Screening of Risk Factors of Hypertension among Urban and Rural Populations of District-Hapur

Health literacy is the ability of individuals to access, process, and understand health information to make decisions regarding treatment and their health on the whole; it is critical to maintain and improve public health. However, the health literacy of urban and rural populations in China has been little known. Thus, this study aims to assess the status of health literacy and explore the differences of its possible determinants (e.g., socio-economic factors) among urban and rural populations in Henan, China. A cross-sectional study, 78,646 participants were recruited from a populous province in central China with a multi-stage random sampling design. The Chinese Resident Health Literacy Scale was adopted to measure the health literacy of the respondents. In the participants, the level of health literacy (10.21%) in central China was significantly lower than the national average, and a big gap was identified between urban and rural populations (16.92% vs. 8.09%). A noticeable difference was reported in different aspects and health issues of health literacy between urban and rural populations. The health literacy level was lower in those with lower levels of education, and a significant difference was identified in the level of health literacy among people of different ages and occupations in both urban and rural areas. Note that in rural areas, as long as residents educated, they all had higher odds to exhibit basic health literacy than those uneducated; in rural areas, compared with those aged 15 to 24 years, residents aged 45 to 54 years (OR = 0.846,95% CI (0.730, 0.981)), 55 to 64 years (OR = 0.716,95% CI (0.614, 0.836)) and above 65 years (OR = 0.679, 95% CI (0.567, 0.812)) were 84.6%, 71.6%, and 67.9%, respectively, less likely to exhibit basic health literacy. Considering the lower health literacy among rural residents compared with their urban counterparts, a reorientation of the health policy-making for Chinese rural areas is recommended. This study suggests that urban–rural disparity about health literacy risk factors should be considered when implementing health literacy promotion intervention.

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Coronary heart disease: outlook for Africa

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ◽

10.1177/014107689709000108 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 90 (1) ◽

pp. 23-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

A R P Walker ◽

P Sareli

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Coronary Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Serum Cholesterol Level ◽

Rural Populations ◽

Advanced Stage ◽

White Population ◽

Lifestyle Behaviour ◽

Increases In Risk

In Africa, coronary heart disease (CHD) is near absent in rural areas, and very uncommon in urban centres, where many Africans are in an advanced stage of transition. Among town dwellers intakes of food, especially fat, have risen and intakes of fibre-containing foods have fallen. Mean serum cholesterol level is almost double that of rural populations living traditionally. Obesity in females has risen enormously. Prevalence of hypertension exceeds that in the white population. The same applies to the practice of smoking in males, but not in females. The level of physical activity has fallen generally. With these increases in risk factors we can expect urban Africans to attain the high mortality rate for CHD now experienced by Afro-Americans. Prevention by urging reversion to previous lifestyle behaviour is a non-starter. However, as long as Africa remains impoverished, a major rise in CHD is unlikely.

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Risk factors for unsafe behaviors toward grenades among rural populations affected by explosive devices in Colombia

Conflict and Health ◽

10.1186/s13031-018-0141-5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Andrew T. Boyd ◽

Kristin Becknell ◽

Steven Russell ◽

Curtis Blanton ◽

Susan T. Cookson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Rural Populations ◽

Unsafe Behaviors ◽

Explosive Devices

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Blood Pressure Gradients and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Urban and Rural Populations in Abia State South Eastern Nigeria Using the WHO STEPwise Approach

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0073403 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. e73403 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Ikechi Gareth Okpechi ◽

Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye ◽

Nicki Tiffin ◽

Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe ◽

Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Blood Pressure ◽

Cardiovascular Risk ◽

Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽

Rural Populations ◽

Pressure Gradients ◽

Stepwise Approach ◽

South Eastern

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Public awareness of oral cancer, of oral potentially malignant disorders and of their risk factors in some rural populations in Sri Lanka

Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology ◽

10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00566.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (6) ◽

pp. 540-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Hemantha K. Amarasinghe ◽

Udaya S. Usgodaarachchi ◽

Newell W. Johnson ◽

Ratilal Lalloo ◽

Saman Warnakulasuriya

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Oral Cancer ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Rural Populations ◽

Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders ◽

Potentially Malignant Disorders ◽

Potentially Malignant

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Variation in Anopheles distribution and predictors of malaria infection risk across regions of Madagascar

10.21203/rs.3.rs-24666/v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nicholas Arisco ◽

Benjamin L Rice ◽

Luciano M Tantely ◽

Romain Girod ◽

Gauthier N Emile ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Ecological Risk ◽

Malaria Infection ◽

Multilevel Models ◽

Rural Populations ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Ecological Risk Factors ◽

Socioeconomic Risk ◽

Rapid Environmental Change

Abstract Background Deforestation and land use change is widespread in Madagascar, altering local ecosystems and creating opportunities for disease vectors, such as the Anopheles mosquito, to proliferate and more easily reach vulnerable, rural populations. Knowledge of risk factors associated with malaria infections is growing globally, but these associations remain understudied across Madagascar’s diverse ecosystems experiencing rapid environmental change. This study aims to uncover socioeconomic, demographic, and ecological risk factors for malaria infection across regions through analysis of a large, cross-sectional dataset.Methods The objectives were to assess(1) the ecological correlates of malaria vector breeding through larval surveys, and (2) the socioeconomic, demographic, and ecological risk factors for malaria infection in four ecologically distinct regions of rural Madagascar. Risk factors were determined using multilevel models for the four regions included in the study.Results The presence of aquatic agriculture (both within and surrounding communities) is the strongest predictive factor of habitats containing Anopheles larvae across all regions. Ecological and socioeconomic risk factors for malaria infection vary dramatically across study regions and range in their complexity.Conclusions Risk factors for malaria transmission differ dramatically across regions of Madagascar. These results may help stratifying current malaria control efforts in Madagascar beyond the scope of existing interventions.

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