Lymphatic Filariasis in Southwestern Nigerian Rural Communities: A Cross-sectional Survey of the Knowledge, Awareness, and Predisposing Factors
Conclusions The study areas are at high risk of lymphatic filariasis. There is a need to create a knowledge-based awareness among the residents for effective management of the disease. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan
Conclusions There were time- and disease-dependent changes in the numbers of psychiatric care-seeking individuals after the 3.11 complex disaster in Fukushima. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Attitudes of Indian HIV Clinicians Toward Depression in People Living with HIV
Conclusions Indian HIV clinicians believe that depression in PLHIV is important and are willing to manage depression in the HIV primary care setting. These findings suggest that HIV clinicians require further training to deliver evidence-based interventions to treat PLHIV with depression. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Are There Two Types of Suicidal Ideation Among Women in Rural India?
Publication date: September–October 2016 Source:Annals of Global Health, Volume 82, Issue 5 Author(s): Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Jagdish Vankar, Nancy Byatt, Anusha Prabhakaran, Ajay Phatak, Eileen O'Keefe, Jeroan Allison, Somashekhar Nimbalkar (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Education Mitigates the Relationship of Stress and Mental Disorders Among Rural Indian Women
Conclusions Our findings suggest a high burden of possible CMD among reproductive-aged women from rural western India. Higher education might mitigate the association between elevated stress and CMD. Future efforts to improve mental health in rural India should focus on preventing CMD by enhancing rural women's self-efficacy and problem-solving capabilities to overcome challenging life events and stressors, thereby reducing the risk of CMD. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Predictors of Detected Organophosphorus Pesticides Among Orang Asli Children Living in Malaysia
Conclusions Almost half of the children (46.7%) in the study area tested positive for urinary dialkyl phosphate metabolite levels. Most of the metabolite levels were equal to or higher than that reported in other previous studies. Major factors associated with pesticide detection in children in this study were frequent intake of apple and cucumber and fathers who are working in an agricultural area. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study
Conclusions The present study found that outdoor work during pregnancy in hot, humid days might increase body temperature up to levels that could induce fetal destruction or anomaly. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Money Gone Up in Smoke: The Tobacco Use and Malnutrition Nexus in Bangladesh
Conclusions The findings suggest that tobacco use reduction could facilitate concomitant improvements in population-level nutrition status and may inform the development and refinement of tobacco prevention and control efforts in Bangladesh. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Mortality Trends in Young People Aged 1-24 Years: Argentina, 1947-2012
Conclusions Long-term trends offer a broader view of health phenomena—like injury mortality, disproportionately affecting young men—so as to better inform actions and policy that could change ways of living and dying in Argentina. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The Incidence and Mortality of Colorectal Cancer and Its Relationship With the Human Development Index in Asia
Conclusions Cancer incidence and mortality are higher in countries with more development. A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between standardized incidence and mortality rate of colorectal cancer and the Human Development Index and its components. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
How a Global Health Rotation Benefited the Life of a Psychiatry Resident
Publication date: September–October 2016 Source:Annals of Global Health, Volume 82, Issue 5 Author(s): Santiago Almanzar (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Health Care Expenditures Associated With Pollution: Exploratory Methods and Findings
Conclusions These conditions have historically received less attention by national governments, international public health organizations and development/financial agencies than infectious disease and maternal/child health sectors. Other studies posit that intangible costs associated with environmental pollution include lower productivity and reduced income – components which our models do not attempt to capture. The financial and health impacts are substantial even when we exclude intangible costs, yet it is likely that in many LMICs poor households simply forgo medical treatment and lose household income as a result of...
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Estimating the Prevalence of Toxic Waste Sites in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Conclusions The findings of this study indicate that the TSIP methodology provides a sound statistical basis for policy formulation. The statistical approaches used in this study can be replicated in other countries to improve estimates of the prevalence of contaminated sites. This information provides important input to calculations of the global burden of disease attributable to hazardous exposures at contaminated sites. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The Global Burden of Lead Toxicity Attributable to Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery Sites
Conclusions Informal ULAB processing is currently causing widespread lead poisoning in LMICs. There is an urgent need to identify and mitigate exposures at existing sites and to develop appropriate policy responses to minimize the creation of new sites. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
A Protocol to Develop Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Medical Service Trips
Conclusions This protocol will enable the creation of practice guidelines that are based on best available evidence, local knowledge, and equitable considerations. The development of guidelines using this process could optimize the conduct of MSTs, while prioritizing input from local community partners. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
