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Maximilian de Courten
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Open AccessEstimated dietary intake of polyphenols from cereal foods and associated lifestyle and demographic factors in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Cereal foods are consumed globally and are important sources of polyphenols with potential health benefits, yet dietary intakes are unclear. We aimed to calculate the dietary intakes of polyphenols from cereal...
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Open Access“The potential of social media in health promotion beyond creating awareness: an integrative review”
Develo** strategies to change health behaviour is one of the biggest challenges of health promotion programs. Social media, as a popular and innovative communication and education tool, offers opportunities ...
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Open AccessImplementation of non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of hypertension in primary care: a narrative review of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators
The current guidelines for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of hypertension recommend six types of non-pharmacological interventions: alcohol reduction, salt intake reduction, increased po...
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Open AccessEffects of a health worker-led 3-month yoga intervention on blood pressure of hypertensive patients: a randomised controlled multicentre trial in the primary care setting
Hypertension control remains a major challenge globally. A recent systematic review suggested that yoga has beneficial effects on reducing blood pressure. However, the role of yoga in hypertension management i...
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Open AccessAre food allergic consumers ready for informative precautionary allergen labelling?
Precautionary allergen labelling (PAL) has resulted in consumer confusion. Previous research has shown that interpretive labels (using graphics, symbols, or colours) are better understood than the traditional ...
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Open AccessDo commencing nursing and paramedicine students differ in interprofessional learning and practice attitudes: evaluating course, socio-demographic and individual personality effects
Interprofessional education (IPE) requires health students to learn with, from and about each other in order to develop a modern workforce with client-centred care at its core. Despite the client centred focus...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Develo** a Health Information Systems Approach to a Novel Student Health Clinic: Meeting the Educational and Clinical Needs of an Interprofessional Health Service
This paper addresses the use of information management systems and IT capability to design and manage a university student teaching clinic in the Western suburbs of Melbourne. The clinic technology team had th...
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Open AccessFrom screening to postpartum follow-up – the determinants and barriers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) services, a systematic review
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) – a transitory form of diabetes first recognised during pregnancy complicates between < 1% and 28% of all pregnancies. GDM has important short and long-term health consequen...
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Open AccessExploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to diabetes in Mongolia: a national population-based survey
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of mortality in Mongolia, and diabetes, in particular, is a growing public health threat. Mongolia is a nation undergoing rapid and widespread epidem...
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Open AccessHypertension and hypertension-related disease in Mongolia; findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study
Mongolia has a high and increasing burden of hypertension and related disease, with cardiovascular diseases among the leading causes of death. Yet little is known about the knowledge, attitudes and practices o...
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Open AccessHealth system and societal barriers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) services - lessons from World Diabetes Foundation supported GDM projects
Maternal mortality and morbidity remains high in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) represents an underestimated and unrecognised impediment to optimal maternal h...
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Open AccessProtocol for a national, mixed-methods knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on non-communicable diseases
Mongolia is undergoing rapid epidemiological transition with increasing urbanisation and economic development. The lifestyle and health of Mongolians are changing as a result, shown by the 2005 and 2009 STEPS ...
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Effects of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine in adult patients with Kaschin–Beck disease
The purpose is to investigate the effects of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine on adult patients with Kaschin–Beck disease (KBD). A total of 80 patients, aged over 40 years, were randomized into two groups r...
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Open AccessAssessing health systems for type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: develo** a 'Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access'
In order to improve the health of people with Type 1 diabetes in develo** countries, a clear analysis of the constraints to insulin access and diabetes care is needed. We developed a Rapid Assessment Protoco...
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The WHO Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (Steps) of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for a high proportion of death and disability in all countries. In develo** countries the burden of disease caused by NCDs is increasing rapidly. If the curre...
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The Pathogenesis of Hypertension in Obese Subjects
Obese subjects are at an increased risk of becoming hypertensive and vice versa.
