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Exploring ways to respond to rising obesity and diabetes in the Caribbean using a system dynamics model.
Diabetes and obesity present a high and increasing burden of disease in the Caribbean that have failed to respond to prevention policies and interventions. These conditions are the result of a complex system of drivers and...
Post-COVID-19 syndrome risk factors and further use of health services in East England.
Post-COVID syndrome, defined as symptoms persisting for more than twelve weeks after the diagnosis of COVID-19, has been recognised as a new clinical entity in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study was conducted to...
Disaster displacement and zoonotic disease dynamics
Projected increases in human and animal displacement driven by climate change, disasters and related environmental degradation will have significant implications to global health. Pathways for infectious disease transmission...
Adherence monitoring methods to measure virological failure in people living with HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy in Uganda.
Appointment keeping and self-report within 7-day or and 30-days recall periods are non-objective measures of antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence. We assessed incidence of virological failure (VF), predictive performance and...
Breaking free from tunnel vision for climate change and health.
Climate change is widely recognised as the greatest threat to public health this century, but 'climate change and health' often refers to a narrow and limited focus on emissions, and the impacts of the climate crisis, rather...
Challenging the "old boys club" in academia
In light of global environmental crises and the need for sustainable development, the fields of public health and environmental sciences have become increasingly interrelated. Both fields require interdisciplinary thinking and...
Statin-use and perceptions of high cholesterol as predictors of healthy lifestyle behaviours in Nigerians.
It is unclear how statin-use influences the adoption of healthy lifestyle choices. It is important to understand the nature of this relationship as this could facilitate targeted public health interventions which could help...