Kadhim Alabady

Dubai Health Authority | DHA · Public Health Protection Department

Objective: Hypertension prevalence has risen over the last decades around the world. The latest estimates showed that nearly one-third of the adult world population is having hypertension (31.1%, 1.39 billion). Minimal data is available on the prevalence and correlates of hypertension (HTN) and pre-hypertension (PHTN) among adults in Dubai. [1,2]....

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Abstract Background Minimal data is available on the prevalence and correlates of hypertension and prehypertension in Dubai. The study aims to measure the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension and the associated socio-demographic characteristics, behavioral risk factors and comorbidities among the adult population of Dubai. Methods This s...

Background: Football psychology can help footballers to train with more focus, play with more confidence. This helps them improving their mind, concentration and leadership skills. Many teams appoint a psychologist to improve team and individual performance.

Background: Overweight and obesity in adolescence have become a public health challenge. Health effects due to overweight and obesity appear during adolescence and continue into adulthood. Modifiable factors associated with overweight and obesity include unhealthy dietary behaviors and lack of exercise. Assessment of the prevalence of overweight an...

b> Background: Globally, depressive disorders are one of the leading causes of ill mental health and disability affecting about 1 in 4 people at some point in their lives. Population-level data on depressive disorders in the region are sparse yet essential for health sectors. This is the first population estimate for the prevalence of depressive di...

Purpose: To Provide a baseline of the current picture of major mental health challenges among men and women of different ages in Dubai. which can then be used to measure the impact of interventions or service development. Method: In order to carry out the mental health needs assessment we applied qualitative and quantitative methodology. Results: *...

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This report uses currently available information relating to cancer to support: • Commissioning • Monitoring of cancer services It highlights variation in cancer prevalence, incidence, hospital admissions, and access to screening services across Norfolk and Waveney. This report looks at the local variation between Clinical Commissioning Group (CC...

The number of people in the UK with sight loss is set to increase dramatically. It is predicted that by 2050 the number of people with sight loss in the UK will double to nearly four million3. It is predicted that by 2020 the number of people with sight loss will rise to over 2,250,000. The prevalence of sight loss increases with age, and the UK p...

This report summarises the findings and recommendations from a Public Health led project to explore the National Cervical Screening Program in Norfolk and Waveney. Exploration includes the cervical screening program and its links with cervical cancer incidence, mortality, population coverage, uptake and management in Norfolk and Waveney. Women bet...

This is a companion to the main Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health needs assessment, published in the summer of 2013, the Norfolk and Waveney IAPT needs assessment concentrates on a specific patient group. IAPT, as a concept, is designed to provide talking therapies for a high volume of lower severity patients in order to improve the mental wellbein...

A major challenge in ensuring the best health for all inhabitants of Norfolk is addressing those factors which perpetuate the inequalities gap. Based on General Practitioners (GPs) data for April 2013 the percentage of elderly population within Norfolk was estimated as slightly over 22% for those aged 65 years and over. As the population ages, the...

Mental illness affects people in all ages and stages of life, across society, impacting upon family life, friends and relationships, education, finding work, working, caring for others, leisure pursuits and retirement, as well as the impacts purely characteristic of the disorder. The severity, duration and impact of mental illness varies hugely, a...

An estimated 3 million people have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the UK. About 900,000 have diagnosed COPD and an estimated 2 million people have COPD which remains undiagnosed1. Most patients are not diagnosed until they are in their fifties. The incidence of COPD increases with age, and as Norfolk and Waveney has a large and gr...