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Duke T, AlBuhairan FS, Agarwal K, Arora NK, Arulkumaran S, Bhutta ZA, Binka F, Castro A, Claeson M, Dao B, Darmstadt GL, English M, Jardali F, Merson M, Ferrand RA, Golden A, Golden MH, Homer C, Jehan F, Kabiru CW, Kirkwood B, Lawn JE, Li S, Patton GC, Ruel M, Sandall J, Sachdev HS, Tomlinson M, Waiswa P, Walker D, Zlotkin S. World Health Organization and knowledge translation in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition. Arch Dis Child 2022; 107:644-649. [PMID: 34969670 PMCID: PMC7613575 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) has a mandate to promote maternal and child health and welfare through support to governments in the form of technical assistance, standards, epidemiological and statistical services, promoting teaching and training of healthcare professionals and providing direct aid in emergencies. The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (MNCAHN) was established in 2020 to advise the Director-General of WHO on issues relating to MNCAHN. STAGE comprises individuals from multiple low-income and middle-income and high-income countries, has representatives from many professional disciplines and with diverse experience and interests.Progress in MNCAHN requires improvements in quality of services, equity of access and the evolution of services as technical guidance, community needs and epidemiology changes. Knowledge translation of WHO guidance and other guidelines is an important part of this. Countries need effective and responsive structures for adaptation and implementation of evidence-based interventions, strategies to improve guideline uptake, education and training and mechanisms to monitor quality and safety. This paper summarises STAGE's recommendations on how to improve knowledge translation in MNCAHN. They include support for national and regional technical advisory groups and subnational committees that coordinate maternal and child health; support for national plans for MNCAHN and their implementation and monitoring; the production of a small number of consolidated MNCAHN guidelines to promote integrated and holistic care; education and quality improvement strategies to support guidelines uptake; monitoring of gaps in knowledge translation and operational research in MNCAHN.
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- Trevor Duke
- Intensive Care Unit and University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Child Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea
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- Leadership, Learning, and Development, Health Sector Transformation Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- USAID Maternal Child Survival Program, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, Ghana
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- Department of International Health and Sustainable Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Western and Central Africa, Jhpiego, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Kemri-Wellcome Trust, Nairobi, Kenya
- Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- US Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Pediatrics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Population Dynamics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- MARCH Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK
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- National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China
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- Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College, London, UK
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- Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India
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- Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Baqal OJ, Saleheen H, AlBuhairan FS. Urgent Need for Adolescent Physical Activity Policies and Promotion: Lessons from "Jeeluna". Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:ijerph17124464. [PMID: 32575900 PMCID: PMC7345490 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Physical inactivity is a growing concern in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and globally. Data on physical activity (PA) trends, barriers, and facilitators among adolescents in KSA are scarce. This study aims to identify PA trends amongst adolescents in KSA and associated health and lifestyle behaviors. Data from “Jeeluna”, a national study in KSA involving around 12,500 adolescents, were utilized. School students were invited to participate, and a multistage sampling procedure was used. Data collection included a self-administered questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, and blood sampling. Adolescents who performed PA for at least one day per week for >30 min each day were considered to “engage in PA”. Mean age of the participants was 15.8 ± 0.8 years, and 51.3% were male. Forty-four percent did not engage in PA regularly. Only 35% engaged in PA at school, while 40% were not offered PA at school. Significantly more 10–14-year old than 15–19-year-old adolescents and more males than females engaged in PA (<0.01). Mental health was better in adolescents who engaged in PA (<0.01). Adolescents who engaged in PA were more likely to eat healthy food and less likely to live a sedentary lifestyle (<0.01). It is imperative that socio-cultural and demographic factors be taken into consideration during program and policy development. This study highlights the urgent need for promoting PA among adolescents in KSA and addressing perceived barriers, while offering a treasure of information to policy and decision makers.
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- Omar J. Baqal
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia;
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- National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia;
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- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, Riyadh 12714, Saudi Arabia
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Hijji TM, Saleheen H, AlBuhairan FS. Underweight, body image, and weight loss measures among adolescents in Saudi Arabia: is it a fad or is there more going on? Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med 2020; 8:18-24. [PMID: 33718572 PMCID: PMC7922845 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background and Objective Adolescence is considered to be a pivotal point in which optimum nutrition and eating habits are developed. Although tackling the obesity epidemic has been much discussed, addressing the issue of underweight and body image is often neglected. This study was carried out to get a better understanding of underweight status among adolescents in Saudi Arabia, and exploring self-perceptions of body image and weight loss measures among underweight adolescents. Methods Data from Jeeluna®, a national cross-sectional school-based survey were utilized. Jeeluna® assessed the health status and health-risk behaviors of adolescents in school through data obtained by a self-administered questionnaire, anthropologic measurements, and laboratory investigations. Results A total of 12,463 adolescents participated. Eighteen percent of adolescent males and 12.4% of females were found to be underweight, representing 14.9% of adolescents collectively. Forty-five percent of underweight participants were happy with their weight. Underweight females between the age group of 10 and 14 years were the most likely to believe that they still need to lose weight (16.0%) followed by females aged 15–19 years (9.7%). Underweight females aged 10–14 years were also the group most likely to engage in purging (1.6%). Stepwise logistic regression found that the strongest association with being underweight was with having a lower household income (OR 2.0, CI 1.5–2.7) and having more than 5 siblings (OR 1.8, CI 1.5–2.3). Conclusion Underweight status is prevalent among adolescents in Saudi Arabia and deserves more attention as a public health issue. Distorted body image and disordered eating behaviors exist, necessitating further investigation of underlying causes.
