International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology

Abstract: Any health or health related problem which affects a vast majority of people and hampers the progress of an area or nation or which damages normal lifestyle of people and moreover which is preventable at least to a certain extent, can be called a public health problem. In developing country like India, in the patriarchal society the social position of a vast majority of women is not up to the mark. This creates a dreadful public health problem as a result of high Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR).[...]

Abstract: The study was carried out to ascertain the incidence of malaria parasitaemia and associated anaemia among pregnant women in a semi-urban community nine years after commencement of roll back malaria (RBM) initiative. The study was hospital-based among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a central hospital. Structured questionnaires were administered containing relevant information on age, educational level, number of previous pregnancies and methods used for malaria control. Thick and thin blood films from…

Abstract: The relation between low socioeconomic status and stress in 10 to 12 year olds was examined, using both subjective (self-reports) and objective (hair cortisol concentration) measures of stress. From 33 Dutch 10-12 year olds, data were collected (in April 2014) on the socioeconomic status of the parents (education of the father and mother, mean house value and mean income in the postal area of the child’s residence) and stress (reports of stress and self-efficacy and hair cortisol concentration in two segments of in…

Abstract: Objectives of this study were to examine the constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior and determine how they predict Lebanese medical students’ behavioral intention to advise patients to quit smoking. This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 191 medical students from 6 medical schools in Lebanon. The instrument contained scales that measured attitudes toward the behavior, behavioral beliefs, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Psychometric properties of the scale were examined. Item to t…

Abstract: This study aimed to examine the impact of climatic variation on malaria in Ogun state, Nigeria. A 10-year time-series analysis from 2004 to 2013 was conducted to evaluate the relationship between climatic variables (i.e. rainfall, humidity, minimum and maximum temperature) and malaria cases in Ogun State, Nigeria. Cross-correlation analysis was performed to know the association between meteorological variable at lag 0 to 4 and the number of malaria cases. The ARIMAX model was then used to measure the relationship b…

Abstract: We aimed at evaluating the HBV and HCV epidemiology and the corresponding hospital admissions, as well as morbidity risk. We analysed one Hospital’s database, located in a city with a population of 57,891 foreign residents out of 378,376 as at 12.31.2012. We evaluated the HBV and HCV hospital admissions from 2000 until 2012 for liver cirrhosis using the International Classification of Diseases. 2,697 hepatitis cases were reported (1,237 HBsAg and 1,460 HCV RNA positive patients). HBV and HCV occurred more often in…