PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 01/2016, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. e0147473
Despite various efforts for enhancing women's autonomy in developing countries, many women are deprived of their capacity in decision -making on their...
IMPACT | HEALTH | SERVICES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | INDIA | Age Factors | Humans | Male | Educational Status | Personal Autonomy | Socioeconomic Factors | Young Adult | Women's Rights | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Marriage | Nepal | Decision-making | Clinical trials | Usage | Analysis
IMPACT | HEALTH | SERVICES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | INDIA | Age Factors | Humans | Male | Educational Status | Personal Autonomy | Socioeconomic Factors | Young Adult | Women's Rights | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Marriage | Nepal | Decision-making | Clinical trials | Usage | Analysis
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PLOS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 08/2017, Volume 12, Issue 8, p. e0182485
Despite various efforts to increase the utilization of skilled birth attendants (SBA), nearly two-thirds of deliveries take place at home without the...
MATERNAL HEALTH-CARE | MORTALITY | INEQUALITIES | SCALE | SERVICES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Cross-Sectional Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Maternal Health Services | Educational Status | Personal Autonomy | Socioeconomic Factors | Pregnancy | Young Adult | Women's Rights | Home Childbirth - methods | Adolescent | Adult | Delivery, Obstetric - utilization | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Home Childbirth - statistics & numerical data | Nepal | Women | Safety and security measures | Utilization | Analysis | Medical care | Health aspects | Childbirth
MATERNAL HEALTH-CARE | MORTALITY | INEQUALITIES | SCALE | SERVICES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Cross-Sectional Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Maternal Health Services | Educational Status | Personal Autonomy | Socioeconomic Factors | Pregnancy | Young Adult | Women's Rights | Home Childbirth - methods | Adolescent | Adult | Delivery, Obstetric - utilization | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Home Childbirth - statistics & numerical data | Nepal | Women | Safety and security measures | Utilization | Analysis | Medical care | Health aspects | Childbirth
Journal Article
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 08/2017, Volume 12, Issue 8, p. e0182485
Despite various efforts to increase the utilization of skilled birth attendants (SBA), nearly two-thirds of deliveries take place at home without the...
Health services | Childrens health | Science | Economic factors | Social factors | Birth | Socioeconomics | Developing countries--LDCs | Maternal mortality | Maternal & child health | Education | Population | Autonomy | Cross sections | Public health | Decision making | Socio-economic aspects | Midwifery | Health centres | Studies | Utilization | Womens health | Workers | Socioeconomic factors | Personnel management | Influence | Health care industry | Developing countries | LDCs
Health services | Childrens health | Science | Economic factors | Social factors | Birth | Socioeconomics | Developing countries--LDCs | Maternal mortality | Maternal & child health | Education | Population | Autonomy | Cross sections | Public health | Decision making | Socio-economic aspects | Midwifery | Health centres | Studies | Utilization | Womens health | Workers | Socioeconomic factors | Personnel management | Influence | Health care industry | Developing countries | LDCs
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The Qualitative Report, ISSN 1052-0147, 05/2019, Volume 24, Issue 5, pp. 1065 - 1082
Physical activity can reduce the risk of premature mortality from various chronic diseases. Previous research in Kerala, India indicates several barriers which...
Obesity | Medical research | Physical fitness | Exercise | Chronic diseases | Medicine, Experimental | Research | Health aspects | Workers' compensation | Low income groups | Participation | Disease | Health problems | Professionals | Prevention | Role models | Health behavior | Family roles | Chronic illnesses | Medical personnel | Consciousness | Health promotion | Mortality | Focus groups | Sex roles | Health education | Studies | Walking | Womens health | Leisure | Diabetes
Obesity | Medical research | Physical fitness | Exercise | Chronic diseases | Medicine, Experimental | Research | Health aspects | Workers' compensation | Low income groups | Participation | Disease | Health problems | Professionals | Prevention | Role models | Health behavior | Family roles | Chronic illnesses | Medical personnel | Consciousness | Health promotion | Mortality | Focus groups | Sex roles | Health education | Studies | Walking | Womens health | Leisure | Diabetes
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BMJ Open, ISSN 2044-6055, 11/2019, Volume 9, Issue 11
ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors in Kerala.DesignA community-based, cross-sectional survey.ParticipantsIn...
