Effectiveness of the Integrated Dengue Education and Learning (iDEAL) module in improving the knowledge, attitude, practice, environmental cleanliness index, and dengue index among... by Dapari, Rahmat, Muniandy, Kalaivani, Fattah Azman, Ahmad Zaid, Abu Bakar, Suhaili, Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir, Hwa, Lim Chee, Singh Sandhu, Sukhvinder, Mustapha, Nooreen Farzana, Mohd Rosli, Norazman, Ahmad Zamzuri, Mohd ‘Ammar Ihsan, Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat, Che Dom, Nazri, Syed Abdul Rahim, Syed Sharizman, Singh Gill, Balvinder, Ab Hamid, Nurulhusna

“…Results could inform public health policies, emphasizing school-based interventions’ importance in combating diseases like dengue.…”
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Categorias de autocuidado entre pessoas idosas com diabetes: estudo sociopoético [Categories of self-care among older adults with diabetes: a sociopoetic study] by Iraci dos Santos, Renata Gomes Machado Guerra, Leandro Andrade da Silva

“…Accordingly, public health policies for older adults should make a priority of self-care promoted by trained professionals, with a view to constructing knowledge collectively and planning actions for this purpose.   …”
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Discursos normativos sobre o desejo de ter filhos Discursos normativos sobre el deseo de tener hijos Normative discourses on the desire to have children by Eliane Portes Vargas, Luciane da Costa Moás

“…This study was based on the assumption that changes and maintenance of values and practices coexist in the current discourses on the desire to have children, expressed as claims in the dimension of sexual and reproductive rights, with new demands in the sphere of public and health policies. The current value attributed to family is founded on the model of modern conjugal family, which can be observed in the changes that have occurred in family relations and sexual identities. …”
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Changes in social contacts in England during the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021 as measured by the CoMix survey: A repeated cross-sectional study. by Amy Gimma, James D Munday, Kerry L M Wong, Pietro Coletti, Kevin van Zandvoort, Kiesha Prem, CMMID COVID-19 working group, Petra Klepac, G James Rubin, Sebastian Funk, W John Edmunds, Christopher I Jarvis

“…<h4>Background</h4>During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the United Kingdom government imposed public health policies in England to reduce social contacts in hopes of curbing virus transmission. …”
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COVID-19 Incidence and Vaccine Effectiveness in University Staff, 1 March 2020–2 April 2022 by Luca Cegolon, Corrado Negro, Marco Pesce, Francesca Larese Filon

“…<b>Methods:</b> The University of Trieste implemented a number of public health policies to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 on the campus, including prompt contact tracing, enhanced ventilation of all premises, fomites disinfection and mandatory use of face masks indoors. …”
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Sexuality of women attended in family health program: a social poetic production La sexualidad de las mujeres atendidas en el programa salud de la familia: una producción socio poé... by Maria Elidiana Araújo Gomes, Lia Carneiro Silveira, Sandra Haydeé Petit, Georgia Maria Viana Brasileiro, Arisa Nara Saldanha de Almeida

“…The concept of promotion of health is one of the main axes of current health policies in Brazil. The adoption of this concept implies a change in the care model involving valuing a greater autonomy of subjects to work improving their conditions of life. …”
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Meningococcal carriage in periods of high and low invasive meningococcal disease incidence in the UK: comparison of UKMenCar1-4 cross-sectional survey results by MacLennan, JM, Rodrigues, CMC, Bratcher, HB, Lekshmi, A, Finn, A, Oliver, J, Wootton, M, Ray, S, Cameron, C, Smith, A, Heath, PT, Bartolf, A, Nolan, T, Hughes, S, Varghese, A, Snape, MD, Sewell, R, Cunningham, R, Stolton, A, Kay, C, Palmer, K, Baxter, D, Suggitt, D, Zipitis, CS, Pemberton, N, Jolley, KA, Bray, JE, Harrison, OB, Ladhani, SN, Pollard, AJ, Borrow, R, Gray, SJ, Trotter, C, Maiden, MCJ

“…The prevalence of behaviours associated with carriage declined, suggesting that public health policies aimed at influencing behaviour might have further reduced disease.…”

Meningococcal carriage in periods of high and low invasive meningococcal disease incidence in the UK: comparison of UKMenCar1–4 cross-sectional survey results by Maclennan, J, Rodrigues, CMC, Bratcher, HB, Lekshmi, A, Finn, A, Oliver, J, Wootton, M, Ray, S, Cameron, C, Smith, A, Heath, PT, Bartolf, A, Nolan, T, Hughes, S, Varghese, A, Snape, MD, Sewell, R, Cunningham, R, Stolton, A, Kay, C, Palmer, K, Baxter, D, Suggit, D, Zipitis, CS, Pemberton, N, Jolley, KA, Bray, JE, Harrison, OB, Ladhani, SN, Pollard, AJ, Borrow, R, Gray, SJ, Trotter, C, Maiden, M

“…The prevalence of behaviours associated with carriage declined, suggesting that public health policies aimed at influencing behaviour might have further reduced disease. …”

