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Materias / palabras clave: Medicine: Medicine (General); Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

ObjectiveTo examine the heterogeneity and determinants of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Literacy (TCM-HL) among middle-aged and older adults patients with chronic diseases and its association with disease burden an...

IntroductionClinical internship education for Chinese clinical medicine interns faces dual pressures of postgraduate entrance exams and the National Medical Licensing Examination (NMLE), with persistent flaws in self-dir...

Abstract Background A major constraint to tuberculosis control is low case finding with under-reporting to national authorities. Evidence shows that Patent Medicine Dealers are first port of call for most people with sym...

Materias / palabras clave: Medicine: Medicine (General); Medicine: Public aspects of medicine; Medicine: Pathology; Medicine: Internal medicine; Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Dermatology; Agriculture; Medicine: Dentistry

Background: This study reports on the quantitative research phase of a mixed-methods study that investigated patients’ acceptance of an application (app)-based telemedicine service for primary care aimed at South Afri...

This country profile examines the development of family medicine (FM) and primary health care (PHC) in Liberia, a low-income West African nation with significant health and socioeconomic challenges. Liberia’s PHC syste...

Transgender people in Poland face numerous legal challenges and problems arising from functioning in the professional environment. The procedure for legal gender recognition is not governed by uniform procedural regulati...

Abstract Background Many cardiovascular (CV) medicines are required for long term. However, with their limited resources, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) may have challenges with access to cardiovascular medici...

Abstract Background Diabetes is a major global public health burden. Effective diabetes management is highly dependent on the availability of affordable and quality-assured essential medicines (EMs) which is a challenge ...

IntroductionThis study investigates how multimodal metaphors convey two core Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts— “Yin Xu” (Yin deficiency) and “Yang Xu” (Yang deficiency)—in short science communicati...

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and impose a substantial financial burden on patients and their families, particularly in low-income and conflict-affec...

The concept of social norms has been extensively employed in behavior-change-oriented public health interventions. By addressing these problems, health programs that use social norms may become more rooted in the complex...

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes a formidable global health threat, spanning bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens. Within this broader context, antibiotic resistance (ABR)—specifically t...

Background: Primary healthcare (PHC) is a crucial entry point for health prevention and continuity of care. The public health sector faces challenges in providing equitable, accessible and comprehensive care, particular...

Abstract Background With the aging population, the increasing prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases, and the diversified needs for primary health care (PHC) medicines, it is necessary to rethink the functional ...

Abstract Background This study aimed to characterize school canteens and food commercialization practices in private schools located in the capitals of Brazil. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data f...

This study focuses on the formation of the homeopathic physician as one of several actions developed to humanize medical practice. In Brazil, this action occurred outside institutions of higher learning until 2003, when ...

Abstract Background Around a third of suicides in the United Kingdom occur in public spaces, such as on the railways, at bridges, or coastal locations. Increasingly, the use of Artificial Intelligence and other smart tec...

Throughout Brazilian Public Health System's (Centralized Health System - SUS) construction history there has been a reasonable investment in the education for the sector. However, it has been frequently noticed by health...

Abstract Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been widely used in response to the shortage of skilled health workers especially in resource limited areas. China has a long history of involving CHWs in public h...

Abstract Background As a global health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic offered a unique opportunity to identify sickness absence (SA) patterns consisting of long and short episodes and total number of SA days in a cohort o...

IntroductionThe escalating frequency of infectious disease outbreaks underscores the urgent need for reliable forecasting systems to support timely public health interventions. Existing approaches—ranging from statisti...

The use of “theory” is a common concern in public health and anthropology. However, the term can have quite distinct meanings. In this piece, we seek to name and characterize some tendencies in anthropological theori...