Recently added articles from Journal of Health Population and Nutrition:
Setting priorities in diarrhoeal disease research: merits and pitfalls of expert opinion.(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009; ... In this issue of the Journal, Kosek and colleagues report the results of an exercise conducted by leading experts in diarrhoea, ranking different topics in diarrhoea research according to their potential to contribute to a substantial reduction in diarrhoeal disease by 2015 in accordance ...
Directing diarrhoeal disease research towards disease-burden reduction.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Diarrhoeal disease causes an estimated 1.8 million deaths per year (1). Despite evidence of reduction in mortality over the last 50 years (2,3), diarrhoeal disease continues to be a major killer of children aged less than five years and a principal cause of ...
Determining gestational age in a low-resource setting: validity of last menstrual period.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Accurate determination of neonatal gestational age is important for guiding both individual infant management and care-seeking and for epidemiologic purposes. To determine gestational age in the newborn, clinicians in industrialized countries rely on various ...
Emergency contraception: knowledge and attitudes of family physicians of a teaching hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Contraception is one of the major determinants of fertility levels. In the developing world, an estimated 122.7 million women have an unmet need for contraception (1). Almost half of the Asian countries had a contraceptive prevalence of 60% or higher (2). This ...
Condom-use skills checklist: a proxy for assessing condom-use knowledge and skills when direct observation is not possible.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Other than abstinence, protected sex remains the most effective prevention against acquisition of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) (1,2). Since incorrect condom-use significantly reduces the effectiveness of condoms, protected sex includes not only ...