INTRODUCTION The latent nature of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary stages precludes early diagnosis. This necessitates plans such as screening, but we should first introduce CKD as a public health problem. This study was designed to define the burden of CKD in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS We calculated disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) according to the World Health Organization's p...

OBJECTIVES To present evidence to support a higher priority for injury prevention in initiatives, research, and budget allocations. METHODS Recent data (2000) for deaths from injury, infectious disease, heart disease, and cancer from 11 countries in the Region of the Americas were analyzed. Analyses focused on: first, Potentially Productive Years of Life Lost (PPYLL, discounted) from deaths o...

Siblings of disabled or chronically ill children are often hidden family members and their needs for support might not be met. Current research however is limited in its understanding siblings' lived experiences. This study uses semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences 16 individuals (referred as siblings) who grew up with a brother sister. Participants reflected on childhood adole...

For Indigenous Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand, the impact of disability can be pervasive yet often invisible due to considerable gaps accuracy and interpretations data information for Māori. We present findings from a kaupapa qualitative study that centres perspectives with lived experience disability, exploring how they define negotiate their identities within context health wellbeing. Our emph...

INTRODUCTION We used data from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 to report on the burden of neuropsychiatric disorders in Spain. MATERIALS AND METHODS The summary measure of burden used in the study was the disability-adjusted life-year (DALY), which sums of the years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLLs) and the years lived with disability (YLDs). D...

Globally, the incidence of communicable diseases has decreased compared to non-communicable diseases. However, chronic communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis persist worldwide. Furthermore, emerging new infections such as H1N1 influenza pose a new threat to public health. However, most studies have focused on non-communicable diseases because of their increasing incidence, with...

730 www.thelancet.com Vol 387 February 20, 2016 The longing for longevity without decrepitude is ancient. Homer tells us that to live out his days with Penelope, Odysseus rejected immortality. Later restored to family and kingdom, the gods’ further favour included being able to look forward to an unenfeebled old age. So how goes our longing now? Around the world, although life expectancy is inc...

Caring for a child with developmental disability may affect parents’ mental health. There are few longitudinal or nationally representative studies, none on new health problems. Studies have young children, and adult children. We hypothesized that parents of children would be more likely to develop problems than other parents. used the Panel Study Income Dynamics (PSID, 1997–2017) its Child Dev...