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1. Childhood Body Fat Patterns and Obesity Prevalence in Kazakhstan.

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Abdrakhmanova, Shynar, Aringazina, Altyn, Kalmakova, Zhanar, Utemissova, Laura, Heinen, Mirjam, Buoncristiano, Marta, Williams, Julianne, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, and Hudda, Mohammed T

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SCHOOL children, CHILDHOOD obesity, ADIPOSE tissues, CHILD patients, FAT
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Background: In Kazakhstan the pediatric population levels of obesity based on fat mass (FM) assessment are currently unknown. The present work aimed to assess average childhood FM levels and the prevalence of high levels of adiposity (based upon FM levels). Methods: Cross‐sectional data from 2015 to 2020 nationally representative Childhood obesity surveillance initiative and 2022 regional surveys were used for this study of children aged 8 years (n = 4770) and 9 years (n = 3863). Childhood FM assessment was made using a validated prediction model using height, weight, age, sex and ethnicity. Average levels of FM, fat mass percent (FM%) and the prevalence of overfat and obesity were estimated. Results: Amongst 8‐year‐olds, the population average FM% was 32.3% (95% CI: 31.7%–32.8%) for boys and 35.2% (95% CI: 34.8–35.6) for girls (2015) and 32.7% (95% CI: 32.3–33.1) for boys and 35.1% (95% CI: 34.7–35.5) for girls in 2020. The Almaty region had the average FM% 32.7% (95% CI: 32.1–33.2) and 34.8% (95% CI: 34.3–35.4) for boys and girls respectively in 2022. The similar pattern was observed for 9 year old children. Conclusions: The present study reveals high FM% levels in primary school age children from Kazakhstan across study years. Understanding patterns of FM levels is important for preventing and addressing childhood obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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2. Clinical characteristics of congenital and developmental cataract in Kazakhstan

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Kabylbekova, Aliya, Meirmanov, Serik, Aringazina, Altyn, Orazbekov, Lukpan, and Auyezova, Ardak

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Cataract -- Surgery -- Care and treatment -- Patient outcomes, Health
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Byline: Aliya. Kabylbekova, Serik. Meirmanov, Altyn. Aringazina, Lukpan. Orazbekov, Ardak. Auyezova Purpose: To study and describe clinical characteristics of congenital and developmental cataract at a tertiary eye care facility. Methods: [...]

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2022

6. Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings From the Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys

