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Social integration of people with non-psychotic mental illness over the last 2 decades: the widening gap in the adult population in Belgium
social integration Abstract: Purpose: Social integration is poor among people with mental illness (MI). In recent decades, many countries have developed policies to address this issue. It remains unclear, ...
Using random-forest multiple imputation to address bias of self-reported anthropometric measures, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in the Belgian health interview survey
BACKGROUND: In many countries, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors is commonly assessed through self-reported information from health interview surveys. It has been shown, however, that ...
Burden of disease among older adults in Europe-trends in mortality and disability, 1990-2019
demographic change that has taken place in Eastern European countries implies a potential problem of directed resource allocation to the health care sector. Furthermore, the findings highlight the potential ...
The CIVISANO protocol: a mixed-method study about the role of objective and perceived environmental factors on physical activity and eating behavior among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults
overweight and obesity, tend to be more pronounced in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in high income countries. The CIVISANO project aims to identify objective and perceived environmental factors among ...
Two countries, similar practices: The political practices of the food industry influencing the adoption of key public health nutrition policies in Guatemala and Panama.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: M F Kroker-Lobos; L A Morales; M Ramirez-Zea; Stefanie Vandevijvere; B Champagne; M Mialon Source: Public Health Nutr (2022) Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To identify the corporate political activity (CPA ...
Benchmarking public policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Guatemala.
obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCD s) in the countries. The aim of the study was to determine the extent of food environment policy implementation in Guatemala and to identify and prioritize actions ...
Burden of non-communicable disease studies in Europe: a systematic review of data sources and methodological choices
NCD s in countries belonging to the European Region. Results. A total of 163 BoD studies were retained: 96 (59%) were single-country or sub-national studies and 67 (41%) considered more than one ...
Cocaine treatment demands in 10 western European countries: observed trends between 2011 and 2018
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Jérôme Antoine; Nadine Berndt; Mariana Astudillo; Donal Cairns; Stefan Jahr; Andrew Jones; Kuijpers, Wil; Noelia Llorens; Suzi Lyons; Etienne Maffli; Natalia Magliocchetti; Marta Molina Olivas; C ...
Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012-2020).
2012, is an international network that monitors and benchmarks food environments and related policies. By 2020, INFORMAS was active in 58 countries; national government policies were the most frequent ...
Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to low back pain in Malta
encouraging local contributors in order to improve the DALY estimates of each country. Health Topics: Burden of disease Fardeau de la maladie Ziektelast Chronic disease Maladie chronique Chronische ziekte ...