Paired inter-rater reliability indicated readiness for implementing the prevalence study: (Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient [r]=0.912; p<0.0001) and (r=0.925; p<0.0001) for January and April 2001, respectively.
Their baseline data show that in the neighbourhood where the treatment was to be implemented, the prevalence of soap purchase was substantially higher (64% of households) than in the other two (53% and 9%).
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/21/prepub The authors would like to thank all staff from the TB control programme in Shandong at the provincial, prefecture, county and township levels who were actively involved in implementing the prevalence survey.
Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic levels in most populations and epidemiological evidence suggests that unless effective preventive measures are implemented, the prevalence continue to raise globally [ 1] It is estimated that by the 2030 the number of people with diabetes will increase to more than 366 million, more than twice the number in 2000 [ 2].
Our approach corrects for selection bias in HIV prevalence estimates, is possible to implement even when HIV prevalence or non-participation is very high or very low, and provides a practical solution to account for both sampling and parameter uncertainty in the estimation of confidence intervals.
Finally, prevalence projections will be estimated from model-based incidence and survival estimates, implemented using PIAMOD (Prevalence, Incidence, Analysis MODel) software.
However, by applying a method inexpensive and easy to implement as the point-prevalence, we can say that we gained detailed knowledge of the antimicrobial use in our hospital.
Treatment and prevention programs, added to smoking-cessation programs tackling the unmasked risk of water-pipe smoking, 33 must be implemented to reduce prevalence, morbidity, and mortality from COPD.
In an attempt to control an ongoing outbreak caused by ESBL-producing and tobramycin-resistant K. pneumoniae, SDD was implemented and the prevalence of colistin resistance in these isolates increased from complete absence before introduction to 70%74(74 of 106 isolates) after introduction of SDD [ 18].
There, she helped implement a study of HIV prevalence, providing HIV/AIDS education in schools and churches, training field workers, and dealing with the study's logistics.