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Ramírez Varela, Andrea, primary, Hallal, Pedro C., additional, Mejía Grueso, Juliana, additional, Pedišić, Željko, additional, Salvo, Deborah, additional, Nguyen, Anita, additional, Klepac, Bojana, additional, Bauman, Adrian, additional, Siefken, Katja, additional, Hinckson, Erica, additional, Oyeyemi, Adewale L., additional, Richards, Justin, additional, Salih Khidir, Elena Daniela, additional, Inoue, Shigeru, additional, Amagasa, Shiho, additional, Jauregui, Alejandra, additional, da Silva, Marcelo Cozzensa, additional, Lee, I-Min, additional, Ding, Melody, additional, Kohl, Harold W., additional, Ekelund, Ulf, additional, Heath, Gregory W., additional, Powell, Kenneth E., additional, Foster, Charlie, additional, Memon, Aamir Raoof, additional, Doumbia, Abdoulaye, additional, Rather, Abdul Roof, additional, Razzaque, Abdur, additional, Diouf, Adama, additional, Hino, Adriano Akira, additional, Damasceno, Albertino, additional, Abebe, Alem Deksisa, additional, Florindo, Alex Antonio, additional, Mannocci, Alice, additional, Aringazina, Altyn, additional, Juričan, Andrea Backović, additional, Poffet, Andrea, additional, Decelis, Andrew, additional, Carlin, Angela, additional, Enescu, Angelica, additional, Ochoa Avilés, Angélica María, additional, Kontsevaya, Anna, additional, Somhegyi, Annamaria, additional, Vuillemin, Anne, additional, El Hamdouchi, Asmaa, additional, Théodore, Asse Amangoua, additional, Masanovic, Bojan, additional, Lynch, Brigid M., additional, Medina, Catalina, additional, del Campo, Cecilia, additional, Abdeta, Chalchisa, additional, Moreways, Changa, additional, Ranasinghe, Chathuranga, additional, Howitt, Christina, additional, Cameron, Christine, additional, Jurakić, Danijel, additional, Martinez-Gomez, David, additional, Tladi, Dawn, additional, Diro, Debrework Tesfaye, additional, Adlakha, Deepti, additional, Mitić, Dušan, additional, Bjelica, Duško, additional, Biernat, Elżbieta, additional, Chisati, Enock M., additional, Lambert, Estelle Victoria, additional, Cerin, Ester, additional, Lee, Eun-Young, additional, Riso, Eva-Maria, additional, Cañete Villalba, Felicia, additional, Assah, Felix, additional, Lovrić, Franjo, additional, Araya-Vargas, Gerardo A., additional, La Torre, Giuseppe, additional, Cruz, Gloria Isabel Niño, additional, Baltaci, Gul, additional, Al Sabbah, Haleama, additional, Nalecz, Hanna, additional, Nashandi, Hilde Liisa, additional, Park, Hyuntae, additional, Revuelta-Sánchez, Inés, additional, Nusurupia, Jackline Jema, additional, Zamora, Jaime Leppe, additional, Kopcakova, Jaroslava, additional, Brazo-Sayavera, Javier, additional, Oppert, Jean-Michel, additional, Nie, Jinlei, additional, Spence, John C., additional, Bradley, John Stewart, additional, Mota, Jorge, additional, Mitáš, Josef, additional, Chen, Junshi, additional, Hylton, Kamilah S, additional, Fromel, Karel, additional, Milton, Karen, additional, Borodulin, Katja, additional, Moustapha, Keita Amadou, additional, Martinez-Folgar, Kevin, additional, Nasreddine, Lara, additional, Christiansen, Lars Breum, additional, Malisoux, Laurent, additional, Malete, Leapetswe, additional, Grepo-Jalao, Lorelie C., additional, Monteiro, Luciana Zaranza, additional, Al Subhi, Lyutha K., additional, Dakskobler, Maja, additional, Alnaji, Majed, additional, Garro, Margarita Claramunt, additional, Hagströmer, Maria, additional, Murphy, Marie H., additional, Mclaughlin, Matthew , additional, Rivera-Morales, Mercedes, additional, Scheinowitz, Mickey, additional, Shkodra, Mimoza, additional, Piątkowska, Monika, additional, Chaudhury, Moushumi, additional, Alrashdi, Naif Ziyad, additional, Mutrie, Nanette, additional, Murphy, Niamh, additional, Ahmad, Norhayati Haji, additional, Obeidat, Nour A., additional, Gómez, Nubia Yaneth Ruiz, additional, Liangruenrom, Nucharapon, additional, Arnesto, Oscar Díaz, additional, Flores-Flores, Oscar, additional, Incarbone, Oscar, additional, Chimeddamba, Oyun, additional, Bovet, Pascal, additional, Magalhães, Pedro, additional, Jousilahti, Pekka, additional, Katewongsa, Piyawat, additional, Gómez, Rafael Alexander Leandro, additional, Shihab, Rawan Awni, additional, Ocansey, Reginald, additional, Veress, Réka, additional, Marine, Richard, additional, Carrizales-Ramos, Rolando, additional, Saeed, Saad Younis, additional, El-Ashker, Said, additional, Green, Samuel, additional, Kasoma, Sandra, additional, Beretervide, Santiago, additional, Baldew, Se-Sergio, additional, Nichols, Selby, additional, Khoo, Selina, additional, Hosseini, Seyed Ali, additional, Goenka, Shifalika, additional, Gholamalishahi, Shima, additional, Kosen, Soewarta, additional, Compernolle, Sofie, additional, Enescu, Stefan Paul, additional, Popovic, Stevo, additional, Paudel, Susan, additional, Andrade, Susana, additional, Titze, Sylvia, additional, Davidson, Tamu, additional, Dusingizimana, Theogene, additional, Dorner, Thomas E., additional, Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L., additional, Huong, Tran Thanh, additional, Sychareun, Vanphanom, additional, Jarevska-Simovska, Vera, additional, Puloka, Viliami Kulikefu, additional, Onywera, Vincent, additional, Wendel-Vos, Wanda, additional, Dionyssiotis, Yannis, additional, and Pratt, Michael, additional

