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Open AccessAssociation between metabolic score of visceral fat and carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese health screening population: a cross-sectional study
The metabolic score for visceral fat (METS-VF) quantifies the cumulative burden of visceral and intra-abdominal adipose tissues. However, the relationship between the METS-VF and carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) ...
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Open AccessValidity across four common street-crossing distraction indicators to predict pedestrian safety
Multiple distraction indicators have been applied to measure street-crossing distraction but their validities in predicting pedestrian safety are poorly understood.
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Open AccessSocial vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the countries at risk of natural disasters due to climate change. In particular, inhabitants of its riverine islands (char) confront ongoing climatic events that heighten their vulnerabili...
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Open AccessThe satisfaction of elderly people with elderly caring social organizations and its relationship with social support and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
With the deepening of China’s aging population, higher demands have been placed on the supply of elderly care services. As one of the main sources of providing elderly care services, the quality of service pro...
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Open AccessEvaluating the effectiveness of the safety experience room, an affordable interactive education intervention to prevent unintentional injury among rural preschoolers in China: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Interactive and experiential learning programs have proven effective to teach children safety and prevent child unintentional injury. However, previously-published programs were designed primarily to address s...
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Open AccessAssessing the effectiveness of an app-based child unintentional injury prevention intervention for caregivers of rural Chinese preschoolers: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Compared to urban children, children living in rural areas of most countries, including China, are at higher risk of suffering unintentional injuries. Most proven injury prevention interventions, however, are ...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of an app-based intervention for unintentional injury among caregivers of preschoolers: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Each year, over 15,000 preschoolers die from unintentional injuries in China. Many interventions proven to work in other nations have not been implemented nationwide in China. The rapid popularity of smartphon...
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Open AccessImpact of changes in specificity of data recording on cause-specific injury mortality in the United States, 1999–2010
We aimed to examine changes in the specificity of data recording and assess the impact on cause-specific injury mortality during 1999–2010.
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Open AccessNeglected increases in rural road traffic mortality in China: findings based on health data from 2005 to 2010
Recent changes in rural road traffic mortality have not been examined in China although rural residents were reported as having greater risk of road traffic injury than urban residents. We aimed to examine cha...
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Open AccessThe injury mortality burden in Guinea
The injury mortality burden of Guinea has been rarely addressed. The paper aimed to report patterns of injury mortality burden in Guinea.
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Open AccessA step forward for understanding the morbidity burden in Guinea: a national descriptive study
Little evidence on the burden of disease has been reported about Guinea. This study was conducted to demonstrate the morbidity burden in Guinea and provide basic evidence for setting health priorities.
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Open AccessReframing climate change as a public health issue: an exploratory study of public reactions
Climate change is taking a toll on human health, and some leaders in the public health community have urged their colleagues to give voice to its health implications. Previous research has shown that Americans...