Hypertension | Sample size | Urban areas | Rural areas | Households | Mortality | Cardiovascular disease | Systematic review | Estimates | Risk factors | Studies | Disease prevention | Surveillance | Socioeconomic factors | Questionnaires | Population | Blood pressure | Diabetes | Health risk assessment | Public health
Hypertension | Sample size | Urban areas | Rural areas | Households | Mortality | Cardiovascular disease | Systematic review | Estimates | Risk factors | Studies | Disease prevention | Surveillance | Socioeconomic factors | Questionnaires | Population | Blood pressure | Diabetes | Health risk assessment | Public health
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Health promotion perspectives, ISSN 2228-6497, 2019, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 40 - 49
There is no single best indicator to assess the childhood socioeconomic position (CSEP) in public health research. The aim of the study is to develop and...
Developed countries | Public housing | Parents | Income | Cardiovascular disease | Epidemiology | Socioeconomics | Risk factors | Developing countries--LDCs | Position indicators | Education | Children | Indicators | Age | Public health | Chronic illnesses | Medical research | Young adults | Decision making | Socio-economic aspects | Paternity | Housing | Risk analysis | Domains | Studies | Occupation | Decision theory | Socioeconomic factors | Position measurement | Quantitative psychology | Society | Validation | Measurement | Development | Childhood socioeconomic position | Questionnaire | Psychometric properties
Developed countries | Public housing | Parents | Income | Cardiovascular disease | Epidemiology | Socioeconomics | Risk factors | Developing countries--LDCs | Position indicators | Education | Children | Indicators | Age | Public health | Chronic illnesses | Medical research | Young adults | Decision making | Socio-economic aspects | Paternity | Housing | Risk analysis | Domains | Studies | Occupation | Decision theory | Socioeconomic factors | Position measurement | Quantitative psychology | Society | Validation | Measurement | Development | Childhood socioeconomic position | Questionnaire | Psychometric properties
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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1010-5395, 10/2019, Volume 31, Issue 7, pp. 612 - 621
This study aims to find spatial clusters of diabetes and physical inactivity among a sample population in Kerala, India, and evaluate built environment...
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Journal of Public Health Research, ISSN 2279-9028, 02/2018, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 43 - 49
Non-communicable diseases are on the rise globally. Risk factors of non-communicable diseases continue to be a growing concern in both developed and developing...
Non-communicable diseases | Built environment | Gender | Gender analysis matrix | non-communicable diseases | Built Environment | Gender Analysis Matrix
Non-communicable diseases | Built environment | Gender | Gender analysis matrix | non-communicable diseases | Built Environment | Gender Analysis Matrix
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International Journal of Women's Health, ISSN 1179-1411, 08/2015, Volume 7, pp. 783 - 790
Despite a decade-long armed conflict in Nepal, the country made progress in reducing maternal mortality and is on its way to achieve the Millennium Development...
Armed conflict | Nepal | Postnatal care | Skilled care at birth | Antenatal care | Post-conflict | Maternal health services | Usage | Utilization | Demographic aspects | Analysis | Patient outcomes | Medical care | Research | Mothers | Health care | Medical personnel | Health facilities | Postpartum period | Rural areas | Urban areas | Households | Childrens health | Insurgency | Prenatal care | Children & youth | Maternal mortality | Economic reform | Maternal & child health | Womens health | Population | Truces & cease fires | Rebellions | Health surveys | Political parties | Public health
Armed conflict | Nepal | Postnatal care | Skilled care at birth | Antenatal care | Post-conflict | Maternal health services | Usage | Utilization | Demographic aspects | Analysis | Patient outcomes | Medical care | Research | Mothers | Health care | Medical personnel | Health facilities | Postpartum period | Rural areas | Urban areas | Households | Childrens health | Insurgency | Prenatal care | Children & youth | Maternal mortality | Economic reform | Maternal & child health | Womens health | Population | Truces & cease fires | Rebellions | Health surveys | Political parties | Public health
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The Lancet, ISSN 0140-6736, 11/2017, Volume 390, Issue 10107, pp. 2037 - 2049
The association between intake of fruits, vegetables, and legumes with cardiovascular disease and deaths has been investigated extensively in Europe, the USA,...
