OBJECTIVE: To describe social distancing practices in nine municipalities of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, stratified by gender, age, and educational attainment. METHODS: Two sequential cross-sectional studies were conducted in the municipalities of Canoas, Ca...

OBJECTIVE: Recent research found that inmates experience undesirable and rapid weight gain during incarceration in Canadian federal penitentiaries. However, little is known about what factors and daily movement behaviours (e.g., physical activity, screen time, and sleep...

Chronische buikklachten komen veel voor bij kinderen. In de meeste gevallen gaat het om buikpijn zonder somatische oorzaak. Bijna de helft van deze kinderen heeft na een jaar nog steeds last. Kan zelfhypnose als vroegtijdige thuisbehandeling in de eerste lijn uitkomst b...

Objective: Psychological distress and physi­ological dysregulation represent two stress response pathways linked to poor health and are implicated in racial disparities in aging-related health outcomes among US men. Less is known about how coping re­lates to these stres...

Bevriezingsletsel aan de lippen of aan de binnenzijde van de bovenbenen, neurologische of hematologische aandoeningen door een vitamine B12-tekort. Op het eerste gezicht zijn dit ziektebeelden die niet een en dezelfde oorzaak lijken te hebben. Toch kunnen ze de acute da...

After nearly three years, Puerto Rico is still recovering from the consequences of these hurricanes Since the summer of 20 19, it has also been dealing with political and economic bankruptcy, earthquakes, air pollution, and the COVID-19 pandemic 3,4 As we know in Puerto...

INTERVENTION: Physical inactivity is an important behavioral risk factor for chronic disease in Canada. Individual-level strategies are used in clinical medicine to target individuals for preventive intervention based on one or more risk factors. In contrast, this study...

Señor editor: Con la presente enviamos algunos resultados de un censo sobre prevalencia de causas de enfermedad, realizado en la totalidad de aspirantes a la carrera de medicina de una universidad del interior de México. Las causas fueron detectadas mediante examen médi...

espanolObjetivo. Estimar la prevalencia de conducta suicida y su asociacion con factores psicologicos en adolescentes mexi-canos. Material y metodos. Estudio transversal prove-niente de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutricion (Ensanut 2018-19). Se estimaron modelos de...

OBJECTIVE Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk for cardiometabolic disease. Clinically meaningful PTSD improvement is associated with a lower risk for diabetes, but it is not known if similar associations exist for incident hypertension...

Resumen: El uso del estaño está muy generalizado en la industria. La literatura sobre sus efectos en humanos es escasa, especialmente en lo que concierne a los valores de referencia en indicadores biológicos como sangre y orina. Igualmente, los límites ambientales tambi...

Recruiting and retaining rural primary care providers is challenging. The Graduate Nursing Education Primary Care Scholars (GNEPCS) is a partnership between a philanthropic organization and a school of nursing to recruit, educate, train, and retain primary care advanced...

Distance working in the context of the COVID-19 crisis has engendered a new model of collaborative activity for the Library of Donostialdea Integrated Health Organisation (San Sebastian, Spain) Promoted by the Clinical Epidemiology and Research Unit, this initiative has...

Background Late diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with lower survival. This study determines the factors associated with late-stage breast cancer diagnosis in an urban safety-net hospital (SNH) with excess late-stage disease. Study design Single-institution retro...

Using an educate-the-educator model, this partnership responds to an international imperative to build human resource capacity among Haitian nurses. We created a graduate program of study for nursing faculty in leadership and education at the State University of Haiti. ...

Objective Research on subjective social status (SSS) and inflammation risk suffers from a lack of cross-cultural data as well as inconsistent findings between SSS and the biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP). The current study addressed these issues by examining possible ...

Atriumfibrilleren (AF) komt veel voor bij mensen vanaf 65 jaar. De aandoening vergroot het risico op beroerte, hartfalen en overlijden – behandeling (vooral met anticoagulantia) verlaagt deze risico’s. Ongeveer een derde van de AF-patienten heeft echter geen klachten, w...

Objectives. To examine the relationship between aggressive enforcement of anti-immigration policies and mental health among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States before and after major national immigration policy changes. Methods. Data were drawn from Behavioral Risk F...

The potential of genomics to improve health comes with the peril that the benefits will not be equitably available to all populations. Existing health disparities can be exacer­bated if the implementation of genomic medicine does not intentionally focus on health equity...

De huisarts denkt dat de bradycardie de oorzaak van de klachten is en maakt een ECG om de oorzaak van de trage hartfrequentie te achterhalen.

Inleiding De onderzoekers gingen na of een poging tot staken van preventieve cardiovasculaire medicatie bij laagrisicopatienten veilig en (kosten)effectief is. Methode Aan deze clustergerandomiseerde, gecontroleerde, non-inferiority trial deden 46 huisartsenpraktijken m...

Cette synthese bibliographique sur l’etat de la qualite des eaux a usages domestiques en milieux urbains de quelques pays africains a ete faite a partir de la collecte des donnees issues des rapports d’activites de memoires, de theses, des publications et des ouvrages. ...

Este texto aborda os sistemas de saúde nos países do MERCOSUL e analisa se as medidas atuais sinalizam para a universalidade de atenção à saúde. Situa-se como um estudo comparativo e utiliza uma matriz de análise indicativa das intervenções estatais nas políticas de saú...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the criterion validity of using diagnosis codes for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) to identify infections. METHODS: Using linked laboratory and administrative data in Ontario, Canada, from January 2004 to December 20...

This commentary introduces a special section of AJPH on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the US government’s largest antihunger program and third-largest antipoverty program. SNAP demonstrably lifts adults, children, and families out of poverty, the...

Objectives Poor housing conditions and household crowding have been identified as important health concerns for Indigenous populations in many countries but have not been explored in relation to adverse birth outcomes in these populations. We investigated housing condit...

This study aimed to analyze the representational structure of microcephaly, as well as the self-image that mothers of children with the illness possess. There were 105 Brazilian women, aged between 20 and 50 (M=31; SD=7.32), who live, mostly, in the south-eastern region...

Background. This study aims at examining the leisure attitudes of individuals by comparing eastern and western cities. The study cinvolved 469 individuals who were living within the borders of İstanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir, Van, Tunceli and Hakkari and were selected throu...

Background Migrant women at risk of social exclusion often experience health inequities based on gender, country of origin or socioeconomic status. Traditional health promotion programs designed for this population have focused on covering their basic needs or modifying...

Objetivo. Revisar el estado del arte en relación con la información actual sobre el cáncer de pulmón de células escamosas (CPCE) y describir las anomalías genéticas reportadas, su efecto y los agentes terapéuticos más prometedores. Material y métodos. Se realizó una rev...

Abstract Background Health social enterprises in Africa working with community health workers (CHWs) are growing rapidly but understudied. In particular, gender equality issues related to their work has important public health and equity implications. Methods Particular...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between sociodemographic, health and disabilityrelated factors and the perception of environmental barriers outside the home environment by individuals with permanent disabilities in Mexico. METHODS: In this cross-sectional, popula...

Advancing health equity and reducing disparities through evidence-based policy research requires the expertise, insights, and active participation of various policy stakeholders – particularly those represent­ing vulnerable populations who may be disproportionately affe...

Objective Anxiety is associated with sleep disturbance and insomnia. Mindfulness-based interventions, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction, have shown consistent anxiety reduction. Mindfulness training has been theorized to affect reinforcement learning, affecting...

Objectives: Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa) is associated with reduced physical function and quality of life (QoL). We investigated the impact of a structured lifestyle intervention on the promotion of physical activity (PA) and reduction of...