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2023
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10. Adaptation of the Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS19-Q) for Russian-Speaking Populations-International Collaboration across Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and the USA

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Lopatina, Maria, Berens, Eva-Maria, Klinger, Julia, Levin-Zamir, Diane, Kostareva, Uliana, Aringazina, Altyn, Drapkina, Oxana, Pelikan, Juergen M., Lopatina, Maria, Berens, Eva-Maria, Klinger, Julia, Levin-Zamir, Diane, Kostareva, Uliana, Aringazina, Altyn, Drapkina, Oxana, and Pelikan, Juergen M.

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The Russian language is the eighth most spoken language in the world. Russian speakers reside in Russia, across the former Soviet Union republics, and comprise one of the largest populations of international migrants. However, little is known about their health literacy (HL) and there is limited research on HL instruments in the Russian language. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS19-Q) developed within the Health Literacy Survey 2019-2021 (HLS19) to the Russian language to study HL in Russian-speaking populations in Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and the USA. The HLS19-Q was translated either from English or from a national language to Russian in four countries first and then critically reviewed by three Russian-speaking experts for consensus. The HLS19 protocol and team approach method were used for linguistic and cultural adaptation. The most challenging was the adaptation of HLS19-Q questions to each country's healthcare system while general HL questions were flexible and adaptable to specific contexts across all countries. This study provides recommendations for the linguistic and cultural adaptation of HLS19-Q into different languages and can serve as an example of international collaboration towards this end.

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2022

13. Status and trends of physical activity surveillance, policy, and research in 164 countries : Findings from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA!

