23 results match your criteria: "Institute of Public Health of Belgrade[Affiliation]"

Introduction: Cancer and its treatments can lead to a wide range of side-effects that can persist long after treatments have ended. Across Europe, survivorship care is traditionally hospital-based specialist-led follow-up, leading to gaps in supportive care. Improved screening, diagnosis and treatment increase survival rates.

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Background: Certain lifestyle characteristics, such as dietary patterns, physical activity, and maintenance of recommended body weight, low-risk alcohol consumption and non-smoking are associated with the lower likelihood for the development of chronic-non communicable disease in the general population. These lifestyles are called health promoting behaviors (HPBs). We aimed to examine the prevalence of the HPBs among the women of reproductive age in Serbia and the factors associated with the compliance with four or more of these behaviors.

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In contrast to the traditional approach to risk assessment, which focuses on a single chemical, cumulative exposure and risk assessment considers the consequences of exposure to multiple chemical combinations. A cumulative risk assessment of dietary exposure of adult females and adult males to pesticides with chronic effects on the thyroid was conducted by estimation of the Total Margin of Exposure (MOET). Exposure to each active substance was estimated using a second-order Monte Carlo simulation.

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Background: Antimicrobial resistance presents one of the most significant threats to public health. This study aimed to examine antibiotic usage within the general population in the Republic of Serbia and their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior concerning this topic.

Methods: We conducted an online cross-sectional study over two weeks in December 2022, on a sample of 1014 respondents, representative of the Republic of Serbia's population.

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The types of carbapenemases and clonal relatedness among community isolates of carbapenemase-producing in Belgrade, Serbia, were determined. During the period 2016-2020, community isolates were screened for carbapenemases, and carbapenemase production was confirmed by multiplex PCR. Clonality was determined based on genetic profiles obtained by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR.

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With global urbanization and industrialization, air pollution has become an inevitable problem. Among air pollutants, toxic metals bound to particulate matter (PM) have a high hazardous potential, contributing to the development of several diseases, including various types of cancer. Due to PM pollution, Serbia is considered to be among the most polluted countries in Europe.

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The epidemic control approach was based on non-pharmacological measures in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by vaccine uptake in the second year. Vaccine uptake depends on the individual attitude toward vaccination. The aim was to assess the changes in attitudes regarding COVID-19 vaccine protection during the pandemic and to determine the vaccination uptake concerning these attitudes.

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Cirrhosis Due to Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Hospitalizations in Belgrade, Serbia: A 10-Year Retrospective.

Iran J Public Health

October 2022

Nursing Care Research Center, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: Cirrhosis due to alcohol-related liver disease (ALD cirrhosis) is a significant burden to health systems worldwide. We aimed to determine the trends in hospitalization frequency due to ALD cirrhosis and to analyze their characteristics.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the Institute of Public Health of Belgrade database, and included all hospitalization reports which contained code K70.

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The aim was to explore the factors associated with the financial burden (FB) of medical care, dental care, and medicines among older-aged people in Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia using EU-SILC 2017. The highest frequency of FB of medical care and medicines was in Croatia (50% and 69.1%, respectively) and of dental care in Slovenia (48.

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Background & Aim: The study describes the experiences and opinions of Serbian physicians regarding workforce management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials & Methods: A total of 1553 licensed physicians (65% males; average age 44.0 years) responded to an online survey in September 2020.

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Pesticide active substances in infant food in Serbia and risk assessment.

Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill

March 2021

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Risks posed by pesticide residues in infant food urge for protection of the most vulnerable part of our population. In the current study a total of 54 samples of infant food (juice and purée) were collected on the Serbian market. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization method detected 18 out of 69 analyzed pesticide active substances in 55.

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Objectives: This study aimed at identifying the needs for the health workforce in 16 public health laboratories in the Serbian capital by assessing the workforce stock, workload activities, activity standards, and workload pressure.

