Insights from qualitative research on NAFLD awareness with a cohort of T2DM patients: time to go public with insulin resistance?

Abstract Background It is estimated that around 70% of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients (T2DM) have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).Awareness and education are amongst the major shortcomings of the public health response to the increasing threat of NAFLD.Characterizing the specific NAFLD-related information needs of particular high-risk

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Effects of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics on Childhood Blood Lead Testing and Elevated Blood Lead Levels, A Pennsylvania Birth Cohort Analysis

Background: Despite declining lead exposure among U.S.children, childhood blood lead level (BLL) undertesting and elevation remains a public health issue.This study explores the impacts of maternal, infant, and neighborhood characteristics on the receipt of lead testing and having elevated BLLs (EBLLs) among children under age two.Methods: Pennsylv

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