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Operational challenges that may affect implementation of evidence-based mobile market interventions

Published in BMC Public Health

Introduction Mobile produce markets are becoming an increasingly prevalent, accepted, and effective strategy for improving fruit and vegetable (F&V) access and consumption across underserved and lower-income communities. However, there is limited published research on mobile market operations. The goal of this research is to identify the challenges...

Breastfeeding-friendly policies and programs in three public Universities in Ghana

Published in International Breastfeeding Journal

Background The United Nations through its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 and 5 has championed Women empowerment for exclusive breastfeeding through various action plans and expected the concept to be decentralized through locally mandatory implementation of various institutional policies and programs in member Countries. Using Kabeer’s empow...

Decrease of glycated hemoglobin based on evaluation of diabetes intervention programs in low-and middle-income countries...

BackgroundDiabetes is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia that can be responsible for blindness, heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and amputations. In 2014, about 415 million people were estimated to live with diabetes, which represents 8•5% of global population. The prevalence of diabetes will keep rising in the years to come, pa...

The tween years: A systematic literature review for services for children aged 10–13 years

Published in Heliyon

Tween children; Services; Programs; Intervention; Problem; Review.

Matlab como una herramienta informática útil a la contabilidad

There are numerous applications and conventional programs that have contributed to the improvement of business man-agement and have revolutionized all Accounting activities, including this Matlab. It is the technical calculation language developed by MathWorks, it is a programming environment for the development of algorithms, data analysis, visual...

Nutrition Knowledge Assessment Tools for Older Adults and their Carers: A Scoping Review.

Published in Nutrition research reviews

Poor nutritional intake is common among older adults. Given that nutrition knowledge is an important determinant of eating behaviour and nutritional status, understanding areas of inadequate knowledge can guide educational interventions to reduce risk of nutritional deficiencies and promote healthy aging. This review investigated tools assessing ge...

Kommunale Alkoholprävention in Deutschland: Strukturen, Strategien und Herausforderungen

Published in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz

Die kommunale Alkoholprävention ist ein wichtiges und vielschichtiges Arbeitsfeld der Suchtprävention. Eingebettet in das Subsidiaritätsprinzip wird sie durch verschiedene Vorgaben und Rahmenbedingungen geprägt: etwa durch die Verabschiedung des Präventionsgesetzes (PrävG) 2015 und die Etablierung der Nationalen Strategie zur Drogen- und Suchtpolit...

Did "Conduce Sin Alcohol" a Program that Monitors Breath Alcohol Concentration Limits for Driving in Mexico City Have an...

Published in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research

In September 2003, Mexico City introduced "Conduce sin Alcohol" (CSA)-drive without alcohol-a program that monitors breath alcohol concentration limits among drivers to reduce road traffic crashes. To our knowledge, no study has evaluated the impact of this program on mortality. We estimated the effect of CSA on the monthly rate of traffic-related ...