Objective Tuberculosis (TB) stigma is a critical barrier to timely diagnosis and treatment, yet few studies have quantified ...

Objectives Public health students face academic and training pressures as well as challenges arising from patient and community expectations, which may adversely affect their quality of life (QoL) and ...

Introduction Congenital malformations (CMs) are the leading cause of infant mortality. Still, the aetiology remains unknown in 70% of cases. The most accepted hypothesis is that hereditary and ...

Objectives Same-sex marriage legalisation improves mental health among sexual and gender minority (SGM) people. In Japan, ...

Background Hearing loss (HL) imposes a substantial burden on families and society and is the largest modifiable risk factor ...

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with care modality among older adults with chronic disease and disability in rural China. We hypothesised that marital status, family ...

Background Research has yielded contradictory results regarding differences in physical fitness and cardiometabolic risk ...

Objective This study estimated the potential loss of life and the lifetime cumulative risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from live kidney donation. Design Markov medical decision analysis. Setting ...

Objectives Kaizen, or continuous improvement, lies at the core of lean. Kaizen is implemented through practices that enable employees to propose ideas for improvement and solve problems. The aim of ...

Objectives To determine the relationship between the reduction in salt intake that occurred in England, and blood pressure (BP), as well as mortality from stroke and ischaemic heart disease (IHD).

Objectives To explore priorities, barriers to and experiences of palliative and end-of-life care from the perspectives of people living with HIV. Design Cross-sectional online survey conducted in the ...

Introduction Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are a vulnerable population disproportionately affected by mental health disorders due to the combined burden of chronic ...