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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.
Borre; Matthieu Billuart; Niko Speybroeck; Robby De Pauw; Veerle Stouten; Lucy Catteau; Pierre Hubin Source: J Epidemiol Community Health (2023) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recent studies have identified ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
status (SES). Methods Data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey (HIS), a representative cross-sectional household survey conducted in 1997, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018, was used. Study participants ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Cross-sectional study was conducted between April 8-May 15, 2020. Data collected included demographics, group category (i.e. staff or resident), symptom status and test result. We retrieved additional data: number ...
Time trends in the use of field-substitution in the Belgian health interview survey
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Stefaan Demarest; Geert Molenberghs; Finaba Berete; Rana Charafeddine; Herman Van Oyen; Guido Van Hal Source: Arch Public Health, Volume ...
Epidemiological, clinical and radiological characteristics of people with neurocysticercosis in Tanzania-A cross-sectional study.
with NCC by presence of epileptic seizures and by serology status. RESULTS: In all three district hospitals, more than 30% of all people with epileptic seizures (PWE) had NCC lesions in their brain (38% ...
Accuracy of high-risk HPV DNA PCR, p16(INK4a) immunohistochemistry or the combination of both to diagnose HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer
positivity rates were 36.4%, 34.0% and 28.9% for DNA, p16 and mRNA, respectively. Ninety-five OPC patients had valid test results for all three tests (DNA, p16 and mRNA). Using mRNA status as the reference, ...
Predictors of exceeding emergency under-five mortality thresholds using small-scale survey data from humanitarian settings (1999- 2020): considerations for measles vaccination, malnutrition, and displacement status.
Arch Public Health, Volume 80, Issue 1 (2022) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Quantifying the effect of measles containing vaccine (MCV) coverage and the prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) on mortality ...
Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.
option. All questions were selected from the Belgian Health Interview Survey relating to health status and determinants of health. RESULTS: One thousand twenty-two questionnaires were obtained after ...
Functional reprogramming of monocytes in patients with acute and convalescent severe COVID-19.
COVID-19 infection has a profound impact on the differentiation status and function of circulating monocytes, during both the acute and the convalescent phases, in a completely distinct manner. This could ...
COVID-19 measures in Belgium: how perception and adherence of the general population differ between time periods.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Joris Van Loenhout; Kirsten Vanderplanken; Stephan Van den Brouck; Isabelle Aujoulat Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 22, Issue 1 (2022) ...