure to marketing, but since 2009 it h...
Seror, Valérie Cortaredona, Sébastien Ly, Elhadji Yaya Ndiaye, Samba Gaye, Ibrahima Fall, Mouhamadou Peretti-Watel, Patrick
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BackgroundThe World Health Organization recommends recording vaccination status according to maternal recall in countries where administrative reporting systems are insufficiently reliable, as maternal recall in developing countries has been shown to be quite reliable compared with data from vaccination cards. This study aimed to investigate childh...
Pechey, Rachel Hollands, Gareth J. Carter, Patrice Marteau, Theresa M.
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Altering the availability of products (e.g. food, alcohol or tobacco products) is one potential intervention to change behaviours to help reduce preventable premature deaths worldwide. However, research on these interventions lacks consistent conceptualisation, hindering clear reporting and cumulative synthesis. This paper proposes a conceptual fra...
White, Rhiannon Lee Bennie, Jason Abbott, Gavin Teychenne, Megan
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BackgroundRecent evidence suggests that work-related physical activity may not have the same mental health benefits as leisure-time physical activity. Further, work-related physical activity is likely to include a variety of different behaviours for people with different occupations. As such, the aim of this study was to determine if occupation typ...
Filler, Tali Jameel, Bismah Gagliardi, Anna R.
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BackgroundMigrants experience disparities in healthcare quality, in particular women migrants. Despite international calls to improve healthcare quality for migrants, little research has addressed this problem. Patient-centred care (PCC) is a proven approach for improving patient experiences and outcomes. This study reviewed published research on P...
Stocker, Ruby Nguyen, Trang Tran, Thach Tran, Ha Tran, Tuan Hanieh, Sarah Biggs, Beverley-Ann Fisher, Jane
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BackgroundThis study aimed to establish whether changes in the socioeconomic context were associated with changes in population-level antenatal mental health indicators in Vietnam.MethodsSocial, economic and public policies introduced in Vietnam (1986–2010) were mapped. Secondary analyses of data from two cross-sectional community-based studies con...
Heradstveit, Ove Haugland, Siren Hysing, Mari Stormark, Kjell Morten Sivertsen, Børge Bøe, Tormod
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BackgroundPhysical activity in adolescence is found to promote both immediate and long-term health, as well as school- and work performance. Previous studies suggest that parental socioeconomic status (SES) may influence the level of activity, although the results are inconsistent. The objective of this study was to examine the overall level of low...
Gubi, Derrick Nansubuga, Elizabeth Wandera, Stephen Ojiambo
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BackgroundIn Uganda, just like in many sub-Saharan countries, studies on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among married women are limited. The aim of this paper was to determine the correlates of emotional, sexual, physical IPV and any form of IPV among married women in Uganda.MethodsThe 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) data was used...
Kaguthi, G. Nduba, V. Rabuogi, P. Okelloh, D. Ouma, S. G. Blatner, G. Gelderbloem, S. Mitchell, Ellen M. H. Scott, Cherise P. Verver, S.
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Tuberculosis is the deadliest infection of our time. In contrast, about 11,000 people died of Ebola between 2014 and 2016. Despite this manifest difference in mortality, there is now a vaccine licensed in the United States and by the European Medicines Agency, with up to 100% efficacy against Ebola. The developments that led to the trialing of the ...
Baron, Deborah Scorgie, Fiona Ramskin, Lethabo Khoza, Nomhle Schutzman, Jennifer Stangl, Anne Harvey, Sheila Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead
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BackgroundDaily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women if used consistently during periods of risk. The EMPOWER study evaluated peer-based clubs incorporating an empowerment curriculum offered to adolescent girls and young women (16–24 years) in South Africa and Tanzania for adherence suppo...
