The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

I Abubakar, RW Aldridge, D Devakumar, M Orcutt… - The Lancet, 2018‏ - thelancet.com
Executive summary With one billion people on the move or having moved in 2018, migration
is a global reality, which has also become a political lightning rod. Although estimates …

[HTML][HTML] Health risk behaviours by immigrants' duration of residence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SP Juárez, H Honkaniemi, NK Gustafsson… - … Journal of Public …, 2022‏ - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: The aim was to systematically review and synthesise international evidence on
changes in health risk behaviours by immigrants' duration of residence. Methods: We …

Impact of smoking status and nicotine dependence on academic performance of health sciences students

JS Alqahtani, AM Aldhahir, Z Alanazi… - Substance Abuse and …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background Smoking behavior has been associated with poor academic performance
among adult students worldwide. However, the detrimental effect of nicotine dependence on …

The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study

E Salama, S Niemelä, J Suvisaari, T Laatikainen… - BMC Public Health, 2018‏ - Springer
Background Substance use is a well-known public health problem, but population-based
research on migrants' substance use in Europe is limited. Factors related to the cultural …

Physicochemical and functional properties of wheat-rain tree (Samanea saman) pod composite flours

NYA Amankwah, JK Agbenorhevi… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Rain tree pod (RTP) has the potential to contribute to food security, but it is underutilized in
Ghana. In this study, the physicochemical, mineral, functional, and pasting properties of RTP …

Is duration of residence a proxy for acculturation? The case of health risk behaviors among international immigrants

SP Juárez, H Honkaniemi… - … Journal of Public …, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: Among international immigrants, health changes by duration of residence are
commonly interpreted as an expression of acculturation to the receiving country context. This …

Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study

B van Nieuwenhuizen, MH Zafarmand, E Beune… - Internal and emergency …, 2018‏ - Springer
Cardiovascular health (CVH) is a construct defined by the American Heart Association
(AHA) as part of its 2020 Impact Goal definition. CVH has, until now, not been evaluated in …

A situational analysis of tobacco control in Ghana: progress, opportunities and challenges

A Singh, E Owusu-Dabo, N Mdege… - Journal of global …, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world, with most of these
deaths now occurring in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Sub-Saharan Africa …

Epidemiology and clinical features of thyroid-associated orbitopathy in Accra

EM Ackuaku-Dogbe, J Akpalu… - Middle East African …, 2017‏ - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE: Thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO), a clinical manifestation of Graves'
disease, is an autoimmune disorder of the orbital and periorbital tissue. Data on the …

Effect of oil price volatility on the trade balance in sub‐Saharan Africa

P Forson, JB Dramani, PB Frimpong… - OPEC Energy …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Crude oil price volatility as an important driver of the trade balance of economies has been
widely documented in the literature. However, studies on the effect of oil price volatility on …