Religion, Food Choices, and Demand Seasonality: Evidence from the Ethiopian Milk Market
Patient experiences of primary care quality amongst different types of health care facilities in central Vietnam
Background: Patient experience with primary health care services can vary markedly between different types of health care facilities, even within the same country setting. Given known benefits of high quality primary health care, the performance of these facilities may significantly impact population health. The aim of this study was to compare the...
Maternal death and delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in Mozambique
Background: Despite declining trends maternal mortality remains an important public health issue in Mozambique. The delays to reach an appropriate health facility and receive care faced by woman with pregnancy related complications play an important role in the occurrence of these deaths. This study aims to examine the contribution of the delays in...
Associations between a decreased veterinary antimicrobial use and resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from Belgian ...
In this study the possible association between antibiotic use and resistance was explored, focusing on commensal Escherichia colt from livestock (veal calves, young beef cattle, pigs and broiler chickens) in Belgium between 2011 and 2015. A continuous decreasing trend in antibiotic use was observed for all classes, except for the phenicols. Antibio...
Maternal death and delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in Mozambique
Background: Despite declining trends maternal mortality remains an important public health issue in Mozambique. The delays to reach an appropriate health facility and receive care faced by woman with pregnancy related complications play an important role in the occurrence of these deaths. This study aims to examine the contribution of the delays in...
Assessing current and future meat and fish consumption in Sub-Sahara Africa : learnings from FAO Food Balance Sheets and...
Driven by economic growth, the consumption of animal-based foods is expected to increase substantially in SubSahara Africa (SSA). This study examined meat and fish consumption and its income elasticity in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, using macro data from the FAO Food Balance Sheets and micro data from the World Bank...
The link between income inequality and health in Europe, adding strength dimensions of primary care to the equation
Income inequality has been dearly associated with reduced population health. A body of evidence suggests that a strong primary care system may mitigate this negative association. The aim of this study is to assess the strength of the primary care system's effect on the inverse association between income inequality and health in Europe. Health is op...
How to achieve the desired outcomes of advance care planning in nursing homes : a theory of change
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) has been identified as particularly relevant for nursing home residents, but it remains unclear how or under what circumstances ACP works and can best be implemented in such settings. We aimed to develop a theory that outlines the hypothetical causal pathway of ACP in nursing homes, i.e. what changes are expe...
The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) score of allergic rhinitis using mobile technology correlates with...
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Mobile technology has been used to appraise allergic rhinitis control, but more data are needed. To better assess the importance of mobile technologies in rhinitis control, the ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) score ranging from 0 to 4 of the Allergy Diary was compared with EQ-5D (EuroQuol) and WPAI-AS (Work Productivity and Activi...
Assessing reported cases of sexual and gender-based violence, causes and preventive strategies, in European asylum recep...
Background: Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a widespread public health problem and a violation of human rights rooted in gender and power inequities. Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants living in European asylum reception facilities (EARF) are especially vulnerable to SGBV. To contribute to closing the gap on systematic and accurate ev...
