Developing a comprehensive inventory to define harm reduction housing by Sofia Zaragoza, Joseph Silcox, Sabrina Rapisarda, Charlie Summers, Patricia Case, Clara To, Avik Chatterjee, Alexander Y. Walley, Miriam Komaromy, Traci C Green

“…Awareness, frequency of use, and perceived helpfulness of key inventory items were further tested in a survey to 106 residents. Results HRH staff identified best practices, resources, and policies in HRH sites that were further contextualized with ethnographic field notes. …”
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Strategies to Increase Response Rate and Reduce Nonresponse Bias in Population Health Research: Analysis of a Series of Randomized Controlled Experiments during a Large COVID-19 St... by Christina J Atchison, Nicholas Gilby, Galini Pantelidou, Sam Clemens, Kevin Pickering, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Deborah Ashby, Wendy S Barclay, Graham S Cooke, Ara Darzi, Steven Riley, Christl A Donnelly, Helen Ward, Paul Elliott

“…ConclusionsConditional monetary incentives improved response rates to a web-based survey, which required the return of a swab test, particularly for younger age groups. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy among rural reproductive age women in Ethiopia by Melak Jejaw, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Kaleab Mesfin Abera, Yawkal Tsega, Abel Endawkie, Wubshet D. Negash, Amare Mesfin Workie, Lamrot Yohannes, Mihret Getnet, Nigusu Worku, Adina Yeshambel Belay, Lakew Asmare, Hiwot Tadesse Alemu, Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Asebe Hagos

“…This study used a 2016 Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey data. A total weighted samples of 974 reproductive-aged rural women were included in this analysis. …”
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Association between oxidative balance scores and peripheral artery disease in US adults: a cross-sectional study by Min Zhou, Min Zhou, Peng-Fei He, Peng-Fei He, Keren Zhang, Li-Juan Deng, Ning Wang, Gang Wang, Guang-Yao Yang, Shang Ju

“…This study aimed to examine the association between peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and OBS.Methods and materialsData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 1999–2004) were analyzed for participants with ankle-brachial index (ABI) measurements. …”
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Epitranscriptome profiles reveal participation of the RNA methyltransferase gene OsMTA1 in rice seed germination and salt stress response by Yingbo Li, Ming Yin, Juan Wang, Xiuqin Zhao, Jianlong Xu, Wensheng Wang, Binying Fu

“…In the present study, we surveyed global m6A methylation in rice seed germination under salt stress and the control (no stress) using an osmta1 mutant and its wild type. …”
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Clinical Features of COVID‐19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study by Yasheng Zhan, Guojun He, Cheng Zhong, Yake Yao, Jiangying Zhou, Tong Li, Hua Zhou

“…Methods In this study, we conducted a multicenter retrospective survey, which included patients with COVID‐19 from five hospitals in Zhejiang, China. …”
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Evaluating the differences in healthy lifestyle behaviors between Chinese urban and rural residency after the termination of social distancing: analysis based on propensity score m... by Yudong Miao, Dongfang Zhu, Zhanlei Shen, Yi Li, Wanliang Zhang, Junwen Bai, Ruizhe Ren, Jingbao Zhang, Dan Guo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Wenyong Dong, Rongmei Liu, Qiuping Zhao, Xue Zhou, Jianping Hu

“…Methods From February 1, 2023, to February 8, 2023, a cross-sectional survey which include participants (≥ 18 years old) was carried out in four regions of mainland China (Changzhou in the eastern region, Zhengzhou in the central region, Xining in the western region, and Mudanjiang in the northeastern region). …”
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An analytical cross-sectional study on optimal (timely or cumulative age-appropriate) routine childhood immunization coverage in the communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria by Ugwu I. Omale, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Glory E. Nkwo, Chimaobi C. Iwegbulam, Louisa C. Ekwuazi, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Richard L. Ewah

“…This study was a baseline cross-sectional household survey within a cluster-randomised controlled trial and was conducted from July 2 to 16, 2022 among consenting mother–child pairs, in which the children were aged 5–23 months (subdivided into 5–11 and 12–23 months), in 16 randomly selected geographical clusters where the primary health care (PHC) facilities were providing maternal and child health care services including weekly routine childhood immunization. …”
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Estudio nacional sobre síndrome de burnout académico en residentes de urología en Colombia by Víctor I. Romero-Nieto, Wilfredo Donoso-Donoso, David A. Castañeda-Millán

“…El instrumento aplicado fue la escala de medición Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS). Resultados: La prevalencia de burnout académico en residentes de urología de Colombia es del 59,5% (IC95%: 59,4-59,6%). …”
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Social learning activities to improve community engagement in waste management program by S. Sunarti, R.S.Y. Zebua, J.H. Tjakraatmadja, A. Ghazali, B. Rahardyan, K. Koeswinarno, S. Suradi, N. Nurhayu, R.H.A. Ansyah

“…This study involved 504 residents exposed to social learning activities in Kawasan Bebas Sampah/ Zero Waste Area program in Bandung City, Indonesia as the respondents to gather the data using survey method.FINDINGS: The study found that social learning activities have significantly influenced waste management behavior indirectly through Affective factors. …”
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Association between sex steroid hormones and α-klotho: Results from the NHANES 2013-2016 and Mendelian randomization study by Andong Guo, Pengcheng Chen, Jishuang Cao, Chenrui Wu, Sentai Ding

