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Patients’ satisfaction with clinical laboratory services in public hospitals in Ethiopia
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-01-03)
Background: Knowing customers’ level of satisfaction is relevant to improve and provide quality health care
services. In the clinical laboratory, monitoring customers’ satisfaction is an important indicator of the ...
Understanding the implications of the Sustainable Development Goals for health policy and systems research : results of a research priority setting exercise
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-01-09)
Background: Given the paradigmatic shift represented by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as compared
to the Millennium Development Goals - in particular their broad and interconnected nature - a new set of ...
Assessing the completeness and comparability of outcomes in systematic reviews addressing food security : protocol for a methodological study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-01-09)
Background: Systematic reviews should specify all outcomes at the protocol stage. Pre-specification helps prevent
outcome choice from being influenced by knowledge of included study results. Completely specified ...
Cultural considerations in the classification of mental disorders : why and how in ICD-11
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-01-27)
No abstract available.
Exploring the evolution of engagement between academic public health researchers and decision-makers : from initiation to dissolution
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-02-10)
Context: Relationships between researchers and decision-makers have demonstrated positive potential to influence research, policy and practice. Over time, interest in better understanding the relationships between the two ...
Choreographing life-experiences of balance control in people with Parkinson’s disease
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-02-10)
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder. Reduced balance is one of the
cardinal symptoms of PD, predisposing people living with PD to experience difficulties with the execution of ...
TB transmission is associated with prolonged stay in a low socio-economic, high burdened TB and HIV community in Cape Town, South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-02-10)
Background: While several studies have assessed the associations between biological factors and tuberculosis (TB)
transmission, our understanding of the associations between TB transmission and social and economic ...
Statin prescription among patients with type 2 diabetes in Botswana : findings and implications
(BioMed Central, 2020-03-10)
Background: There is evidence of statin benefit among patients with diabetes regardless of cholesterol levels or prior cardiovascular disease history. Despite the evidence, there is under-prescription of statins in clinical ...
Analytical methods used in estimating the prevalence of HIV/AIDS from demographic and cross-sectional surveys with missing data : a systematic review
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-03-14)
Background: Sero- prevalence studies often have a problem of missing data. Few studies report the proportion of
missing data and even fewer describe the methods used to adjust the results for missing data. The objective ...
Effectiveness of the female condom in preventing HIV and sexually transmitted infections : a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-03-12)
Background: The effectiveness of female condoms for preventing HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
remains inconclusive. We examined the effects of female condoms on the acquisition of HIV and STIs.
Methods: ...