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- Talal M. Hijji
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City - Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
- Corresponding author. AlDara Hospital and Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Nasreddine L, Tamim H, Mailhac A, AlBuhairan FS. Prevalence and predictors of metabolically healthy obesity in adolescents: findings from the national "Jeeluna" study in Saudi-Arabia. BMC Pediatr 2018; 18:281. [PMID: 30139344 PMCID: PMC6107964 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-018-1247-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Obese children and adolescents may vary with respect to their health profile, an observation that has been highlighted by the characterization of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO). The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of MHO amongst obese adolescents in Saudi-Arabia, and investigate the anthropometric, socio-demographic, and lifestyle predictors of MHO in this age group. METHODS A national cross-sectional school-based survey (Jeeluna) was conducted in Saudi-Arabia in 2011-2012 (n = 1047 obese adolescents). Anthropometric, blood pressure and biochemical measurements were obtained. A multicomponent questionnaire covering socio-demographic, lifestyle, dietary, psychosocial and physical activity characteristics was administered. Classification of MHO was based on two different definitions. According to the first definition, subjects were categorized as MHO based on the absence of the following traditional cardiometabolic risk (CR) factors: systolic blood pressure (SBP) or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >90th percentile for age, sex, and height; triglycerides (TG) > 1.25 mmol/L; high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) ≤1.02 mmol/L; glucose ≥5.6 mmol/L. The second definition of MHO was based on absence of any cardiometabolic risk factor, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. RESULTS The prevalence of MHO ranged between 20.9% (IDF) and 23.8% (CR). Subjects with MHO were younger, less obese, had smaller waist circumference (WC) and were more likely to be females. Based on stepwise logistic regression analyses, and according to the IDF definition, body mass index (BMI) (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.84-0.93) and WC (OR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.96-0.98) were the only significant independent predictors of MHO. Based on the CR definition, the independent predictors of MHO included female gender (OR = 1.76, 95% CI: 1.29-2.41), BMI (OR = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.94-1.00), and weekly frequency of day napping (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.00-1.12). Analysis by gender showed that vegetables' intake and sleep indicators were associated with MHO in boys but not in girls. CONCLUSION The study showed that one out of five obese adolescents is metabolically healthy. It also identified anthropometric factors as predictors of MHO and suggested gender-based differences in the association between diet, sleep and MHO in adolescents. Findings may be used in the development of intervention strategies aimed at improving metabolic heath in obese adolescents.
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- Lara Nasreddine
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Clinical Research Institute, Biostatistics Unit, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Clinical Research Institute, Biostatistics Unit, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, AlDara Hospital and Medical Center, P.O. Box 1105, Riyadh, 11431, Saudi Arabia. .,Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Charara R, Forouzanfar M, Naghavi M, Moradi-Lakeh M, Afshin A, Vos T, Daoud F, Wang H, El Bcheraoui C, Khalil I, Hamadeh RR, Khosravi A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Khader Y, Al-Hamad N, Makhlouf Obermeyer C, Rafay A, Asghar R, Rana SM, Shaheen A, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Husseini A, Abu-Raddad LJ, Khoja T, Al Rayess ZA, AlBuhairan FS, Hsairi M, Alomari MA, Ali R, Roshandel G, Terkawi AS, Hamidi S, Refaat AH, Westerman R, Kiadaliri AA, Akanda AS, Ali SD, Bacha U, Badawi A, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Faghmous IAD, Fereshtehnejad SM, Fischer F, Jonas JB, Kuate Defo B, Mehari A, Omer SB, Pourmalek F, Uthman OA, Mokdad AA, Maalouf FT, Abd-Allah F, Akseer N, Arya D, Borschmann R, Brazinova A, Brugha TS, Catalá-López F, Degenhardt L, Ferrari A, Haro JM, Horino M, Hornberger JC, Huang H, Kieling C, Kim D, Kim Y, Knudsen AK, Mitchell PB, Patton G, Sagar R, Satpathy M, Savuon K, Seedat S, Shiue I, Skogen JC, Stein DJ, Tabb KM, Whiteford HA, Yip P, Yonemoto N, Murray CJL, Mokdad AH. The Burden of Mental Disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169575. [PMID: 28095477 PMCID: PMC5240956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is witnessing an increase in chronic disorders, including mental illness. With ongoing unrest, this is expected to rise. This is the first study to quantify the burden of mental disorders in the EMR. We used data from the Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) 2013. DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) allow assessment of both premature mortality (years of life lost–YLLs) and nonfatal outcomes (years lived with disability–YLDs). DALYs are computed by adding YLLs and YLDs for each age-sex-country group. In 2013, mental disorders contributed to 5.6% of the total disease burden in the EMR (1894 DALYS/100,000 population): 2519 DALYS/100,000 (2590/100,000 males, 2426/100,000 females) in high-income countries, 1884 DALYS/100,000 (1618/100,000 males, 2157/100,000 females) in middle-income countries, 1607 DALYS/100,000 (1500/100,000 males, 1717/100,000 females) in low-income countries. Females had a greater proportion of burden due to mental disorders than did males of equivalent ages, except for those under 15 years of age. The highest proportion of DALYs occurred in the 25–49 age group, with a peak in the 35–39 years age group (5344 DALYs/100,000). The burden of mental disorders in EMR increased from 1726 DALYs/100,000 in 1990 to 1912 DALYs/100,000 in 2013 (10.8% increase). Within the mental disorders group in EMR, depressive disorders accounted for most DALYs, followed by anxiety disorders. Among EMR countries, Palestine had the largest burden of mental disorders. Nearly all EMR countries had a higher mental disorder burden compared to the global level. Our findings call for EMR ministries of health to increase provision of mental health services and to address the stigma of mental illness. Moreover, our results showing the accelerating burden of mental health are alarming as the region is seeing an increased level of instability. Indeed, mental health problems, if not properly addressed, will lead to an increased burden of diseases in the region.
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- Raghid Charara
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Department of Community Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Contech International Health Consultants, Lahore, Pakistan
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- South Asian Public Health Forum, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Contech International Health Consultants, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Public Health, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine
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- Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine
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- Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Health Ministers’ Council for Cooperation Council States, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Ministry of Health—Tunisia (Faculty of Medicine Tunis), Tunis, Tunisia
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- Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America
- Department of Anesthesiology, King Fahad medical city, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- OUTCOMES RESEARCH Consortium, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
- Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States of America
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Public Health Agency of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health of the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Howard University College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington DC, United States of America
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- Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Warwick—Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery (WCAHRD), Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Valencia/INCLIVA Health Research Institute and CIBERSAM, Valencia, Spain
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland, Australia
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- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu—CIBERSAM, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
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- Nevada Division of Behavior and Public Health, Carson City, NV, United States of America
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- Cedar Associates, Menlo Park, CA, United States of America
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- Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Southern University College, Johor, Malaysia
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- Centre for Disease Burden, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- UGC Centre for Advanced Studies in Psychology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA
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- Department of Hospital Services, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Mental Health Association of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Domain for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
- Center for Alcohol & Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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- Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
- Social Work and Social Administration Department, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Lim SS, Allen K, Bhutta ZA, Dandona L, Forouzanfar MH, Fullman N, Gething PW, Goldberg EM, Hay SI, Holmberg M, Kinfu Y, Kutz MJ, Larson HJ, Liang X, Lopez AD, Lozano R, McNellan CR, Mokdad AH, Mooney MD, Naghavi M, Olsen HE, Pigott DM, Salomon JA, Vos T, Wang H, Abajobir AA, Abate KH, Abbafati C, Abbas KM, Abd-Allah F, Abdulle AM, Abraham B, Abubakar I, Abu-Raddad LJ, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Abyu GY, Achoki T, Adebiyi AO, Adedeji IA, Afanvi KA, Afshin A, Agarwal A, Agrawal A, Kiadaliri AA, Ahmadieh H, Ahmed KY, Akanda AS, Akinyemi RO, Akinyemiju TF, Akseer N, Al-Aly Z, Alam K, Alam U, Alasfoor D, AlBuhairan FS, Aldhahri SF, Aldridge RW, Alemu ZA, Ali R, Alkerwi A, Alkhateeb MAB, Alla F, Allebeck P, Allen C, Al-Raddadi R, Alsharif U, Altirkawi KA, Martin EA, Alvis-Guzman N, Amare AT, Amberbir A, Amegah AK, Amini H, Ammar W, Amrock SM, Andersen HH, Anderson BO, Anderson GM, Antonio CAT, Anwari P, Ärnlöv J, Artaman A, Asayesh H, Asghar RJ, Atique S, Avokpaho EFGA, Awasthi A, Quintanilla BPA, 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Truelsen T, Dimbuene ZT, Tura AK, Tuzcu EM, Tyrovolas S, Ukwaja KN, Undurraga EA, Uneke CJ, Uthman OA, van Donkelaar A, Varakin YY, Vasankari T, Vasconcelos AMN, Veerman JL, Venketasubramanian N, Verma RK, Violante FS, Vlassov VV, Volkow P, Vollset SE, Wagner GR, Wallin MT, Wang L, Wanga V, Watkins DA, Weichenthal S, Weiderpass E, Weintraub RG, Weiss DJ, Werdecker A, Westerman R, Whiteford HA, Wilkinson JD, Wiysonge CS, Wolfe CDA, Wolfe I, Won S, Woolf AD, Workie SB, Wubshet M, Xu G, Yadav AK, Yakob B, Yalew AZ, Yan LL, Yano Y, Yaseri M, Ye P, Yip P, Yonemoto N, Yoon SJ, Younis MZ, Yu C, Zaidi Z, El Sayed Zaki M, Zambrana-Torrelio C, Zapata T, Zegeye EA, Zhao Y, Zhou M, Zodpey S, Zonies D, Murray CJL. Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 2016; 388:1813-1850. [PMID: 27665228 PMCID: PMC5055583 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31467-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Revised: 08/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets, and 230 indicators leading up to 2030. We provide an analysis of 33 health-related SDG indicators based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015). METHODS We applied statistical methods to systematically compiled data to estimate the performance of 33 health-related SDG indicators for 188 countries from 1990 to 2015. We rescaled each indicator on a scale from 0 (worst observed value between 1990 and 2015) to 100 (best observed). Indices representing all 33 health-related SDG indicators (health-related SDG index), health-related SDG indicators included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG index), and health-related indicators not included in the MDGs (non-MDG index) were computed as the geometric mean of the rescaled indicators by SDG target. We used spline regressions to examine the relations between the Socio-demographic Index (SDI, a summary measure based on average income per person, educational attainment, and total fertility rate) and each of the health-related SDG indicators and indices. FINDINGS In 2015, the median health-related SDG index was 59·3 (95% uncertainty interval 56·8-61·8) and varied widely by country, ranging from 85·5 (84·2-86·5) in Iceland to 20·4 (15·4-24·9) in Central African Republic. SDI was a good predictor of the health-related SDG index (r2=0·88) and the MDG index (r2=0·92), whereas the non-MDG index had a weaker relation with SDI (r2=0·79). Between 2000 and 2015, the health-related SDG index improved by a median of 7·9 (IQR 5·0-10·4), and gains on the MDG index (a median change of 10·0 [6·7-13·1]) exceeded that of the non-MDG index (a median change of 5·5 [2·1-8·9]). Since 2000, pronounced progress occurred for indicators such as met need with modern contraception, under-5 mortality, and neonatal mortality, as well as the indicator for universal health coverage tracer interventions. Moderate improvements were found for indicators such as HIV and tuberculosis incidence, minimal changes for hepatitis B incidence took place, and childhood overweight considerably worsened. INTERPRETATION GBD provides an independent, comparable avenue for monitoring progress towards the health-related SDGs. Our analysis not only highlights the importance of income, education, and fertility as drivers of health improvement but also emphasises that investments in these areas alone will not be sufficient. Although considerable progress on the health-related MDG indicators has been made, these gains will need to be sustained and, in many cases, accelerated to achieve the ambitious SDG targets. The minimal improvement in or worsening of health-related indicators beyond the MDGs highlight the need for additional resources to effectively address the expanded scope of the health-related SDGs. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Mokdad AH, Forouzanfar MH, Daoud F, El Bcheraoui C, Moradi-Lakeh M, Khalil I, Afshin A, Tuffaha M, Charara R, Barber RM, Wagner J, Cercy K, Kravitz H, Coates MM, Robinson M, Estep K, Steiner C, Jaber S, Mokdad AA, O'Rourke KF, Chew A, Kim P, El Razek MMA, Abdalla S, Abd-Allah F, Abraham JP, Abu-Raddad LJ, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Al-Nehmi AA, Akanda AS, Al Ahmadi H, Al Khabouri MJ, Al Lami FH, Al Rayess ZA, Alasfoor D, AlBuhairan FS, Aldhahri SF, Alghnam S, Alhabib S, Al-Hamad N, Ali R, Ali SD, Alkhateeb M, AlMazroa MA, Alomari MA, Al-Raddadi R, Alsharif U, Al-Sheyab N, Alsowaidi S, Al-Thani M, Altirkawi KA, Amare AT, Amini H, Ammar W, Anwari P, Asayesh H, Asghar R, Assabri AM, Assadi R, Bacha U, Badawi A, Bakfalouni T, Basulaiman MO, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Bedi N, Bhakta AR, Bhutta ZA, Bin Abdulhak AA, Boufous S, Bourne RRA, Danawi H, Das J, Deribew A, Ding EL, Durrani AM, Elshrek Y, Ibrahim ME, Eshrati B, Esteghamati A, Faghmous IAD, Farzadfar F, Feigl AB, Fereshtehnejad SM, Filip I, Fischer F, Gankpé FG, Ginawi I, Gishu MD, Gupta R, Habash RM, Hafezi-Nejad N, Hamadeh RR, Hamdouni H, Hamidi S, Harb HL, Hassanvand MS, Hedayati MT, Heydarpour P, Hsairi M, Husseini A, Jahanmehr N, Jha V, Jonas JB, Karam NE, Kasaeian A, Kassa NA, Kaul A, Khader Y, Khalifa SEA, Khan EA, Khan G, Khoja T, Khosravi A, Kinfu Y, Defo BK, Balaji AL, Lunevicius R, Obermeyer CM, Malekzadeh R, Mansourian M, Marcenes W, Farid HM, Mehari A, Mehio-Sibai A, Memish ZA, Mensah GA, Mohammad KA, Nahas Z, Nasher JT, Nawaz H, Nejjari C, Nisar MI, Omer SB, Parsaeian M, Peprah EK, Pervaiz A, Pourmalek F, Qato DM, Qorbani M, Radfar A, Rafay A, Rahimi K, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman SU, Rai RK, Rana SM, Rao SR, Refaat AH, Resnikoff S, Roshandel G, Saade G, Saeedi MY, Sahraian MA, Saleh S, Sanchez-Riera L, Satpathy M, Sepanlou SG, Setegn T, Shaheen A, Shahraz S, Sheikhbahaei S, Shishani K, Sliwa K, Tavakkoli M, Terkawi AS, Uthman OA, Westerman R, Younis MZ, El Sayed Zaki M, Zannad F, Roth GA, Wang H, Naghavi M, Vos T, Al Rabeeah AA, Lopez AD, Murray CJL. