INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY AMONG ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review

Abstract Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to experience poorer health outcomes than other population groups.While data specific to Indigenous Australians are scarce, a known social health literacy gradient exists linking low health literacy and poor health outcomes within many minority populations.Improving health l

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Sawdust as an ameliorant to decontaminate Arsenic in potato soils

Purpose Bangladesh is an agriculture-based country, where about 3 million ha is covered by groundwater sources for irrigation, but a significant portion of irrigation water is Arsenic contaminated.To produce Potato under Arsenic contaminated soil, an experiment was conducted to find out the effect of sawdust as an adsorbent to decontaminate here Ar

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Illegal markets: Estimates of global proceeds

Illegal markets represent a phenomenon of considerable economic, political and social significance whose annual income exceeds the value of a thousand billion USD.Illegal market participants are beyond the reach of government institutions and rule of law while social connections and personal acquaintances play an important role of functional substi

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