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Jan 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-23-4432
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Many older adults remain vulnerable to COVID-19 infections. They are also often at risk for frailty and poor health outcomes. Aim This exploratory review examines the correlates of long COVID and frailty and their association insofar as the older adult’s wellbeing may be jeopardized. Me…
Dec 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-22-4382
Khadime SyllaCorresponding author
Background Intestinal parasitic infections, especially intestinal protozoan parasites remain significant public health problem in Senegal. Several studies have demonstrated the endemicity of the diseases. The study was carried out with the objective of assessing the epidemiolocal profile of intesti…
Oct 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-22-4313
Mathieu NiyonkuruCorresponding author
Data quality is defined as a measure of data status that fulfills the following elements: accuracy, completeness, consistency, reliability, and if the data is current. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that only 40% of all countries have an adequate system to collect information on birth…
Jun 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2328-0182.japst-22-4193
Yilkal Tariku BelayCorresponding author
The strategy for safe drug discovery and development has limited clinical success as compared to wasted time and resources annually. This is due to the fact that the results of multiphase preclinical trials are less likely to make an accurate early prediction on the safety of test compounds to progr…
Dec 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-4041
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Many older adults are vulnerable to becoming frail. They are also often at risk for falling and serious injuries and poor health outcomes. Aim This exploratory review examines the correlates of frailty, and fear of falling and their association insofar as older adults wellbeing may be jeo…
Nov 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-2279.ijha-21-3925
Surendra Kumar SahCorresponding author
Introduction The nose is one of the important component of the face which is considered as the major clue for the ethnic origin. The proportion of the nose is determined on the same principal as that of the skull.The external nose extends the nasal cavities onto the front of the face and positions t…
Oct 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3950
Erigene RutayisireCorresponding author
This study aimed to assess factors influencing knowledge and practices of hospital cleaners towards hepatitis B prevention. This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted at in Northern Province of Rwanda. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to gather data from study part…
Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-21-3780
Khamis Al-AlawyCorresponding author
Mohammad Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, UAE
Obesity is a common and preventable Non-Communicable Disease that is of great importance. Population-based interventions are recognised to have a profound effect on improving health outcomes. One of these approaches includes the adoption of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax. Objectives There we…
Mar 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-20-3557
Adesoji E. ADETONACorresponding author
Background Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer affecting women globally. It has shown increasing morbidity and mortality rates over the past years. Several screening methods ranging from simple breast self-examination to a highly sensitive test procedures for early detection and…
Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3670
Ebrima K. CeesayCorresponding author
Purpose This paper assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Education, Staff development and Training in Africa. Online Research Methodology/Approach The data use in this paper was generated from online survey questionnaire, in which the participants were asked about certain questions in which covi…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3587
Raúl IseaCorresponding author
The work analyzes the dynamics of transmission of infections by the new coronavirus in twelve European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, and Portugal, whose data from contagion were obtained by Johns Hopkins University…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2769-2264.jw-20-3530
Sheetal KambleCorresponding author
Industrial revolution brought diversified industries to produce goods to meet the demand of increasing population. Such a rapid growth of industrial sector caused water pollution to a great extent. Dairy industry is not an exception, causing significant water pollution. The dairy sector in India gre…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-3115
Charles D MwalimuCorresponding author
Africa Region has the highest burden of malaria with an estimated of 3.5 million more malaria cases in 2017 compared 212 million cases in reported in 2016. Data collected from 2015 to 2017, shown no global progress in reducing malaria cases. In Mainland Tanzania, malaria control interventions have s…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-20-3554
Mitiku Getachew KumaraCorresponding author
Background Traumatic brain injury is an expanding major public health problem and the leading cause of death of the young and productive part of the world’s population. Research is mainly done in high-income countries where only a small proportion of the worldwide fatalities occur. Only few studies…
Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-20-3444
Daniel AbomaCorresponding author
Background In Ethiopia, the levels of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality are among the highest in the world. This is attributed to, among other factors, none use of modern health care services by women. According to the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, more than seven in ten mother…
Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-20-3439
Daniel AbomaCorresponding author
Background Pregnancy and parturition are events of considerable significance in the life cycle of women. Though it is supposed that the quality of care during labor, birth, and postpartum period plays a great role for adverse outcomes of birth, various reports claimed that cesarean delivery carries…
Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3199
Monica BUTNARIUCorresponding author
The need to understand the relation of man to food, determines the existence of appropriate behavior as well as an attitude in accordance with the modalities that determine human development and evolution, under this structural aspect. A proper diet is the one that provides the amount of nutrients c…
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-2995
Nitasha Chaudhary NagarajCorresponding author
Despite the gains India has made in recent decades, it remains a country with vast gender inequities. Gender sensitization and empowerment programs aimed at young people, precisely at the time when they are forming their gender attitudes, has the potential to diminish gender inequity in the long-ter…
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-3005
Erigene RutayisireCorresponding author
Background Globally, about 10 to 25% of the volume of bio-medical waste from hospitals and healthcare institutions presents a serious health risks to patients, healthcare personnel, and anybody who comes in contact with it. The waste management practices in Rwanda healthcare facilities are poor and…
Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2997-2108.jcc-19-2889
A.E AdetonaCorresponding author
Background This study aim to assess the factors affecting uptake of cervical cancer screening programmes among female staff of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan in 2014. Method A descriptive cross-sectional study involving 375 participants selected using a stratified random sampling tech…