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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Other Public Health"”.
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Bullying prevention and intervention in education through the visual arts: an instrumental case study
… (AERA) (2013) bullying is one of the greatest health risks to children and young adults in the United States. It is harmful in its impact to the victim, the bystander, and the bully and is often less visible and less identifiable than other public health concerns. The effects on victims, …
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Logistical Models For Planning And Operating Medical Countermeasure Distribution Networks During Public Health Emergencies
Public health emergencies require rapid responses from federal, state, and local authorities to prevent widespread mortality and morbidity. However, existing response plans seldom account for the variety of risks and uncertainties inherent in emergency scenarios. Our goal is to construct models …
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Force Health Protection: Applied Epidemiology in the Australian Defence Force
… field placement with the Directorate of Defence Health Policy, Joint Health Command, within the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Joint Health Command supports health capability through the provision of health care to ADF members and technical oversight of health support delivered by the Navy, Army …
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Force Health Protection: Applied Epidemiology in the Australian Defence Force
… field placement with the Directorate of Defence Health Policy, Joint Health Command, within the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Joint Health Command supports health capability through the provision of health care to ADF members and technical oversight of health support delivered by the Navy, Army …
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Minimal Contact Intervention for Tobacco Dependence
… conducted to measure the degree of adherence by public health care providers to a policy that requires them to implement minimal contact intervention for tobacco cessation with their clients. This study also described what components of the intervention may have contributed to the adherence of …
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Making an impact in public health through philanthrocapitalism : the PaCT Project and ImPaCT Commercial Ventures
… studies are a distinct area of epidemiology and public health. To conduct such studies, it often requires exorbitant resources. African collaborators and a team of Harvard scientists have initiated what is groundbreaking to the field of epidemiology and will be the largest investigations into …
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Public Health Governance at the Watershed Scale: Exploring Opportunities for Multi-sector Governance to Advance Planetary Health in Northeastern Massachusetts
Many health and environmental regulations apply only within specific political or administrative boundaries, creating a mismatch between the spatial scale of natural systems which impact health and the spatial extents of relevant regulations. For example, in Massachusetts, local Boards of Health …
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Back and neck pain: Patterns in healthcare consultations
… and the society through work disability and healthcare utilisation. To what extent is less studied. Routinely collected healthcare registers is a potential resource for epidemiological studies of musculoskeletal disorders. Skåne region, as opposed to nationally in Sweden, has healthcare …
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Competencies and applicability of the Master of Public Health (MPH) qualification. A qualitative study of graduates from South African Universities
… pandemic underscored the critical role of public health professionals in mitigating the crisis and exposed significant weaknesses in global healthcare systems. Graduates with Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees and other public health qualifications played pivotal roles in pandemic …
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Addressing car dependency in Cape Town: Reviewing how the Citys mobility and spatial frameworks can transcend car-oriented urbanism
… change, road safety issues, pollution and other public health challenges, but also inequitable accessibility favouring private car users, among many other problems. Also, the research is motivated by and in response to the argument by Newman and Kenworthy (2015) that cities are experiencing …
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Raising the Standards of Emergency Preparedness at the University of San Francisco
… to normal operations as soon possible for both health and economic benefits. To address the potential concern, the university established the Office of Campus Resilience in August of 2014. This paper will detail a 300 hour fieldwork experience while working with this department. During the …
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Does Not Improve Handgrip Time-to-Failure or Alter Central or Peripheral Hemodynamics
<p>Age-related deviations to the neuromuscular system negatively impact motor function and performance. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been linked to improvements in the neuromuscular system. The purpose of this study was to determine if tDCS delivered to the dorsolateral …
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An Examination of Self-Reported Factors Associated with the Participation in HIV Risk Behaviors Among Individuals Aged 54 to 65 in Georgia
… HIV/AIDS in the aging population from a health policy standpoint. Methods: A non-experimental descriptive quantitative study was conducted utilizing data from the CDC's 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey to identify factors that may be related to the …
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Safe Injection Facilities in the Tenderloin: Starting with Operational Plans
… effects of injection drug use and refer PWID to other medical, social, and treatment services. The Safer Inside Coalition, a community-driven health initiative, in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco recommended opening a SIF in the Tenderloin to improve the health of the community and …
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Pharmacovigilance in Post-Marketing: Risk Assessment and Reporting Standards
<p>While there has been new targeted drug therapies released into the market over the recent years, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains to be a rapidly progressive disease with poor prognosis. Over time the arteries stiffen and tighten subsequently leaving the heart to pump harder to try …
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<b>Reaching Consensus: Development of an Advocacy 2.0 Instructional Model for Schools and Programs of Public Health</b>
… the most effective tools available for improving public health. As the field of public health becomes more focused on improving the social determinants of health, dismantling structural racism, and tackling chronic disease and other public health problems, training the workforce in how to …
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Physical, mechanical and durability properties of sugarcane ash enhanced compressed earth blocks stabilized with fly ash and lime powder
… industries which lead to environmental and health concerns such as flooding, air pollution and other public health scarce. These wastes have potential pozzolanic reactivity and may be used to develop cementitious materials that are sustainable, while maintaining requirements as affirmed in …
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Stigma Isn’t All Bad: How Storytelling and Monster Metaphors in Anita Blake Challenge Existing Notions of Health-Related Stigma and Generate Productive Stigma Outcomes
… research and everyday discussions about health-related stigma often emphasize its counterproductive outcomes, such as when stigma discourages or undermines testing, treatment and other public health interventions. Like people living with HIV/AIDS, zombies, vampires and werewolves which …
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Virginia Wastewater Surveillance: Can SARS-CoV-2 Once-Weekly Sampling Predict Imminent Rises in Community COVID-19 Disease Burden?
… its use has increased sharply – and far more publicly – since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. WWS typically involves sample collection of community sewage at the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), where it is then analyzed for viral particle counts reflecting the entire WWTP's service …
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Breast Cancer Fund: Power Mapping for Policy Change
… across the nation to expand their reach and health education. BCF works to expose and eliminate toxic chemicals in the environment that are linked to breast cancer, immunotoxicity, and reproductive and developmental issues. BCF accomplishes these goals through public awareness and pushing for …
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