• Awareness of human papilloma virus and cervical cancer prevention among Greek female healthcare workers 

      Farazi P.A., Hadji P., Roupa Z. (2017)
      The incidence rate of cervical cancer varies by geographic region, with less developed regions showing the highest rates. All risk factors for cervical cancer are actually preventable if appropriate lifestyle changes are ...
    • Children and parents’ awareness regarding potential hazards derived from the use of chemical products in Greece 

      Tsitsimpikou C., Georgiadis N., Tsarouhas K., Kartsidis P., Foufa E., Bacopoulou F., Choursalas A., Kouretas D., Nikolaidis A.K., Koulaouzidou E.A. (2021)
      Over the last decades, human activities prompted the high production and widespread use of household chemical products, leading to daily exposure of humans to several chemicals. The objective of this study was to investigate ...
    • The cognitive benefits of bilingualism in autism spectrum disorder: Is theory of mind boosted and by which underlying factors? 

      Peristeri E., Baldimtsi E., Vogelzang M., Tsimpli I.M., Durrleman S. (2021)
      This study examined whether bilingualism boosts Theory of Mind as measured by a non-verbal false belief (FB) task in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and how this potential boost may stem from improvements in ...
    • Control of paratuberculosis: Who, why and how. A review of 48 countries 

      Whittington R., Donat K., Weber M.F., Kelton D., Nielsen Sø.S., Eisenberg S., Arrigoni N., Juste R., Sáez J.L., Dhand N., Santi A., Michel A., Barkema H., Kralik P., Kostoulas P., Citer L., Griffin F., Barwell R., Moreira M.A.S., Slana I., Koehler H., Singh S.V., Yoo H.S., Chávez-Gris G., Goodridge A., Ocepek M., Garrido J., Stevenson K., Collins M., Alonso B., Cirone K., Paolicchi F., Gavey L., Rahman M.T., De Marchin E., Van Praet W., Bauman C., Fecteau G., McKenna S., Salgado M., Fernández-Silva J., Dziedzinska R., Echeverría G., Seppänen J., Thibault V., Fridriksdottir V., Derakhshandeh A., Haghkhah M., Ruocco L., Kawaji S., Momotani E., Heuer C., Norton S., Cadmus S., Agdestein A., Kampen A., Szteyn J., Frössling J., Schwan E., Caldow G., Strain S., Carter M., Wells S., Munyeme M., Wolf R., Gurung R., Verdugo C., Fourichon C., Yamamoto T., Thapaliya S., Di Labio E., Ekgatat M., Gil A., Alesandre A.N., Piaggio J., Suanes A., De Waard J.H. (2019)
      Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts animal welfare and arouses public health ...
    • Differences in dyslexic students before and after a remediation program: A clinical neuropsychological and event related potential study 

      Zygouris N.C., Avramidis E., Karapetsas A.V., Stamoulis G.I. (2018)
      Developmental dyslexia is defined as an unexpected specific and persistent failure to acquire efficient reading skills despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence and sociocultural opportunity. This article ...
    • Environmental behavior in a private-sphere context: Integrating theories of planned behavior and value belief norm, self-identity and habit 

      Gkargkavouzi A., Halkos G., Matsiori S. (2019)
      This study explores the determinants of environmental behavior in a private-sphere context and proposes an integrative model that includes the constructs from two theoretical frameworks, the theory of planned behavior (TPB) ...
    • Identifying the employment needs of people with chronic health conditions in Europe 

      Ávila C.C., Ayuso-Mateos J.L., Muñoz-Murillo A., Scaratti C., Coenen M., Vlachou A., Fheodoroff K., Pilat A., Tabaj A., Svestkova O., Kadyrbaeva A., Cabello M. (2018)
      Objectives: The main goal of this study was to compare the employment needs experienced by people with different chronic health conditions and in different welfare systems. Methods: A total of 688 participants with six ...
    • Imported Chikungunya fever case in Greece in June 2014 and public health response 

      Tsiodras S., Pervanidou D., Papadopoulou E., Kavatha D., Baka A., Koliopoulos G., Badieritakis E., Michaelakis A., Gavana E., Patsoula E., Tsimpos I., Gioksari T., Kyriazopoulou E., Vakali A., Pavli A., Maltezou H.C., Georgakopoulou T., Hadjichristodoulou C., Kremastinou J., Papa A. (2016)
      We report about the first imported case of Chikungunya fever in Greece in a Greek traveler returning from the Dominican Republic and the associated public health response. We investigated the case and performed focused ...
    • Mobile health in urology: The good, the bad and the ugly 

      Azevedo N.P., Gravas S., de la Rosette J. (2020)
      Our aim is to present the current position of mobile health (mHealth) and the delivery of healthcare services via mobile communication devices in urology. We conducted a literature review of urology mHealth papers on PubMed. ...
    • Opportunistic screening for hypertension: what does it say about the true epidemiology? 

