scholarly journals Snakebites in Two Rural Districts in Lao PDR: Community-Based Surveys Disclose High Incidence of an Invisible Public Health Problem

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e0003887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inthanomchanh Vongphoumy ◽  
Panom Phongmany ◽  
Sengdao Sydala ◽  
Nouda Prasith ◽  
Ralf Reintjes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
High Incidence

scholarly journals Determinant Factors of Anemia among Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaregal Asres ◽  
Tilahun Yemane ◽  
Lealem Gedefaw
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
Prevalence Of Anemia

Background. Anemia affects one-quarter of the world’s population; nonpregnant women were one of the groups for whom it is common, making it a global public health problem. Objective. To determine prevalence and risk factors of anemia among nonpregnant women of childbearing age in Jimma town southwest Ethiopia. Methodology. We conducted a community based cross-sectional study involving 441 nonpregnant women. Data was collected over two months of period. We collected sociodemographic and related data using structured questionnaire. We collected four milliliters of venous blood and five grams of stool samples from each study participant for hematological and parasitological analysis. We performed statistical analysis using SPSS-V 16 software. Result. The prevalence of anemia was 16.1% (n=71) with mean hemoglobin 12.96 g/dL (±1.04), among which 97.2% (n=69) were mildly anemic. Age group of 25–36 years old, lower economic level, illiteracy, multiparity, having intestinal parasitic infection, using more than two sanitary pads per day during menstruation period, and low body mass index were found to be risk factors of anemia among the group. Conclusion. Prevalence of anemia indicates mild public health importance which shows it was indeed public health problem. Identified risk factors should be considered for prevention and control of anemia among the group.

scholarly journals Program Eliminasi Lymphatic Filariasis di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Gusti Meliyanie ◽  
Dicky Andiarsa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Maximum Coverage ◽  
Global Target ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time

Filariasis has been a public health problem in Indonesia for a long time and WHO has established this disease as a neglected disease which is a public health problem in the world, therefore a global filariasis elimination program that must be achieved in 2020. This article compiles some literature for writing references related to the development of global filariasis elimination and the progress of filariasis elimination in Indonesia particularly.  Filariasis elimination program in Indonesia has been running at least 26 districts that have stopped implementing mass drug administration (MDA) from 239 endemic filariasisdistricts. The remaining districts are expected to have implemented MDAstart from 2015 so that the year 2020 is completed and verified also given predicates of filariasis elimination according to global target of filariasis elimination. Management-based and community-based research is important to determine the best model of elimination. There are still many challenges in increasing coverage, so that continuing education efforts on filariasis and the importance of treatment will motivate communities to play an active role in achieving maximum coverage targets, and national filariasis elimination targets can be achieved by 2020.

scholarly journals High Burden of Hypertension Among Adult Population in Rural Districts of Northwest Ethiopia: a Call for Community Based Intervention

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Destaw Fetene Teshome ◽  
Shitaye Alemu Balcha ◽  
Tadesse Awoke Ayele ◽  
Asmamaw Atnafu ◽  
Mekonnen Sisay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Northwest Ethiopia ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Family History Of Hypertension

Abstract Background: Estimating prevalence and identifying risk factors of hypertension are paramount important to develop strategies to prevent hypertensive disease. Although, hypertension is a major public health problem in Ethiopia, there is scarcity of evidence in rural areas of the country. Hence, this study is aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among adult population in rural districts of northwest Ethiopia.Methods: Community based cross sectional study was conducted from June to October, 2020. Multistage cluster sampling technique was used to select 1177 study participants. A face to face interview was conducted using an adapted version of the WHO STEPwise approach questionnaire. The blood pressure was measured three times using aneroid sphygmomanometer and the mean of the last two readings were used for the analysis. Data were entered using Epidata and analyzed using STAT-14. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify risk factors associated with hypertension.Results: Of the total participants, 218(18.5%) were found to be hypertensive. The prevalence of hypertension consistently increased with age. Hypertension was positively and significantly associated with female sex ((adjusted odd ratio (AOR)=2.30, 95% CI: 1.53, 3.45)), age group 45-54 years (AOR=4.63, 95% CI: 1.01, 21.37), 55-64 years (AOR=14.40, 95% CI: 3.07, 67.63), ³65 years (AOR=19.37, 95% CI: 4.03, 93.09), having history of alcohol consumption (AOR=3.25, 95% CI: 1.17, 9.02), used much amount of salt (AOR=2.37, 95% CI: 1.53, 3.60), used too much amount of salt (AOR=3.78, 95% CI: 1.85, 7.72), sleeping for a short duration (AOR=2.05, 95%CI: 1.30, 3.24), and having Family history of hypertension (AOR=2.12, 95% CI; 1.32, 3.39). Conclusions: Hypertension was significantly high among the rural population we studied and is emerging as a public health problem in rural areas. Female sex, older age, ever used alcohol, used much and too much amount of salt, inadequate sleep, and family history of hypertension were factors positively and significantly associated with hypertension. We recommend local health authorities integrate promotion of hypertension health education, lifestyle modification intervention on salt and alcohol reduction, and hypertension detection particularly for female and elderly population at health post level to avert the problem.

scholarly journals Trends in hepatitis B incidence in Romania, 1989-2005

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Pitigoi ◽  
A Rafila ◽  
A Pistol ◽  
V Arama ◽  
V Molagic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Dramatic Decrease ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Single Use ◽  
The Impact

