Health of men, women, and children in post-trafficking services in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam: an observational cross-sectional study

Autor: Dr. Ligia Kiss, PhD, Nicola S Pocock, MSc, Varaporn Naisanguansri, Soksreymom Suos, MA, Brett Dickson, BA, Doan Thuy, MA, Jobst Koehler, Kittiphan Sirisup, Nisakorn Pongrungsee, Van Anh Nguyen, MA, Rosilyne Borland, MA, Poonam Dhavan, MPH, Cathy Zimmerman, PhD

Publikováno v: The Lancet Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp e154-e161 (2015)

Background: Trafficking is a crime of global proportions involving extreme forms of exploitation and abuse. Yet little research has been done of the health risks and morbidity patterns for men, women, and children trafficked for various forms of forc

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/706643f1303d4c69af1fdd5777475093

Tuberculosis in migrants moving from high-incidence to low-incidence countries: a population-based cohort study of 519 955 migrants screened before entry to England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Autor: Robert W, Aldridge, Dominik, Zenner, Peter J, White, Elizabeth J, Williamson, Morris C, Muzyamba, Poonam, Dhavan, Davide, Mosca, H Lucy, Thomas, Maeve K, Lalor, Ibrahim, Abubakar, Andrew C, Hayward

Publikováno v: Lancet (London, England). 388(10059)

Tuberculosis elimination in countries with a low incidence of the disease necessitates multiple interventions, including innovations in migrant screening. We examined a cohort of migrants screened for tuberculosis before entry to England, Wales, and

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27742166

The cost-effectiveness of a school-based smoking prevention program in India

Autor: Cheryl L. Perry, K. Srinath Reddy, H. Shelton Brown, Melissa H. Stigler, Poonam Dhavan, Monika Arora

Publikováno v: Health Promotion International. 28:178-186

Intervention programs aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth have been shown to be effective in curbing tobacco use onset and progression. However, the effects of even very successful tobacco prevention programs may not always impress policy-mak

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https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dar095

Is Tobacco Use Associated With Academic Failure Among Government School Students in Urban India?

Autor: Poonam Dhavan, Cheryl L. Perry, K. Srinath Reddy, Monika Arora, Melissa H. Stigler

Publikováno v: Journal of School Health. 80:552-560

BACKGROUND: Not much is known about the academic correlates of tobacco use among students in developing countries. This study investigated associations between multiple forms of tobacco use, psychosocial risk factors, and academic failure among 10- t

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00541.x

Weight-related concerns and weight-control behaviors among overweight adolescents in Delhi, India: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Poonam Dhavan, Melissa H. Stigler, K. Srinath Reddy, Radhika Shrivastav, Cheryl L. Perry, Monika Arora

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 9 (2011)

Background Obesity is emerging as a public health problem among adolescents in India. The aim of this study was to describe specific weight-related concerns among school-going youth in Delhi, India and to assess the prevalence of weight control behav

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21299879