      Menti A., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Voulgari P.V., Hadjichristodoulou C., Gkaliagkousi E., Doumas M., Kalaitzidis R.G., Kallistratos M.S., Karakosta A., Katsi V., Krokidis X., Manios E., Marketou M., Ntineri A., Papadakis J.A., Papadopoulos D., Sarafidis P., Trypsianis G., Chatzopoulos M., Chlouverakis G., Alamanos Y., Zebekakis P., Touloumi G., Stergiou G.S. (2022)
      This study aimed to assess the reliability of opportunistic screening programs in estimating the prevalence, treatment, and control rate of hypertension in the general population. Two recent epidemiological surveys obtained ...
    • Organ donation awareness: Rethinking media campaigns 

      Symvoulakis E.K., Markaki A., Anyfantakis D., Rachiotis G. (2018)
      [No abstract available]
    • Policy guidelines for effective inclusion and reintegration of people with chronic diseases in the workplace: national and european perspectives 

      Vlachou A., Stavroussi P., Roka O., Vasilou E., Papadimitriou D., Scaratti C., Kadyrbaeva A., Fheodoroff K., Brecelj V., Svestkova O., Tobiasz-Adamczyk B., Finnvold J.E., Gruber S., Leonardi M. (2018)
      The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases among the European working age population, as well as the implications for the individual and societal level, underline the need for policy guidelines targeting the effective ...
    • Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Greece: EMENO national epidemiological study 

      Stergiou G.S., Menti A., Kalpourtzi N., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Chlouverakis G., Hajichristodoulou C., Trypsianis G., Voulgari P.V., Alamanos Y., Karakosta A., Touloumi G. (2021)
      Objective:The evidence on the epidemiology of hypertension in Greece is limited. The prevalence and control of hypertension was assessed in randomly selected adults of the general population in Greece within the nationwide ...
    • SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring using a novel PCR-based method rapidly captured the Delta-to-Omicron ΒΑ.1 transition patterns in the absence of conventional surveillance evidence 

      Chassalevris T., Chaintoutis S.C., Koureas M., Petala M., Moutou E., Beta C., Kyritsi M., Hadjichristodoulou C., Kostoglou M., Karapantsios T., Papadopoulos A., Papaioannou N., Dovas C.I. (2022)
      Conventional SARS-CoV-2 surveillance based on genotyping of clinical samples is characterized by challenges related to the available sequencing capacity, population sampling methodologies, and is time, labor, and ...
    • Self-reported risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and awareness about it in the community of 4 insular complexes comprising 41 Greek Islands 

      Adamou A., Giannopoulos A.-S., Arvaniti C., Belios I., Dalampira D., Eleftheriadis G., Zinoviou T., Kassas P., Vavougios G.D., Hatzoglou C., Gourgoulianis K.I., Zarogiannis S.G. (2022)
      Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is a chronic disease that significantly increases morbidity and mortality of the affected population. There is lack of data concerning the OSAS prevalence in the insular part of ...
    • Self-talk and emotions in tennis players during competitive matches 

      Fritsch J., Jekauc D., Elsborg P., Latinjak A.T., Reichert M., Hatzigeorgiadis A. (2022)
      A theory-driven classification recently introduced to sport psychology distinguishes between goal-directed self-talk as a controlled type of self-talk, and spontaneous self-talk as an uncontrolled type of self-talk. Based ...
    • The state of hepatitis B and C in the mediterranean and balkan countries: Report from a summit conference 

      Hatzakis, A.; Van Damme, P.; Alcorn, K.; Gore, C.; Benazzouz, M.; Berkane, S.; Buti, M.; Carballo, M.; Cortes Martins, H.; Deuffic-Burban, S.; Dominguez, A.; Donoghoe, M.; Elzouki, A. N.; Ben-Alaya Bouafif, N.; Esmat, G.; Esteban, R.; Fabri, M.; Fenton, K.; Goldberg, D.; Goulis, I.; Hadjichristodoulou, T.; Hatzigeorgiou, T.; Hamouda, O.; Hasurdjiev, S.; Hughes, S.; Kautz, A.; Malik, M.; Manolakopoulos, S.; Matičič, M.; Papatheodoridis, G.; Peck, R.; Peterle, A.; Potamitis, G.; Prati, D.; Roudot-Thoraval, F.; Reic, T.; Sharara, A.; Shennak, M.; Shiha, G.; Shouval, D.; Sočan, M.; Thomas, H.; Thursz, M.; Tosti, M.; Trépo, C.; Vince, A.; Vounou, E.; Wiessing, L.; Manns, M. (2013)
      The burden of disease due to chronic viral hepatitis constitutes a global threat. In many Balkan and Mediterranean countries, the disease burden due to viral hepatitis remains largely unrecognized, including in high-risk ...
    • Strokes and TIAs during and after Carotid Artery Doppler: Cause or Coincidence? 

      Papavasileiou, V.; Milionis, H.; Hirt, L.; Michel, P. (2015)
      The aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence of acute cerebrovascular symptoms temporally related to carotid Doppler examination (DEx), in order to increase the awareness and recording of such events and to ...
    • Student involvement in global veterinary education and curricula: 7 years of progress (2013-2019) 

      Liatis T., Patel B., Huang M., Buren L., Kotsadam G. (2020)
      As central members of the veterinary education community, students are well placed to highlight current problems in veterinary education. Motivated by the lack of current formal student involvement, the largest global ...
    • Teachers’ awareness and perceptions of Health Education Nutrition Programmes in Greece: A qualitative study 

      Koutsaki M., Saltaouras G., Diamantopoulou E., Dardavessis T., Androutsos O. (2022)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate primary and secondary school teachers’ attitudes and perceptions regarding the usefulness and effectiveness of Health Education Nutrition Programmes (HENPs) in Greece. Design: ...