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Publication Metadata only Associations of number of victimizations with mental health indicators and health-risk behaviours among a nationally representative sample of in-school adolescents in Curaçao(2021-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; Ton-Duc-Thang University; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University: In all, 2,765 in-school adolescents with a median age of 15 years from Curaçao responded to the cross-sectional GSHS. Results: Results indicate that from six forms of victimization (bullied, parental physical victimization, physically attacked, physical... with four poor mental health indicators (worry-induced sleep disturbance, suicidal ideation, loneliness, and suicide attempt) and eleven health-risk behaviours (current tobacco use, current alcohol use, current cannabis use, early sexual debut, sex amongPublication Metadata only Sedentary behaviour and 12 sleep problem indicators among middle-aged and elderly adults in south africa(2019-04-02) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer Karl; North-West University; Mahidol University© 2019 by the authors. The aim of this investigation was to assess the association of sedentary behaviour with 12 different sleep problem indicators among rural middle-aged and elderly adults in South Africa. Cross-sectional data were analysed from... different sleep problem indicators. The sample included 4782 individuals 40 years and older (median 61 years, interquartile range = 20 years). Overall, participants engaged <4 h (55.9%), 4–<8 h (34.1%), 8 or more hours a day (9.9%) sedentary time a dayPublication Metadata only Associations between edentulism and health indicators among older adults in India(2021-08-24) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; College of Medical and Health Science; University of Limpopo; Mahidol UniversityIn this chapter we aimed to estimate the associations between edentulism and health indicators among older adults in a national population survey in India. The sample included 52,393 older adults (≥50 years) from a cross-sectional national community...-dwelling survey in India in 2017-2018. Results indicate that the prevalence of edentulism was 8.4%. In the adjusted logistic regression analysis, edentulism was positively associated with having difficulties with one or more Activities of Daily Living (ADLPublication Metadata only Trends in the prevalence of twenty health indicators among adolescents in United Arab Emirates: cross-sectional national school surveys from 2005, 2010 and 2016(2020-07-29) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; University of the Free State; Mahidol UniversityBACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the trends in the prevalence of various health indicators among adolescents in United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS: Nationally representative data were analysed from 24,220 in-school adolescents... physical activity, and school truancy. CONCLUSIONS: Several reductions but even more increases of poor health indicators were identified over three cross-sectional surveys during a period of 11 years emphasizing the need for enhanced health promotionPublication Metadata only Prevalence and factors associated with physical punishment and psychological aggression towards children in Laos: Results of the 2017 social indicator survey(2021-12-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; University of the Free State; Mahidol Universityyears of age) in Laos. Methods: In the nationally representative 2017 Lao Social Indicator Survey, 20,949 mothers or caretakers of children aged 1 - 14 years responded to questions on child disciplining methods used by adults in households duringPublication Metadata only Physical activity correlates in binge drinking university students from 24 countries(2020-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; Ton-Duc-Thang University; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University, alcohol use and health indicators and anthropometric measurement. Overall, 35.6% of the past-month binge drinking university students were physically inactive. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, male sex, living in a low- or lower middle-income... country, and low social support were positively and being overweight or obese and injury were negatively associated with physical inactivity. Results indicate that physical activity health promotion in binge drinking university students could targetPublication Metadata only Social and health determinants of edentulism among older adults in India(2021-08-24) Karl Peltzer; Supa Pengpid; College of Medical and Health Science; University of Limpopo; Mahidol UniversityIn this chapter we estimate the associations between social and health indicators with edentulism among older adults in India. The sample included 52,393 and older adults (≥50 years) from a cross-sectional national community-dwelling survey in India... in 2017-2018. Results indicate that the prevalence of edentulism was 8.4%, 8.2% among women and 8.5% among men. In the adjusted logistic regression analysis, older age (≥70 years) (Adjusted Odds Ratio-AOR: 5.77, 95% Confidence Interval-CI: 4.86-6Publication Metadata only Tobacco Use and Its Association with Mental Morbidity and Health Compromising Behaviours in Adolescents in Indonesia(2021-01-01) Karl Peltzer; Supa Pengpid; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University: The prevalence of current tobacco use was 12.8%. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, compared to non-current or never tobacco users, current tobacco use was associated with eight of eight mental problem indicators (lonely, anxiety, no close friend, suicidal..., and two sub-optimal hand hygiene behaviours). Conclusion: Compared to nontobacco users, current tobacco users had significantly higher mental problem indicators and health risk behaviours. Multiple comorbidity with tobacco use should be targetedPublication Metadata only Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy in a general national population in South Africa(2019-01-01) Karl Peltzer; Supa Pengpid; University of Limpopo; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa; Mahidol University–55 years. They responded to questions on alcohol use, socio-demographic and health indicators. Results: The results indicated that 3.7% (95.0% confidence interval [CI] = 3.1, 4.5) of South African women had engaged in alcohol use duringPublication Metadata only Dietary health behaviour and beliefs among university students from 26 low, middle and high income countries(2015-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; Mahidol University; University of Limpopo; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa(largely based on the European Health and Behaviour Survey) among 19503 undergraduate university students (mean age 20.8, Standard deviation=2.8, age range of 16-30 years) from 27 universities in 26 countries. Results indicated that for a total of six... healthy dietary behaviours, overall, students scored a mean of 2.8 healthy dietary behaviours. More female than male students indicated healthy dietary behaviours. In multivariate linear regression among men and women, living in an upper middle income