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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Public Health Medicine"”.
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Writing for public health: medicine, statistics, and literature in the progressive era
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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The contribution of public health medicine specialists to South Africa's health system
Background: While South Africa's Constitution, health legislation and policies value public health (PH) approaches, Public Health Medicine (PHM) specialists are largely invisible in the health services. Despite this, many undertake specialist training. The reasons for this mismatch, for doctors' …
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Using proxy markers from routine diagnostic PCR testing to assess the disease severity of new SARS-CoV-2 variants
… data. All cases diagnosed on this assay in the public sector in the Western Cape, South Africa, from 1 April to 31 July 2021 (for analysis of clinical severity of Delta vs previously circulating [mainly Beta] variant analysis) and from 1 November to 14 December 2021 (for analysis of clinical …
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Expanded programme for immunisation: Review of the Western Cape Department of health public private partnership
Background: The demand for healthcare services has been steadily increasing over the years whilst the health system is subjected to increasing resource limitations. The private sector has therefore, in various ways, including Public Private Partnerships, been viewed as a means to address these …
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Navigating transitions out of post-secondary education: a mixed methods study of emerging adult mental health and access to support pre-and post-graduation
Mental health during emerging adulthood (18-29) is cause for concern, as this is the age period with highest rates of mental disorders and dropout from mental health services. While much research has examined transitions into university and campus-based service access, scarce evidence exists on how …
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Exploring risk-taking and health in immigrant adolescents to Canada: A unique focus on the “healthy immigrant effect”
The Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) describes the phenomenon in which immigrants initially experience better health outcomes than the host population, followed by a gradual decline in health across time and generations. While the HIE has been widely documented among adults, less is known about how …
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The Role of System-Level Primary Care Characteristics and Immigration Status as Predictors of Non-Urgent Emergency Department Presentations
Non-urgent health conditions are best served in primary care settings (e.g. family practices and walk-in clinics). Despite this, patients commonly present to emergency departments (EDs) for non-urgent conditions, especially with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). This leads to poor patient …
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Exploring Contemporary Risk-Taking in Canadian Adolescents
… behaviours available from a national population health survey of adolescents (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC)) were tested psychometrically to develop novel scales to describe adolescent engagement in contemporary risk-taking. Through latent constructs, the scales were used …
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Perceptions of Ghanaian Women Regarding Breast Cancer Screening Behavior
… interview guide informed by constructs from the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Theory of Planned Behavior. Key constructs, such as perceived barriers, perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits and subjective norms, were explored. Using reflexive thematic analysis, as …
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Analysis and robust simulation of mathematical models of HIV and Leishmaniasis co-infection
The purpose of this thesis is the theoretical and numerical study of epidemiological models of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunode ciency virus (HIV) coinfection. We study these models theoretically and design and analyze robust numerical methods to solve them. The rst sub-model …
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SCHIZOPHRENIA AND STIGMA: AN OUTLOOK ON THE MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Schizophrenia is a disease which presents many challenges. Medically, legally, and socially, afflicted individuals face obstacles that decrease their overall quality of life. Some of these are sequela of the disease and its decrease in social functioning, or symptoms of paranoia and …
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Promoting Cardiac Rehabilitation Use Across the Phases: Focus on Women
… online course for inpatient cardiac healthcare providers on promoting patient participation in CR. The course was effective in increasing CR knowledge, self-efficacy, and encouragement practices among providers. Second, a retrospective cohort study compared patient characteristics, …
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Humanitarian and Technical Assistance to the Palestinian Health Sector: Donors' Policy and Behavior Analysis
… and Technical Assistance to the Palestinian Health Sector: Donors’ Policy and Behavior Analysis. Master of Public Health (Health Management and Policy), December 2004, 170pp, 19 Tables, 41 Illustrations, bibliography, 104 titles. International assistance to the Palestinian health sector is …
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Modeling the impact of screening algorithms and prisoner turnover levels on TB transmission in South African prisons
Controlling transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) within prisons is a key component of the overall effort against TB in South Africa. In this study, a Monte Carlo discrete event simulation model was used to compare instances of TB transmission occurring in a hypothetical prison cell under …
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Disparities in Admission and Pediatric Emergency Outcomes by Race, Ethnicity, and Language.
Background and Objectives: Disparities by race, ethnicity, and language (REaL) in the pediatric emergency department (ED) include differences in triage acuity scores, wait times, diagnostic testing and imaging, pain management, and admission. The primary aim of this study was to analyze the …
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A Novel Model of “Remedy and Elimination of Tuberculosis”
… by socio-economic factors, cultural factors, and health policy. My goal of this dissertation is to identify systematic approaches that shall support the mission set by World Health Organization (WHO): to eliminate TB globally by the year 2050. Measures might include addressing social barriers and …
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The effect of peer and parental smoking on adolescent smoking initiation: Exploring potential moderators
<p>The factors that contribute to smoking initiation among adolescents are poorly understood. The current approaches to smoking prevention may have achieved their maximum potential as evidenced by a stalling in the decline in smoking rates. To date, approaches to smoking prevention based on social …
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Exploring how Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is experienced among patients living with HIV associated TB in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a construct that has received attention in research for nearly four decades. However, renewed interest in this field came about with advances in medical technology and health policies. Better treatment options and policies, which enables greater access to …
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Economic Evaluation of Anticoagulation with Bivalirudin vs. Heparin during Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an invasive technology used to replace heart and/or lung function in critically ill patients with potential reversible causes of cardiac or respiratory failure. Anticoagulation is required during ECMO to prevent formation of blood clots as the body is …
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