In the early 1990s, Romania had a high incidence of hepatitis B, with over 30 cases per 100,000 population annually. The disease represented a serious public health problem, especially for children. As a result, public health measures were introduced during the 1990s such as the enforcement of the use of single-use needles and a routine vaccination programme for children and health workers. This paper describes the change in incidence of HBV infection in Romania from the late 1980s until 2005, and demonstrates the impact of those measures. They have lead to a dramatic decrease in hepatitis B incidence across the country: overall, the incidence has decreased from 43 per 100,000 in 1989 to 8.5 per 100,000 in 2004. The decrease has been most prominent in children under 15, dropping from 81 to 11 per 100,000 population and year during that period.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Children of 6–59 Months in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Biruk Bogale ◽  
Befikadu Tariku Gutema ◽  
Yilma Chisha
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Surveillance Site

Introduction. Child stunting, which is a chronic length or height growth deficit, has been a devastating public health problem in developing countries. In Ethiopia, stunting remains severe public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of stunting and its associated factors among children of 6–59 months. Methods. The community-based cross sectional study was conducted in the Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Southern Ethiopia. The simple random sampling method was used to recruit 656 mother-child pairs. Height for age Z score was computed using WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 software. Multivariable logistic regression model was fitted, and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) at p value <0.05 was used to determine statistically significant association between predictors and outcome variable. Result. The prevalence of stunting among children of 6–59 months in the study area was 47.9% (95% CI; 44.0–51.7). The likelihood of stunting was significantly higher among children who live in households with medium (AOR 2.20, 95% CI: 1.43–3.37) and poor (AOR 2.87, 95% CI: 1.72–4.81) wealth status. In addition, children who were not exclusively breast fed (AOR 1.55, 95% CI: 1.07–2.24), whose mothers had not participated in decision of major household purchases (AOR 2.27, 95% CI: 1.21–4.26), and whose mothers lacked decision on freedom of mobility (AOR 1.96, 95% CI: 1.05–3.66) were significantly stunted compared with counterparts. Conclusion. Stunting is a severe public health problem in the area. Therefore, efforts should be taken to enhance maternal empowerment, household wealth, and infant and young child feeding practice for reducing stunting among children.

scholarly journals Comparison of Two Commercial ELISA Kits for the Detection of Anti-Dengue IgM for Routine Dengue Diagnosis in Laos

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixiao Lu ◽  
Onanong Sengvilaipaseuth ◽  
Anisone Chanthongthip ◽  
Ooyanong Phonemixay ◽  
Manivanh Vongsouvath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Denv Infection ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Who Criteria ◽  
Igm Elisa

The endemicity of Dengue virus (DENV) infection remains a major public health problem in Lao PDR. In this study, we compared two commercial anti-dengue IgM ELISA kits, Panbio® Dengue IgM Capture ELISA (Panbio Kit, Alere, Waltham, MA, USA) and DEN DetectTM MAC-ELISA (InBios kit, InBios International, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA), in the context of diagnosis of patients admitted to hospital with clinical dengue presentation. Two panels of paired blood samples were tested. Panel A was composed of 54 dengue confirmed patients (by DENV real-time RT-PCR) and 11 non-dengue dengue patients (other infections confirmed by corresponding PCR results). Panel B included 74 patients randomly selected from consecutive patients admitted to Mahosot Hospital in 2008 with suspicion of dengue fever according to WHO criteria. Results from panel A showed significantly better sensitivity for Panbio kit (64.8%; 95%CI: 50.6–77.3%) than for InBios kit (18.5%; 95%CI: 9.3–31.4%) when testing admission sera. Sensitivity was increased for both kits when combining results from admission and convalescent sera. Concordant results were obtained from panel B with fair agreement (κ = 0.29) between both kits when testing single admission samples, and moderate agreement (κ = 0.5) when combining results from admission and convalescent sera.

Seroprevalence of human brucellosis in rural endemic areas in eastern Turkey

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serhat Vancelik ◽  
Asuman Guraksin ◽  
Ahmet Ayyildiz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Rose Bengal ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Human Brucellosis ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rose Bengal Test ◽  
The Rose

In this cross-sectional, community-based study, sera were obtained from 573 subjects. Brucella seropositivity was detected in 5.4% according to the standard tube agglutination test, rising to 11.9% when the Rose-Bengal test was used. Brucellosis is a serious public health problem in eastern Tur key.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: a Community based study in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.H.M Enayet Hussain ◽  
Junnatul Ferdoush ◽  
Saidur Rahman Mashreky ◽  
AKM Fazlur Rahman ◽  
Nahid Ferdausi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Initial Screening ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Childhood Blindness ◽  
Household Level

AbstractThis study has aimed to detect the prevalence and causes of childhood blindness in rural area of Bangladesh. A cross sectional quantitative study design was adopted for this study which carried-out in three unions (sub-districts) of Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj district of Bangladesh. Using a validated tool a screening program was conducted at household level. After initial screening a team of ophthalmologists confirmed the diagnosis by clinical examinations. The prevalence of childhood blindness found was 6.3 per 10,000 children. The rate of uni-ocular blindness was 4.8 per 10,000 children. Congenital problems were the major cause of both uniocular and binocular blindness (UOB: 84% and BB: 92% &). For binocular blindness, whole globe was the responsible site (28.0%, CI: 13.1, 47.7) and cornea was for the uni-ocular blindness (57.8%, CI: 35.3, 78.1). Childhood blindness is a public health problem in Bangladesh. Childhood blindness is common irrespective of gender. Major causes of childhood blindness are congenital.

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