Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit最新文献_第3页

Historical trends in completeness of death registration in Islamic Republic of Iran. 伊朗伊斯兰共和国死亡登记完整性的历史趋势。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.6.371

Elaheh Kazemi, Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Batoul Rabbani, Ardeshir Khosravi

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Strengthening public health response to substance use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 加强东地中海区域对药物使用的公共卫生反应。

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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.6.357

Hanan Balkhy

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Assessment of menstrual knowledge, beliefs and hygiene practices among ethnic groups in isolated populations in Pakistan. 评估巴基斯坦孤立人群中少数民族群体的月经知识、信仰和卫生习惯。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.6.393

Saif Ullah, Maryam Bibi, Anila Parveen, Mahliqa Dinar, Ayesha Manan, Sajid Malik

{"title":"Assessment of menstrual knowledge, beliefs and hygiene practices among ethnic groups in isolated populations in Pakistan.","authors":"Saif Ullah, Maryam Bibi, Anila Parveen, Mahliqa Dinar, Ayesha Manan, Sajid Malik","doi":"10.26719/2025.31.6.393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.6.393","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene significantly impacts women's health and it is often influenced by economic, cultural and religious factors.Aim: To assess knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among the Kho and Kalash ethnic groups in Chitral, Pakistan.Methods: From May to September 2023, this cross-sectional study collected data on knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene practices from 415 Kho and 105 Kalash women in Pakistan. The data were analysed using SPSS version 22 and associations between the variable factors were analysed using chi-square test (P < 0.05).Results: Respondents aged 14-20 years had better knowledge about menstruation than older adults and educated women were nearly 4 times more knowledgeable than illiterate women (49% vs 13%). Respondents with educated mothers had better knowledge about menstruation than those with illiterate mothers (52% vs 43%, P = 0.003). There was a significant difference in menstrual hygiene practices between Kalash and Kho women (P < 0.0001); Kalash women reported better practices than the Kho (90% vs 46%). The main sources of information about menstruation before menarche were friends (44%), mass media (21%) and elder sisters (13%).Conclusion: Knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene is poor among the study population, indicating the need for targeted interventions and policies to improve knowledge and hygiene practices, thereby improving menstrual health among the women.","PeriodicalId":93985,"journal":{"name":"Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit","volume":"31 6","pages":"393-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144692820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of tobacco products taxes on consumption in Türkiye. 烟草制品税对日本烟草消费的影响。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.309

Metin Dincer

{"title":"Effects of tobacco products taxes on consumption in Türkiye.","authors":"Metin Dincer","doi":"10.26719/2025.31.5.309","DOIUrl":"10.26719/2025.31.5.309","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Tobacco products taxes are a source of revenue for governments, but more importantly a strategy to reduce consumption of tobacco products and their associated health risks.Aim: To investigate how tobacco products taxes have altered tobacco use in Türkiye.Methods: This retrospective study collected data published between 2010 and 2023 on tobacco and tobacco products in Türkiye, including tobacco products taxes imposed by the government. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 22.0 and correlation analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between domestic cigarette and fine-cut tobacco sales.Results: Between 2010 and 2023, excise taxes on tobacco products varied between 19.2% and 34.2%. Consumer spending on fine-cut tobacco products per capita increased 42 694.6 folds due to an increase in the consumer price index. The annual number of cigarettes consumed per capita increased from 1266 in 2010 to 1609 in 2023 and fine-cut tobacco consumption per capita increased from 0.0037 g/year in 2010 to 106.8139 g/year in 2023. These increases in cigarette and fine-cut tobacco sales were attributed partly to population growth and a shift from cigarette consumption to fine-cut tobacco products consumption.Conclusion: Although the main tobacco product consumed in Türkiye is industrial cigarettes, increasing the prices increased interest in fine-cut tobacco. Therefore, the production of cigarettes from fine-cut tobacco above the legal estimates reduced the effect of the tax on cigarette consumption. The taxation system needs to be reformed to prevent the effect of such alternatives.","PeriodicalId":93985,"journal":{"name":"Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit","volume":"31 5","pages":"309-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Strategies to combat infodemics in public health. 防治公共卫生信息流行病的战略。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.340

Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda, Afsaneh Dehnad

{"title":"Strategies to combat infodemics in public health.","authors":"Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda, Afsaneh Dehnad","doi":"10.26719/2025.31.5.340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.340","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Infodemic is an emerging concept in public health and effective strategies are required to combat it.Aim: To identify documented strategies for combating infodemics in the health sector, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: In November 2022, we reviewed 87 articles on the management of infodemics in public health on PubMed and Web of Science using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews.Results: The number of articles on infodemic more than doubled from 18 in 2020 to 37 in 2021 and decreased to 32 in 2022, indicating efforts at different levels to combat infodemics especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies to combat infodemics included health literacy and education, use of more effective information resources, content control, social networking and communication, restrictive laws, use of electronic platforms, awareness campaigns, and health care provider involvement.Conclusion: Findings from this review indicate that infodemic, especially during a pandemic, is a serious challenge in public health and a multifaceted approach involving education, technology, policy and community engagement is essential to combat it.","PeriodicalId":93985,"journal":{"name":"Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit","volume":"31 5","pages":"340-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Accelerating access to medical products in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 加快在东地中海区域获得医疗产品。

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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.303

Hanan Balkhy

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Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among women of childbearing age in Jordan. 约旦育龄妇女高血压患病率及决定因素

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.317

Nadine N Abdelhadi, Mervat M Alsous

{"title":"Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among women of childbearing age in Jordan.","authors":"Nadine N Abdelhadi, Mervat M Alsous","doi":"10.26719/2025.31.5.317","DOIUrl":"10.26719/2025.31.5.317","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The burden of hypertension among women of childbearing age in Jordan is increasing, indicating the need to explore its prevalence and associated risk factors.Aim: To assess the prevalence and determinants of hypertension among women aged 18-49 years in Jordan.Methods: This study used secondary cross-sectional data on hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia from 2675 Jordanian and Syrian women aged 18-49 years from the 2019 WHO STEPS survey in Jordan. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 28, and univariate analysis was conducted to determine the associations between the variables.Results: Prevalence of hypertension among the study participants was 17% and women who had hypertension were also obese. Having hypertension was significantly associated with being married, having lower educational attainment and consuming high amounts of salt. Those who had hypertension were more likely to have a history of diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease (P < 0.05).Conclusions: The 17% prevalence of hypertension among the study participants, alongside obesity, indicates the need for weight management and lifestyle modification interventions to reduce the burden of hypertension among women of childbearing age in Jordan.","PeriodicalId":93985,"journal":{"name":"Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit","volume":"31 5","pages":"317-324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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To record the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in earthquake survivors, all influencing factors should be included in the evaluation. 为了记录地震幸存者中创伤后应激障碍的患病率，应将所有影响因素纳入评估。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.350

Josef Finsterer, Joao Gama Marques

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Building a sustainable future in Bahrain: Evolving from healthy cities to healthy settings. 在巴林建设可持续的未来：从健康城市发展到健康环境。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.306

Tasnim Atatrah, Deena Alkhamis, Shanine Mohebat, Asmaa Khalil, Yusuf Jalili, Samar Elfeky

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Scope of optometry practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 地中海东部地区验光实践的范围。

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.26719/2025.31.5.325

Zoelfigar Mohamed, Saif H Alrasheed, Yazan Gammoh, Mustafa Abdu, Babu Noushad, Nasser Alshamli, Waleed M Alghamdi

{"title":"Scope of optometry practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.","authors":"Zoelfigar Mohamed, Saif H Alrasheed, Yazan Gammoh, Mustafa Abdu, Babu Noushad, Nasser Alshamli, Waleed M Alghamdi","doi":"10.26719/2025.31.5.325","DOIUrl":"10.26719/2025.31.5.325","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Optometry regulation and practice vary by country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, therefore, understanding the disparities is crucial for optimizing eye care services in the region.Aim: To evaluate the professional regulations, clinical practices and barriers to providing specialized optometry services in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.Methods: Between April and September 2024, this cross-sectional survey collected data on professional regulations, clinical practices and barriers to specialized optometry services from 383 optometrists in the Eastern Mediterranean Region countries that recognize optometry as a profession. The data were analysed using SPSS version 29 and descriptive analysis was conducted.Results: Eighty percent of the respondents said there was national legislation and mandatory registration to obtain a practicing license in their countries. Almost all the optometrists said they had authority to prescribe spectacles (97.9%) and dispense contact lenses (94.3%), while only 29.2% said they were licensed to prescribe therapeutic drugs. Almost all the respondents (95.6%) assessed visual acuity, while only 18.1% performed contact tonometry. Insufficient training (33.6%) and lack of equipment (29.3%) were the main barriers to providing specialized optometry services.Conclusion: There are significant variations in the scope of optometry practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region countries and optometrists primarily provide basic eye care services. There is a need to widen the scope of optometry practice in the region and provide more comprehensive training and equipment support to enable optometrists to meet the diverse and evolving eye care needs.","PeriodicalId":93985,"journal":{"name":"Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit","volume":"31 5","pages":"325-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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