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Ramírez Varela, Andrea, Hallal, Pedro C., Mejía Grueso, Juliana, Pedišić, Željko, Salvo, Deborah, Nguyen, Anita, Klepac, Bojana, Bauman, Adrian, Siefken, Katja, Hinckson, Erica, Oyeyemi, Adewale L., Richards, Justin, Salih Khidir, Elena Daniela, Inoue, Shigeru, Amagasa, Shiho, Jauregui, Alejandra, da Silva, Marcelo Cozzensa, Lee, I-Min, Ding, Melody, Kohl, Harold W., Ekelund, Ulf, Heath, Gregory W., Powell, Kenneth E., Foster, Charlie, Memon, Aamir Raoof, Doumbia, Abdoulaye, Rather, Abdul Roof, Razzaque, Abdur, Diouf, Adama, Hino, Adriano Akira, Damasceno, Albertino, Abebe, Alem Deksisa, Florindo, Alex Antonio, Mannocci, Alice, Aringazina, Altyn, Juričan, Andrea Backović, Poffet, Andrea, Decelis, Andrew, Carlin, Angela, Enescu, Angelica, Ochoa Avilés, Angélica María, Kontsevaya, Anna, Somhegyi, Annamaria, Vuillemin, Anne, El Hamdouchi, Asmaa, Théodore, Asse Amangoua, Masanovic, Bojan, Lynch, Brigid M., Medina, Catalina, del Campo, Cecilia, Abdeta, Chalchisa, Moreways, Changa, Ranasinghe, Chathuranga, Howitt, Christina, Cameron, Christine, Jurakić, Danijel, Martinez-Gomez, David, Tladi, Dawn, Diro, Debrework Tesfaye, Adlakha, Deepti, Mitić, Dušan, Bjelica, Duško, Biernat, Elżbieta, Chisati, Enock M., Lambert, Estelle Victoria, Cerin, Ester, Lee, Eun-Young, Riso, Eva-Maria, Cañete Villalba, Felicia, Assah, Felix, Lovrić, Franjo, Araya-Vargas, Gerardo A., La Torre, Giuseppe, Cruz, Gloria Isabel Niño, Baltaci, Gul, Al Sabbah, Haleama, Nalecz, Hanna, Nashandi, Hilde Liisa, Park, Hyuntae, Revuelta-Sánchez, Inés, Nusurupia, Jackline Jema, Zamora, Jaime Leppe, Kopcakova, Jaroslava, Brazo-Sayavera, Javier, Oppert, Jean-Michel, Nie, Jinlei, Spence, John C., Bradley, John Stewart, Mota, Jorge, Mitáš, Josef, Chen, Junshi, Hylton, Kamilah S, Fromel, Karel, Milton, Karen, Borodulin, Katja, Moustapha, Keita Amadou, Martinez-Folgar, Kevin, Nasreddine, Lara, Christiansen, Lars Breum, Malisoux, Laurent, Malete, Leapetswe, Grepo-Jalao, Lorelie C., Monteiro, Luciana Zaranza, Al Subhi, Lyutha K., Dakskobler, Maja, Alnaji, Majed, Garro, Margarita Claramunt, Hagströmer, Maria, Murphy, Marie H., Mclaughlin, Matthew, Rivera-Morales, Mercedes, Scheinowitz, Mickey, Shkodra, Mimoza, Piątkowska, Monika, Chaudhury, Moushumi, Alrashdi, Naif Ziyad, Mutrie, Nanette, Murphy, Niamh, Ahmad, Norhayati Haji, Obeidat, Nour A., Gómez, Nubia Yaneth Ruiz, Liangruenrom, Nucharapon, Arnesto, Oscar Díaz, Flores-Flores, Oscar, Incarbone, Oscar, Chimeddamba, Oyun, Bovet, Pascal, Magalhães, Pedro, Jousilahti, Pekka, Katewongsa, Piyawat, Gómez, Rafael Alexander Leandro, Shihab, Rawan Awni, Ocansey, Reginald, Veress, Réka, Marine, Richard, Carrizales-Ramos, Rolando, Saeed, Saad Younis, El-Ashker, Said, Green, Samuel, Kasoma, Sandra, Beretervide, Santiago, Baldew, Se-Sergio, Nichols, Selby, Khoo, Selina, Hosseini, Seyed Ali, Goenka, Shifalika, Gholamalishahi, Shima, Kosen, Soewarta, Compernolle, Sofie, Enescu, Stefan Paul, Popovic, Stevo, Paudel, Susan, Andrade, Susana, Titze, Sylvia, Davidson, Tamu, Dusingizimana, Theogene, Dorner, Thomas E., Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L., Huong, Tran Thanh, Sychareun, Vanphanom, Jarevska-Simovska, Vera, Puloka, Viliami Kulikefu, Onywera, Vincent, Wendel-Vos, Wanda, Dionyssiotis, Yannis, and Pratt, Michael

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public health practice, health promotion, epidemiology, guidelines and recommendations, measurement
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Background: Physical activity (PA) surveillance, policy, and research efforts need to be periodically appraised to gain insight into national and global capacities for PA promotion. The aim of this paper was to assess the status and trends in PA surveillance, policy, and research in 164 countries. Methods: We used data from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!) 2015 and 2020 surveys. Comprehensive searches were performed for each country to determine the level of development of their PA surveillance, policy, and research, and the findings were verified by the GoPA! Country Contacts. Trends were analyzed based on the data available for both survey years. Results: The global 5-year progress in all 3 indicators was modest, with most countries either improving or staying at the same level. PA surveillance, policy, and research improved or remained at a high level in 48.1%, 40.6%, and 42.1% of the countries, respectively. PA surveillance, policy, and research scores decreased or remained at a low level in 8.3%, 15.8%, and 28.6% of the countries, respectively. The highest capacity for PA promotion was found in Europe, the lowest in Africa and low- and lower-middle-income countries. Although a large percentage of the world’s population benefit from at least some PA policy, surveillance, and research efforts in their countries, 49.6 million people are without PA surveillance, 629.4 million people are without PA policy, and 108.7 million live in countries without any PA research output. A total of 6.3 billion people or 88.2% of the world’s population live in countries where PA promotion capacity should be significantly improved. Conclusion: Despite PA is essential for health, there are large inequalities between countries and world regions in their capacity to promote PA. Coordinated efforts are needed to reduce the inequalities and improve the global capacity for PA promotion.

