Mothers and teenage daughters walking to health: using the behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to improve adolescent girls' physical activity
The majority of adolescent girls fail to meet public health guidelines for physical activity. Engaging mothers in the promotion of physical activity for their daughters may be an important strategy to facilitate behaviour change. The aim of this study was to use the behaviour change wheel (BCW) framework to design the components of an intervention to improve adolescent girls' physical activity. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: E.M. Murtagh, A.T. Barnes, J. McMullen, P.J. Morgan Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
The economic burden of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Brazil: a cost study from the patient perspective
The objective of this study was to evaluate the direct and indirect costs of tuberculosis (TB) (active and latent TB [LTB]) and HIV co-infection from the patient perspective. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N.T. de Siqueira Filha, M. de Fatima Pessoa Militao de Albuquerque, R. Legood, L. Rodrigues, A.C. Santos Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
To what extent are midwives adapting antenatal information for pregnant women with intellectual disabilities? A survey of NHS trusts in England
To identify the existing antenatal information provision practices for pregnant women with intellectual disabilities in England. To identify how practices between and within local supervising authorities differed, and if midwives were adapting standard antenatal information for pregnant women with intellectual disabilities, including examples of accessible information being used. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: C.E. Homeyard, E. Patelarou Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Vaccination coverage among children and adolescents below 18 years of age in French Guiana: inventory and determinant factors
The purpose of this study was to estimate the vaccination coverage (VC) rate in persons aged from 9 months to 18 years and to describe it according to the predictive factors of good vaccination status. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A. Ko ïvogui, A. Carbunar, L.-M. Imounga, C. Laruade, S. Laube Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Factors impacting antiretroviral therapy adherence among human immunodeficiency virus –positive adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Eighty-two percent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) –positive adolescents live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART), adherence levels are suboptimal, leading to poor outcomes. This systematic review investigated factors impacting ART adherence among adolescents in SSA, including religious beliefs and intimate relationships. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N. Ammon, S. Mason, J.M. Corkery Tags: Review Paper Source Type: research
Awareness levels of prevention of cardiac diseases in general population of Rawalpindi and requirement of health education
To assess the level of awareness in population about cardiac diseases prevention and suggestion of recommendations. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S. Tanvir, S. Sajjad, R. Roshan Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Access to health services for the refugee community in Greece: lessons learned
This paper is not intended to describe research, but to share observations regarding the needs of refugees, how they were managed in a country with no previous experience of handling such a situation and lessons worthy of being shared globally, given that all countries need to be prepared to manage unprecedented humanitarian emergencies and crises in the future. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L. De Paoli Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Ethnic and sex differences in E-cigarette use and relation to alcohol use in California adolescents: the California Health Interview Survey
This study sought to determine e-cigarette use prevalence and its relation to alcohol use as a potential gateway drug, and how this may differ by sex and ethnicity in a multi-ethnic sample of California adolescents. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D.N. Wong, W. Fan Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Factors impacting antiretroviral therapy adherence among human immunodeficiency virus –positive adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Eighty-two percent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) –positive adolescents live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART), adherence levels are suboptimal, leading to poor outcomes. This systematic review investigated factors impacting ART adherence among adolescents in SSA, including religious beliefs and intimate relationships. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N. Ammon, S. Mason, J.M. Corkery Tags: Review Paper Source Type: research
Awareness levels of prevention of cardiac diseases in general population of rawalpindi and requirement of health education
To assess the level of awareness in population about cardiac diseases prevention and suggestion of recommendations. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: S. Tanvir, S. Sajjad, R. Roshan Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Access to health services for the refugee community in Greece: lessons learned
This paper is not intended to describe research, but to share observations regarding the needs of refugees, how they were managed in a country with no previous experience of handling such a situation and lessons worthy of being shared globally, given that all countries need to be prepared to manage unprecedented humanitarian emergencies and crises in the future. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L. De Paoli Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Ethnic and sex differences in E-cigarette use and relation to alcohol use in California adolescents: the California Health Interview Survey
This study sought to determine e-cigarette use prevalence and its relation to alcohol use as a potential gateway drug, and how this may differ by sex and ethnicity in a multi-ethnic sample of California adolescents. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D.N. Wong, W. Fan Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Racial disparities in vaccination for seasonal influenza in early childhood
This study examines racial disparities in influenza vaccination among children using a nationally representative sample. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M. Anandappa, E. Adjei Boakye, W. Li, W. Zeng, T. Rebmann, J.J. Chang Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Increasing inequality in childhood obesity in primary schools in a northern English town
To undertake an analysis of National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) data to quantify the obesity prevalence gap over time between children in primary schools in the most and least deprived areas of Doncaster. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M. Black, V. Joseph, L. Mott, R. Maheswaran Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
The age pattern of social inequalities in health at older ages: are common measures of socio-economic status interchangeable?
Social inequalities in health have been largely documented in social science research. Members of the most disadvantaged groups experience worse health and higher mortality from birth throughout adulthood. However, it is not clear whether this association persists at older ages. Some studies have found a narrowing of the social gradient in health, at least when ‘traditional’ measures of socio-economic status (SES)—income, education, and occupation—are used. The main goal of the article is to highlight similarities and discrepancies in the age trend of social inequalities in health that arise when multiple measures ...
Source: Public Health - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: F. Acciai Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
