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- Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes: a growing public health challenge in UAE
In the oil-exporting Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – the economic growth and development of the past three decades have been dramatic. This socio-economic progress has brought benefits to many people in the region, such as improved access to health care, education, and safe drinking water. However, economic development has set the scene for the transformation of lifestyles, eating habits, and traditional societal and family structures in the region. These changes are not all for the better. In fact, lifestyle-related non-communicable health conditions are having an increasingly negative impact on the health of many adults and children. Abduelmula R Abduelkarem reports from the UAE on the growing health burden provoked by obesity-driven type 2 diabetes in young people in the country. [publication summary] [Diabetes Voice, September 2005, Vol. 50, Iss. 3, pp.9-11]
- Diabetes in the United Arab Emirates and Other Arab Countries: Need for Epidemiological and Genetic Studies
"In the UAE as well as other Arab countries, satisfactory epidemiological studies on the prevalence of diabetes are lacking… Recent studies in the UAE estimate that the percentage of people suffering from diabetes in the UAE rises with increasing age reaching as high as 40 per cent in the age group 60 and above. These observations emphasize the necessity of considering diabetes as one of the main priorities of the Ministry of Health in the UAE." [Genetic Disorders in the Arab World: United Arab Emirates (Volume 1, 2004), Centre for Arab Genomic Studies, Dubai, p.57]
- Driving behaviour, lapses, errors and violations on the road: United Arab Emirates study
The aim of this study was to determine the factors that affect driving and test the psychometric properties using the Manchester Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) in United Arab Emirates (UAE). A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Dubai (UAE) from January to July 2002. DBQ Questionnaire was used to collect the socio-demographic data, driver behaviour and DBQ items. A multi-stage stratified sampling design was used. A representative sample of 1800 UAE national drivers above 18 years was selected and approached at the time of renewal of their car registration. A total number of 1286 Arabian Emirati drivers out of 1800 agreed to take part in the study. The current findings suggest the need for further research investigation to understand better how cultural and life-style characteristics are associated with higher risk crashes in a developing Arabian Bedouin country. [author abstract] [Advances in Transportation Studies an international Journal Section A 12 (2007), pp.5-14]
- Emergency medicine in Dubai, UAE
Dubai has rapidly risen to prominence in the Persian Gulf region as a center of global commerce and tourism and as a cultural crossroad between East and West. The health-care infrastructure has undergone rapid development. Collaborations with academic medical centers now exist to advance clinical care, teaching and research. Emergency medicine has also advanced and is undergoing dynamic change. Dubai may soon emerge as a regional leader in emergency medicine training and practice. [author abstract] [Int J Emerg Med (2009) 2: 135–139]
- Hemoglobinopathies in the United Arab Emirates
"Autosomal recessive disorders are common in the UAE. Hemoglobinopathies are one of the most common disorders among the UAE nationals. Other diseases include congenital abnormalities, cancers, metabolic disorders, chromosomal aberrations and mental retardation. Monogenic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, fragile-X and G6PD also exist at appreciable levels." [p.51] [Genetic Disorders in the Arab World: United Arab Emirates (Volume 1, 2004), Centre for Arab Genomic Studies, Dubai, pp.51-54]
- Road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates compared to Western countries
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are increasingly being recognized as a growing public health problem in Bedouin Arabian Gulf countries. The discovery of oil around the middle of the last century has lead to changes in many aspects of life in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), not least in regard to the amount of vehicles on the roads. Whilst affluence may advance a country in terms of technology, infrastructure and economic stability, it is not necessarily the case that general patterns of behaviour will adapt at the same speed. This is one of the reasons suggested for the high number of incidents involving aggressive driving behaviour and driving offenses. The study of such incidents, and their relation to traffic accidents, has become a major concern of researchers over several years. This current investigation presents recent data concerning RTAs and road user behaviour in UAE during 2000. Careless driving is identified as the most important factor in RTAs over the period of study, accounting for over 35% of all incidents, while excessive speed was the second most common cause. The findings are discussed in regard to the necessity of changing behaviour of drivers through media campaigns and health education. It is hoped that the findings of this study may assist decision makers and international consultants in the formulation of policies and the development of alternative plans to improve urban transportation system in the UAE. [author abstract] [Advances in Transportation Studies: an international journal Section A 6 (2005), pp.5-12]
- Trends in childhood injury mortality in a developing country: United Arab Emirates
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of a leading cause of childhood mortality in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) – injury. To examine trends across types of injury, as well as the mechanisms of injury leading to death, by age groups, gender, citizenship, and explore mortality rates and make global comparisons. Design: This is a retrospective, descriptive, statistical analysis of unlinked hospital data. Setting: Al-Ain and Tawam Hospitals, and Preventive Medicine Department, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. Subjects: All cases that met the conditions established for the study: fell within the age group of 0 to 14 years, suffered from injuries, and were admitted to either Al- Ain or Tawam hospitals and subsequently died within the studied time period of 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2004. Results: A total of 7204 deaths were reported in children below 15 years during the studied time period. Of these cases, 2150 children died due to injury, comprising 29.8% of total deaths. Further analysis showed that road traffic injuries were the most frequent cause of injury leading to death (68.3%). Overall injury death rates were higher in non-citizens (54.5%) than in citizens (45.5%); and males had a higher incidence, specifically a 2.1:1 ratio, than females. Children 5 to 14 years had the highest frequency of injury deaths. Overall, injury mortality rates exhibited a decreasing, though fluctuating, trend during the studied period at a rate that is comparable to those in other developed nations such as New Zealand and USA. Conclusion: The present study reveals that the burden of injury deaths among children below 15 years is significant; and injuries exist in every form and affect every age group, and gender. The high burden of injuries on children in the UAE demands the attention of the health community, including policy makers. An understanding of the trends such as those presented in this study, for instance that injuries from road traffic are prominent, will assist in the development of interventions to address this growing concern. Furthermore, similarities in rates of UAE with other developed countries signify the potential for appropriate responses to lower the burden of injuries on children in the future. [author abstract] [Accident and Emergency Nursing (2007) 15, 228–233]
- Use of existing data for public health planning: a study of the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and core antibody in Al Ain Medical District, United Arab Emirates
Introduction: Hepatitis B is of major public health importance. Accurate information on its occurrence, with particular reference to the prevalence of immunity and chronic infection (marked by the presence of hepatitis B core antibody and surface antigen, respectively, in serum), is essential for planning public health programmes for the control of the disease. The generation of marker prevalence data through serological surveys is costly and time-consuming. The present study in Al Ain Medical District, United Arab Emirates, investigated the possibility of obtaining sufficiently accurate marker prevalence estimates from existing data to plan public health programmes. Methods: Two antenatal screening databases, one student serological survey database, one immunization programme database and one pre-marriage screening database containing information on marker prevalence were identified. Epidemiological data were abstracted from these databases and analysed. Results: The data showed that the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and the prevalence of core antibody in young citizens in 1998 were approximately 2% and 14% respectively, that any immunization campaign aimed at citizens of the United Arab Emirates should target teenagers as they had the highest risk of acquiring the disease, and that pre-immunization screening of young adults would be wasteful. However, the data did not yield information on the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and core antibody in other population subgroups of public health significance. Discussion: While data generated by the study are sufficient to support a hepatitis B immunization programme targeted at teenaged citizens, more accurate data, generated by a well-designed serological survey, would be essential for optimal public health planning. [author abstract] [Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78: 1324–1329]
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