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Verschuuren M, Kluge HHP, Rockenschaub G, Halldorsson H, Martini D, Ronsin K, Storozhenko O, Smallwood CA, Chemali S, Middleton J, Barnhoorn F, Busse R. European Public Health News. Eur J Public Health 2022; 32:834-839. [PMID: 36190154 PMCID: PMC9527952 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Tsang C, Sokal-Gutierrez K, Patel P, Lewis B, Huang D, Ronsin K, Baral A, Bhatta A, Khadka N, Barkan H, Gurung S. Early Childhood Oral Health and Nutrition in Urban and Rural Nepal. IJERPH 2019; 16:ijerph16142456. [PMID: 31295932 PMCID: PMC6678585 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16142456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Globalization and urbanization in Nepal have driven a nutritional transition from an agricultural-based diet to an ultra-processed, sugary diet. This study assessed the nutrition and oral health of 836 children age 6 months to 6 years and their families in rural and urban Nepal. Mothers were interviewed about maternal–child oral health and nutrition, and children received dental exams and height and weight measurements. Analyses utilized SPSS statistical software. Most families lived within a 5-minute walk to a store selling ultra-processed snacks and sugary drinks. While most mothers knew sweets caused tooth decay, half of the children were given sweets daily, and 58.2% of children had dental caries. Caries began in the first 2 years and increased in prevalence and severity to age 6, when 74.3% had caries and 20% experienced mouth pain. Despite greater health knowledge and resources among urban mothers, urban children’s increased access to junk food and frequency of consumption was associated with higher prevalence and severity of caries compared to rural children. Severe caries was associated with malnutrition, especially in rural children. Preventive strategies are needed in early childhood to incorporate nutrition and oral health education and dental care into maternal–child health services, and develop policies to prohibit the sale of junk food around schools.
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- Chloe Tsang
- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- School of Dentistry and Oral Health, A.T. Still University Arizona, Mesa, AZ 85206, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
- School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- School of Public Health, Columbia University Mailman, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- World Health Organization, Copenhagen, 2100 Capital Region, Denmark
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles Fielding, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Dhatt R, Theobald S, Buzuzi S, Ros B, Vong S, Muraya K, Molyneux S, Hawkins K, González-Beiras C, Ronsin K, Lichtenstein D, Wilkins K, Thompson K, Davis K, Jackson C. The role of women's leadership and gender equity in leadership and health system strengthening. Glob Health Epidemiol Genom 2017; 2:e8. [PMID: 29868219 PMCID: PMC5870471 DOI: 10.1017/gheg.2016.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Gender equity is imperative to the attainment of healthy lives and wellbeing of all, and promoting gender equity in leadership in the health sector is an important part of this endeavour. This empirical research examines gender and leadership in the health sector, pooling learning from three complementary data sources: literature review, quantitative analysis of gender and leadership positions in global health organisations and qualitative life histories with health workers in Cambodia, Kenya and Zimbabwe. The findings highlight gender biases in leadership in global health, with women underrepresented. Gender roles, relations, norms and expectations shape progression and leadership at multiple levels. Increasing women's leadership within global health is an opportunity to further health system resilience and system responsiveness. We conclude with an agenda and tangible next steps of action for promoting women's leadership in health as a means to promote the global goals of achieving gender equity.
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- R. Dhatt
- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Pl, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
- Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies, Library Road Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
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- Biomedical Training Research Institute, 10 Seagrave Road, Avondale Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Cambodia Development Resource Institute, 56 St. 315, Phnom Penh 622, Cambodia
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- Cambodia Development Resource Institute, 56 St. 315, Phnom Penh 622, Cambodia
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute – KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute – KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Pamoja Communications, UK Bishopstone, 36 Crescent Road, Worthing BN11 1RL, UK
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
- Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University of Lisbon, Rua da Junqueira 100, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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- Women in Global Health, 30901 Wiegmen Road, Hayward, CA 94544, USA
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Tsang C, Sokal-Gutierrez K, Barkan H, Ronsin K, Baral A. A deeper look at oral health and malnutrition in Nepal. Ann Glob Health 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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