BACKGROUND To examine the association between rurality and health in Scotland, after adjusting for differences in individual and practice characteristics. METHODS DESIGN Mortality and hospital record data linked to two cross sectional health surveys. SETTING Respondents in the community-based 1995 and 1998 Scottish Health Survey who consented to record-linkage follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME M...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to describe the magnitude of educational inequalities in utilisation of general practitioner (GP) and specialist services in 9 European countries. In addition to West European countries, we have included 3 Eastern European countries: Hungary, Estonia and Latvia. To cover the gap in knowledge we pay a special attention to the magnitude of inequalities among pa...

This study investigates the role of wealth in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, hereafter (SSA). Using recent data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we document the differences that exit within urban and between urban and rural residents in Sub-Saharan Africa based on wealth. Our findings lead us to conclude that there is a statistical significant difference both within urban res...

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. This study surveys the pathologic characteristics of thyroid cancerin Mashhad and study of papillary carcinoma in more detail. In this retrospective study, 108 out of 197 cases of thyroid cancer were papillary in type (55%), with female to male ratio of 1.91 which is lower than current reports. The age at the time of diagnosis ranged ...

this paper deals with the study of a leaf spot disease observed on aloe vera leaves in various nurseries and botanical gardens during the routine surveys of two consecutive years of 2010 and 2011. the symptoms appeared in the form of circular to oval, brown to black, sunken spots on abaxial surface of leaves. the disease was observed only in january to february during the survey. colonieson pda...

Heart disease in children, and in particular, rheumatic heart disease, is not generally reported to public health departments; therefore, estimates of its prevalence in different geographic and climatologic areas, in specific age groups, in varying socioeconomic levels, and in other diverse environmental and familial conditions must be made on the basis of surveys. Prevalance surveys of heart d...

Correspondence to Henrik Brønnum-Hansen; Henrik.Bronnum-Hansen@ sund.ku.dk ABSTRACT Objectives: The purpose of the study was to estimate health expectancy for the Palestinian population and to evaluate changes that have taken place over the past 5 years. Design: Mortality data and population-based health surveys. Setting: The Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip and the West...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate student pharmacists' impact on health fair participant knowledge of selected disease states and to evaluate the intent of health fair participants with abnormal screening results to seek follow-up care within 1 month of screening. METHODS Health fair participants were assessed for changes in their knowledge of specific diseases before and after screenings. Participants'...