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Sample substitution can be an acceptable data-collection strategy: the case of the Belgian Health Interview Survey.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Stefaan Demarest; Molenberghs, Geert; Johan Van der Heyden; Lydia Gisle; Herman Van Oyen; de Waleffe, Sandrine; Van Hal, Guido Source: Int J Public Health (2017) Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Substitutio ...
Historical aspects of iodine deficiency control.
iodized salt remains the most appropriate strategy. A randomized clinical trial in New Guinea clearly showed in the 1970’s that correcting severe iodine deficiency early in pregnancy prevents endemic ...
The Effect of Maternal Pertussis Immunization on Infant Vaccine Responses to a Booster Pertussis-Containing Vaccine in Vietnam.
a recommended strategy in a growing number of industrialized countries, to protect young infants from disease. Little is known on the effect of this strategy in low- and middle-income countries. Following ...
CystiSim- An Agent-Based Model for Taenia solium Transmission and Control.
https://www.sciensano.be/nl/biblio/cystisim-agent-based-model-taenia-solium-transmission-and-control
and allows for customary coverage and efficacy settings. cystiSim is the first agent-based transmission model for T. solium and suggests that control using a strategy consisting of an intervention only ...
Impact of Chronic Conditions and Multimorbidity on the Disability Burden in the Older Population in Belgium.
strategies to tackle disability should target the main contributors to the disability burden and the most disabling conditions/disease pairs, especially in the clinical practice. Health Topics: Health and ...
Contribution of Chronic Conditions to the Disability Burden across Smoking Categories in Middle-Aged Adults, Belgium.
prevalence and different contributors to the disability burden across smoking categories. This information can be useful from a public health perspective to define strategies to reduce disability in Belgium. ...
One Health research and training and government support for One Health in South Asia.
Bangladesh and Bhutan have established operational OH strategies, with variable progress institutionalising OH in other countries. Identified gaps were a lack of useful scientific information and of ...
Validation of a Sampling Method to Collect Exposure Data for Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.
Our objective was to evaluate the accuracy of various sampling strategies in the estimation of CLD s in intensive care units (ICU s) and to establish a set of rules to identify optimal sampling ...
The epidemiology of subclinical malaria infections in South-East Asia: findings from cross-sectional surveys in Thailand-Myanmar border areas, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
s identified only a quarter of all parasitaemic participants. The asymptomatic Plasmodium reservoir is considerable, even in low transmission settings. Novel strategies are needed to eliminate this previously ...
Community Incidence of Campylobacteriosis and Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis, France, 2008-2013.
and control strategies. The current study was performed to estimate the community incidence of campylobacteriosis and nontyphoidal salmonellosis in France from the number of laboratory-confirmed cases ...