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Environmental Sciences
Rajat Nag
Summary: There is a global focus from the public health community on addressing climate-related public health issues. Climate change can have direct and indirect health impacts, including diseases carried by vectors, foodborne and waterborne diseases, deteriorated air quality, heat stress, mental health, and potential disasters. It is important to identify and prioritize the consequences of climate change to be prepared for the future.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dyego L. B. Souza, Albert Oliveras-Fabregas, Eduard Minobes-Molina, Marianna de Camargo Cancela, Paola Galbany-Estragues, Javier Jerez-Roig
Summary: The study analyzed the prevalence trends of multimorbidity among European community-dwelling adults aged 50 and above, showing significant variability in prevalence among countries, with an increase in central Europe and Spain, and stability in northern and eastern Europe. Musculoskeletal and neurodegenerative diseases displayed more significant changes in trend analyses, providing useful information for policy makers in health promotion and prevention strategies.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lucia Gassner, Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss, Inanna Reinsperger
Summary: This article provides an overview of national strategies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from selected countries, with a focus on cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, type II diabetes, and depression. The strategies vary in detail, structure, and implementation, highlighting the need for regular evaluation and a comprehensive approach to achieve targets.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Shekhar Chauhan, Shubham Kumar, Ratna Patel, David Jean Simon, Aradhana Kumari
Summary: The rising elderly population in India poses significant challenges to the underdeveloped healthcare system. While communicable diseases remain a concern, non-communicable diseases are also burdening the health and social security system. This study examines the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases among the elderly in India, highlighting the impact of education and rural-urban differences.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. Al-Oraibi, O. Hassan, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, L. B. Nellums
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among Syrian refugees residing in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. The findings indicate a high prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and arthritis among Syrian refugees.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Kaory Barrientos, Juan Pablo Arango, Manuel Santiago Moncada, Jersson Placido, Juliana Patino, Sara Legny Macias, Camilo Maldonado, Sandra Torijano, Sandra Bustamante, Martha Elena Londono, Marisol Jaramillo
Summary: Due to their exceptional properties, carbon dots, carbon quantum dots, and graphene quantum dots have garnered attention in biosensing. This review provides an overview of the synthesis methods, properties, and applications of these carbonaceous nanomaterials in the detection of infectious and non-communicable diseases.
Review
Microbiology
Mattia Trunfio, Silvia Scabini, Simone Mornese Pinna, Walter Rugge, Chiara Alcantarini, Veronica Pirriatore, Giovanni Di Perri, Stefano Bonora, Barbara Castelnuovo, Andrea Calcagno
Summary: Pathocoenosis and syndemics theories have emerged to better understand the interconnections and reciprocal influences of coexisting communicable and non-communicable diseases in specific populations. In low and middle-income countries, common co-infections and comorbidities can potentially be treated through pharmacological interactions, but limited guidance data on this possibility exists to date.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anne C. Grunseit, Eloise Howse, Erika Bohn-Goldbaum, Jo Mitchell, Adrian E. Bauman
Summary: This study examined changes in community perceptions of government intervention for lifestyle-related chronic disease prevention in Australia between 2016 and 2018. The results showed that there was a significant increase in the perceived role of government in maintaining people's health, with some demographic subgroups showing increased support for specific interventions. However, overall attitudes towards government intervention became more polarized in 2018 compared to 2016.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
A. C. K. Lee, B. G. Iversen, S. Lynes, A. Rahman-Shepherd, N. A. Erondu, M. S. Khan, A. Tegnell, M. Yelewa, T. M. Arnesen, E. S. Gudo, I. Macicame, L. Cuamba, V. O. Auma, F. Ocom, A. R. Ario, M. Sartaj, A. Wilson, A. Siddiqua, C. Nadon, S. Macvinish, H. Watson, J. Wilburn, T. Pyone
Summary: Integrated disease surveillance (IDS) offers potential for better use of surveillance data, but the extent of IDS implementation worldwide is unknown. This study identified challenges and barriers to IDS implementation and emphasized the need for clarity of purpose, shared ownership, compatibility of IT systems, and adequate resources. An international framework and standards are urgently needed, tailored to country contexts.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jian Song, Wei Qin, Rubing Pan, Weizhuo Yi, Shasha Song, Jian Cheng, Hong Su
Summary: Climate change and health are closely related, with ambient temperature playing a significant role. Low temperature contributes to a substantial burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally, with ischemic heart disease and stroke being the leading causes. The burden attributed to low temperature varies greatly across regions, with Central Asia and Eastern Europe experiencing the highest rates and the Caribbean and Western sub-Saharan Africa having the lowest. While there has been a decrease in the burden of NCDs attributable to low temperature, progress has been uneven among countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michael Edelstein, Chinelo Obi, Meera Chand, Susan Hopkins, Kevin Brown, Mary Ramsay
Summary: The point prevalence of COVID-19 in the community in London sharply decreased after lockdown was implemented. This study highlights the need for regular seroprevalence studies to better understand population-level immunity.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Thu Nam T. Nguyen, Thi Tho T. Nguyen, Bao Quoc Tran, Cong Tuan Pham, Kelly E. Perry, Tilahun Haregu, Brian Oldenburg, Paul Kowal