MORTALITY | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ASSESS DIETARY-INTAKE | HIGH-INCOME | FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE | PROSPECTIVE URBAN | ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS | PREVENTION | RISK | BLOOD-PRESSURE | CONSUMPTION | Multivariate Analysis | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Confidence Intervals | Prospective Studies | Vegetables | Fruit | Risk Reduction Behavior | Humans | Middle Aged | Proportional Hazards Models | Feeding Behavior | Male | Cause of Death | Fabaceae | Developed Countries | Internationality | Survival Analysis | Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality | Adult | Female | Aged | Developing Countries | Income - trends | Cohort Studies | Legumes | Beans | Analysis | Cardiovascular diseases | Mimosaceae | Studies | Diet | Socioeconomic factors | Mortality | Cardiovascular disease | Health risk assessment | Fruits | prospective urban | assess | rural epidemiologic pure | clinical-trials | food frequency questionnaire | dietary-intake | low-income countries | consumption | risk | blood-pressure | antioxidant vitamins | General & Internal Medicine
MORTALITY | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ASSESS DIETARY-INTAKE | HIGH-INCOME | FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE | PROSPECTIVE URBAN | ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS | PREVENTION | RISK | BLOOD-PRESSURE | CONSUMPTION | Multivariate Analysis | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Confidence Intervals | Prospective Studies | Vegetables | Fruit | Risk Reduction Behavior | Humans | Middle Aged | Proportional Hazards Models | Feeding Behavior | Male | Cause of Death | Fabaceae | Developed Countries | Internationality | Survival Analysis | Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality | Adult | Female | Aged | Developing Countries | Income - trends | Cohort Studies | Legumes | Beans | Analysis | Cardiovascular diseases | Mimosaceae | Studies | Diet | Socioeconomic factors | Mortality | Cardiovascular disease | Health risk assessment | Fruits | prospective urban | assess | rural epidemiologic pure | clinical-trials | food frequency questionnaire | dietary-intake | low-income countries | consumption | risk | blood-pressure | antioxidant vitamins | General & Internal Medicine
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The Lancet, ISSN 0140-6736, 11/2017, Volume 390, Issue 10107, pp. 2050 - 2062
The relationship between macronutrients and cardiovascular disease and mortality is controversial. Most available data are from European and North American...
ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ASSESS DIETARY-INTAKE | HIGH-INCOME | FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE | HIGH-RISK | PROSPECTIVE URBAN | GLYCEMIC LOAD | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | SATURATED FATS | SECONDARY PREVENTION | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Dietary Fats - adverse effects | Prospective Studies | Risk Assessment | Developing Countries - economics | Diet - adverse effects | Humans | Middle Aged | Income | Male | Developed Countries - economics | Cause of Death | Energy Metabolism | Internationality | Survival Analysis | Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality | Adult | Female | Aged | Dietary Carbohydrates - adverse effects | Cohort Studies | Cardiovascular diseases | Health aspects | Mortality | Analysis | Canada | India | Carbohydrates | Diet | Cardiovascular disease | Oils & fats | Fats | Continents | Health risk assessment | prospective urban | income | secondary prevention | saturated fats | rural | food frequency questionnaire | glycemic load | countries | Kardiologi | Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems | all-cause mortality | coronary-heart-disease | General & Internal Medicine | epidemiologic pure | assess dietary-intake
ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ASSESS DIETARY-INTAKE | HIGH-INCOME | FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE | HIGH-RISK | PROSPECTIVE URBAN | GLYCEMIC LOAD | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | SATURATED FATS | SECONDARY PREVENTION | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Dietary Fats - adverse effects | Prospective Studies | Risk Assessment | Developing Countries - economics | Diet - adverse effects | Humans | Middle Aged | Income | Male | Developed Countries - economics | Cause of Death | Energy Metabolism | Internationality | Survival Analysis | Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality | Adult | Female | Aged | Dietary Carbohydrates - adverse effects | Cohort Studies | Cardiovascular diseases | Health aspects | Mortality | Analysis | Canada | India | Carbohydrates | Diet | Cardiovascular disease | Oils & fats | Fats | Continents | Health risk assessment | prospective urban | income | secondary prevention | saturated fats | rural | food frequency questionnaire | glycemic load | countries | Kardiologi | Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems | all-cause mortality | coronary-heart-disease | General & Internal Medicine | epidemiologic pure | assess dietary-intake
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1010-5395, 3/2015, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. NP1893 - NP1906
The authors developed a scale for positive mental health (PMH), which encompasses positive state of mind and positive functioning. The existing tools are...