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2022

24. Development and Sustainability: The Challenge of Social Change

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Cimadamore, Alberto D., Ottemöller, Fungisai P. Gwanzura, Lie, Gro Therese, Mittelmark, Maurice B., Edwards, Mark G., Delamonica, Enrique, Aringazina, Altyn, Chadborn, Neil, Springett, Jane, Zanella, Cristine Koehler, Cimadamore, Alberto D., Mittelmark, Maurice B., Lie, Gro Therese, and Ottemöller, Fungisai P. Gwanzura

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Sustainability, Health, Global, Development, Transdisciplinary, Poverty, Transformative
Abstract

While the need for effective action toward a greener and socially inclusive economy has long been evident, health promotion in the context of sustainable development has faltered. Arguing that human health is the key factor to sustainable development, Development and Sustainability promotes a fresh, transdisciplinary approach to the eradication of extreme poverty. This ground-breaking book calls for new forms of cooperation which cross the traditional boundaries between social activism and science, and which are capable of harnessing the complex knowledge that such radical change requires. The contributions bridge the gap between those working for health and those working for sustainability science and the green economy, through developing the methodological and scientific means to deal with some of the most critical issues faced by humanity in the twenty-first century. Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) at the University of Bergen publishedVersion

Published
2016

25. Measuring health literacy in Asia: Validation of the HLS-EU-Q47 survey tool in six Asian countries

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UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Duong, Tuyen V., Aringazina, Altyn, Baisunova, Gaukhar, Nurjanah, Pham, Thuc V., Pham, Khue M., Truong, Tien Q., Nguyen, Kien T., Oo, Win Myint, Mohamad, Emma, Su, Tin Tin, Huang, Hsiao-Ling, Sørensen, Kristine, Pelikan, Jürgen M., Van den Broucke, Stephan, Chang, Peter Wushou, UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Duong, Tuyen V., Aringazina, Altyn, Baisunova, Gaukhar, Nurjanah, Pham, Thuc V., Pham, Khue M., Truong, Tien Q., Nguyen, Kien T., Oo, Win Myint, Mohamad, Emma, Su, Tin Tin, Huang, Hsiao-Ling, Sørensen, Kristine, Pelikan, Jürgen M., Van den Broucke, Stephan, and Chang, Peter Wushou

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BACKGROUND: Health literacy has been increasingly recognized as one of the most important social determinants for health. However, an appropriate and comprehensive assessment tool is not available in many Asian countries. This study validates a comprehensive health literacy survey tool European health literacy questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) for the general public in several Asian countries. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey based on multistage random sampling in the target countries. A total of 10,024 participants aged ≥15 years were recruited during 2013-2014 in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The questionnaire was translated into local languages to measure general health literacy and its three domains. To evaluate the validity of the tool in these countries, data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency analysis, and regression analysis. RESULTS: The questionnaire was shown to have good construct validity, satisfactory goodness-of-fit of the data to the hypothetical model in three health literacy domains, high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha >0.90), satisfactory item-scale convergent validity (item-scale correlation ≥0.40), and no floor/ceiling effects in these countries. General health literacy index score was significantly associated with level of education (P from <0.001 to 0.011) and perceived social status (P from <0.001 to 0.016), with evidence of known-group validity. CONCLUSIONS: The HLS-EU-Q47 was a satisfactory and comprehensive health literacy survey tool for use in Asia. Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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2017

29. Screening of Arterial Hypertension in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Advantages, Disadvantages and Ways of Improving.

