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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Public Health Intervention"”.
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Exploring public health intervention strategies to address barriers and challenges in the prevention of avoidable blindness due to glaucoma in Anambra State, Nigeria
Renewed emphasis by World Health Organisation in recent times has heightened the need for countries to address the issue of eye health with increased effort. However, due to scarcity of both human and material resources in Nigeria and many other developing countries health care is often …
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The influence of family dynamics on adolescents deviant and sexual risk behaviour in a migration affected community in South Africa: an evidence for public health intervention
… have consequences for their present or future health. Likewise, it has been shown that adolescents are also known to conform to societal norms if they are given proper guidance. In the light of this, the present study proposed to explore and explain the influence of family dynamics in the …
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Public health burden of diabetes in Ireland: time trends, determinants of complications and the implementation of a public health intervention to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes
Aim: To estimate the public health burden of diabetes in Ireland and to evaluate the implementation of a public health intervention to prevent and delay the development of a complication for people with diabetes. Methods: Data from four nationally representative studies were used to explore trends …
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Diphtheria, the public health response and the origins of the childhood immunisation programme in Ireland
… programme in Ireland was founded on a successful public health response to diphtheria. The success of the antidiphtheria public health intervention in Ireland has meant that no case of the disease has been recorded in the state for almost fifty years. This is a significant achievement considering …
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VacSeen : semantically enriched automatic identification and data capture for improved vaccine logistics
Vaccines are globally recognized as a critical public health intervention. Routine immunization coverage in large parts of the developing world is around 80%. Technology and policy initiatives are presently underway to improve vaccine access in such countries. Efforts to deploy AIDC technologies, …
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Application of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment to Domestic Hygiene
Enteric pathogens have long been a global health burden. The advancement of domestic hygiene has advanced societies for millennia as the ability to manage waste greatly reduces the public health risk of pathogen spread. The domestic restroom, more specifically the modern-day toilet is both a source …
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Missed opportunities for immunisation in health facilities in the Western Cape metro
… Childhood immunisations are a cost effective public health intervention for prevention of infectious diseases. Immunisation coverage, however, is still sub-optimal which may result in disease outbreaks. Immunisation at every contact with a health facility is a strategy developed by the World …
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The Influence of Deprivation on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Rural Indians
… due to socio-economic absence, limited health literacy and poor access to healthcare. Despite the national prevention programs, intervals in service distribution and structural inequalities continue to diagnose late diagnosis and poor management of CVD in rural adults aged 40 and above. …
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Role of community health workers in addressing dementia: A global perspective
… in dementia prevalence suggests a need for public health intervention. While prevention is crucial, lack of awareness, limited access to healthcare system and shortage of health workforce are significant shortcomings. Therefore, adopting a process that increases utilization of community …
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Pandemic panic : a network-based approach to predicting social response during a disease outbreak
… population-level behavior. The effect of interventions on the disease spread and social response is explored, and we implement an optimization study to determine the least cost intervention, taking into account the costs of the disease itself, the intervention and the social response. We …
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Comorbidity of disordered eating and depression: Examining intersectional inequities and cardiometabolic health consequences across the life course
… may (1) describe the distribution of population health inequities and (2) moderate health exposure-outcome associations. Grounded in an intersectional framework, this three-aim dissertation used an intersectional multilevel modeling approach (i.e., intersectional MAIHDA) and US nationally …
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Evaluation of immunization coverage among 0 to 24 month old children in Dzimauli Village, Vhembe District, South South
… Immunization has proven to be an effective public health intervention strategy that provides the necessary immunity against children's fatal acute infectious diseases, leading to significant reduction in morbidity and mortality in children. Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the …
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Knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours regarding sexually transmitted infections among learners at a selected high school in Collins Chabane Municipality
… has reached an epidemic level, calling for public health intervention. The study purpose was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours related to STIs among learners at a selected high school in Collins Chabane Municipality. A quantitative-descriptive study was carried …
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Nutritional and non-nutritional risk factors and pregnancy outcome of WIC participants in Virginia
… for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a public health intervention targeted to reach a high risk pregnant population in order to promote beneficial effects on pregnancy outcome. The ultimate goal of this research was to examine the pregnancy outcomes, relative to selected biological, …
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Death among a cohort of prisoners in New South Wales Australia — a data linkage study
… a potential opportunity for treatment and public health intervention to address some of the health problems underlying the high mortality found in this study. The key challenge is, however, to provide a continuum of care between the prison and community.
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Associations between Fecal Indicator Bacteria Prevalence and Demographic Data in Private Water Supplies in Virginia
… financial resources and access to environmental health education. As the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) does not regulate private water systems, it is the sole responsibility of the homeowner to maintain and monitor these systems. Previous limited studies indicate that microbial contamination of …
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The Roles of Yoga and Cooperative Extension in Meeting and Promoting the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
… States residents from agricultural production to healthy youth development. As 80% of Americans are not meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines (PAG), promoting physical activity is a recent addition to CE priority areas. To build capacity of CE to offer physical activity, training on physical …
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Influences of HIV on exclusive breastfeeding: an exploration of community-based peer support in rural Malawi
… months is recommended as the most cost-effective public health intervention to improve child survival particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and is central to achieving Millennium Development Goal number 4 for child health. However, despite the benefits of EBF to infants and mothers, the rates …
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Epidemiological studies of the aetiological associations between nutritional biomarkers and cardiometabolic risk factors in Cameroon
… of diet and nutritional factors on metabolic health in adults in Cameroon. Diet is modifiable, making it a realistic target for public health intervention to improve metabolic health in this population.
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