Evidence-Based Public Health
    Public health decision making can be a complicated process because of the complex nature of inputs and the need for group decision making. Nevertheless, public health research and practice during the last century gained many notable achievements and contributed to the 30-year gain in life expectancy.
    Publications | Center for Social Development | Washington ...
    A Global Gateway. The publications database is a gateway to the writings of CSD experts and other thought leaders. It connects readers to the reports, briefs, working papers, and other works in our repository, as well as to books, chapters, special issues, and articles by CSD authors.
    The effect of physical activity on mortality and ...
    Higher recreational and non-recreational physical activity was associated with a lower risk of mortality and CVD events in individuals from low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries. Increasing physical activity is a simple, widely applicable, low cost global strategy that could reduce deaths and CVD in middle age.
    Neighborhood Atlas - Home
    The Neighborhood Atlas allows for rankings of neighborhoods by socioeconomic status disadvantage in a region of interest (e.g. at the state or national level). It includes factors for the theoretical domains of income, education, employment, and housing quality. It can be used to inform health delivery and policy, especially for the most disadvantaged neighborhood groups.
    MRI versus mammography for breast cancer screening in ...
    MRI screening detected cancers at an earlier stage than mammography. The lower number of late-stage cancers identified in incident rounds might reduce the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and decrease breast cancer-related mortality. However, the advantages of the MRI screening approach might be at the cost of more false-positive results, especially at high breast density.
    Lung India : Free full text articles from Lung India
    From the Editor's desk. Dear Readers, I hope that you find Lung India useful in boosting your academic pursuits. The editorial team and the leadership of the Indian Chest Society are interested and engaged in improving the journal and its rating.
    Why is depression more prevalent in women?
    Major depression is a chronic illness with a high prevalence and is a major component of disease burden. Depressive disorders were the second leading cause of years lived with disability in 2010 in Canada, the United States and globally. 1, 2 When depression-related deaths due to suicide and stroke are considered, depression has the third highest global burden of disease. 3 Major depression is