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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Public health measures"”.
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Personality as a predictor of adherence to public health measures for controlling COVID-19 viral spread: The mediating roles of problem drinking and pandemic-related distress
Nonadherence to the public health guidelines implemented in response to COVID-19 is concerningly common, with some research implicating personality as a contributing factor. Thus, there is a need to examine the mechanisms behind personality-nonadherence associations. We examined the associations …
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Neutralizing the Conversation Between Physicians and Patients to Increase Vaccination Rates
… an effort to bridge the gap between government public health interests and personal autonomy, this paper advocates changing informed consent practices to their initial intention, which was to protect patients from battery rather then protect physicians from liability. This paper advocates for …
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Vulnerabilität der Kritischen Infrastruktur Wasserversorgung gegenüber Naturkatastrophen : Auswirkungen des Augusthochwassers 2002 auf die Wasserversorgung und das Infektionsgeschehen der Bevölkerung in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt
… vulnerability of the critical infrastructure "public water supply" links the impact of the Elbe flood 2002 on the public water supply in selected counties of the federal states Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt with the occurrence of water-borne and water-washed infectious disease cases. The aim was to …
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Healthcare Leadership in the Context of Cognitive Diseases of Aging: A Community-Based Participatory Research Model
… have spent billions of dollars on research and public health measures that have repeatedly failed, but over the last decade it has become evident that much of these diseases can simply be averted through effective public health and community-based measures such as lifestyle change at home and …
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Public Health Professionals’ Prepardness and Challenges In Implementing Certified Electronic Health Records Technology
… was to assess the readiness and challenges of public health professionals in implementing the Certified Electronic Health Records (EHR) Technology for the Meaningful Use (MU) in eighteen Health Districts of Georgia. The aims were to observe the status of the public health information systems’ …
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Exploring Coping Strategies Among Older Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence During COIVD-19
With the emergence of COVID-19 public health measures including the stay-at-home order, the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) have become more severe for women while the availability of support has become hampered. The purpose of this interpretive description study was to explore coping …
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The implementation of a rapid sample preparation method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a diagnostic laboratory in South Africa
… as supply chains are strained by high demand, public health measures and frequent quarantining and isolation of staff. This created the need for alternate workflows with limited reliance on specialised reagents, equipment and staff. We present here the validation and implementation of such a …
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Pathogen phylogenies for public health
… I evaluate the effect of several major public health measures in Switzerland in 2020 on SARS-CoV-2 introduction and transmission dynamics. All together, this thesis aims to enhance our understanding of infectious diseases and how to combat them.
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Nutrient Intake of Marathon Runners
… intake. It would appear prudent to emphasize public health measures that promote the adoption of regular physical activity by sedentary individuals in that a concomitant improvement in the quantity and quality of nutrient intake may result.</p>
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Survivor bond models for securitizing longevity risk
… to discoveries in biological sciences, improved public health measures, and nutrition, which have dramatically increased life expectancy. Longevity risk raises life insurers’ liability, increasing product costs and reserves. Securitization through longevity derivatives is a way of dealing with …
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Medical modernity: Rethinking the health work of Filipina women under Spanish and U.S. colonial rule, 1870-1948
“Medical Modernity: Rethinking the Health Work of Filipina Women Under Spanish and U.S. Colonial Rule, 1870-1948,” is a history of colonial medicine from the perspective of women who had a range of health encounters with colonial officials. It makes three claims. First, I argue that modern medicine …
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Essays on Malaria, Environment and Society
… human society and prospects for prosperity, public health measures and anthropogenic environmental change alter the intensity of transmission differentially around the globe. Using global maps of malaria risk, the first chapter finds that the elimination of the disease during the course of …
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Determinants of compliance to Covid-19 standard precaution at a rural institution of higher learning in Limpopo Province, South Africa: retrospective study
… Disease 2019 (COVID-19) posed significant public health challenges globally, with compliance to preventive measures emerging as a key determinant in controlling the spread of infection. Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the determinants of compliance with COVID-19 standard …
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Quarantine and Mental Health During COVID-19: Exploring the Impact on Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among Adults in Canada
… The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant public health measures, including mandatory quarantine, which had potential mental health implications. This thesis investigated the association between mandatory quarantine and mental health outcomes, specifically depressive symptoms and suicidal …
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Estimating the treatment cost of colon cancer at Groote Schuur Hospital
… ratio of colon cancer in South Africa, urgent public health measures are needed to improve treatment outcomes. