The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for abuse and IPV related injury among an urban population. This study reports an additional analysis of a case-control study conducted from 1994 to 2000 in 11 USA metropolitan cities where of 4746 women, 3637 (76.6%) agreed to participate. Control group women (N = 845) were identified through random digit dialing. Significant risk factor...

COVID-19 vaccines will become available in Democratic Republic of Congo soon. Understanding communities’ responses to the forthcoming is important. We was conducted an analytical cross-sectional study online 26 provinces during period from January March 2021. A total 11971 were included; mean age respondents 35.1±10.4 years; 79.4% males; 90.5% had university school education and 55.4% has a hig...

Background & Aims: There are limited information about prevalence of smoking, drug abuse and its associated factors amongst Iranian students. The present study aimed to determine prevalence of smoking and drug abuse amongst male high school students in Ilam and the role of associated psychological and social factors. Method: Overall, 1000 male high school students were recruited using a multi-s...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence and risk factors associated with uncomplicated maternal sepsis and progression to severe sepsis in a large population-based birth cohort. METHODS This retrospective cohort study used linked hospital discharge and vital statistics records data for 1,622,474 live births in California during 2005-2007. Demographic and clinical factors were adjusted using mu...

This study is among the first to examine the sexual risk behaviors and attendant factors of young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Hong Kong using location-aware gay social networking mobile applications ("gay apps"). Among the 213 YMSM (Mage = 21.52, SD = 2.29 years, range 17-25) who reported their recent (past six months) sexual history with male partners and gay apps use, inconsistent con...

the disposition and cellular organization of the endocrine pancreas were studied in three species of freshwater teleosts viz., labeo bata (hamilton, 1822), sperata aor (hamilton, 1822) and chitala chitala (hamilton, 1822) using histological techniques. in l. bata, the endocrine pancreas tissues were mainly distributed in the adipose tissue among the intestinal coils and adjacent to extrahepatic...

BACKGROUND While healthy lifestyle habits are generally assumed to be important for high academic achievement, there has been little research on this topic among adolescents. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the associations between several lifestyle habits and academic achievement in adolescent girls and boys. METHODS The study included 2,432 Norwegian adolescents, 15-17 years ...

BACKGROUND The proportion of elderly people in the population is growing, and Korea has one of the fastest growing populations among the world's major regions. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of physical activity on the health and quality of life of elderly Korean people. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 2,853 elderly Korean people (1,239 males and 1,614 fe...

Abstract Background COVID-19 limitation strategies led to widespread school closures around the world. The present study aims provide a description of children's mental health and associated factors during closure in France. Methods We conducted cross-sectional analysis SAPRIS pandemic France, relying on 2 ongoing national birth cohorts, ELFE EPIPAGE 2. Using weighted multinomial logistic regre...