So Few COVID-19 Cases in Taiwan: Has Population Immune Health Played a Role?
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
COVID-19 Pandemic—Frontline Experiences and Lessons Learned From a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital at a Suburban Locatio...
...Published in Frontiers in Public Health
The key challenges to any health care setup during emergency situations, such as that of the COVID-19 pandemic would be to rapidly address hospital preparedness and response tailored to the local population, societal influences, political factors within the existing infrastructure, and workforce. Second, to adopt and moderate policies, standard ope...
Strategic Management of Early Childhood Caries in Thailand: A Critical Overview
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
The aim of this report was to advocate early childhood caries (ECC) and share strategic management in Thailand, despite over two decades of free Universal Health Coverage including oral healthcare. The recent Thai national oral health survey in 2017 indicates the very high prevalence of ECC, with an average of three carious teeth affected in 53% of...
RNA Engineering for Public Health: Innovations in RNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics
RNA is essential for cellular function: From sensing intra- and extracellular signals to controlling gene expression, RNA mediates a diverse and expansive list of molecular processes. A long-standing goal of synthetic biology has been to develop RNA engineering principles that can be used to harness and reprogram these RNA-mediated processes to eng...
Changes in tobacco use patterns and motivation to quit related to the new smoke-free legislation in the Czech Republic.
Published in Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Smoke-free policy belongs to key public health instruments to promote health in populations. In 2017, new comprehensive smoke-free law prohibiting smoking in indoor public places was implemented. We aimed to measure changes in tobacco smoking patterns and changes in motivation to quit in adult smokers prior to and after the new smoke-free legislati...
Headteachers' and chairs of governors' perspectives on adolescent obesity and its prevention in English secondary school...
Published in Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Secondary schools are an important setting for preventing obesity in adolescence. Headteachers and chairs of governors are identified in national guidance as crucial stakeholders for school-based preventative action. Despite this, their views remain unexplored and unrepresented. A sequential mixed method study was conducted. Semi-structured intervi...
Voluntary folic acid fortification levels of food staples in Ireland continue to decline: further implications for passi...
Published in Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Ireland previously had widespread voluntary fortification but research at Dublin City University carried out in 2014 by our research group demonstrated a major decline in the number of food staples fortified with folic acid in Irish supermarkets over the previous 10 years. The aim of the study was to repeat the audit conducted 3 years ago to compar...
Reducing the Global Burden of Myopia by Delaying the Onset of Myopia and Reducing Myopic Progression in Children: The Ac...
Published in Ophthalmology
In 2019, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) created the Task Force on Myopia in recognition of the substantial global increases in myopia prevalence and its associated complications. The Task Force, led by Richard L. Abbott, MD, and Donald Tan, MD, comprised recognized experts in myopia prevention and treatment, public health experts from ...
Assessment of selection bias due to dropouts in the follow-up of the Scania Public Health Cohort.
Published in Scandinavian journal of public health
Aims: To investigate potential differences between participants and dropouts in the 2005 follow-up of the Scania Public Health Cohort Study regarding the prevalence of commonly studied health determinants and whether these factors had differential associations with three health outcomes: all-cause mortality and purchase of prescribed cardiovascular...
Claims of 'no difference' or 'no effect' in Cochrane and other systematic reviews.
Published in BMJ evidence-based medicine
Estimates of treatment effects/differences derived from controlled comparisons are subject to uncertainty, both because of the quality of the data and the play of chance. Despite this, authors sometimes use statistical significance testing to make definitive statements that 'no difference exists between' treatments. A survey to assess abstracts of ...
