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Research
Research conducted by Ward, Muller, Tsourtos, et al. (Soc Sci Med 72(7):1140–1148, 2011) has led to the development of the psycho-social interactive model of resilience, which reveals the interaction between i...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:56
Published on: 21 September 2017
Methodology
This methodological paper describes the integration of the ‘European Health Interview Survey wave 2’ (EHIS 2) into the ‘German Health Update’ 2014/2015 (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS).
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:40
Published on: 18 September 2017
Commentary
Public health messaging about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) sometimes conveys the problem as an epidemic. We outline why AMR is a serious endemic problem manifested in hospital and community-acquired infections.
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:54
Published on: 14 September 2017
Commentary
Human brucellosis remains the commonest zoonotic disease worldwide with more than 500 000 new cases annually. Understanding the biology of Brucella infections and the transmission patterns at the wildlife/livesto...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:34
Published on: 11 September 2017
Research
Bangladesh has experienced a significant reduction of child mortality over the past decades which helped achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) target. But the mortality among under-5 aged children ...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:58
Published on: 7 September 2017
Research
Nepal is facing double burden of injecting drug use and HIV, yet the problem of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) has not been so well addressed, where there is large population known to be at risk for HCV. This study a...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:39
Published on: 4 September 2017
Research
Acknowledging the health system strengthening agenda, the World Health Organization (WHO) has formulated a health systems framework that describes health systems in terms of six building blocks. This study aim...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:50
Published on: 31 August 2017
Research
Healthcare providers’ accreditation is one of the standard means of assuring quality services. This paper examines the pattern of National Health Insurance Scheme accreditation results among private healthcare...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:36
Published on: 28 August 2017
Research
This study focuses on the health impact of the labour market position, since recent research indicates that exposure to both unemployment and precarious employment causes serious harm to people’s health and we...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:55
Published on: 24 August 2017
Research
Except individual studies with varying prevalence rates, there are no national prevalence studies conducted in prison settings in Ethiopia. Appropriate estimates of the disease is essential to formulate health...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:37
Published on: 21 August 2017
Research
Under nutrition remains a serious problem among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Analysing how diets composed of local foods could achieve nutritional goals for infants and young children in low-income settings...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:60
Published on: 17 August 2017
Research
Obstetric danger signs are not the literal obstetric complications, merely symptoms that are well named by non-clinical personnel. The identification of these danger signs and its relation with complications d...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:35
Published on: 14 August 2017
Research
In remote rural areas of Pakistan, access to the maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) care provided by a skilled health provider is quite difficult. There are many reasons such as women’s restricted socia...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:57
Published on: 10 August 2017
Study protocol
In Belgium, different routine surveillance systems are in place to follow-up Lyme borreliosis trends. However, accurate data on the disease and monetary burden for the different clinical manifestations are lac...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:42
Published on: 7 August 2017
Research
Universal salt iodization is the most cost-effective, safe and sustainable strategy to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders. However, little is known about the availability of adequately iodized salt in the n...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:33
Published on: 31 July 2017
Research
This paper evaluated the implementation West Central Alabama Area Health Education Center programs for high school students in grades 9–12 through participant-reported evaluations and feedback during the Sept...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:32
Published on: 24 July 2017
Research
Undernutrition among children continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries. In Ethiopian, 44% of under-five children were stunted while 29% and 10% were underweight and wasted respecti...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:29
Published on: 10 July 2017
Research
Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths and has become a significant public health issue. Previous studies have paid less attention to tobacco use and socio-economic equalities among men...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:30
Published on: 3 July 2017
Research
In Ghana, Expanded Programme on Immunization administrative coverages are usually high while childhood immunization status remains low. Majority of children do not receive all the recommended 7 vaccines in 15 ...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:28
Published on: 26 June 2017
Research
Recent studies suggest that the incidence and severity of tuberculosis is associated with low levels of vitamin D. Even though individuals living in Ethiopia have a high exposure to sunlight which is a source ...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:25
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research
In Ethiopia, child wasting has remained a public health problem for a decade’s, suggesting the need to further monitoring of the problem. Hence, this study aimed at assessing the prevalence of wasting and asso...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:26
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research
One of the main objectives of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme, at its establishment in 2003, was to ease financial burden of the full cost recovery policy, particularly on the poor. However, current...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:24
Published on: 29 May 2017
Research
Despite the fact that breastfeeding promotes optimal health and growth for infants and young children, inappropriate feeding practice, such as prelacteal feeding increases the risk of neonatal death and illnes...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:23
Published on: 22 May 2017
Study protocol
The adequacy of micronutrient intake is a public health concern, as both insufficient and excessive intake levels may result in adverse health effects. Data on dietary intake are needed to evaluate potential ...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:31
Published on: 16 May 2017
Research
Misuse of alcohol, including single risky occasion drinking (RSOD) is associated with a number of health, social and economic consequences. While research demonstrates that many factors contribute to individua...
Archives of Public Health 2017 75:22
Published on: 15 May 2017
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