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Glob Health 2016; 4:e704-13. [PMID: 27568068 PMCID: PMC6660972 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30168-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background The eastern Mediterranean region is comprised of 22 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Since our Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), the region has faced unrest as a result of revolutions, wars, and the so-called Arab uprisings. The objective of this study was to present the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the eastern Mediterranean region as of 2013. Methods GBD 2013 includes an annual assessment covering 188 countries from 1990 to 2013. The study covers 306 diseases and injuries, 1233 sequelae, and 79 risk factors. Our GBD 2013 analyses included the addition of new data through updated systematic reviews and through the contribution of unpublished data sources from collaborators, an updated version of modelling software, and several improvements in our methods. In this systematic analysis, we use data from GBD 2013 to analyse the burden of disease and injuries in the eastern Mediterranean region specifically. Findings The leading cause of death in the region in 2013 was ischaemic heart disease (90·3 deaths per 100 000 people), which increased by 17·2% since 1990. However, diarrhoeal diseases were the leading cause of death in Somalia (186·7 deaths per 100 000 people) in 2013, which decreased by 26·9% since 1990. The leading cause of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) was ischaemic heart disease for males and lower respiratory infection for females. High blood pressure was the leading risk factor for DALYs in 2013, with an increase of 83·3% since 1990. Risk factors for DALYs varied by country. In low-income countries, childhood wasting was the leading cause of DALYs in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen, whereas unsafe sex was the leading cause in Djibouti. Non-communicable risk factors were the leading cause of DALYs in high-income and middle-income countries in the region. DALY risk factors varied by age, with child and maternal malnutrition affecting the younger age groups (aged 28 days to 4 years), whereas high bodyweight and systolic blood pressure affected older people (aged 60–80 years). The proportion of DALYs attributed to high body-mass index increased from 3·7% to 7·5% between 1990 and 2013. Burden of mental health problems and drug use increased. Most increases in DALYs, especially from non-communicable diseases, were due to population growth. The crises in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria have resulted in a reduction in life expectancy; life expectancy in Syria would have been 5 years higher than that recorded for females and 6 years higher for males had the crisis not occurred. Interpretation Our study shows that the eastern Mediterranean region is going through a crucial health phase. The Arab uprisings and the wars that followed, coupled with ageing and population growth, will have a major impact on the region's health and resources. The region has historically seen improvements in life expectancy and other health indicators, even under stress. However, the current situation will cause deteriorating health conditions for many countries and for many years and will have an impact on the region and the rest of the world. Based on our findings, we call for increased investment in health in the region in addition to reducing the conflicts. Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Ali H Mokdad
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Community Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Sudanese Public Health Consultancy Group, Solihull, UK
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- Family Medicine Residency Program at California Hospital, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Institute for Global Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- The Saudi Center for Evidence Based Healthcare, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University of London, London, UK; Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Oxford, UK
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- Pediatric Department, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Irbid, Jordan
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- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Emergency, School of Paramedic, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- South Asian Public Health Forum, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen
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- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Public Health Agency of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- College of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Montgomery Village, MD, USA
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- Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan; Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, UK; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
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- Cardiovascular Diseases Control and Prevention Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran; Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Psychiatry Residency Program, Fontana, CA, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
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- Haramaya University, Dira Dawa, Ethiopia; Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Harar, Ethiopia
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- West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Charleston, WV, USA
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- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Direction des Soins de Santé de Base, Ministry of Health, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Air Pollution Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Mazndaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- The George Institute for Global Health India, University of Oxford, New Delhi, India
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- Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Health Ministers' Council for Cooperation Council States, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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- Centre for Research & Action in Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Demography and Public Health Research Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Aintree University Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK; School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Montgomery Village, MD, USA
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- Medical Center, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- A T Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO, USA
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- Contech International Health Consultants, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Society for Health and Demographic Surveillance, Suri, India
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- Contech International Health Consultants, Lahore, Pakistan; Contech School of Public Health, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Brien Holden Vision Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; International Health and Development, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon; Bellevue Medical Center, Mansourieh El Metn, Lebanon
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- Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany; German National Cohort Consortium, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinical Investigation Centre INSERM, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France; CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Al-Eissa MA, Saleheen HN, AlMadani S, AlBuhairan FS, Weber A, Fluke JD, Almuneef M, Casillas KL. Determining prevalence of maltreatment among children in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Child Care Health Dev 2016; 42:565-71. [PMID: 26879326 DOI: 10.1111/cch.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Revised: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study is to find out the overall prevalence rates for the major forms of abuse among adolescents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the differences in prevalence by age, gender and living arrangement. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted in secondary high schools in five of the 13 main regions of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during 2012. Through a multistage stratified sampling technique, a sample (n = 16 939) of adolescents (15-19 years) were identified and invited to participate. The ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool - Child was used for data collection. The previous year's occurrence of violence exposure, psychological, physical and sexual abuse, and neglect were assessed. RESULTS Nearly 90% of the adolescents were between 16 and 18 years of age, and over 80% were cared for by both of their biological parents. Annual prevalence of various forms of abuse in the year before the 2012 assessment ranged between 0.10 and 0.65, with the lowest rate for sexual abuse and the highest for psychological abuse. Significantly, greater rates of all forms of abuse/exposure were found when participants lived with their mother or father only (versus with both), and even greater rates for all when they lived with their biological parent and a step-parent. Rates for violence exposure, psychological abuse and neglect were significantly greater for girls, and rate of sexual abuse was greater for boys. CONCLUSIONS More attention should be given to the effect of adolescent maltreatment particularly among girls. In addition, sexual abuse prevention programme should be targeted among boys.