AMCPMHS | mental well-being | construct measurement | mental health | positive mental health | young people | scale development | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | Young Adult | Reproducibility of Results | Psychometrics - standards | Humans | Adolescent | Psychometrics - methods | Female | Male | Factor Analysis, Statistical | Mental Health | India
AMCPMHS | mental well-being | construct measurement | mental health | positive mental health | young people | scale development | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | Young Adult | Reproducibility of Results | Psychometrics - standards | Humans | Adolescent | Psychometrics - methods | Female | Male | Factor Analysis, Statistical | Mental Health | India
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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, ISSN 0021-972X, 04/2015, Volume 100, Issue 4, pp. 1405 - 1411
Context: Several previous observational studies showed an association between hypopituitarism and excess mortality. Reports on reduction of standard mortality...
REPLACEMENT | PREMATURE MORTALITY | GH DEFICIENCY | PEDIATRIC CANCER | GROWTH-HORMONE | DISEASE | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | PREVALENCE | SURVIVORS | PITUITARY-ADENOMAS | Human Growth Hormone - therapeutic use | Hypopituitarism - mortality | Humans | Middle Aged | Observational Studies as Topic - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Male | Hormone Replacement Therapy | Hypopituitarism - drug therapy
REPLACEMENT | PREMATURE MORTALITY | GH DEFICIENCY | PEDIATRIC CANCER | GROWTH-HORMONE | DISEASE | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | PREVALENCE | SURVIVORS | PITUITARY-ADENOMAS | Human Growth Hormone - therapeutic use | Hypopituitarism - mortality | Humans | Middle Aged | Observational Studies as Topic - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Male | Hormone Replacement Therapy | Hypopituitarism - drug therapy
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1010-5395, 3/2015, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. NP1362 - NP1371
More than one fourth of children of HIV-infected mothers living in Kolkata city are not completely immunized by 12 months of age. This qualitative study aims...
barriers | HIV | immunization | child | India | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | VACCINATION | Mothers - psychology | Vaccination - psychology | Time Factors | HIV Infections - epidemiology | Humans | Adult | Female | Social Stigma | Qualitative Research | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Socioeconomic Factors
barriers | HIV | immunization | child | India | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | VACCINATION | Mothers - psychology | Vaccination - psychology | Time Factors | HIV Infections - epidemiology | Humans | Adult | Female | Social Stigma | Qualitative Research | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Socioeconomic Factors
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1010-5395, 5/2015, Volume 27, Issue 4, pp. 439 - 449
This study aims to compare the prevalence of high internalized stigma of mental illness among patients attending community-based and psychiatric hospital–based...
stigma | community-based care | internalized stigma | Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) inventory | mental disorders | NIGERIA | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | SELF-STIGMA | OUTPATIENTS | ILLNESS | PEOPLE | SCALE | Mental Disorders - therapy | Prevalence | Cross-Sectional Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Stereotyping | Hospitals, Psychiatric - statistics & numerical data | India | Mental Disorders - psychology | Self Concept | Adult | Female | Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
stigma | community-based care | internalized stigma | Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) inventory | mental disorders | NIGERIA | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | SELF-STIGMA | OUTPATIENTS | ILLNESS | PEOPLE | SCALE | Mental Disorders - therapy | Prevalence | Cross-Sectional Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Stereotyping | Hospitals, Psychiatric - statistics & numerical data | India | Mental Disorders - psychology | Self Concept | Adult | Female | Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
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