The democratisation of health in the real world
What a curious era we live in. Equality and diversity, words used to describe key values in modern societies, are no longer simple sound bites, but grounds for challenging the status quo in many ways; whether the gender pay gap in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the rights of transgender people to be respected in their identified gender, or the exposure of unacceptable machismo conduct in the international film industry. We have already known for decades from the Whitehall Study,1 that having little control over your working environment is associated with poor health status, so receiving unfair pay compared wit...
Source: Public Health - February 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: F. Sim, P. Mackie Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Self-perceived level of competitiveness, tension, and dependency and lifestyles in the ‘Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra’ cohort study
The objective of this study is to assess the differences in lifestyles according to levels of self-perceived competitiveness, psychological tension, and dependency in a Mediterranean cohort of university graduates. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - February 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: C.R. Unzueta, F. Lahortiga-Ramos, S. Santiago, I. Zazpe, P. Molero, A. S ánchez-Villegas, M.A. Martínez-González Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Projected diabetes prevalence and related costs in three North American urban centres (2015 –2040)
To explore the future implications of diabetes for urban centres, we projected the prevalence and cost of diabetes from 2015 to 2040 in three very different North American cities: Houston, Mexico City and Vancouver. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - February 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ulrik Haagen Panton, Malene Bagger, Sim ón Barquera Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Evaluation of websites that contain information relating to malaria in pregnancy
The study identified available websites on malaria in pregnancy on the World Wide Web and sought to evaluate their readability and information quality. (Source: Public Health)
Source: Public Health - February 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: V. Hamwela, W. Ahmed, P.A. Bath Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
