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Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
diseases (NCD s) in Europe, affecting almost 60% of all adults. In Belgium, as in many high-income countries, average body mass index (BMI) has significantly increased over the past decades. Tackling obesity ...
Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
as these concepts are sometimes referred to synonymously but have distinctly different applications. Results. CRA s are very data demanding. One key element is the exposure-response relationship ...
Variation in smoking attributable all-cause mortality across municipalities in Belgium, 2018: application of a Bayesian approach for small area estimations
national and regional estimates of smoking prevalence; however, currently there are no estimates at a smaller geographical resolution such as the municipality scale in Belgium. This hinders the estimation of ...
COVID-19 and people who use drugs: Impact of the pandemic on general anxiety and depressive disorders among adults in Belgium.
a matched cohort design based on two separate repeated cross-sectional online surveys (April and November 2020) among PWUD and the general population. Results of GAD-7 and PHQ-9 were used as outcome ...
Women's views on barriers and facilitators for seeking alcohol and drug treatment in Belgium.
study in Belgium was to identify and obtain a better understanding of the barriers and facilitators for seeking treatment as experienced by substance (ab)using women themselves. Methods: In-depth ...
Understanding New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use in Belgium from a health perspective (NPS-Care)
unprecedented challenges to (drug) prevention-, careand harm reduction efforts. Similarly, research into drug use needs to reinvigorate and review its practices as well, to address this new situation. At present, ...
Potential impact of reduced tobacco use on life and health expectancies in Belgium
the impacts of risk factor changes and to compare the “business-as-usual” with alternative scenarios. Results The “business-as-usual” scenario estimated that in 2028 the 15-year-old men/women would live ...
Impact of tobacco control interventions on health expectancies: use of dynamic modelling for health impact assessment in Belgium
expectancies, comparing the “business-as-usual” scenario with multiple alternative scenarios. Results: The “business-as-usual” scenario estimated that a cohort of 15-year-old men/women is expected to live ...
The European Web Survey on Drugs: patterns of use of new psychoactive substances in Belgium
in the questionnaire. Next to cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, amphetamine and methamphetamine, a specific module was available covering questions on the pattern and motivation of NPS use as well as the ...
Trends in primary substance mentioned by patients entering treatment for illicit substance use in Belgium between 2012 and 2018
primary drug mentioned for treatment in Belgium between 2012 and 2018 globally as well as in different subgroups of patients. Methods The Belgian Treatment Demand Indicator database (TDI) collects ...