COMMUNITY WALKS: A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A MULTILEVEL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION FOR LOW INCOME PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS

Community Walks: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a multilevel physical activity intervention for low income public housing residents

Abstract Background Physical activity behavioral interventions to change individual-level drivers of activity, like motivation, attitudes, and self-efficacy, are often not sustained beyond the intervention period.Interventions at both environmental and individual levels might facilitate durable change.This community-based study seeks to test a mult

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Case Report: The management of hemorrhagic shock of different origins by target-controlled coagulation and extracorporeal organ support (continuous renal replacement therapy)

IntroductionTrauma-related severe bleeding and peripartum hemorrhage complicated by shock state is challenging for acute care physicians.Management steps relating to each other include damage control surgery, maintenance of optimal clotting preconditions, point-of-care and targeted supplementation of coagulation factors, control of hyperfibrinolysi

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Personalized information system for the control of tuberculosis in resource-limited settings: A simplistic proposal approach

Passive case finding remains the mainstay of tuberculosis (TB) control in several resource-limited countries.Although TB prevalence and mortality rates have declined in recent years, an estimated 3 million cases a year still go undetected and/or unreported, and delays in the diagnosis and treatment of TB continue to be widespread.It has been shown

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