Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2016
Editorial
1. Commentary for Special Issue “Public health is new in Saudi Arabia. With this degree, I can go back and help to develop the field there.” – Naif Mohammed Alraihan, King Abdullah Fellow, Rollins School of Public Health, 2015
Scott J.N. McNabb, Abdullah M. Assiri, Samar Alsaggaf, Ziad A. Memish
Pages: 1 - 6
Editorial
2. Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) – 2015
Homoud Algarni, Ziad A. Memish, Abdullah M. Assiri
Pages: 7 - 9
Research Article
3. Trends of reported human cases of brucellosis, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2004–2012
Abdulaziz D. Aloufi, Ziad A. Memish, Abdullah M. Assiri, Scott J.N. McNabb
Pages: 11 - 18
Human brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease and is especially concerning in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), where livestock importation is significant. We analyzed reported human brucellosis disease trends in KSA over time to help policymakers understand the magnitude of the disease and guide...
Research Article
4. Evaluation of home respiratory therapy delivered to patients in the Ministry of Health’s Home Medical Program (HMP) and administered through the Madinah HMP Center, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
Rana A. Alhelali, Scott J.N. McNabb, Ziad A. Memish
Pages: 19 - 27
This was an evaluation of home respiratory therapy (HRT) services administered through the Madinah Home Medical Program (MHMP) Center of the Ministry of Health (MoH), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Using a retrospective design and descriptive analyses, we analyzed 83 patient records for the clinical...
Research Article
5. Cardiovascular risk profiles of adults with type-2 diabetes treated at urban hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fatima Y. Al Slail, Omer Abid, Abdullah M. Assiri, Ziad A. Memish, Mohammed K. Ali
Pages: 29 - 36
Diabetes mellitus substantially increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Among Saudi Arabian citizens with diabetes, little is known about the prevalence and control of other CVD risk factors.
We extracted data from medical records of a random selection of 422 patients seen between 2008 and 2012...
Research Article
6. Evaluation of tuberculosis public health surveillance, Al-Madinah province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2012
Mohammed J. Alkhalawi, Scott J.N. McNabb, Abdullah M. Assiri, Ziad A. Memish
Pages: 37 - 44
The objective of the study is to evaluate the quality of the data, the sensitivity of the surveillance, and the completeness of identification and investigation of tuberculosis (TB) patient’s contacts. The study covered the TB surveillance program in Al-Madinah province in 2011. First, we reviewed all...