Summary: This study evaluated the implementation of NCD surveillance activities and the need for capacity building in the public health system in Vietnam. The findings highlighted quality issues in NCD surveillance data and identified factors affecting its effective implementation. Practical strategies for strengthening NCD surveillance were provided.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kiran Cheedella, Peter Conteh, Guanyang Zou, John Walley, Ajaratu Kamara, Haja Wurie, Sophie Witter
Summary: Stakeholders in Bombali District, Sierra Leone, actively engaged in a social mobilization intervention to reduce salt intake, which led to increased awareness of health risks and NCDs in the community. The intervention resulted in a perceived reduction in salt consumption and increased utilization of local health facilities. Future low-cost activities were proposed to continue the success of the intervention.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Aayush Khadka, Stephane Verguet
Summary: This study developed a framework to quantify the monetary values associated with changes in disease-specific mortality risk in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting the trade-offs involved in investing in mortality reduction due to different diseases. Results showed that cardiovascular diseases had the highest absolute monetary value associated with changing mortality risk in older age groups among NCDs.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Juan Li, Fang Yang, Jie Wang, Yanli Tao
Summary: Community based Nurse-led support intervention has a positive impact on reducing HbA1c levels among diabetic individuals.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Md Asadullah, Roopa Shivashankar, Shalimar, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Dimple Kondal, Garima Rautela, Ariba Peerzada, Bhanvi Grover, Ritvik Amarchand, Baibaswata Nayak, Raju Sharma, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Anand Krishnan, Nikhil Tandon
Summary: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is high among adults in both urban and rural North India, including fibrosis and elevated liver enzymes. The study also confirmed a strong association between NAFLD and diabetes, central obesity, and insulin resistance.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Debashish Chowdhury, Ankit Mundra, Debabrata Datta, Ashish Duggal, Anand Krishnan, Arun Koul
Summary: This study compared the efficacy and tolerability of combination treatment with topiramate and greater occipital nerve block to topiramate monotherapy in adult chronic migraine patients. The results showed that combination treatment was more effective in reducing monthly migraine days and was well tolerated compared to monotherapy.
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Ritvik Amarchand, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Anand Krishnan, Prashant Mathur
Summary: Hypertension is a prevalent health issue in India, with low levels of awareness, treatment, and control. Factors such as age, gender, wealth, and location are significantly associated with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control. Public healthcare facilities play a crucial role in managing hypertension, but there is a need for further strengthening of services.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
You Li, Xin Wang, Dianna M. Blau, Mauricio T. Caballero, Daniel R. Feikin, Christopher J. Gill, Shabir A. Madhi, Saad B. Omer, Eric A. F. Simoes, Harry Campbell, Ana Bermejo Pariente, Darmaa Bardach, Quique Bassat, Jean-Sebastien Casalegno, Giorgi Chakhunashvili, Nigel Crawford, Daria Danilenko, Lien Anh Ha Do, Marcela Echavarria, Angela Gentile, Aubree Gordon, Terho Heikkinen, Q. Sue Huang, Sophie Jullien, Anand Krishnan, Eduardo Luis Lopez, Josko Markic, Ainara Mira-Iglesias, Hannah C. Moore, Jocelyn Moyes, Lawrence Mwananyanda, D. James Nokes, Faseeha Noordeen, Evangeline Obodai, Nandhini Palani, Candice Romero, Vahid Salimi, Ashish Satav, Euri Seo, Zakhar Shchomak, Rosalyn Singleton, Kirill Stolyarov, Sonia K. Stoszek, Anne von Gottberg, Danielle Wurzel, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Chee Fu Yung, Heather J. Zar, Harish Nair
Summary: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) plays a significant role in morbidity and mortality burden globally in children aged 0-60 months, especially during the first 6 months of life and in low-income and middle-income countries. Passive immunization programs targeting RSV could have a substantial effect on reducing disease burden.
Article
Pediatrics
Roy Arokiam Daniel, Partha Haldar, Shashi Kant, Anand Krishnan, Rakesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and determinants of hypertension among adolescents in a rural area in North India. The study found a high prevalence of hypertension among adolescents, which was associated with BMI and family history of noncommunicable disease.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
Correction
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Ritvik Amarchand, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Anand Krishnan, Prashant Mathur
JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Parvaiz A. Koul, Siddhartha Saha, Kaisar A. Kaul, Hyder Mir, Varsha Potdar, Mandeep Chadha, Danielle Iuliano, Kathryn E. Lafond, Renu B. Lal, Anand Krishnan
Summary: Among children aged <5 years hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infections in Kashmir, India, respiratory viruses, especially RSV, were found to be prevalent. The most commonly detected viruses were RSV, HRV/enteroviruses, and PIVs.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Anand Krishnan, Ritvik Amarchand, Mohamad Tarik, Harshal Ramesh Salve, Pankaja Raghav, Binod Kumar Patro, Prabu Rajkumar, Kusum Sekhawat, Pradeep Joshi, Prashant Mathur, Fikru Tullu, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Summary: This study examined the performance of equations in estimating 24-hour urinary sodium levels from morning fasting urine samples in India. The Tanaka equation provided acceptable estimates of salt intake at the population level, but all equations showed poor performance overall, highlighting the need for better methods to measure sodium intake at the population level.
NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Debashish Chowdhury, Apoorva Tomar, Vaibhav Deorari, Ashish Duggal, Anand Krishnan, Arun Koul
Summary: This study found that four-weekly greater occipital nerve blockade with 2% lidocaine for 12 weeks significantly reduced the number of headache and migraine days in patients with chronic migraine, with good tolerability.
Review
Immunology
Sumedha Bagga, Anand Krishnan, Lalit Dar
Summary: Seasonal influenza epidemics cause significant pediatric mortality and morbidity worldwide. Live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs) have the potential to be an attractive option for young children in developing countries due to their intranasal administration, broad immune response, and higher manufacturing yields compared to inactivated influenza vaccines (IIVs). However, recent studies evaluating LAIV efficacy in developing countries have reported contradictory results, highlighting the need for a better understanding of the factors influencing LAIV effectiveness in these settings. Assessing replicative fitness and antigenicity when selecting components for LAIV formulations is essential for optimal vaccine performance.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anand Krishnan, Rakesh Kumar, Ritvik Amarchand, Anant Mohan, Ravi Kant, Ankit Agarwal, Poorvi Kulshreshtha, Prasan Kumar Panda, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Neeraj Agarwal, Bijit Biswas, Rathish Nair, Naveet Wig, Rajesh Malhotra, Sushma Bhatnagar, Richa Aggarwal, Kapil Dev Soni, Nirupam Madan, Anjan Trikha, Pawan Tiwari, Angel Rajan Singh, Mukta Wyawahare, Venugopalan Gunasekaran, Dineshbabu Sekar, Sanjeev Misra, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Naveen Dutt, Deepak Kumar, Nitin M. Nagarkar, Abhiruchi Galhotra, Atul Jindal, Utsav Raj, Ajoy Behera, Sabbah Siddiqui, Arun Kokane, Rajnish Joshi, Abhijit Pakhare, Farhan Farooque, Sai Pawan, Pradeep Deshmukh, Ranjan Solanki, Bharatsing Rathod, Vibha Dutta, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Sadananda Barik, Randeep Guleria
Summary: This study analyzed the predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients. The results showed that increasing age, preexisting diabetes mellitus, malignancy, pulmonary tuberculosis, breathlessness at the time of admission, high quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score at the time of admission, and oxygen saturation below 94% at the time of admission were associated with mortality due to COVID-19.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Lalit Dar, Anand Krishnan, Ramesh Kumar, Shivram Dhakad, Avinash Choudekar, Sumedha Bagga, Amrit Sharma, Amit Kumar, Jyoti Jethani, Siddhartha Saha, Ritvik Amarchand, Rakesh Kumar, Aashish Choudhary, Venkatesh Vinayak Narayan, Giridara Gopal, Kathryn E. E. Lafond, Stephen Lindstrom
Summary: This study investigated the efficacy of trivalent LAIV and inactivated influenza vaccines in rural north India. The results showed that on day 2 post-vaccination, approximately 71.2% of LAIV recipients shed vaccine virus strains, but this decreased to 42.3% on day 4. In the second year, the shedding rate of vaccine viruses was lower compared to the first year.
INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Vineet Kumar Pathak, Partha Haldar, Shashi Kant, Anand Krishnan, Sanjeev K. Gupta
Summary: A significant percentage of the elderly population in India incurs high out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, but there is a lack of comprehensive information on these expenditures and their determinants, hindering the development of appropriate policies for financial protection.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Vignesh Lognathan, Sumit Malhotra, Rakesh Kumar, Anand Krishnan, Sanjeev K. Gupta, Baridalyne Nongkynrih
Summary: The study aimed to estimate the coverage of a population-based NCD screening program and identify factors affecting its implementation in district Nuh, Haryana, India. The findings showed low screening coverage and identified key factors such as leadership, prioritization of NCD activities, resource requirements, incentives, worker qualities, and community engagement.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Anand Krishnan, Swamili Khurana, Shweta Sharma, Geetha R. Menon
Summary: This study estimated the prevalence of different risk factors for non-communicable diseases in India in 2010 and 2015 using national survey reports and published articles. The results showed a decline in tobacco use, household solid fuel use, and physical inactivity from 2010 to 2015.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2022)