ISSN 2326-7291
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International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology ISSN 2326-7291 Vol. 9 (7), pp. 001-006, July, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
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The impact of parental education on infant mortality in Gaza strip, Palestine
Mazen Abuqamar1*, Danny Coomans2 and Fred Louckx1
1Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
2Department of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Vrije Universiteit, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Accepted 07 December, 2019
Abstract
A society's infant mortality rate is considered an important indicator of its health status. Maternal education has been accepted almost unanimously as a major socio-economic factor in infant mortality. In addition, it is one of the few measures of health status for which data are widely available in most countries. Many research studies have been done on this topic, but never in Palestine. This study was carried out in 2008 with the objective of determining the relationship between educational level of parents and infant mortality in the Gaza strip. Face to face interviews were carried out on 550 mothers of infants (275 dead infants and 275 live births) in the Gaza strip. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to identify the relationship between health behavioral factors and infant mortality. The result of this study showed that the families with lower educational level had a much higher risk of infant mortality. There was a positive statistical association between parental education and survival of infants. The findings underscore the importance of explicit attention to health education.
Key words: Parental education, social factor, infant mortality, Gaza strip.
Mazen Abuqamar*, Danny Coomans and Fred Louckx
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https://doi.org/10.46882/IJPHE/1209Research Article
International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology ISSN 2326-7291 Vol. 9 (5), pp. 001-017, May, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
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Maternal education and child nutritional status in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jacques Be-Ofuriyua EMINA1,2*, Ngianga-Bakwin KANDALA3, Joseph INUNGU4 and Yazoume YE5
1Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust Clinical Research Program, P. O Box 30096, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
2Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.
3Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
4Population Services International, Cotonou, Benin.
5ICF Macro, USA.
Accepted 12 March, 2020
Abstract
Using data from the 2001 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey, this study examines association between maternal education and child nutritional status in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Analyses are based on chi-square tests and logit generalized estimating equations. The results showed that maternal education difference in child nutritional status depends on the nutritional status indicator used. Maternal education is associated with lower prevalence of simultaneous multiple-malnutrition. In contrast, the prevalence of single malnutrition indicators “stunting only” or “wasting only” is higher among children whose mother has secondary education or higher. However, depending on the indicator, the association disappears or appears only after controlling for the province of residence. Therefore, any study on the determinants of children nutritional status should be based on a clearly defined nutritional indicator. In addition, only national policies integrating education, access to food and use of health service are pivotal to improve child health and nutrition.
Key words: Nutritional status, under-five children, maternal education, Democratic Republic of Congo, socioeconomic factors, conflict affected area.
Jacques Be-Ofuriyua EMINA*, Ngianga-Bakwin KANDALA, Joseph INUNGU and Yazoume YE
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https://doi.org/10.46882/IJPHE/1205Research Article
International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology ISSN 2326-7291 Vol. 9 (4), pp. 001-005, April, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
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Cutaneous infectious diseases in Tunisian adolescents
El Fekih Nadia, Aounallah-Skhiri Hajer2*, Ben Thabet-Dorbane Imen, Zéglaoui Faten, kamoun Mohamed Ridha and Fazaa Becima
1Department of Dermatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
2Institut National De santé Publique, Tunis, Tunisia.
Accepted 17 January, 2020
Abstract
Few studies have been completed in adolescent’s cutaneous diseases. The aim of this work is to assess the adolescent epidemiological profile of the cutaneous infectious diseases and its evolution between 1997 and 2007. We have performed a comparative retrospective study on all adolescent outpatients attending Charles Nicolle’s Hospital Dermatological Department on 1997 and 2007 and focused on cutaneous disease. The total number of outpatients was 9254 and 11343 on 1997 and 2007, respectively. Among this population, we counted 1155 teenagers on 1997 (12.4%) and 1176 teenagers on 2007 (10.63%). Comparatively, the results revealed that there were no significant differences in terms of age and gender between 1997 and 2007. For both years, the majority of cutaneous infections were of viral origin, followed by fungal dermatosis, bacterial dermatosis and finally parasitic dermatosis. We have noted a major modification in the skin infections profile: a decrease in bacterial skin diseases frequency (P < 10-3), and an increase in warts (P = 0.02) and scabies (P = 0.014). Meanwhile, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including venereal warts have also considerably increased especially in teenage females (P = 0.059).
Key words: Warts, adolescents, pityriasis vesicular.
Zéglaoui Faten, kamoun Mohamed Ridha and Fazaa Becima, Aounallah-Skhiri Hajer*, Ben Thabet-Dorbane Imen, El Fekih Nadia
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https://doi.org/10.46882/IJPHE/1204Research Article
International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology ISSN 2326-7291 Vol. 9 (4), pp. 001-006, April, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
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Sero-prevalence of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in small ruminants in Blue Nile, Gadaref and North Kordofan States of Sudan
A. S. Abdalla1, A. A. Majok2, K. H. El Malik3 and A. S. Ali4*
1General Directorate of Animal Health and Epizootic Disease Control, Federal Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Khartoum, Sudan.
2Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology, Bor, Sudan.
3Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
4Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Accepted 10 February, 2020
Abstract
The present cross-sectional survey was conducted in Blue Nile, Gadarif and North Kordofan states of Sudan. The study was conducted during the period May 2005 to September 2006 to provide an overview of the most important diseases affecting small ruminants’ productivity. Results of interviews with small ruminants’ keepers indicated that peste des petitis ruminants (PPR) was found to be one of the most important diseases in all the study areas, with minor variations in importance at individual state level. Analyses of the sera collected from small ruminants gave an overall sero-prevalence of PPR as 61.8%. However, PPR had a slightly higher ranking in importance in Gadarif and Blue Nile states, while respondents in North Kordofan did not report PPR as the most important disease, but reported a syndrome with diarrhea, pneumonia and sudden death. This syndrome was considered by the pastoralists as the most important condition which reduced their small ruminants’ numbers and denied them market access.
Key words: Peste des petitis ruminants (PPR), seroprevalence, small ruminants, Sudan.
A. S. Abdalla, A. A. Majok, K. H. El Malik and A. S. Ali*
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https://doi.org/10.46882/IJPHE/1203Research Article
International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology ISSN 2326-7291 Vol. 9 (4), pp. 001-007, April, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
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Diagnosis of invasive squamous cell carcinoma: Impact of opportunistic screening in >70 years old women in Trentino (northern region of Italy)
Teresa Pusiol1, Doriana Morichetti2 and Maria Grazia Zorzi2
1Section of Cytopathology, Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Rovereto Hospital, Italy.
2Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Rovereto Hospital, Italy
Accepted 07 February, 2020
Abstract
To assess the value of opportunistic screening in diagnosis of invasive squamous carcinoma found in >70 years old women in Trentino (northern region of Italy) in the period 2007 to 2010, the cytopathology Section of Rovereto Hospital examined 28589 opportunistic Pap smears. papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed in all histological specimens with diagnosis of low grade and high grade intraepithelial lesions and invasive cervical carcinoma. 111 cases (0.38%) of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia-3-squamous cell carcinoma were identified in 28589 opportunistic Pap smears. The cytological diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia-3 was performed in three cases, confirmed by cone biopsy in two patients with the presence of HPV-16 and HPV-58 with PCR. The diagnosis of keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma was performed with Pap smear in three patients, histologically confirmed by the biopsy with the presence of HPV-58 in one case. Non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma was diagnosed with Pap smear in two cases, histologically confirmed by hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in absence of HPV. It is necessary to note that early diagnosis decrease to mortality, morbidity and management costs of new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in > 65 years old women. The present study supports the screening policy to perform Pap test every 3 years until aged 69 years, independently to sexual activity.
Key words: Invasive cervical carcinoma, opportunistic screening, cancer in elderly women.
Teresa Pusiol, Doriana Morichetti and Maria Grazia Zorzi
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International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology ISSN 2326-7291 Vol. 9 (4), pp. 001-004, April, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
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Assessment of awareness on food borne zoonoses and its relation with veterinary public health services in and around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sisay Girma1, Girma Zewde2, Ketema Tafess3, and Tariku Jibat2*
1College of Veterinary Medicine, Haramaya University, P. O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
2School of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia.
3College of Medical Sciences, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Accepted 09 January, 2020
Abstract
A qualitative survey was conducted to assess the awareness on food borne zoonoses and its relation with veterinary public health services in Addis Ababa and its surrounding districts. Structured questionnaire was used in the study. Factors like educational level, information source, and profession, were considered for possible explanation of the results. The most frequently known zoonotic diseases were rabies (100%), followed by anthrax (94.27%), teniasis (89.06%), tuberculosis (88.54%), brucellosis (49.48%), and mentioned others (31.25%). The importance of veterinary public health in the overall public health institutions was assessed by looking at the responses to questions and it is shown that the public health institutions do not yet see the need of having veterinarians in the public health. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the awareness and use of inspected and packed animal products is relatively low, which exposes the people to risk of food borne pathogens. The authors would like to recommend to the government and concerned bodies to raise the awareness of the public, using the appropriate communication media, and to strengthen the contribution of public health veterinarians in the public health services for better community health.
Key words: Awareness, veterinarian, food borne zoonoses.
Sisay Girma, Girma Zewde, Ketema Tafess and Tariku Jibat*
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https://doi.org/10.46882/IJPHE/1201