PS-362 Epidemiology Of Orofacial Clefts In Emilia Romagna And Tuscany Regions

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OROFACIAL CLEFTS Doctoral (Ph.D.) – thesis

Epidemiology of Orofacial clefts in Africa: Methodological challenges in ascertainment

BACKGROUND To carry out a systematic review of the birth prevalence of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CLP) and cleft palate (CP) in Africa based on available published data. METHOD Using the Cochrane search strategy and the following keywords words "cleft palate", "prevalence", "incidence", "cleft lip" and "Africa" to screen Ovid Medline {1966 to March 2007), Cinahl {1982-March 2007}...

Antimicrobial stewardship programs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the state-of-the-art of antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. A self-compiled, 23-question, multiple-choice questionnaire, divided into eight sections, focusing on Public Health Trust (PHT) characteristics, multidisciplinary team, formulary restrictions, education, guidelines and protocols, auditing, antimicrobial therapy...

Region Emilia Romagna: Primary Health Care Integration/Regione Emilia-Romagna: l’integrazione nel sistema di Cure Primarie

The politics of Region Emilia-Romagna have been meant to improve social and health care integration through an architecture of local services coherent with this purpose, setting up a Department dedicated to Primary Care inside the Social and Health District. The territorial basis of the Local Health Units (LHU), the resident people, the sustained public spending, the employed human resources an...

Mortality and bioclimatic discomfort in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Many researches have highlighted the influence of climate on mortality, showing a high increase in mortality in summer time during “heatwaves”, periods with very high temperature and humidity levels. This relation seems to be stronger than those between mortality and other environmental factors, such as atmospheric pollution. According to estimates made in the United States and Greece, unusual ...