Alessandro R Demaio

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ID8999947
NAMEAlessandro R Demaio
GIVEN NAMESAlessandro R
FAMILY NAMEDemaio
SIGNATUREDEMAIO A R
AFFILIATIONSYoung Professionals Chronic Disease Network, Boston, MA, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX0

  • The impact of maternal nutrition on offspring’s risk of non-communicable diseases in adulthood

    Open AccessJessie Pullar, Kremlin Wickramasinghe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019

  • Entrepreneurialism and health-promoting retail food environments in Canadian city-regions

    Open AccessCatherine L Mah, Rebecca Hasdell et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2018

    The retail sector is a dynamic and challenging component of contemporary food systems with an important influence on population health and nutrition. Global consensus is clear that policy and environmental changes in retail food environments are essential to promote healthier diets and reduce the burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases. In this article, we explore entrepreneurialism as a form of social change-making within retail food env…

  • Primary Health Care

    Open AccessSandro Demaio, Alessandro R Demaio et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    In 2014, chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent the leading causes of global mortality and disability. Government-level concern, and resulting policy changes, are manifesting. However, there continues to be a paucity of guiding frameworks for legislative measures. The surge of NCDs will require strong and effective governance responses, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Simultaneously following the 2008 World Health Re…

  • Tobacco smoking in Mongolia

    Open AccessSandro Demaio, Alessandro R Demaio et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The findings of this KAP survey corroborate the 2009 WHO STEPS Survey findings with regards to the prevalence of tobacco smoking in Mongolia. It identifies males, urban dwellers and Mongolian youth as groups that should be targeted by public health measures on tobacco consumption, while keeping in mind that higher levels of awareness of the harms caused by tobacco smoking do not necessarily translate into behavioural changes

  • Young professionals for health development

    Open AccessDuncan Mwangangi Matheka, Joseph Nderitu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2013

    Young individuals (below 35 years) comprise an estimated 60% of the global population. Not only are these individuals currently experiencing chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), either living with or at risk for these conditions, but will also experience the long-term repercussions of the current NCD policy implementations. It is thus imperative that they meaningfully contribute to the global discourse and responses for NCDs at the local le…

  • Exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to diabetes in Mongolia

    Open AccessSandro Demaio, Alessandro R Demaio et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of mortality in Mongolia, and diabetes, in particular, is a growing public health threat. Mongolia is a nation undergoing rapid and widespread epidemiological transition and urbanisation: a process that is expected to continue in coming decades and is likely to increase the diabetes burden. To better inform policy and public-health responses to the impact of the growth in NCDs, a nationa…

  • Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia

    Open AccessSandro Demaio, Alessandro R Demaio et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    This research suggests a low prevalence of diabetes-related health-knowledge among Mongolians. In this light, health-education should be part of any national strategy on diabetes

  • Hypertension and hypertension-related disease in Mongolia; findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study

    Open AccessSandro Demaio, Alessandro R Demaio et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Rural populations; younger populations; men; and less educated populations, all with lower levels of knowledge and risk perception regarding hypertension, present those most vulnerable to it and the related health outcomes. This research intimates major health knowledge gaps in sub-populations within Mongolia, regarding health-risks related to hypertension

  • Protocol for a national, mixed-methods knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on non-communicable diseases

    Open AccessSandro Demaio, Alessandro R Demaio et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    KAP surveys are well represented in the literature, but studies that aim to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of a population around NCDs remain scarce. This is despite the growing number of national epidemiological surveys, such as STEPS, which aim to quantify the burden of these diseases but do not explore the level of population-based awareness, understanding, risk-perception and possible motivation for change. Therefore this pape…