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- M A Al-Eissa
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, USA.,The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Gary Pavilion at Children's Hospital Colorado, USA
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, USA.,The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Gary Pavilion at Children's Hospital Colorado, USA
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- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, USA.,The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Gary Pavilion at Children's Hospital Colorado, USA
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Kyu HH, Pinho C, Wagner JA, Brown JC, Bertozzi-Villa A, Charlson FJ, Coffeng LE, Dandona L, Erskine HE, Ferrari AJ, Fitzmaurice C, Fleming TD, Forouzanfar MH, Graetz N, Guinovart C, Haagsma J, Higashi H, Kassebaum NJ, Larson HJ, Lim SS, Mokdad AH, Moradi-Lakeh M, Odell SV, Roth GA, Serina PT, Stanaway JD, Misganaw A, Whiteford HA, Wolock TM, Wulf Hanson S, Abd-Allah F, Abera SF, Abu-Raddad LJ, AlBuhairan FS, Amare AT, Antonio CAT, Artaman A, Barker-Collo SL, Barrero LH, Benjet C, Bensenor IM, Bhutta ZA, Bikbov B, Brazinova A, Campos-Nonato I, Castañeda-Orjuela CA, Catalá-López F, Chowdhury R, Cooper C, Crump JA, Dandona R, Degenhardt L, Dellavalle RP, Dharmaratne SD, Faraon EJA, Feigin VL, Fürst T, Geleijnse JM, Gessner BD, Gibney KB, Goto A, Gunnell D, Hankey GJ, Hay RJ, Hornberger JC, Hosgood HD, Hu G, Jacobsen KH, Jayaraman SP, Jeemon P, Jonas JB, Karch A, Kim D, Kim S, Kokubo Y, Kuate Defo B, Kucuk Bicer B, Kumar GA, Larsson A, Leasher JL, Leung R, Li Y, Lipshultz SE, Lopez AD, Lotufo PA, Lunevicius R, Lyons RA, Majdan M, Malekzadeh R, Mashal T, Mason-Jones AJ, Melaku YA, Memish ZA, Mendoza W, Miller TR, Mock CN, Murray J, Nolte S, Oh IH, Olusanya BO, Ortblad KF, Park EK, Paternina Caicedo AJ, Patten SB, Patton GC, Pereira DM, Perico N, Piel FB, Polinder S, Popova S, Pourmalek F, Quistberg DA, Remuzzi G, Rodriguez A, Rojas-Rueda D, Rothenbacher D, Rothstein DH, Sanabria J, Santos IS, Schwebel DC, Sepanlou SG, Shaheen A, Shiri R, Shiue I, Skirbekk V, Sliwa K, Sreeramareddy CT, Stein DJ, Steiner TJ, Stovner LJ, Sykes BL, Tabb KM, Terkawi AS, Thomson AJ, Thorne-Lyman AL, Towbin JA, Ukwaja KN, Vasankari T, Venketasubramanian N, Vlassov VV, Vollset SE, Weiderpass E, Weintraub RG, Werdecker A, Wilkinson JD, Woldeyohannes SM, Wolfe CDA, Yano Y, Yip P, Yonemoto N, Yoon SJ, Younis MZ, Yu C, El Sayed Zaki M, Naghavi M, Murray CJL, Vos T. Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study. JAMA Pediatr 2016; 170:267-87. [PMID: 26810619 PMCID: PMC5076765 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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IMPORTANCE The literature focuses on mortality among children younger than 5 years. Comparable information on nonfatal health outcomes among these children and the fatal and nonfatal burden of diseases and injuries among older children and adolescents is scarce. OBJECTIVE To determine levels and trends in the fatal and nonfatal burden of diseases and injuries among younger children (aged <5 years), older children (aged 5-9 years), and adolescents (aged 10-19 years) between 1990 and 2013 in 188 countries from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2013 study. EVIDENCE REVIEW Data from vital registration, verbal autopsy studies, maternal and child death surveillance, and other sources covering 14,244 site-years (ie, years of cause of death data by geography) from 1980 through 2013 were used to estimate cause-specific mortality. Data from 35,620 epidemiological sources were used to estimate the prevalence of the diseases and sequelae in the GBD 2013 study. Cause-specific mortality for most causes was estimated using the Cause of Death Ensemble Model strategy. For some infectious diseases (eg, HIV infection/AIDS, measles, hepatitis B) where the disease process is complex or the cause of death data were insufficient or unavailable, we used natural history models. For most nonfatal health outcomes, DisMod-MR 2.0, a Bayesian metaregression tool, was used to meta-analyze the epidemiological data to generate prevalence estimates. FINDINGS Of the 7.7 (95% uncertainty interval [UI], 7.4-8.1) million deaths among children and adolescents globally in 2013, 6.28 million occurred among younger children, 0.48 million among older children, and 0.97 million among adolescents. In 2013, the leading causes of death were lower respiratory tract infections among younger children (905.059 deaths; 95% UI, 810,304-998,125), diarrheal diseases among older children (38,325 deaths; 95% UI, 30,365-47,678), and road injuries among adolescents (115,186 deaths; 95% UI, 105,185-124,870). Iron deficiency anemia was the leading cause of years lived with disability among children and adolescents, affecting 619 (95% UI, 618-621) million in 2013. Large between-country variations exist in mortality from leading causes among children and adolescents. Countries with rapid declines in all-cause mortality between 1990 and 2013 also experienced large declines in most leading causes of death, whereas countries with the slowest declines had stagnant or increasing trends in the leading causes of death. In 2013, Nigeria had a 12% global share of deaths from lower respiratory tract infections and a 38% global share of deaths from malaria. India had 33% of the world's deaths from neonatal encephalopathy. Half of the world's diarrheal deaths among children and adolescents occurred in just 5 countries: India, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Understanding the levels and trends of the leading causes of death and disability among children and adolescents is critical to guide investment and inform policies. Monitoring these trends over time is also key to understanding where interventions are having an impact. Proven interventions exist to prevent or treat the leading causes of unnecessary death and disability among children and adolescents. The findings presented here show that these are underused and give guidance to policy makers in countries where more attention is needed.
