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Jun 19, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: Cholera is a very old endemo-epidemic disease linked to the conditions of
defective hygiene. It is a public health problem, mainly in Africa and Asia. Aim: The purpose of this preliminary study was to determine the level of knowledge
of the population in relation to the factors favoring the endemicity and
epidemicity of cholera among the exposed populations. Methods: This is a
prospective, descriptive cross-sectiona ...
May 31, 2018Open AccessArticle
Adult obesity is a major health concern in the
United States. Adults who are overweight or obese are at higher risk for
chronic illnesses, which include hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular
disease. In addition, obesity significantly contributes to increased healthcare
costs. Rural adults experience higher rates of obesity as well as
correspondingly elevated mortality and morbidity than ...
May 30, 2018Open AccessArticle
The purpose of this study was to verify the association between physical activity frequency and quality of life among fitness centers goers. Participants were 299 individuals of both genders, who attended eight fitness centers. For the collect of sociodemographic data, weekly frequency, duration and time of practice of physical activity, a biosociodemographic questionnaire was used. The quality of life was measured using the WHOQO ...
May 18, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: In Nigeria, childhood tuberculosis (TB),
a debilitating and deadly disease, is highly prevalent and case reporting is
poor due to weak health systems. Globally, children account for at least 10
percent of the TB burden, yet they remain neglected in TB prevention and
control efforts. Research studies integrating family and community-centered
strategies have been recommended by stakeholders to address the paucity of
curr ...
May 17, 2018Open AccessArticle
Introduction: Cholera is
one of the so-called dirty hand diseases. Its effective response saves lives.
The city of Lubumbashi has recorded at least one cholera epidemic for almost
ten years, each of which generates significant socio-economic costs. Method: We
conducted a case-control study on cholera in the city of Lubumbashi in the
Democratic Republic of Congo in 330 individuals, including 11 ...
May 17, 2018Open AccessArticle
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Apr 29, 2018Open AccessArticle
Objective: To analyze the evolution
monthly of the disastrous Caesarean and to their influence one maternal
mortality and infantile in the General hospitals of reference of Kasansa and
Tshilenge. Methods: Descriptive retrospective study Bi-centric related to 434
Caesareans carried out to the maternity of the general hospital of reference of
Kasansa and that of Tshilenge during years 2015 and 2016. Our dated were ...
Apr 28, 2018Open AccessArticle
This qualitative analysis
has searched
the primiparae women’s
experiences around the practice of breastfeeding after weaning their children
under the age of six
months. After their free and deliberate consent, 17 mothers, met at the
maternal and child health service
of the Sendwe’s Hospital of Lubumbashi in D.R. Congo, constituted
the population of our analysis. The semi-directive interview allowed us to
collect data. Primiparae w ...
Apr 18, 2018Open AccessArticle
Introduction: Skin whitening is the act of
brightening the skin complexion by using substances that are applied on the
skin or administered into the body by other means. The use of skin whitening
agents has its drawback in terms of causing harmful effects such as skin disorders like depigmentation, rashes, pimples,
discolorations, kidney damaged, cancers, neurological and psychiatric disorders
depending on how the agents for skin ...
Apr 17, 2018Open AccessArticle
This study provided a dating violence prevention
education program to 116 students (56 boys, 60
girls) in a vocational high school in Japan who learned mainly
agriculture and business and inspected the effect. We performed a program named
“A Program for Mutual Respect: Learning about Domestic Violence in Order to
Value Our Relationships,” which was composed of nineteen lessons over 100
minutes to do the class. Before the class, 61 ...
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