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Filter by:This is a cross-sectional study carried out on a sample of the adult population aged 18 to 69, distributed over the five archipelagos of French Polynesia. Participation in the study involves: agreement to answer a questionnaire to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle habits and medical history; physical measurements (height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure and skin pigmentation); and agreement to take biological samples (blood, saliva and stool) for biological, genetic and microbiological analyses. The aim of the study is to assess the current health status of the population of French Polynesia and to evaluate the influence of contextual risk factors (lifestyle, place of residence, history of infection) and intrinsic susceptibility factors (genetics, age, gender, microbiota) in relation to non-communicable and infectious diseases.
Aim To examine the effectiveness of a general-health-promotion-approach to help ED attendees change their health-risk behaviours and lead healthier lives. Hypotheses to be tested The investigators hypothesise that compared with those in the control group, the participants in the intervention group will experience significantly greater success in changing their health-risk behaviours and will have a better health-related quality of life at 12 months follow-up.
The goal of this observational study is to understand the burden and determinants of tobacco use and air pollution (AP) exposure among mid- to late adolescents in Greece, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Romania, and Uganda. This context-specific knowledge will be crucial for selecting, adapting, and implementing preventive interventions in the next phase of the project. The main questions the investigators aim to answer are: - What is the perceived burden of tobacco use and AP exposure among adolescents? - What are the contextual drivers and behavioral determinants contributing to (prevention of) these risk factors? - How do the dynamics between stakeholders influence prevention efforts? In this study, data will be collected through interviews, focus group discussions, photovoice, document analysis, observations, personal exposure monitoring, and questionnaires.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a multi-level intervention known as "TASKPEN," adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions (WHO-PEN) for the Zambian public health system, on clinical and implementation outcomes for persons living with HIV (PLHIV) with co-morbid cardio-metabolic conditions in Lusaka, Zambia.
2 Objectives 1. To explore the noticeability of pictorial health warnings and perceptions of attractiveness and harmfulness towards plain cigarette packets and existing cigarette packets with 85% pictorial warnings in current smokers; 2. to compare the differences in perceptions of packaging in current smokers with different characteristics (i.e. by sex, age, the consumption level of cigarettes, nicotine dependence levels, and types of tobacco used for polytobacco product users); 3. to evaluate the effectiveness in reducing smoking consumption and promoting quit attempts; and 4. to assess the support for the legislation of plain packaging.
There is a gap in the implementation of PEN services as well as in the monitoring and evaluation of the WHO PEN in Nepal. One reason for such gaps is due to a lack of team-based care in low-resource settings like Nepal. Both peer coaching and clinical audit have been shown to be cost-effective ways to improve NCD care. However, no data is available regarding its implementation and outcome. Besides, there is a lack of a proven module of peer coaching and clinical audit for effective NCD care implementation. To address this gap, the investigators designed an intervention to reinforce peer coaching and clinical audit practices in health facilities to improve WHO PEN implementation for better NCD management in Nepal. Aims of Implementation Research - To assess implementation outcomes (acceptability, adoption, feasibility, penetration, cost and sustainability) of onsite-peer coaching and clinical audit reinforcement intervention on PEN Program implementation at primary healthcare centers. - To evaluate the effectiveness of onsite-peer coaching and clinic audit reinforcement intervention in PEN program delivery at health facilities. - To identify barriers and enabling factors impacting the adoption of onsite-peer coaching and clinical audit in the implementation of the PEN program.
Estonia's aging population faces an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and a growing population suffers with multiple chronic conditions. These changes have reduced well-being and quality of life for many older Estonians, while increasing the use of high cost specialist and emergency care. In response, the Estonia Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) is working to support primary care physicians to improve care for complex patients with multiple chronic conditions. A new EHIF-led program, Enhanced Care Management (ECM), entails training family physicians to identify complex patients, co-develop proactive care plans with them, and to undertake more active outreach to and management of these patients.
Aim: to prevent NCDs by screening and educating individuals in the community on health-risk behaviours. Specifically, we will use a mobile health and a brief self-determination theory-based intervention in helping individual change their health-risk behaviours. Hypotheses to be tested: compared with those in the control group, the participants in the intervention group will experience significantly greater success in modifying their health-risk behaviours and will have a better health-related quality of life at 12 months follow-up. Objectives 1. To screen individuals for health-risk behaviours and identify risk factors that may contribute to NCDs 2. To educate individuals on the importance of engaging in healthy lifestyles 3. To develop a training programme - "Train the Trainers' Toolkit", with the goal to train student nurses (Years 2 to 5) as health ambassadors to implement the project on a long-term basis.
A randomized controlled trial with non-communicable disease patients from two medical hospitals in Norway will be recruited prior to hospital discharge. The intervention group will participate in a 42-day nurse-assisted eHealth intervention "eHealth@ Hospital-2-Home". The intervention includes monitoring the patient's vital signs, self-reports of symptoms, health and well-being, communication between the patients and a Nurse Navigator in the hospital, and access to information about illness and health resources.
By hospital mortality, the health of a population is identified. Death certificates are a valuable tool in establishing causes of death. The objective will be to analyze the main causes of death in hospitalized patients by population groups of interest. A retrospective observational study will be carried out, by analyzing the death databases of the Hospital Departamental of Villavicencio from January 2012 to May 2022. The records will be exported to Excel for review and debugging. Demographic variables and causes of death will be analyzed. The categorical variables will be described in frequency and proportion; the quantitative ones will be defined in their central distribution and dispersion. For comparison, the Chi-square and Mann-Whitney test will be performed according to the characteristics of the outcome studied. It is expected to identify the main causes of death in the groups of interest (adults, maternal, infants, fetal and non-fetal, congenital malformations) and their characteristics.