Kalva, Jayashree Babu, Senbagavalli P Narasimhan, Prakash B Raghupathy, Kalaivani Ezhumalai, Komala Knudsen, Selby Horsburgh, Charles R Hochberg, Natasha Salgame, Padmini Roy, Gautam
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Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Tuberculosis (TB) is well-known for causing wasting. Patients on treatment gain weight and weight loss is associated with unfavorable treatment outcomes. There is limited description of weight loss and its predictors during intensive treatment phase. The objective of this study was to assess the predictors of weight loss during intensive phase and ...
Evans, Andrew Mantzourani, Efi Gillespie, David Hughes, Louise Sharpe, Georgia Yip, Nicola
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Community pharmacies have long been advocated as an accessible source of advice on health improvement in communities. This cross-sectional study explored the association between provision of pharmacy public health services and factors that might influence the extent to which pharmacies contribute to tackling inequalities. Publically available data ...
Oblea, Pedro N Bathan, Nicole Q Gaa, Christyn A Lustik, Michael B Tartavoulle, Todd M Nguyen-Wu, Elizabeth D Siaki, Leilani A
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) military servicemembers are at higher risk of developing health problems compared to heterosexual peers. To improve outcomes and address negative attitudes, previous literature has recommended education of healthcare personnel. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the knowledge and skill out...
Blázquez-Fernández, Carla Lanza-León, Paloma Cantarero-Prieto, David
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Suicide is a significant cause of death worldwide. Various purposes can explain why people choose to attempt or commit suicide such as mental-health disorders, income-related-factors, quality of life or issues related to social context. This study aims to identify an updated association between 'isolation' and suicides. In this regard, we had made ...
Bow, Steven M A Schröder-Bäck, Peter Norcliffe-Brown, Dominic Wilson, James Tahzib, Farhang
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There is growing concern about moral distress and injury associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in healthcare professions. This study aimed to quantify the nature, frequency, severity and duration of the problem in the public health professional workforce. Between 14 December 2021 and 23 February 2022, Faculty of Public Health (FPH) members were sur...
Venkatachalam, Thenmozhi O'Sullivan, Siobhán Platt, Daniel E Ammar, Walid Hamadeh, Randa Riachi, Naji Presley, Diane Khoury, Brigitte Gauguier, Dominique Nader, Moni
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Forced displacement and war trauma cause high rates of post-traumatic stress, anxiety disorders and depression in refugee populations. We investigated the impact of forced displacement on mental health status, gender, presentation of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and associated inflammatory markers among Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Mental health status was...
Ramsbottom, Anna Petticrew, Mark Huber, Alexandra van Schalkwyk, May C I
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Alcohol is a leading risk factor for death worldwide. Governments issue official guidelines on reducing the short-term risks associated with alcohol as do alcohol industry-funded organizations. Both sources frequently recommend consuming food with alcohol, however, it is unclear what evidence these recommendations are based on. The aim of this scop...
Cvetkovic, Jovana Lj
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The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic produces widespread concerns, fear and stress throughout the world, and our country is no exception in that regard, which is a natural and normal human reaction to this inconsistent and uncertain situation for us all. For the purpose of this study a sociodemographic questionnaire was devised as well as a ...
Nakada, Shinya Ho, Frederick K Celis-Morales, Carlos Pell, Jill P
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Being breastfed is associated with lower cardiovascular risk factors but, to date, no studies have demonstrated a protective effect on cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study aims to address the limitations of previous studies, specifically insufficient statistical power and residual confounding, to determine if such association exists. This is a ...
Dreisbach, Jeconiah Louis
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