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Smoking is a major public health problem worldwide. Estimates for smoking prevalence among adolescents in different regions and in the whole of China are important for the development of public health policies. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of smoking among youth in China. This is a meta-analysis stud...
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To describe a cross-border foodborne outbreak of Shigella sonnei that occurred in Ireland and Northern Ireland (NI) in December 2016 whilst also highlighting the valuable roles of sales data and international collaboration in the investigation and control of this outbreak. A cross-border outbreak control team was established to investigate the outb...
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The American state of Hawaii presents a tuberculosis (TB) burden more consistent with that of the Philippines and the Pacific Islands than that with the United States (US) or Europe. This study seeks to determine if the genetic families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that are prevalent in Hawaii display differences in host demographics that ma...
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To explore the relationship between availability of different types of retail food stores and consumption of fruit and leafy vegetables. This study is a cross-sectional study. Data were derived from 2032 adults living in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, participating in the longitudinal Pro-Saude Study. Exposure to street markets, fruit and vege...
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Wheelchairs grant increased mobility to their users but can result in injuries of varying severities, including fractures which are often associated with wheelchair transfers. However, this fracture burden remains poorly characterized in elderly Americans. The purpose of this study was to report demographic and environmental risk factors for these ...
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The objective of this study was to identify and appraise evidence on the direct and indirect impacts of high indoor temperatures on health; the indoor temperature threshold at which the identified health impacts are observed; and to summarise the evidence for establishing a maximum indoor temperature threshold for health. This is a systematic liter...
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Elevated blood cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) is a significant cause of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to estimate national and zonal prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in Nigeria to help guide targeted public health programs. This is a systematic review and synthesis of publicly available epidemiologic data on hypercholesterolemia in Nigeria...
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The aim of the study was to assess the effects of the maternal and child health (MCH) system strengthening through multilevel governmental collaboration in Nujiang Prefecture, China. A case study design was applied. Guided by the logical framework of the Nujiang MCH Comprehensive Intervention Project, national, provincial, and prefecture government...
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Expansion of newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) within England, which practices an informed consent model, justified examining acceptability and effectiveness of alternative consent models. Qualitative focus groups. Forty-five parents and 37 screening professionals (SPs) participated. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Parents and SPs initi...
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Vending machines promote easy access to food with low nutritional value. 'Healthy' vending machines (HVM) have been introduced as a means to improve the availability and accessibility of healthy food options, and the healthiness of the foods, however, has not been evaluated. Our aim was to assess the healthiness of the products offered in HVM and '...
