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Low potassium and high sodium intakes: a double health threat to Cape Verdeans
BACKGROUND: Cape Verde presents a high rate of cardiovascular diseases. Low potassium and high sodium intakes are related to cardiovascular …
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Quantifying primaquine effectiveness and improving adherence: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group
The goal to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific by 2030 will require the safe and widespread delivery of effective radical …
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Pharmacy students’ provision of health promotion counseling services during a community pharmacy clerkship: a cross sectional study, Northwest Ethiopia
Globally, undergraduate pharmacy education comprises practice programs aimed to address different competencies. This study was intended to investigate pharmacy students’ …
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‘I could not join because I had to work for pay.’: A qualitative evaluation of falciparum malaria pro-active case detection in three rural Cambodian villages
BACKGROUND: Pro-active case detection (Pro-ACD), in the form of voluntary screening and treatment (VSAT) following community mobilisation about 'asymptomatic malaria', …
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Prevalence, risk awareness and health beliefs of behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular disease among university students in nine ASEAN countries
BACKGROUND: Understanding behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is of great importance for CVD prevention and control. The aim …
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Providers’ preferences for pediatric oral health information in the electronic health record: a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: The majority of primary care physicians support integration of children's oral health promotion and disease prevention into their practices …
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Oscillometric blood pressure by age and height for non overweight children and adolescents in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of hypertension in children is complex because based on normative values by sex, age and height, and …
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Body mass index and wealth index: positively correlated indicators of health and wealth inequalities in Nairobi slums
INTRODUCTION: (SES). However, an in-depth investigation of the relationship between BMI and wealth index is lacking for urban slum settings. …
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Associations of land, cattle and food security with infant feeding practices among a rural population living in Manyara, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Livelihoods strategies and food security experiences can positively and negatively affect infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. This …
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Involving men to improve maternal and newborn health: A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions
BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence and program experience indicate that engaging men in maternal and newborn health can have considerable health benefits …
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Facility-imposed barriers to early utilization of focused antenatal care services in Mangochi District, Malawi – a mixed methods assessment
BACKGROUND: Focused Antenatal Care (FANC) is advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a key service approach to improving …
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Poverty and health among CDC plantation labourers in Cameroon: Perceptions, challenges and coping strategies
Creating better access to good quality healthcare for the poor is a major challenge to development. In this study, we …
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Randomized controlled pilot of a group antenatal care model and the sociodemographic factors associated with pregnancy-related empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: The links between empowerment and a number of health-related outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa have been documented, but empowerment related …
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Health care needs assessment among adolescents in correctional institutions in Zambia: an ethical analysis
BACKGROUND: While health care needs assessments have been conducted among juveniles or adolescents by researchers in developed countries, assessments using …
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Factors contributing to regional inequalities in acute respiratory infections symptoms among under-five children in Nigeria: a decomposition analysis
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are major causes of morbidity and mortality in many low-income countries. Although factors associated with …
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Growing up HIV-positive in Uganda: “psychological immunodeficiency”? A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: This study is part of a longitudinal study among children and adolescents with HIV in both urban and rural …
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Indoor secondhand tobacco smoke and risk of under-five mortality in 23 sub-Saharan Africa countries: A population based study and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Inhalation of secondhand smoke from tobacco results in serious health outcomes among under-five children, and yet, few studies have …
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Situational analysis of communication of HIV and AIDS information to persons with visual impairment: a case of Kang’onga Production Centre in Ndola, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Despite the increases in health promotion and educational programs on HIV and AIDS, lack of information and communication on …
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Barriers to and facilitators of hypertension management in Asmara, Eritrea: patients’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: Personal hypertension management is a cornerstone in the prevention of hypertension complications. In Eritrea, the increase in the national …
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Fertility intention and use of contraception among women living with the human immunodeficiency virus in Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Background: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic resulted in decreased fertility among HIV-positive women, who did not want to transmit …