“…Methods: Based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2016, this study performed weighted multivariable-adjusted logistic regression to evaluate the association between sex steroid hormones and α-Klotho. …”
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Quality of life among residents of informal urban settlements during the COVID-19 pandemic in Salvador, Brazil by Albert I Ko, Federico Costa, Hammed Mogaji, Nivison Nery, Hernan D Argibay, Jaqueline S Cruz, Ianei O Carneiro, Ricardo Lustosa, Mike Begon, Hussein Khalil

“…However, there is limited information on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and indirect consequences of non-pharmaceutical interventions implemented during the pandemic.Methods We leveraged on an ongoing prospective open-cohort survey and performed a cross-sectional analysis of data collected between November 2021 and July 2022 among 793 residents above age 5 in a large slum community in the city of Salvador, Brazil. …”
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Global, regional, national prevalence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and trend analysis from 1990 to 2021 and prediction to 204... by Chengling Liu, Xingchen Liu, Pengjuan Cao, Xin Li, Haiming Xin, Sailin Zhu

“…For the purpose of creating focused strategies, it is essential to comprehend geographical variations in cSCC prevalence and trends.MethodsThis study utilized data from the 2021 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) survey to analyze cSCC across 204 countries and territories. …”
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Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…The study investigated parameters determining the physicochemical composition of palm oil mill effluent (POME) generated at Agricultural Development Authority Palm (ADAPALM) and palm oil mills in its catchment communities, located at Ohaji/ Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria and their implications on environmental health and treatment approaches required. Survey research design was used. From a randomly sampled small-scaled mill in each community, and for the lone medium and large-scaled mills, four homogenous samples of POME were collected from sampled small, medium and large-scaled mills for laboratory analysis of potential of hydrogen (pH), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total carbon (TC), total solid (TS), total suspended solid (TSS), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Potassium (K), total phosphorus (TP), Calcium (Ca), and Magnesium (Mg) using standard methods for wastewater analysis as described in American Public Health Association. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors among 35 – 75 years old residents at high cardiovascular disease risk in Hebei province: an analysis of dat... by Yuejing QIAO, Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Dongsheng JIANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…ResultsOf the 29 721 residents surveyed, 27 430 (92.29%) reported having at least two or more adverse lifestyle behaviors associated with CVD risk and the numbers (percentages) of reporters were 8 132 (27.36%) for smoking, 3 493 (11.75%) for alcohol consumption, 22 236 (74.82%) for overweight/obesity, 6 725 (22.63%) for high-salt diet, and 15 100 (50.81%) for physical inactivity, respectively. …”
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An investigation on demands of clinical teaching among nursing undergraduates at school (在校本科护生临床教学需求调查分析) by GAN Lu (甘露), XIE Wei (谢薇), SHUAI Xuemei (帅雪梅), XUE Ting (徐婷), NI Dangcheng (倪当承), RAO Liu (饶柳), YUAN Zheng (袁铮), JIN Liping (金莉萍), TANG Jia (唐佳), LI Wei (李伟)

“…Methods Totally 161nursing undergraduates at school were recruited by a convenience sampling method, and an open-ended questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the nursing undergraduates’ demands of clinical teaching. …”
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Neurocognitive Function, Psychosocial Outcome, and Health-Related Quality of Life of the First-Generation Metastatic Melanoma Survivors Treated with Ipilimumab by Anne Rogiers, Christophe Leys, Justine Lauwyck, Adrian Schembri, Gil Awada, Julia Katharina Schwarze, Jennifer De Cremer, Peter Theuns, Paul Maruff, Mark De Ridder, Jan L. Bernheim, Bart Neyns

“…Nine survivors reported anxiety and/or depression (Hospitalization Depression Scale) during the survey. Seven survivors (41%) reported fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale). …”
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Associations between cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and disability in activities of daily living: a nationwide longitudinal study among the middle-aged and older adults i... by Junfeng Zhang, Huijie Huang, Zhan Lin, Jingran Dong, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jing Gao, Jing Gao, Yin Liu, Yin Liu, Changping Li, Zhuang Cui

“…We examined the association between CKM syndrome and ADLs disability among middle-aged and older adults in China and whether it varied by age and socioeconomic status.MethodsParticipants were from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), which conducted four waves of surveys from 2011 to 2018. CKM stage was calculated through disease and physical examination data from CHARLS database. …”
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Anaemia prevalence in children newly registered at UNRWA schools: a cross-sectional study by Yassir Turki, Wafaa Zeidan, Akihiro Seita, Majed Hababeh, Nada AbuKishk, Suha Saleh, Shatha Albaik, Zoheir el-Khatib, Nimer Kassim, Hasan Arab, Khawalah Abu-Diab

“…Also, children with anaemia had significantly higher prevalence of being underweight (5.2%) in comparison with those without anaemia (p=0.001).Conclusions The prevalence of anaemia among the surveyed children increased to 25.0%, compared with the previous study conducted by UNRWA in 2005 (19.5%). …”
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Correlation between nursing dependence and discharge readiness in middle-aged and elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (中老年冠状动脉旁路移植术后患者护理依赖与出院准备度的相关性研究)... by JI Yanxia (纪延霞), ZHENG Donglian (金亚楠), MA Xiaoying (郑栋莲), MA Fuzhen (马晓莹), JIN Yanan (马富珍), GUO Shuping (郭淑萍)

“…Methods A questionnaire survey by using Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale(RHDS) and Care Dependency Scale (CDS) was conducted between February 2021 and August 2022 among 130 coronary artery bypass grafting patients who were scheduled to be discharged from hospital. …”
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