Methods: A review of laboratory records and regulations, interviews with key respondents, and observing work processes provided data for the World Health Organization method for determining staffing needs based on workload indicators (Workload Indicators of Staffing Need, WISN).

Results: A total of 99 laboratory workers spend almost 70% of their available working time in undertaking core activities.

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The food of animal origin that is the most consumed is the table egg, but laying hens treated with antibiotics can produce eggs contaminated with antibiotic residues. Residues of antibiotics may present a risk for consumer health. Keeping in mind that laying hens almost always suffer from Mycoplasma (), for which they are treated with antibiotics, high-quality egg production is even harder.

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Antimicrobial resistance represents the emerging problem of modern medicine. Despite the fact that spp. is one of the most resistant pathogens, there has been a paucity of data on molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of community isolates in European countries as well as in Serbia.

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Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of the measles resurgence in the Republic of Serbia in 2014-2015.

PLoS One

March 2020

WHO European Regional Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella, Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette and Laboratoire National de Santé, Dudelange, Luxembourg.

The Republic of Serbia is a country with ongoing endemic transmission of measles. The aim of this study is to summarize the main characteristics of the measles resurgence that occurred in Serbia in 2014-2015. The national surveillance data on measles was analysed in relation to the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory data.

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Article Synopsis
  • - ACEs are linked to an increased risk of health issues and harmful behaviors, with nearly half of young adults in a study reporting at least one ACE, and about 5.6% experiencing four or more ACEs.
  • - The study found that individuals with a higher count of ACEs face significantly greater odds of negative outcomes, such as a 17-fold increased risk of suicide attempts, but supportive childhood relationships can mitigate some of these risks.
  • - Emphasizing the importance of resilience, the study suggests that fostering supportive relationships during childhood could help reduce the long-term impacts of ACEs, highlighting the need for better prevention and intervention strategies.
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In-depth quantitative profiling of post-translational modifications of Timothy grass pollen allergome in relation to environmental oxidative stress.

Environ Int

May 2019

University of Belgrade-Faculty of Chemistry, Centre of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences and Department of Biochemistry, Belgrade, Serbia; Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, South Korea; Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address:

An association between pollution (e.g., from traffic emissions) and the increased prevalence of respiratory allergies has been observed.

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Enterotoxin production and antimicrobial susceptibility in Staphylococci isolated from traditional raw milk cheeses in Serbia.

J Environ Sci Health B

December 2017

a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology , University of Belgrade, Bulevar Oslobodjenja 18, Belgrade , Serbia.

This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of coagulase positive staphylococci (CPS) by examining a total of 71 raw milk cheeses. Additionally, enterotoxigenicity, antimicrobial susceptibility and the presence of mecA and mecC genes in the staphylococcal isolates were investigated. The isolation and enumeration procedure of CPS followed the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard.

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Aim To investigate a correlation between cervical canal infection and imminent preterm labor and to identify most frequent pathogens. Methods A prospective study was conducted in obstetrics/gynecology departments of Health Center and the University Clinical Center Tuzla, and General Hospital Tešanj (Bosnia and Herzegovina, B&H) between October 2013 and May 2014. An examined group included 50 healthy pregnant women with singleton pregnancy of the gestation age between the 28th and 37th week, with cervical changes that are related to imminent preterm labor.

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Database on clinically treated patients in Belgrade served as an example for analysis of possibilities for the use of Personal Identifying Number (PIN) as an Unique Patient Identifier. In the first part of the paper we analyzed filling up of the fields which contained data on PIN within complete databases in 1981, 1991 and 1996. Filling up of PIN was significantly changed in the three observed years: it was 18% in 1981; 68% in 1991, and 56% in 1996 respectively.

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The paper presents a database on clinically treated patients in Belgrade, a computerized health-statistics information sub-system. It also analyses the organisation of report processing related to hospitalisation, types of indicators on hospital treatment (which are the result of such a processing) as well as their further utilisation on different levels of management within the system of health care in Belgrade.

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