- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Community Health and Development
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Global Health Care Issues
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
2019-2024
The University of Melbourne
2018-2024
Johns Hopkins University
2020-2022
Melbourne Health
2020-2022
University of Copenhagen
2011-2019
World Health Organization
2017-2019
EAT
2018-2019
Guidance (United Kingdom)
2019
Evidence (Italy)
2019
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2017-2018
In 2014, chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent the leading causes of global mortality and disability. Government-level concern, resulting policy changes, are manifesting. However, there continues to be a paucity guiding frameworks for legislative measures. The surge NCDs will require strong effective governance responses, particularly in low middle-income countries. Simultaneously following 2008 World Health Report, has recently been renewed interest Primary Care (PHC) its core...
Recent years have demonstrated the devastating health consequences of complex emergencies and natural disasters thereby highlighted importance comprehensive collaborative approaches to humanitarian responses risk reduction.Simultaneously, noncommunicable diseases are now recognised as a real growing threat population development; that is magnified by during emergencies.Noncommunicable diseases, however, continue receive little attention from organisations in acute phase disaster emergency response.
The leading cause of mortality in Mongolia is Non-Communicable Disease. Alcohol recognised by the World Health Organization as one four major disease drivers and so, order to better understand triangulate recent national burden-of-disease surveys inform policy responses alcohol consumption Mongolia, a Knowledge, Attitudes Practices survey was conducted. Focusing on Diseases their risk factors, this publication explores alcohol-related findings survey. A door-to-door, household-based...
Malnutrition has many forms. Undernutrition can see children dangerously thin for their height (wasting), or growth permanently impeded (stunting). Inadequate intake of key nutrients may weaken immune systems, impair brain development, and worsen the risk conditions such as anaemia blindness. Diets rich in calories well beyond body's metabolic needs drive burden overweight obesity, while excess dietary fat, sugar, salt increase risks non-communicable diseases (NCDs). New worldwide estimates...
CHAPTER 1: HOW AUSTRALIA IMPROVED HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH ACTION ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: Do not think that the social determinants of health equity are old hat. In reality, Australia is very far away from addressing societal level drivers inequity. There little progressive policy touches on conditions daily life matter for health, and action to redress inequities in power, money resources almost non-existent. this chapter we ask you pause reality come a fantastic journey where...
Traditional, subscription-based scientific publishing has its limitations: often, articles are inaccessible to the majority of researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where journal subscriptions or one-time access fees cost-prohibitive. Open (OA) publishing, which journals provide online free charge, breaks this barrier allows unrestricted scholarly information all over globe. At same time, one major limitation OA is a high cost that placed on authors. Following recent...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of mortality in Mongolia, and diabetes, particular, is a growing public health threat. Mongolia nation undergoing rapid widespread epidemiological transition urbanisation: process that expected to continue coming decades likely increase diabetes burden. To better inform policy public-health responses impact growth NCDs, national NCD Knowledge, Attitudes Practices survey was implemented 2010; section which focused on diabetes. This...
Mongolia has a high and increasing burden of hypertension related disease, with cardiovascular diseases among the leading causes death. Yet little is known about knowledge, attitudes practices Mongolian population regards to blood pressure. With this in mind, national Non-Communicable Diseases survey on pressure was implemented late 2010. This paper reports findings research. Using multi-stage, random cluster sampling method 3450 participant households were selected from across Mongolia....