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- Hmwe H Kyu
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle2School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia3Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle4Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle5Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle2School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia3Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle2School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia3Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle6Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle7Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle4Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle8Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle9Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle10Department of Community Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle12Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington13Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle2School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia3Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Kilte Awlaelo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Mekelle, Ethiopia16School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia19King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands21College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia22Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Medical Center, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan30The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- A. I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia32Academician V. I. Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Moscow, Russia
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- International Neurotrama Research Organization, Vienna, Austria34Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico36School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Colombian National Health Observatory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia38Epidemiology and Public Health Evaluation Group, Public Health Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada40Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, INCLIVA/CIBERSAM, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
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- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, England43National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton National Health Service Foundation Trust, S
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- Centre for International Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines49Office for Technical Services, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines
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- National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, England
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- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia55Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia59Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia60Western Australian Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Australia
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- International Foundation for Dermatology, London, England62King's College London, London, England
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- Cedar Associates, Menlo Park, California64Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India70Centre for Control of Chronic Conditions, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Epidemiological and Statistical Methods Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany73Hannover-Braunschweig Site, German Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada78Department of Demography, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada79Public Health Research Institute, University of Montreal
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- Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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- State University of New York at Albany, Rensselaer
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, California
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- School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan86Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Aintree University Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, England89School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia94School of Public Health, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia95School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia97College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland100Centre for Population Health Research, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany104Population Health Strategic Research Centre, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australi
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- REQUIMTE/LAQV, Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle117Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Centro Anna Maria Astori, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy119Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, England121Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden
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- Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York125Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio127Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, North Chicago, Illinois
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- Internal Medicine Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland132School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England134Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa139South African Medical Research Council Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, England141Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway142Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headache, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine144Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine145Department of Public Health, University of California, Irvine
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- School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville148Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio149Department of Anesthesiology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Adaptive Knowledge Management, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts152WorldFish, Penang, Malaysia
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- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee154University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis155St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway161Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden163Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway164Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of H
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia167Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia168Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Competence Center Mortality Follow-up of the German National Cohort, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan86Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit
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- Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, London, England172National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' National Health Service Foundation Trust and King's College London
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Social Work and Social Administration Department, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China175Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China180Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Fadia S AlBuhairan
- Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Adolescent Health Research Program, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Al-Eissa MA, AlBuhairan FS, Qayad M, Saleheen H, Runyan D, Almuneef M. Determining child maltreatment incidence in Saudi Arabia using the ICAST-CH: a pilot study. Child Abuse Negl 2015; 42:174-182. [PMID: 25220480 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Studies in other countries, including countries with mandated reporting by professionals and a long history of recognition of the problem, have found child abuse to be seriously under reported. This population-based pilot study was conducted to determine the magnitude of adolescents' exposure to CAN at home, and to identify ethical and methodological challenges to conducting a survey on a culturally sensitive subject. This cross-sectional study was carried out in Al-Kharj city in 2011-2012. Through a stratified multistage cluster random sampling of schools, a sample of adolescents (15-18 years) were identified and invited to participate. The ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool-Child: Home version (ICAST-CH) was used for data collection. The previous year's incidence of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, neglect, and exposure to violence were assessed. A total of 2,043 students participated in the study (mean age, 16.6 years; 58%, female). The incidence of psychological abuse, physical abuse, exposure to violence, neglect, and sexual abuse were 74.9%, 57.5%, 50.7%, 50.2%, and 14.0%, respectively. Female participants were at higher risk for psychological and physical abuse, exposure to violence, and neglect, but not for sexual abuse. The rates and gender distribution of CAN at home differ from findings of health-based records. Our results are comparable to other regional population-based studies. Thus, population-based data are necessary to inform and guide professionals and decision makers for prevention policies and resource allocation. Insights to ethical and methodological challenges surrounding the sensitive nature of this type of study are discussed.
