Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2014
Editorial
1. Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the Umra and pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) – 2014☆
Ziad A. Memish, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah
Pages: 73 - 75
Editorial
2. Improving the quality of tuberculosis care: We need standards and strategies to translate them into practice
Madhukar Pai
Pages: 77 - 80
Research Article
3. Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis among final year students in Yazd, central Iran
Fatemah Behnaz, Golnaz Mohammadzade, Razieh S. Mousavi-e-roknabadi, Mahmoud Mohammadzadeh
Pages: 81 - 85
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. Treatment and prevention of TB has shifted from inpatient to outpatient settings. A report from the World Health Organization has emphasized educational strategy to ensure students graduate with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential...
Research Article
4. Egyptian students’ guardians knowledge, attitude and predictors of negative attitude of epilepsy in Assiut city
Ghaydaa A. Shehata, Dalia G. Mahran
Pages: 87 - 95
Background: Epilepsy is very prevalent in Egypt, approaching 6.98 per 1000 population. This study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy among guardians of Egyptian high school students.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was made among guardians (parents/guardians) of high...
Research Article
5. Difference in cerebral blood flow velocity in neonates with and without hyperbilirubinemia
Sriparna Basu, Dibyajyoti De, Ram Chandra Shukla, Ashok Kumar
Pages: 97 - 106
Purpose: To evaluate the difference in cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) in neonates with and without hyperbilirubinemia.
Methods: CBFV of 70 healthy late-preterm and term newborns with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (UCH) reaching the threshold of phototherapy requirement was compared with 70 gestational-...
Research Article
6. Effects of habitat characteristics on the growth of carrier population leading to increased spread of typhoid fever: A model
J.B. Shukla, Ashish Goyal, Shikha Singh, Peeyush Chandra
Pages: 107 - 114
In this paper, a non-linear model is proposed and analyzed to study the effects of habitat characteristics favoring logistically growing carrier population leading to increased spread of typhoid fever. It is assumed that the cumulative density of habitat characteristics and the density of carrier population...
Research Article
7. The global cancer divide: Relationships between national healthcare resources and cancer outcomes in high-income vs. middle- and low-income countries
Ali Batouli, Pooya Jahanshahi, Cary P. Gross, Danil V. Makarov, James B. Yu
Pages: 115 - 124
Background: Cancer continues to rise as a contributor to premature death in the developing world. Despite this, little is known about whether cancer outcomes are related to a country’s income level, and what aspects of national healthcare systems are associated with improved cancer outcomes.
Methods:...
Research Article
8. Final program evaluation methods and results of a National Lymphedema Management Program in Togo, West Africa
Josh Ziperstein, Monique Dorkenoo, Michel Datagni, Naomi Drexler, Monica Murphy, Yao Sodahlon, Els Mathieu
Pages: 125 - 133
In order to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) as a public health problem, the World Health Assembly recommends an approach which includes interruption of transmission of infection and the alleviation of morbidity. In 2000, the Togolese National Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (PNELF) started...
Research Article
9. Nosocomial pathogens associated with the mobile phones of healthcare workers in a hospital in Anyigba, Kogi state, Nigeria
E.O. Nwankwo, N. Ekwunife, K.C. Mofolorunsho
Pages: 135 - 140
Background: Mobile phones of healthcare workers (HCWs) could be colonized by potential bacteria pathogens. The aim of this research is to evaluate the bacterial contamination and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of isolates from mobile phones of HCWs in Grimad hospital.
Method: A total of 112 swab samples...
Research Article
10. Health problems and the health care provider choices: A comparative study of urban and rural households in Egypt
Salma B. Galal, Nageya Al-Gamal
Pages: 141 - 149
Objective: To assess families’ health problems and the health facility choices in an urban and a rural district in Egypt.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study with a multi-stage random sample of 948 urban and 401 rural households was undertaken in a district of Cairo and rural Giza. Data was...