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SHINBOLATOVA, Aigul, KULZHANOV, Maksut, ARINGAZINA, Altyn, and NURBAKHYT, Ardak

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Background: In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State screening program for early detection of Arterial Hypertension (AH) and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) for the target age groups was established in 2008. Methods: The results of cross-sectional survey conducted at 8 primary health care facilities of Almaty city and Almaty region of Kazakhstan from September 2012 until May 2013 was used. A multistage sampling approach was used to select patients with diagnosed arterial hypertension between 18 to 64 years of age residing in a city (n=405, 50.6%) or village (n=395, 49.4%). Data collection was done via face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Rural residents (62.7%) mainly were “no-screened”. These patients get treatment in policlinics only in case of serious health problems. At younger ages of 18 and 39 years, AH is diagnosed less often among rural than among urban residents (P<0.05). In addition, 71% of the rural residents have incomes below the national average, which has a significant impact on their ability to purchase quality medicines and food and to engage in sports; 16.3% of the rural respondents do not follow doctor's prescriptions due to the lack of money to buy medications. Conclusion: The screening for AH and the dissemination of information about screening in rural areas needs a lot of improvement, and that it is necessary to reconsider and improve the public policy for the distribution of free medications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014

30. Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings From the Global Observatory for Physical Activity-GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys.

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Ramírez Varela A, Hallal PC, Mejía Grueso J, Pedišić Ž, Salvo D, Nguyen A, Klepac B, Bauman A, Siefken K, Hinckson E, Oyeyemi AL, Richards J, Salih Khidir ED, Inoue S, Amagasa S, Jauregui A, da Silva MC, Lee IM, Ding M, Kohl HW, Ekelund U, Heath GW, Powell KE, Foster C, Memon AR, Doumbia A, Rather AR, Razzaque A, Diouf A, Hino AA, Damasceno A, Abebe AD, Florindo AA, Mannocci A, Aringazina A, Juričan AB, Poffet A, Decelis A, Carlin A, Enescu A, Ochoa Avilés AM, Kontsevaya A, Somhegyi A, Vuillemin A, El Hamdouchi A, Théodore AA, Masanovic B, Lynch BM, Medina C, Del Campo C, Abdeta C, Moreways C, Ranasinghe C, Howitt C, Cameron C, Jurakić D, Martinez-Gomez D, Tladi D, Diro DT, Adlakha D, Mitić D, Bjelica D, Biernat E, Chisati EM, Lambert EV, Cerin E, Lee EY, Riso EM, Cañete Villalba F, Assah F, Lovrić F, Araya-Vargas GA, La Torre G, Cruz GIN, Baltaci G, Al Sabbah H, Nalecz H, Nashandi HL, Park H, Revuelta-Sánchez I, Nusurupia JJ, Zamora JL, Kopcakova J, Brazo-Sayavera J, Oppert JM, Nie J, Spence JC, Bradley JS, Mota J, Mitáš J, Chen J, Hylton KS, Fromel K, Milton K, Borodulin K, Moustapha KA, Martinez-Folgar K, Nasreddine L, Christiansen LB, Malisoux L, Malete L, Grepo-Jalao LC, Monteiro LZ, Al Subhi LK, Dakskobler M, Alnaji M, Garro MC, Hagströmer M, Murphy MH, Mclaughlin M, Rivera-Morales M, Scheinowitz M, Shkodra M, Piątkowska M, Chaudhury M, Alrashdi NZ, Mutrie N, Murphy N, Ahmad NH, Obeidat NA, Gómez NYR, Liangruenrom N, Arnesto OD, Flores-Flores O, Incarbone O, Chimeddamba O, Bovet P, Magalhães P, Jousilahti P, Katewongsa P, Gómez RAL, Shihab RA, Ocansey R, Veress R, Marine R, Carrizales-Ramos R, Saeed SY, El-Ashker S, Green S, Kasoma S, Beretervide S, Baldew SS, Nichols S, Khoo S, Hosseini SA, Goenka S, Gholamalishahi S, Kosen S, Compernolle S, Enescu SP, Popovic S, Paudel S, Andrade S, Titze S, Davidson T, Dusingizimana T, Dorner TE, Kolbe-Alexander TL, Huong TT, Sychareun V, Jarevska-Simovska V, Puloka VK, Onywera V, Wendel-Vos W, Dionyssiotis Y, and Pratt M

