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Showing 1 to 20 of 252 for “"Health research"”.
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Do no harm: decolonising Aboriginal health research
This thesis addresses the question: Why has health research not improved Aboriginal health? Exploring this question from an Indigenous perspective required the development of a methodological approach that I personally undertook as a journey, as both a participant and researcher. This methodology …
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The setting of health research priorities in South Africa
The health and development of a nation are linked. Health research is a vital element helps bring about improved health and has the potential to serve as an impetus for equitable development. Generally, it is necessary to prioritise needs in order to optimise the use of scarce resources for …
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Comparing Spatial Measures of the Built Environment for Health Research
Research on the association between health and the built environment often delineates environmental exposure using different spatial forms and distances surrounding points of interest, such as residences or schools. Examples from the literature include Euclidian and network buffers, administrative …
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USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A DATA SOURCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
Researchers have increasingly looked to social media data as a means of measuring population health and well-being in a less intrusive and more scalable manner compared to traditional public health data sources. In this dissertation, I outline three studies that leverage social media as a data …
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The right to health implications of data-driven health research partnerships
The public-private partnership between DeepMind Health and the NHS sparked public outcry for violating patient privacy, capturing the attention of right to privacy scholars and practitioners. By contrast, critiques pertaining to the broader political economy of the collaboration- which invoke …
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Inclusive and adaptive assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness for population health research
… that often lead to selection bias and distorted health associations. It presents the development, validation, and application of a comprehensive suite of fitness assessment methods that are applicable in diverse population groups, enabling more inclusive, adaptive, and robust research. In the UK …
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Variable Selection and Hypothesis Testing for High-Dimensional Models in Mental Health Research
Mental health research increasingly relies on complex, high-dimensional data arising from heterogeneous populations, longitudinal designs, hierarchical structures, and outcomes exhibiting excess zeros. These characteristics pose significant challenges for variable selection, model estimation, …
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Enhancing Secondary-use of Electronic Health Records for Geospatial-temporal Population Health Research
… the United States Department of Human and Health Services, Center for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization have recognized the role of social and environmental determinants of health in understanding the health of populations. Community and population health is a function of …
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A Multiethnic Approach of Stakeholder Involvement to Set Priorities for Oral Health Research
Setting research priorities is a key component of an effective research system. Stakeholder involvement, both formal and informal, is crucial in this process. Only few studies focus on the challenges of engaging diverse populations, particularly those from different ethnic and linguistic …
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Knowing our own minds: the role and value of experiential knowledge in mental health research
… through the author's experiential knowledge and research development to a position where an understanding of this contribution is achieved with the assistance of emancipatory and standpoint research paradigms. The ten papers submitted as part of this thesis span a total of 12 years and a range of …
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Knowledge translation of health research findings at the University of Malawi and its relevance in health policy formulation in Malawi: a study in developing a communication and dissemination strategy to facilitate the use of health research evidence
Findings from health research ought to play a role in informing health policy formulation. Over the years much health research has been conducted both in developing and developed countries. However, little is known on how health research has informed health policy formulation. The study sought to …
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Assessing Health Status, Disease Burden, and Quality of Life in Appalachia Tennessee: The Importance of Using Multiple Data Sources in Health Research.
<p>As the US population ages, public health agencies must examine better ways to measure the impact of adverse health outcome on a population. Many reports have asserted that more adverse health events occur in Appalachia. However, few studies have assessed the quality of life and burden of disease …
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What influences the rise and fall of health research disciplines? Insights from a mixed-method investigation of occupational epidemiological research in the UK
… improvements in the working population’s health. Nonetheless, anecdotal evidence indicates that OE in the UK is facing many challenges and the research workforce, funding, and output in this area are declining. This study aims to: investigate the nature and evolution of these key …
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Abortion Beyond the Binary: Transgender people have historically been left out of abortion and reproductive health research. Now, two researchers are bringing their experiences to light.
… to accessing abortions and other reproductive healthcare, transgender people throughout the United States face a minefield of issues—from getting insurance coverage to dealing with medical providers who don’t know how to treat them, to weathering discrimination—but very little research exists …
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Ethical, Legal and Social/Societal Implications (ELSI) of Recall-by-Genotype (RbG) approaches in the Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) study on genetic risk factors of Parkinson’s disease (PD)
… thesis, we present and discuss the results of research on the ELSI aspects of RbG approaches and within the Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) studies (RbG1, RbG2) on genetic risk factors of Parkinson's disease (PD). We used various qualitative and quantitative methods, …
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Researching strategies for risk reduction in sexual behaviour
This thesis is based in two parallel strands of research.<br/><br/>The first is an exploration of the theoretical distinctions between two competing paradigms dominant in sexual health research: social cognition models and discourse theory.<br/><br/>The second is an exploration of the practical use …
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