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Equity, social determinants and public health programmes
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This article is published in Indian Journal of Medical Research.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social determinants of health & Health equity.read more
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Strengthening of oral health systems: oral health through primary health care.
TL;DR: The World Health Organization (WHO) Oral Health Programme will work with the newly established WHO Collaborating Centre, Kuwait University, to strengthen the development of appropriate models for primary oral health care.
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A United Nations General Assembly Special Session for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: The Time Has Come
Judith K. Bass,Thomas H. Bornemann,Matthew D. Burkey,Sonia Chehil,Lenis Chen,John R. M. Copeland,William W. Eaton,Vijay Ganju,Erin Hayward,Rebecca S. Hock,Rubeena Kidwai,Kavitha Kolappa,Patrick T. Lee,Harry Minas,Flora Or,Giuseppe Raviola,Benedetto Saraceno,Vikram Patel +17 more
TL;DR: A special session of the UN General Assembly is called for to discuss and debate action needed on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders, which have been left off the international NCDs agenda.
Sociodemographic and lifestyle-related risk factors for identifying vulnerable groups for type 2 diabetes: a narrative review with emphasis on data from Europe
Ioannis Kyrou,Constantine Tsigos,Christina Mavrogianni,Greet Cardon,Vicky Van Stappen,Julie Latomme,Jemina Kivela,Katja Wikström,Kaloyan Tsochev,Anna Nánási,Csilla Semanova,Rocio Mateo-Gallego,Itziar Lamiquiz-Moneo,George Dafoulas,Patrick Timpel,Peter Schwarz,Violeta Iotova,Tsvetalina Tankova,Konstantinos Makrilakis,Yannis Manios +19 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive search of the existing literature on T2DM risk factors was conducted, focusing on studies in adult cohorts from European countries which were published in English after January 2000, and multiple lifestyle-related and sociodemographic factors were identified as related to high T2 DM risk.
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ERICA: smoking prevalence in Brazilian adolescents
Valeska Carvalho Figueiredo,André Salem Szklo,Letícia Casado Costa,Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir,Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva,Katia Vergetti Bloch,Moyses Szklo +6 more
TL;DR: Intending to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use among young people, especially the ones under socioeconomic vulnerability conditions, Brazil must consolidate and increase effective public health care measures.
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Participatory citizenship: Critical perspectives on client-centred occupational therapy
TL;DR: A focus on citizenship suggests reframing professional development based on the participation in public life of people as citizens of their society as part of a more systemic and societal approach to occupational therapy.
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