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Front Public Health
January 2025
Center for Experimental Economics in Education, Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
Purpose: This study evaluates the effectiveness of rural maternal health services in improving pregnant women's health knowledge, practices, and outcomes in northwestern China, focusing on the roles of received public services and policy awareness.
Methods: Baseline surveys were conducted in rural Shaanxi Province in 2021 and 2023, involving 1,152 pregnant women from 85 townships, selected via multistage cluster random sampling. Data were collected through structured face-to-face interviews, covering health knowledge and behaviors.
Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Psychiatric University Clinic of Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Female sex workers are a vulnerable hard-to-reach group. Research in this field is scarce due to several issues, such as methodological difficulties or societal stigmatization. Most of the available literature focuses on sexually transmittable diseases.
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January 2025
Department of Health Systems and Policy, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
Background: Multimorbidity is a growing global concern, affecting patient outcomes and healthcare costs. In low- and middle-income countries, data on multimorbidity in primary care beyond prevalence is limited. Our study explored the demographic and clinical characteristics of multimorbidity among older people attending primary health care in Malawi.
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January 2025
School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
This letter addresses the integration of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things-based older adult healthcare programs with existing community and institutional elderly care systems. It highlights the current disconnect leading to service duplication and resource inefficiencies, proposes multifaceted integration approaches, and underscores the importance of supportive policies. International examples are referenced to demonstrate successful models, emphasizing the need for coordinated care to enhance service delivery and optimize resource use.
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November 2023
Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Background: Reducing alcohol and tobacco availability is one potential way to reduce harm from these unhealthy commodities. This study explores key stakeholders' views in relation to policy priorities and considerations for both alcohol and tobacco availability.
Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 stakeholders from alcohol and/or tobacco third sector organizations, government, public health and licensing in Scotland.
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