Os meios alternativos de comunicação como ferramenta para a prevenção do câncer de próstata [Family social representations for the family health strategy program team] by Bruna Lima, Elizabeth Rose da Costa Martins, Raquel Conceição de Almeida Ramos, Cristiane Maria Amorim Costa, Araci Carmen Clos, Jaqueline Inácio Correia Ferreira

“…ABSTRACT Men have become a challenge for public health policies for showing high mortality and morbidity rates. …”
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The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages (Variants) and COVID-19 Vaccination on the COVID-19 Epidemic in South Africa: Regression Study by Thabo Mabuka, Natalie Naidoo, Nesisa Ncube, Thabo Yiga, Michael Ross, Kuzivakwashe Kurehwa, Mothabisi Nare Nyathi, Andrea Silaji, Tinashe Ndemera, Tlaleng Lemeke, Ridwan Taiwo, Willie Macharia, Mthokozisi Sithole

“…ConclusionsThe relaxation of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical intervention health policies in South Africa and the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 were associated with increased COVID-19 transmission and severity in the South African population. …”
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Validity of self-reported number of teeth among Saudi older adults: A public health perspective by Faisal F. Hakeem, PhD, Lina AlQobaly, DClinDent, Arwa M. Mubarak, BDS, Sarah A. Almuzaini, BDS

“…This suggests that self-reports can be a reliable and cost-effective method for assessing oral health in large-scale surveys, potentially guiding health policies and interventions for older adults.…”
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Measuring cigarette dependence: A comparison of two scales in two different groups of smokers by Marcela Fu, Dolors Carnicer-Pont, Yolanda Castellano, Montse Ballbè, Xisca Sureda, Antònia Raich, Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez, Cristina Martínez, Antoni Baena, Anna Riccobene, Marta Enríquez, Esteve Fernández

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Analysis of the Disease Burden Trends and Death Projections for Esophageal Cancer Attributable to Tobacco in China from 1990 to 2019 by LIU Ailing, ZHOU Jingjing, LI Chengcheng, HE Kaiyue, LIANG Shanshan, ZHOU Shangcheng

“…Objective To understand trends in esophageal cancer deaths and burden of disease attributable to tobacco in China from 1990 to 2019, and provide data to inform the development of public health policies and interventions. Methods Global burden of disease 2019 (GBD 2019) data were used to extract the age-specific and sex-specific data on esophageal cancer deaths attributable to tobacco in China from 1990 to 2019. …”
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Circulations et quêtes thérapeutiques en santé mentale au Sénégal by Véronique Petit

“…Mental health is not one of the priority health programs supported by the Global Fund, few countries in the South have specific mental health policies and programs, and it is not the subject of strong political and financial mobilization. …”
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Anemias nutricionales en mujeres lactantes de Costa Rica Nutritional anaemia in nursing women of Costa Rica. by A Blanco, S Rodríguez, L Cunningham

“…These problems have remained constant throughout the last three decades; although recently, possibly an improvement has occurred because the prevalence of neural tube defects in the infant population has reduced, maybe due to food iron and folates fortification public health policies implementation.…”
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Partejar de primíparas: reflexos na amamentação [Childbirth care for primiparas: reflexes in breastfeeding] [Cuidado al parto de primiparas: reflejos en la lactancia materna] by Idalina Reis de Castro, Mônica Cecília Pimentel de Melo, Ramon José Leal de Morais, Ana Dulce Batista dos Santos

“…Conclusion: the wishes and particularities of each postpartum woman need to be respected and met, valuing the increment in health policies that emphasize humanized care for each woman. …”
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La santé globale : biopolitique en territoires by Alain Vaguet

“…Biopolitics can easily characterize the neo-liberal evolution of public health policies and the rise of individualisation of risk in public health systems. …”
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Mobilité transfrontalière et itinéraire thérapeutique des Haïtiennes et des Haïtiens de la région de Ouanaminthe by Dominique Mathon, Philippe Apparicio, Ugo Lachapelle

“…An in-depth understanding of individual behaviors and strategies can help in the definition of public health policies and the development of a framework for a bilateral cooperation that takes into account cross-border health mobility practices and the thorny issue of migration.…”
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Efectividad de un programa nacional de fomento de la lactancia materna en Chile 1993-2002 by Eduardo Atalah S, Cecilia Castillo L, Cecilia Reyes A

“…Promotion of breast feeding is a priority in Chilean health's policies. The aim of the study was to evaluate the tendency of breastfeeding (exclusive, continued, partial), in children less than 18 months old, controlled in the Chilean public health system, based in four national surveys. …”
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Participation and healthcare: a survey investigating current and desired levels of collaboration between patient organizations and hospitals by Eva Marie Castro, Tine Van Regenmortel, Carine van Wanseele, Walter Sermeus, Kris Vanhaecht

“…It is encouraged by public health policies, but the systematic development and implementation of these policies in practice is still lacking.Objective: To facilitate a structural approach to the involvement of patient organizations at the meso level, we conducted an explorative survey to gain an understanding of the current state of collaboration between patient associations and hospitals, and to gain an insight into the needs and wishes of these patient organizations.Design: 111 patient organizations participated in our cross-sectional web-based survey. …”
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