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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Eric Obikeze, Daniel Onyeje, Jennifer Anyanti, Omokhudu Idogho, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Nkoli Uguru
Objective: Out of pocket expenditure is the primary means of financing healthcare in middle and low-income countries. The 2021 government health expenditure in Nigeria at 4.52% falls short of the 15% recommendation of the 2001 Abuja Declaration. This paper ex…
Saliou Salifou, Daméga Wenkourama, Sonia Kanekatoua, Charfoundine Affo, Yaovi Alofa, Kolou Simliwa Dassa
Introduction: Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic psychotic disorder. It is characterized by the simultaneous presence of symptoms of a characterized mood disorder and symptoms of schizophrenia. Data on this disorder are almost non-existent in West Africa.…
Hajar Al Hubaishi, Abdelrahim Ali
The quality of healthcare services is becoming a major concern in all countries, through improving performance to maximize the population health, effectively and efficiently, by doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, for the right person…
Japheth Kipkulei, Simon Kangethe, Frankline Boibanda, Hellen Jepngetich, Teresa Lotodo, Joel Kirinyet
Background: Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken to improve teaching and learning. It ensures quality in training programmes, motivates, and directs students’ learning. Assessment is als…
Fumiko Nakajima, Megu Aoyama, Mari Azuma, Chiharu Akazawa
Background: Our previous research concerned the relation between Sense of Coherence, workplace stress, and burnout for nurses in their first three years of work. We found that their psychological state in the first three months on the job was particularly cri…
Rachael Pulsone, Christian Williams
Upon entering the military recruits are challenged physically, this is exceptionally difficult for women as their anatomy predisposes them to more impact injuries than men. Female military recruits are placed at a higher risk for shin splints, a repetition in…
Belay Simane, Abera Kumie, Kiros Berhane, Jonathan Samet, Tord Kjellstrom, Jonathan Patz
Background: The Ethiopian flower industry is growing fast with successful diversification of export products under greenhouse structures. Higher temperatures in the greenhouses pose a serious threat to the health of workers and add to the risk of occupational…
Takuzo Hano, Yumi Koike
Greater fluctuations in office blood pressure increase the risk of stroke and blood pressure volatility is an important risk factor for cardiovascular events. Effects of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve on blood pressure regulation are well known, howeve…
Nozomu Mandai, Jun Sato, Mayumi Watanabe, Aki Ibe, Simon R. Downes, Hiroyuki Umiyama, Atsuko Uchinuno, 1 1
Background: Happiness varies across the life course in a U shape, with the least happiness in mid-life during the working years. Therefore, choosing a career may be an important factor in life’s happiness. However, the relationship between the career selectio…
Xiangdong Wei, Bin Zhang, Baojun Pan
Background: Matrix metalloproteinases 1 (MMP1) plays a role in cancer development and metastasis and high expression of MMP1 has been confirmed in various types of cancers. However, the correlation between MMP1 and prognosis and tumor-infiltration lymphocytes…
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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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