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Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in ethnic minority groups in Europe: a DEDIPAC study
2017
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
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on behalf of the DEDIPAC consortium Abstract Background: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour are associated with health and wellbeing. ...
More comparative studies are needed as well as inclusion of a wider spectrum of the diverse ethnic minority groups resettled in different European countries. ...
Availability of data and materials Not applicable. 1 Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway. 2 ...
doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0554-3
pmid:28738832
pmcid:PMC5525226
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The Economics of Happiness and Anger in North Africa
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2015
The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics
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Thus, there are concerted efforts to measure happiness and design policies to enhance it. Happiness metrics rank North African countries among the lowest, and worsening over time. ...
This paper explores key contributing factors to decades of frustration and anger in North Africa, and how these sentiments play themselves out since the Arab revolutions. ...
Between the two periods, 19 countries improved their rankings, and 13-including several of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries-worsened theirs. ...
doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199687114.013.20
fatcat:yfcc5grfijhcxhm6zdfoiwo4qi
Seroprevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Prior Immunity in Immigrants and Refugees: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2012
PLoS ONE
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Conclusions: The seroprevalence of chronic HBV infection is high in migrants from most world regions, particularly among those from East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe, and more than 50% were ...
Methods and Findings: Medline, Medline In-Process, EMBASE and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched. ...
However, the number of subjects screened for anti-HBs from the Middle East and North Africa (n = 131), South Asia (n = 364) and Latin America and the Caribbean (n = 29) were very small and results from ...
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044611
pmid:22957088
pmcid:PMC3434171
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Improving health equity among the African ethnic minority through health system strengthening: a narrative review of the New Zealand healthcare system
2020
International Journal for Equity in Health
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There is a need for research and political will to invest in African minority health and diverse workforce that understands the background of the African population; and action to address structural and ...
An improvement and well-functioning health information system is pivotal to capture the unmet needs of the African population. ...
Disclosure statement There is no financial interest or benefit that has arisen from the direct applications of this research. ...
doi:10.1186/s12939-020-1125-9
pmid:32028955
pmcid:PMC7006202
fatcat:v4bvxbzxffbgvpn64pdui4ywyq
A Comparative Cross-sectional Study of the Prevalence and Determinants of Health Insurance Coverage between Nigeria and South Africa: A Multi-country Analysis of Demographic Health Surveys
2021
Zenodo
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The objectives were to estimate the prevalence of health insurance coverage, and to explore the socio-demographic factors associated with health insurance in South Africa and Nigeria. ...
The findings of this study may possibly aid in informing and communicating health policy to increase financial access to healthcare and its utilization in South Africa and Nigeria. ...
Helen Thomas and Dr. Ololade Julius Baruwa. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the North-West University Faculty of Humanities, Mafikeng, South Africa. ...
doi:10.5281/zenodo.5800146
fatcat:oe7rxcdjazai7kcuptmpvyg55q
Perceived Risks, Travel Constraints, and Destination Perception: A Study on Sub-Saharan African Medical Travellers
2020
Sustainability
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In medical travel, previous studies have investigated the factors that influence medical travellers to receive treatment outside the country. ...
This is a quantitative study whereby the data was collected from 306 sub-Saharan African medical travellers, who visited India for the treatment. ...
Movement of the patients outside the country intensified in East African countries due to the perception of low-quality services at home and less proactive marketing. ...
doi:10.3390/su12072807
doaj:f28f4370c3b74299b278e456ce247771
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Contribution of the extractive industry to sustainability in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Region
2020
Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy
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North African (MENA) region. ...
The first finding is that the extractive industry in the region has the potential and opportunity to contribute to the attainment of all the 17 SDGs. ...
INTRODUCTION This article examines the importance of the extractive industry to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Middle East and North African region. ...
doi:10.4314/jsdlp.v11i1.10
fatcat:zkru74weizearjax6sdwors5im
Health Domains for Sale: The Need for Global Health Internet Governance
2014
Journal of Medical Internet Research
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When aggregated by WHO region, 75% of responding countries from the South-East Asia Region had these web sites and official initiatives, while inroads had also been made in countries of the European (67% ...