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- Majid A Al-Eissa
- National Family Safety Program, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia
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- National Family Safety Program, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia
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- National Family Safety Program, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Family Safety Program, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E 17th Pl, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; The Kempe Center (The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect), The Gary Pavilion at Children's Hospital Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave., B390, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- National Family Safety Program, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia
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AlBuhairan FS, Olsson TM. Advancing adolescent health and health services in Saudi Arabia: exploring health-care providers' training, interest, and perceptions of the health-care needs of young people. Adv Med Educ Pract 2014; 5:281-7. [PMID: 25214805 PMCID: PMC4159223 DOI: 10.2147/amep.s66272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent health is regarded as central to global health goals. Investments made in adolescent health and health services protect the improvements witnessed in child health. Though Saudi Arabia has a large adolescent population, adolescent health-care only began to emerge in recent years, yet widespread uptake has been very limited. Health-care providers are key in addressing and providing the necessary health-care services for adolescents, and so this study was conducted with the aim of identifying opportunities for the advancement of knowledge transfer for adolescent health services in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This Web-based, cross-sectional study was carried out at four hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Physicians and nurses were invited to participate in an online survey addressing their contact with adolescent patients, and training, knowledge, and attitudes towards adolescent health-care. RESULTS A total of 232 professionals participated. The majority (82.3%) reported sometimes or always coming into contact with adolescent patients. Less than half (44%), however, had received any sort of training on adolescent health during their undergraduate or postgraduate education, and only 53.9% reported having adequate knowledge about the health-care needs of adolescents. Nurses perceived themselves as having more knowledge in the health-care needs of adolescents and reported feeling more comfortable in communicating with adolescents as compared with physicians. The majority of participants were interested in gaining further skills and knowledge in adolescent health-care and agreed or strongly agreed that adolescents have specific health-care needs that are different than children or adults (82.3% and 84.0%, respectively). With respect to health services, the majority (85.8%) believed that adolescents should be hospitalized in adolescent-specific wards. Only 26.7% of health-care providers believed that patients should be transferred from child to adult health-care services at 12-13 years of age, as is currently practiced in the country. CONCLUSION A gap exists between the training, knowledge and skills of health-care providers, and the needs to address health-care issues of adolescents in Saudi Arabia. This coupled with the fact that health-care providers are interested in gaining more knowledge and skills and are supportive of changes in the health-care system provides an opportunity for building local capacity and instituting medical and nursing education and health-care reform that can better serve the needs of the country's young population.
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- Fadia S AlBuhairan
- Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- School of Social Work, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Ng M, Fleming T, Robinson M, Thomson B, Graetz N, Margono C, Mullany EC, Biryukov S, Abbafati C, Abera SF, Abraham JP, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Achoki T, AlBuhairan FS, Alemu ZA, Alfonso R, Ali MK, Ali R, Guzman NA, Ammar W, Anwari P, Banerjee A, Barquera S, Basu S, Bennett DA, Bhutta Z, Blore J, Cabral N, Nonato IC, Chang JC, Chowdhury R, Courville KJ, Criqui MH, Cundiff DK, Dabhadkar KC, Dandona L, Davis A, Dayama A, Dharmaratne SD, Ding EL, Durrani AM, Esteghamati A, Farzadfar F, Fay DFJ, Feigin VL, Flaxman A, Forouzanfar MH, Goto A, Green MA, Gupta R, Hafezi-Nejad N, Hankey GJ, Harewood HC, Havmoeller R, Hay S, Hernandez L, Husseini A, Idrisov BT, Ikeda N, Islami F, Jahangir E, Jassal SK, Jee SH, Jeffreys M, Jonas JB, Kabagambe EK, Khalifa SEAH, Kengne AP, Khader YS, Khang YH, Kim D, Kimokoti RW, Kinge JM, Kokubo Y, Kosen S, Kwan G, Lai T, Leinsalu M, Li Y, Liang X, Liu S, Logroscino G, Lotufo PA, Lu Y, Ma J, Mainoo NK, Mensah GA, Merriman TR, Mokdad AH, Moschandreas J, Naghavi M, Naheed A, Nand D, Narayan KMV, Nelson EL, Neuhouser ML, Nisar MI, Ohkubo T, Oti SO, Pedroza A, Prabhakaran D, Roy N, Sampson U, Seo H, Sepanlou SG, Shibuya K, Shiri R, Shiue I, Singh GM, Singh JA, Skirbekk V, Stapelberg NJC, Sturua L, Sykes BL, Tobias M, Tran BX, Trasande L, Toyoshima H, van de Vijver S, Vasankari TJ, Veerman JL, Velasquez-Melendez G, Vlassov VV, Vollset SE, Vos T, Wang C, Wang X, Weiderpass E, Werdecker A, Wright JL, Yang YC, Yatsuya H, Yoon J, Yoon SJ, Zhao Y, Zhou M, Zhu S, Lopez AD, Murray CJL, Gakidou E. Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet 2014; 384:766-81. [PMID: 24880830 PMCID: PMC4624264 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60460-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7556] [Impact Index Per Article: 755.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3·4 million deaths, 3·9% of years of life lost, and 3·8% of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) worldwide. The rise in obesity has led to widespread calls for regular monitoring of changes in overweight and obesity prevalence in all populations. Comparable, up-to-date information about levels and trends is essential to quantify population health effects and to prompt decision makers to prioritise action. We estimate the global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013. METHODS We systematically identified surveys, reports, and published studies (n=1769) that included data for height and weight, both through physical measurements and self-reports. We used mixed effects linear regression to correct for bias in self-reports. We obtained data for prevalence of obesity and overweight by age, sex, country, and year (n=19,244) with a spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression model to estimate prevalence with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). FINDINGS Worldwide, the proportion of adults with a body-mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m(2) or greater increased between 1980 and 2013 from 28·8% (95% UI 28·4-29·3) to 36·9% (36·3-37·4) in men, and from 29·8% (29·3-30·2) to 38·0% (37·5-38·5) in women. Prevalence has increased substantially in children and adolescents in developed countries; 23·8% (22·9-24·7) of boys and 22·6% (21·7-23·6) of girls were overweight or obese in 2013. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has also increased in children and adolescents in developing countries, from 8·1% (7·7-8·6) to 12·9% (12·3-13·5) in 2013 for boys and from 8·4% (8·1-8·8) to 13·4% (13·0-13·9) in girls. In adults, estimated prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% in men in Tonga and in women in Kuwait, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Libya, Qatar, Tonga, and Samoa. Since 2006, the increase in adult obesity in developed countries has slowed down. INTERPRETATION Because of the established health risks and substantial increases in prevalence, obesity has become a major global health challenge. Not only is obesity increasing, but no national success stories have been reported in the past 33 years. Urgent global action and leadership is needed to help countries to more effectively intervene. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Marie Ng
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeti University, Ramallah, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA; Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana
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- King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA; Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda and Montgomery, MD, USA
