Evaluation of COVID-19 pandemic management in Türkiye.

Three years since the first cases were identified and 2 years since an effective vaccine was developed, COVID-19 continues to claim lives and impact people's health and wellbeing, both socially and economically. While the world has been waiting for its leaders to come together to form a collective response to end the pandemic, we still have not seen a multisectoral response, nor any whole-of-society approach. Like many other countries around the globe, Türkiye was caught unprepared by the pandemic.

Premature deaths attributable to long-term exposure to PM in Turkey.

This research aims to reveal the premature deaths caused by long-term exposure to PM in 2018 in Turkey utilizing the AirQ+ program developed by the World Health Organization. Calculation of yearly average PM concentration in provinces, acreage of provinces, and the mortality rate of the at-risk population was the data required for the operation of the AirQ+ program. With the help of the AirQ+ program, the results revealed that a total of 44,617 people (95% CI 29.

Ethical problems in an era where disasters have become a part of daily life: A qualitative study of healthcare workers in Turkey.

Background: Natural disasters, armed conflict, migration, and epidemics today occur more frequently, causing more death, displacement of people and economic loss. Their burden on health systems and healthcare workers (HCWs) is getting heavier accordingly. The ethical problems that arise in disaster settings may be different than the ones in daily practice, and can cause preventable harm or the violation of basic human rights.

30 Years Retrospective Review of Tuberculosis Cases in a Tuberculosis Dispensary in Bursa/Nilufer, Turkey (1985-2014): Changes of Epidemics.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients who applied to the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary by investigating the trends in epidemics over three decades.

Method: In this retrospective observational study, the records of all tuberculosis cases (1630 patients) treated in the last 30 years (1985-2014) at the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary were examined and statistically analyzed.

Results: Males comprised 65.

Trends in occupational injuries and fatality in Turkey.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the trend of occupational injuries in Turkey using epidemiologic criteria such as incidence mortality and fatality/all injuries recorded - rates.

Materials And Methods: Safety and health data were obtained from the Annual Statistic Books of the Social Insurance Institution (1988-2006) and Social Security Institution (2007-2011) of Turkey.

Results: The results from the official data showed that although total employment is increasing the number of occupational injuries and incidence and mortality rates are decreasing.

Family health history and self-rated health: a study from the Turkish countryside.

Self-rated health is a good indicator for mortality and morbidity, and many of the factors affecting self-rated health are well known. However, the effect of familial disease history on an individual's health perception has not been investigated. This study examined the effects of chronic and serious diseases in mothers, fathers, and siblings, and familial deaths, on self-rated health.

Evaluation of respiratory functions of residents around the Orhaneli thermal power plant in Turkey.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the health and respiratory function of residents around the Orhaneli thermal power plant in Turkey. The study was conducted using face-to-face interviews, and respiratory functions were measured with a spirometer. The respiratory functions of 2350 residents, 15 years and older, living in communities near the coal-fired Orhaneli thermal power plant in Turkey were measured.

Hypertension in children (12-14 years)--a case-control study in Bursa, Turkey.

The aim of this study was to determine the cardiovascular disease risk factors (risk of overweight/overweight, dyslipidemia, paraoxonase-1 activity, positive family history, physical inactivity, smoking) that accompany hypertension and investigate the relationship between hypertension and some of these risk factors. This study included 118 hypertensives and 118 age- and sex-matched non-hypertensive controls aged 12-14 years. Among controls, 64.

Occupational exposure to wood dust and health effects on the respiratory system in a minor industrial estate in Bursa, Turkey.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate occupational exposure to wood dust in the furniture industry in a minor industrial estate in Bursa, Turkey.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted between October 2006 and May 2007. In this study, a total of 656 persons, 328 woodworkers and 328 controls were included.

Occupational lead exposure: blood lead levels of apprentices in Bursa, Turkey.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the blood lead levels of apprentices working in lead-related industries with those of non-apprentice controls and to evaluate the influence of such occupational exposure. The study was conducted between October 2004 and June 2005 in Bursa, Turkey. Subjects included 231 apprentices and 252 male controls, age ranging from 14-19 yr old.

Prevalence & risk factors of anaemia among women of reproductive age in Bursa, Turkey.

Background & Objective: The control of anaemia in women of childbearing age is essential to prevent low birth weight and perinatal and maternal mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the anaemia prevalence and risk factors in women of reproductive age group in Nilufer Public Health Training and Research Area, Bursa, Turkey.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 530 women were selected using stratified random sampling among 6,506 women in 15-49 age group and 488 women (92.

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among schoolchildren aged 12-14 years in Bursa, Turkey.

Objective: To determine the hypertension prevalence and risk factors related to hypertension among schoolchildren aged 12-14 years in Bursa, Turkey.

Methods: We conducted this study at the Bursa Provincial Center between February and June 2006. Two thousand and four hundred seventy-eight schoolchildren were randomly selected.

Distribution of blood pressures in Gemlik District, north-west Turkey.

The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension among individuals over 30 years of age and to plan a follow-up programme for the same age group. A community-based sample of 1992 individuals (952 men and 1,040 women) was selected randomly. Out of the total study population, 1,388 (69.