Masaaki Shimada

• The INDEPTH standard population for low- and middle-income countries, 2013

  Open Access•Osman Sankoh, David Sharrow et al.•ARTICLE•Global Health Action•2014

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  Crude rates such as the crude death rate are functions of both the age-specific rates and the age composition of a population. However, differences in the age structure between two populations or two time periods can result in specious differences in the corresponding crude rates making direct comparisons between populations or across time inappropriate. Therefore, when comparing crude rates between populations, it is desirable to eliminate or mi…

• Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Hiv/Aids in a Rural Kenyan Community

  Open Access•Mohamed Karama, Taro Yamamoto et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Biosocial Science•2006

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  The aim of this research was to explore people’s knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practice towards HIV/AIDS and sexual activity in rural Kenya, where HIV is widespread. The study community was located in south-eastern Kenya, 50 km north of Mombassa, and had an estimated population of 1500. Subjects aged between 16 and 49 were recruited using a stratified cluster-sampling method and they completed self-administered questionnaires.Almost all resp…

• Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Hiv/Aids in a Rural Kenyan Community

  Open Access•Mohamed Karama, Taro Yamamoto et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Biosocial Science•2006

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  The aim of this research was to explore people’s knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practice towards HIV/AIDS and sexual activity in rural Kenya, where HIV is widespread. The study community was located in south-eastern Kenya, 50 km north of Mombassa, and had an estimated population of 1500. Subjects aged between 16 and 49 were recruited using a stratified cluster-sampling method and they completed self-administered questionnaires.Almost all resp…

• The INDEPTH standard population for low- and middle-income countries, 2013

  Open Access•Osman Sankoh, David Sharrow et al.•ARTICLE•Global Health Action•2014

  Incluir item

  Crude rates such as the crude death rate are functions of both the age-specific rates and the age composition of a population. However, differences in the age structure between two populations or two time periods can result in specious differences in the corresponding crude rates making direct comparisons between populations or across time inappropriate. Therefore, when comparing crude rates between populations, it is desirable to eliminate or mi…

Demography (2 obras) · Medicine (2 obras) · Population (2 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 obras) · Age groups (1 obras) · Age structure (1 obras) · Cluster sampling (1 obras) · Developing country (1 obras) · Economics (1 obras) · Environmental health (1 obras)