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A multi-stage approach to support timely health policy decisions during crisis: the fast-track Delphi.
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Background: Scientists can play an important role in policymaking by providing evidence and consensual expert opinion on the state of scientific knowledge. Delphi surveys have been widely used to develop consensus on a topical issue, yet not compatible with public health crisis situations requiring rapid decisions. We developed a fast-track Delphi process, providing experts with a structured approach to rapidly develop and quantify consensus in support of informed policy decisions.
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Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Background And Objective: In recent years, alcohol consumption in different parts of Iran has increased. However, this growth was dramatic in deprived regions. The percent study aimed to determine the age-sex standardized prevalence of alcohol consumption and related factors in the general population of Ilam city during 2021-2022.
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J Clin Med
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Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Lung cancer is a major global health issue, with 2.21 million cases and 1.80 million deaths reported in 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredicting Smoking Cessation Stages: An Insight from the Transtheoretical Model Using a Cross-Sectional Approach Among Adults in Saudi Arabia.
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Department of Maternity and Childhood Nursing, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Smoking is a detrimental health behavior that can be addressed by designing stage-matched interventions with evidence-based behavioral change models such as the transtheoretical model (TTM). This study applied the TTM to predict smoking cessation stages among adults in Saudi Arabia.
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COPD Unveiled: Insights from Dwellers along a Busy Highway in Kattankulathur Block.
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Department of Community Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRMIST, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India.
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