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Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-25-5603
Mark ClarkCorresponding author
The Energy–Matter–Behavioral (EMB) model offers a systems-based lens for understanding and maintaining mental health hygiene. This framework integrates stress reduction, biological resilience, and behavioral reinforcement into a coherent triad, addressing not only symptoms but underlying energetic a…
Jul 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2835-2165.jfsh-20-3579
Shumi BedadaCorresponding author
Introduction Foodborne diseases are a major public health problem which predominantly affects infants and young children. Appropriate complementary food hygiene practice is very important to reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. However, the information regarding this practice is not availab…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5526.jmid-20-3248
Salah I. KhederCorresponding author
Objective This study conducted to assess health care practitioners’ knowledge and perceptions of hand hygiene among health professional working in clinical settings in Khartoum State - Sudan. with the specific objective of determining the association between their stance on hand hygiene and the gene…
Nov 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9383.jhhr-17-1768
Sahar Yassin IbrahimCorresponding author
Antifungal antagonism of different fourteen plant essential oils was examined as natural agents against economic and hygienic effective three yeasts; the preservative efficacy of most potent anti-yeast essential oil in food sanitary was also tested. Study involved oils antifungal bioactivity screeni…
Mar 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-25-5429
Rasheed O. MakanjuolaCorresponding author
Malaria and bacteraemia are significant public health concerns and economic threats. In Africa, the intensity for simultaneous transmission and co-infection of Plasmodium spp and other bacteria pathogens are extremely high. It is believed that malaria suppress the immune system and enable the transl…
May 2024
Daniel MangueinaCorresponding author
Waterborne diseases pose a significant global public health threat, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where frequent outbreaks occur. These diseases stemming from contaminated drinking water, poor waste management, and insufficient hygiene contribute to high morbidity and mortality in children und…
Feb 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2998-4211.jalr-23-4813
Esther del Carmen Teruel HernándezCorresponding author
This study systematically reviews the literature on non-pharmacological interventions for disrupted sleep-in people meeting established criteria for moderate-severe dementia, and to analyze the methodological quality of the included studies. The PubMed, PEDro, Cochrane, Virtual Health Library, APA P…
Oct 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-22-4343
Erigene RutayisireCorresponding author
Most hospitals have infection prevention and control committees but some of them are struggling to maintain and to apply infection prevention and control protocols due to lack of enough resources. Healthcare workers’ (HCWs) knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of infection prevention and control…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-8862.jvat-20-3306
Azza Abul-FadlCorresponding author
Introduction The Corona virus (CoVID-19) pandemic has hit the most developed countries and has thence spread to inflict other countries around the world. It is the first pandemic that appears in countries not linked to poverty and poor hygiene. Aim To study the relationship between human development…
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-19-3018
Dominic Konadu-YeboahCorresponding author
Radial Club Hand (RCH) is a rare and complex congenital disorder of the pre-axial border of the upper extremity. It is a congenital longitudinal radial ray deficiency which presents as radial deviation of the hand and distal forearm in the shape of a golf club 12. Radial ray deficiency (the most com…
Jun 2018
J MwaiCorresponding author
Background: Tungiasis is a parasitic tropical disease caused by female Tungapenetranswhich has remained an important public health problem and it affects resource-poor communities causing different health disabilities hence the need for behavior change. Main objective of the study was to determine f…
Feb 2018
Pravin ShendeCorresponding author
The research work on malarial infection and malarial treatment has been increased tremendously over the years due to increased resistance of parasites to antimalarial drugs. To overcome the developed resistance, antimalarial drugs are used in combination. But eventually the amount of drugs administe…
Jan 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-16-1408
John BukusubaCorresponding author
Despite the agreed global and national stunting reduction targets, Uganda has made very little progress. Understanding context-specific risk factors for stunted growth is therefore pertinent to designing programs to address the problem. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 32 randomly selected v…
Jul 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2473-1005.jdoi-15-921
Najwa A. NassrawinCorresponding author
Background: Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) is regarded as a promising medium for detection of periodontal disease activity. bone loss is a major feature of periodontal disease, although we are unable to determine the time of this bone loss and therefore periodontal disease activity. During orthodon…
May 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-15-792
Nevin FW ZakiCorresponding author
Background: Recently, there has been an increased interest in sexuality among teenagers with Down syndrome (DS). Although DS has been well studied in the western continents, its research is relatively scarce in the Arab region. Aims: This is a cross -sectional study to explore the demographic charac…