In the African Region approximately 20% of countries affirm voluntary compliance, government intervention and technology mechanisms. ...
doi:10.2196/jmir.3276
pmid:24598602
pmcid:PMC3961808
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Effectiveness of health systems strengthening interventions in Africa: a systematic review
2019
International Journal of Healthcare Policy
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Interventions that are included in this review are those that were carried out in single or multiple African countries. ...
No intervention concurrently strengthened all the six HSs building blocks and none improved all four overall outcomes of HSS. ...
Findings of Kalk et al. (2010) in Rwanda will particularly be applicable in East Africa and any other African countries where there are good citizen identification and accountability systems because ...
doi:10.1504/ijhp.2019.101686
fatcat:ruq2fnamujckznbbvwfujxvxpy
What Hinders Economic Development in Africa?
2017
European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
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It reveals the extent of suffering in Africa, despite enormous resources across the entire region. ...
A careful analysis of the prevailing and ongoing situation in African societies reveals that a lot of economic failures are elicited by human factors and not by environmental, location or the absence of ...
Over the past four years, beginning from 2014, the emergence of ISIS had not only affected the Middle East countries of formation, but had also spiralled onto North African countries where it sought a ...
doaj:0843ffccd05c45928236855955607310
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Hypertension in developing countries
2012
The Lancet
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Data from diff erent national and regional surveys show that hypertension is common in developing countries, particularly in urban areas, and that rates of awareness, treatment, and control are low. ...
The health system in many developing countries is inadequate because of low funds, poor infrastructure, and inexperience. ...
Acknowledgments We thank Rehab M El-Ashkar for her excellent secretarial work and help in the preparation of the manuscript. ...
doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60861-7
pmid:22883510
fatcat:2aa7p67stvaonfzntb6drjpeba
Coffee culture: Will Nigerians drink coffee like others?
2021
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences
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Originality/value Given the importance of coffee culture in the larger world, and acceptance of coffee as a global social drink, the design of a scale that focussed on socialisation, health, elitism, culture ...
Largely, the findings revealed that coffee culture is still very low among the citizens and the summation that coffee culture is still in infancy. ...
Historically, it originated from Africa, precisely Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and thereof it spread to India, Armenia, the Middle East and other parts of the world (Crawford, 1852) . ...
doi:10.1108/jhass-03-2021-0046
fatcat:vmavyllepjeetl77ftrxlw2q7y
Out of Africa: A Steady American Disengagement
2021
The Journal of US-Africa Studies International Journal of US and African Studies
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States which were also included in The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). ...
dependency on the energy resources of the Middle East has also become almost obsolete because of the discovery of large deposits of oil and gas shales in the American continent. ...
doi:10.21747/21846251/jourc1
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Subject index
2002
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
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, Prenatal ultrasound biometry related to
subsequent blood pressure in childhood, 713
flame retardants, up of middle aged and elderly men and women in north east-
ern Finland, 905
G7/G8 summit, Health ...
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study on health, job satisfaction, and behavioural risks, 693
health care utilisation, Socioeconomic differences in children's
use of physician services in the Nordic countries, 200
health ...
environment, Health and greening the city, 896 Health and greening the city, 897 Urban residential environments and senior citizens' longevity in megacity areas: the importance of walkable green spaces ...
doi:10.1136/jech.56.12.e2
fatcat:3espawvj7rd4veb64ueyv6p254
Brucellosis in West and Central Africa: A review of the current situation in a changing landscape of dairy cattle systems
2018
Acta Tropica
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Herd prevalence rose from 31.4 to 65%.Mauritania: Mauritania is another large country in the North of the region neighbouring Mali but also having an expanse of coastal border in the West. ...
findings295
all described vaccine control implemented in the north of the country from 1978 and 301 described a decrease in abortion rate of 37% after the first year of the campaign. ...
doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.026
pmid:29287761
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