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Background. Recently, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have become popular in maternity care as many midwives either use or recommend them to women. Studies in Ghana, however, have conspicuously missed the standpoint... more
A B S T R A C T This qualitative study was conducted in some selected rural communities within the Birim South District between March to June 2017 with the main aim of teasing out insights into Ghana's perspective of pregnant women's... more
Healthcare Informatics: An International Journal is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that Publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of the health care. The journal focuses on all of aspect in theory,... more
During the 1990s, states embraced legalised gambling as a means of supplementing state revenue. But gaming machines (EGMs, pokies, VLTs, Slots) have become increasingly controversial in countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand,... more
Health Informatics: An International Journal is a Quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that Publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of the health care. The journal focuses on all of aspect in theory,... more
Abstract: This paper describes the contentious positional stance of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) as a broad field of healing activity, in relationship to conventional biomedicine. It focuses on the question of whether... more
Health research training is an important part of medical education. This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and attitudes regarding health research in a group of Pakistani medical students at Aga Khan University,... more
Global investment in biomedical research has grown significantly over the last decades, reaching approximately a quarter of a trillion US dollars in 2010. However, not all of this investment is distributed evenly by gender. It follows,... more
Facebook has been used in health research, but there is a lack of literature regarding how Facebook may be used to recruit younger adolescents. A Facebook Page was created for an adolescent cohort study on the effects of puberty hormones... more
Background. Medical education curricula in developing countries should emphasize training in health research. This study compares the knowledge and attitudes towards health research between undergraduate medical students undertaking... more
ObjectiveTo describe the number of processed and ultra-processed food (PUPF) advertisements (ads) targeted to children on Argentinean television (TV), to analyse the advertising techniques used and the nutritional quality of the foods... more
Background: People living with Schizophrenia are often associated with obesity, because of a fairly sedentary lifestyle. However, there are less study findings about body composition of normal weight chronic schizophrenia inmates. The aim... more
On 14 June 2013, Québec's National Assembly passed Bill 30, An Act to amend the Civil Code and other legislative provisions with respect to research, which entered into force the same day. Bill 30 amended research provisions in the Civil... more
Drawing on theoretical work within ethnography and poststructuralism, this article discusses a conceptualization of autoethnography as assemblage. The concept of assemblage includes but goes beyond the literal bringing together of a range... more
Background: Expenditures on prescribed drugs in Canada are now well past those for all services provided by outpatient physicians ($26.9 billion vs. $21.5 billion in 2007). Government has the opportunity to dedicate resources to... more
This analysis examined the association between marijuana (Mj) use, willingness to participate, navigation and enrollment in health research among African Americans. Data from HealthStreet, a community-engagement model implemented in North... more
Patient engagement practices are increasingly incorporated in health research, governance, and care. More recently, a large number of evaluation tools and metrics have been developed to support engagement evaluation. This growing interest... more
Patient engagement practices are increasingly incorporated in health research, governance, and care. More recently, a large number of evaluation tools and metrics have been developed to support engagement evaluation. This growing interest... more