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Humans, Legal Epidemiology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Global Health, Exercise, Policy
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Background: Physical activity (PA) surveillance, policy, and research efforts need to be periodically appraised to gain insight into national and global capacities for PA promotion. The aim of this paper was to assess the status and trends in PA surveillance, policy, and research in 164 countries., Methods: We used data from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!) 2015 and 2020 surveys. Comprehensive searches were performed for each country to determine the level of development of their PA surveillance, policy, and research, and the findings were verified by the GoPA! Country Contacts. Trends were analyzed based on the data available for both survey years., Results: The global 5-year progress in all 3 indicators was modest, with most countries either improving or staying at the same level. PA surveillance, policy, and research improved or remained at a high level in 48.1%, 40.6%, and 42.1% of the countries, respectively. PA surveillance, policy, and research scores decreased or remained at a low level in 8.3%, 15.8%, and 28.6% of the countries, respectively. The highest capacity for PA promotion was found in Europe, the lowest in Africa and low- and lower-middle-income countries. Although a large percentage of the world's population benefit from at least some PA policy, surveillance, and research efforts in their countries, 49.6 million people are without PA surveillance, 629.4 million people are without PA policy, and 108.7 million live in countries without any PA research output. A total of 6.3 billion people or 88.2% of the world's population live in countries where PA promotion capacity should be significantly improved., Conclusion: Despite PA is essential for health, there are large inequalities between countries and world regions in their capacity to promote PA. Coordinated efforts are needed to reduce the inequalities and improve the global capacity for PA promotion.

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2022
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31. Development and Validation of a New Short-Form Health Literacy Instrument (HLS-SF12) for the General Public in Six Asian Countries.

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Duong TV, Aringazina A, Kayupova G, Nurjanah, Pham TV, Pham KM, Truong TQ, Nguyen KT, Oo WM, Su TT, Majid HA, Sørensen K, Lin IF, Chang Y, Yang SH, and Chang PWS

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Background: No comprehensive short-form health literacy (HL) survey tool has been available for general use across Asia., Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form HL instrument derived from the 47-item European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47)., Methods: A population survey ( N = 10,024) was conducted from 2013 to 2015 using the HLS-EU-Q47 in 1,029 participants from Indonesia, 1,845 from Kazakhstan, 462 from Malaysia, 1,600 from Myanmar, 3,015 from Taiwan, and 2,073 from Vietnam. Validation of the short form was evaluated by principle component analysis, internal consistency, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis., Key Results: Based on responses from six countries, a 12-item short-form HL questionnaire (HLS-SF12) was developed, retaining the conceptual framework of the HLS-EU-Q47 and accounting for the high variance of the full-form (i.e., 90% in Indonesia, 91% in Myanmar, 93% in Malaysia, 94% in Taiwan, and 95% in both Kazakhstan and Vietnam). The HLS-SF12 was demonstrated to have adequate psychometric properties, including high reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .85), good criterion-related validity, a moderate and high level of item-scale convergent validity, no floor or ceiling effect, and good model-data-fit throughout the populations in these countries., Conclusions: The HLS-SF12 was shown to be a valid and reliable tool for HL surveys in the general public in six Asian countries. [ HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice . 2019;3(2):e90-e102.] ., Plain Language Summary: A health literacy survey was conducted from 2013 to 2015 in six Asian countries using the European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47). The collected data were used to develop and validate a comprehensive short-form questionnaire. A health literacy questionnaire with 12 items (HLS-SF12) that retains the original conceptual framework of the HLS-EU-Q47 was demonstrated to be reliable and valid.

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2019
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