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Diabetes Research, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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- VA San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Community Empowerment, Health Policy & Informatics, NIHRD, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Fourth View Consulting, Tallinn, Estonia
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- The National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda and Montgomery, MD, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Seoul, Korea
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Finnish institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Shandong University affiliated Jinan Central Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Medical Sociology and Social Medicine, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Public Health, Hangzhou, China
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Ng M, Fleming T, Robinson M, Thomson B, Graetz N, Margono C, Mullany EC, Biryukov S, Abbafati C, Abera SF, Abraham JP, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Achoki T, AlBuhairan FS, Alemu ZA, Alfonso R, Ali MK, Ali R, Guzman NA, Ammar W, Anwari P, Banerjee A, Barquera S, Basu S, Bennett DA, Bhutta Z, Blore J, Cabral N, Nonato IC, Chang JC, Chowdhury R, Courville KJ, Criqui MH, Cundiff DK, Dabhadkar KC, Dandona L, Davis A, Dayama A, Dharmaratne SD, Ding EL, Durrani AM, Esteghamati A, Farzadfar F, Fay DFJ, Feigin VL, Flaxman A, Forouzanfar MH, Goto A, Green MA, Gupta R, Hafezi-Nejad N, Hankey GJ, Harewood HC, Havmoeller R, Hay S, Hernandez L, Husseini A, Idrisov BT, Ikeda N, Islami F, Jahangir E, Jassal SK, Jee SH, Jeffreys M, Jonas JB, Kabagambe EK, Khalifa SEAH, Kengne AP, Khader YS, Khang YH, Kim D, Kimokoti RW, Kinge JM, Kokubo Y, Kosen S, Kwan G, Lai T, Leinsalu M, Li Y, Liang X, Liu S, Logroscino G, Lotufo PA, Lu Y, Ma J, Mainoo NK, Mensah GA, Merriman TR, Mokdad AH, Moschandreas J, Naghavi M, Naheed A, Nand D, Narayan KMV, Nelson EL, Neuhouser ML, Nisar MI, Ohkubo T, Oti SO, Pedroza A, Prabhakaran D, Roy N, Sampson U, Seo H, Sepanlou SG, Shibuya K, Shiri R, Shiue I, Singh GM, Singh JA, Skirbekk V, Stapelberg NJC, Sturua L, Sykes BL, Tobias M, Tran BX, Trasande L, Toyoshima H, van de Vijver S, Vasankari TJ, Veerman JL, Velasquez-Melendez G, Vlassov VV, Vollset SE, Vos T, Wang C, Wang X, Weiderpass E, Werdecker A, Wright JL, Yang YC, Yatsuya H, Yoon J, Yoon SJ, Zhao Y, Zhou M, Zhu S, Lopez AD, Murray CJL, Gakidou E. Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet 2014. [PMID: 24880830 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3·4 million deaths, 3·9% of years of life lost, and 3·8% of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) worldwide. The rise in obesity has led to widespread calls for regular monitoring of changes in overweight and obesity prevalence in all populations. Comparable, up-to-date information about levels and trends is essential to quantify population health effects and to prompt decision makers to prioritise action. We estimate the global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013. METHODS We systematically identified surveys, reports, and published studies (n=1769) that included data for height and weight, both through physical measurements and self-reports. We used mixed effects linear regression to correct for bias in self-reports. We obtained data for prevalence of obesity and overweight by age, sex, country, and year (n=19,244) with a spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression model to estimate prevalence with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). FINDINGS Worldwide, the proportion of adults with a body-mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m(2) or greater increased between 1980 and 2013 from 28·8% (95% UI 28·4-29·3) to 36·9% (36·3-37·4) in men, and from 29·8% (29·3-30·2) to 38·0% (37·5-38·5) in women. Prevalence has increased substantially in children and adolescents in developed countries; 23·8% (22·9-24·7) of boys and 22·6% (21·7-23·6) of girls were overweight or obese in 2013. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has also increased in children and adolescents in developing countries, from 8·1% (7·7-8·6) to 12·9% (12·3-13·5) in 2013 for boys and from 8·4% (8·1-8·8) to 13·4% (13·0-13·9) in girls. In adults, estimated prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% in men in Tonga and in women in Kuwait, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Libya, Qatar, Tonga, and Samoa. Since 2006, the increase in adult obesity in developed countries has slowed down. INTERPRETATION Because of the established health risks and substantial increases in prevalence, obesity has become a major global health challenge. Not only is obesity increasing, but no national success stories have been reported in the past 33 years. Urgent global action and leadership is needed to help countries to more effectively intervene. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Marie Ng
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeti University, Ramallah, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA; Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana
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- King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA; Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda and Montgomery, MD, USA
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Diabetes Research, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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- VA San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Community Empowerment, Health Policy & Informatics, NIHRD, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Fourth View Consulting, Tallinn, Estonia
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- The National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda and Montgomery, MD, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Seoul, Korea
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- Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Finnish institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Shandong University affiliated Jinan Central Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Medical Sociology and Social Medicine, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Public Health, Hangzhou, China
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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AlBuhairan FS, Inam SS, AlEissa MA, Noor IK, Almuneef MA. Self reported awareness of child maltreatment among school professionals in Saudi Arabia: impact of CRC ratification. Child Abuse Negl 2011; 35:1032-6. [PMID: 22074759 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was ratified by Saudi Arabia 15 years ago; yet addressing the issue of child maltreatment only began in more recent years. School professionals play a significant role in children's lives, as they spend a great deal of time with them and are hence essential to protecting and identifying those in danger or at risk. The objective of this study is to identify school professional's awareness of child maltreatment and the existing national policies and procedures to examine the extent of efforts made in Saudi Arabia and to activate the roles of schools and school professionals in protecting children from violence and implementation of Article 19 of the CRC. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study, where school professionals from randomly selected schools throughout the country were invited to participate in a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 3,777 school professionals participated in the study. Fifty-five percent of professionals had at least 10 years of work experience. A low-level of awareness of child maltreatment was found in about 1/3 of school professionals. Only 1.9% of school professionals had ever attended any sort of specific training on child maltreatment, though 69.3% of those who had not, were willing to attend future training. With regards to awareness of CRC Article 19 or policies and procedures addressing child maltreatment, only 22% reported being aware of it. CONCLUSION The majority of school professionals in Saudi Arabia have a low-intermediate level of awareness of child maltreatment, ratification of CRC, and related national policies and procedures, yet most are willing to attend training programs on this subject matter. Efforts need to be made in the country to fill this gap.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fadia S AlBuhairan
- National Family Safety Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
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