Attitudes supportive of spousal violence retards developmental efforts worldwide, and in particular in patriarchal African settings. It is important to curb this behavior by designing preventative evi...
Cross-sectional secondary data from two Eswatini Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted in 2010 and 2014 with representative samples of 4,686 and 4,761 women, respectively were analyzed u...
Overall, the prevalence of acceptance of intimate partner violence declined significantly between 2010 and 2014 in Eswatini (29.0% vs. 19.8%, p<0.001). In both surveys, socioeconomic factors associate...
Secondary or higher education for individual women and a high proportion of women in the community with low socioeconomic disadvantage are important socioeconomic predictors of reducing women's suppor...
For psychiatric service users suffering from severe mental disorders, the social support provided by personal social networks is essential for living a meaningful life within the community. However, t...
We collected personal network data relating to 380 psychiatric service users from a random sample of health care providers in Belgium. We computed various measures of the structure of those networks a...
The results show that the more central a support person was in the network of a service user, the more important his or her support was considered to be by the service user. Also, the denser the netwo...
These finding highlight the collective dimension of social support. We discuss the implications for the organisation of mental health care....
To explore whether plaque and gingival bleeding are more frequently experienced by adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) compared to matched controls without JIA; explore whether surfac...
In this comparative cross-sectional study, selected surfaces, and sites of index teeth in 10-16-year-olds with JIA and matched controls were examined by modified versions of Simplified Oral Hygiene In...
144 and 159 adolescents with JIA were evaluated according to OHI-S and GBI; corresponding numbers of controls were 154 and 161. Plaque and gingival bleeding were more frequent in individuals with JIA ...
Our results highlight the importance of increased awareness of oral health care in patients with JIA and that surface- and site-specific differences in periodontal outcomes exist between individuals w...
Despite remarkable achievements in improving maternal and child health, early neonatal deaths still persist, with a sluggish decline in Ethiopia. As a pressing public health issue, it requires frequen...
Secondary data analysis was conducted based on the demographic and health survey data conducted in Ethiopia in 2019. A total weighted sample of 5,753 live births was included for this study. A multile...
The prevalence of early neonatal mortality in Ethiopia was 26.5 (95% Cl; 22.5-31.08) per 1000 live births. Maternal age 20-35 (AOR, 0.38; 95% Cl, 0.38-0.69), richer wealth index (AOR, 0.47; 95% Cl, 0....
This study showed that, in comparison to other developing nations, the nation had a higher rate of early newborn mortality. Thus, programmers and policymakers should adjust their designs and policies ...
Risky sexual behaviour (RSB), particularly multiple sexual partnerships (MSP) continues to be a major public health concern and has been linked to the increasing STIs, including HIV/AIDS in many parts...
Data was extracted from the 2016 South Africa Demographics and Health Survey (2016 SADHS). A cross-sectional study of 3889 never-married young people. Descriptive and inferential statistics as well as...
The results indicated that at the individual level, young males (61.7%) were significantly more likely than their female counterparts (56.1%) to engage in multiple sexual partners, although, the diffe...
There is a need to intensify programmes aimed at considering appropriate policy options to reduce the prevalence of multiple sexual partnerships. Adopting the implications of these findings is essenti...
This study employs a multilevel model, nesting firm observations within industry and province groups, to investigate the influences on corporate contributions to poverty alleviation while considering ...
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of non-use of health services in the last year by people with Chagas disease (CD) in an endemic area in Brazil and the contextual and individual factors assoc...
Although recent studies have examined the bidirectional associations between physical activity and sleep parameters, few have focused on older adults utilizing objective assessments, such as polysomno...
Intersectional approaches are needed to disaggregate the complex interaction of social identities contributing to (mental) health disparities. Health anxiety represents an overlooked public mental hea...
Analyses are based on cross-sectional data of the adult population living in Germany (...
Analyses revealed additive social inequalities in health anxiety with greatest impact of low income but no clear intersectional gradient. Most affected by health anxiety were females who immigrated th...
Intersectional approaches contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of (mental) health disparities. In addition to general efforts to counteract health inequalities, combining universal screeni...
Li et al developed a multilevel covariance regression (MCR) model as an extension of the covariance regression model of Hoff and Niu. This model assumes a hierarchical structure for the mean and the c...
