9 articles in this issue
Neetu Purohit,Divya K. Bhati,Shiv D. Gupta,Azad S. Kundu
Background: Non-communicable diseases account for a significant disease burden in the South East Asia region. India is facing an increased incidence of lifestyle-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease. Socioeconomic and lifestyle risk factors fo... see more
Carlos Siordia,Athena K. Ramos
Understanding the disability-poverty relationship among minority groups within the United States (US) populations may help inform interventions aimed at reducing health disparities. Limited information exists on risk factors for disability and poverty amo... see more
Eva Chang,Fabio Luelmo,Zamira Baydulloeva,Marija Joncevska,Guljamol Kasymova,Oktam Bobokhojaev,Tom Mohr
Introduction: Tajikistan has a laboratory network with three levels of tuberculosis (TB) laboratories. The external quality assessment (EQA) of sputum smear microscopy was implemented in 2007. The objective of this study was to evaluate the EQA system and... see more
Maryam M. Nassaif,Ghufran J. J. Alobed,Noor A. A. Alaam,Abdulla N. Alderrazi,Muyssar S. Awdhalla,Asokan G. Vaithinathan
Background: Energy drink (ED) consumption is becoming increasingly popular among young Bahrainis, who may be unaware of the health risks associated with ED consumption. To date, there have been few publications on the consumption of ED in Bahrain, particu... see more
Brett J. Craig,Martha C. Engstrom
Background: As the Republic of Kazakhstan undertakes new public health efforts to promote healthy lifestyles among its citizens, the local perceptions of health and health behaviors need to be examined and understood from the sociocultural and historical ... see more
Svetlana McGill
Background: Ukraine has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV rates and was one of the largest recipients of funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF). The objective of this study was to close the gaps in the literature on... see more
Unentsatsral Lkhagvasuren,Sarantuya Jav,Battogtokh Zagdsuren
Background: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is the most common bone metabolic disease associated with low bone mineral density (BMD) and osteopathic fragility fractures, which can lead to significant morbidity. The objective of this study was to investigate t... see more
Victoria M. Saadat
Background. The dissolution of the USSR resulted in independence for constituent republics but left them battling an unstable economic environment and healthcare. Increases in injection drug use, prostitution, and migration were all widespread responses t... see more
During the type-setting of the final version of the article,1 the title was misspelled on the website, page 2 of Word Document, and page 2 of PDF. The title was written as “Quantifying Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Related Health Risks: Burden of Cardiocasc... see more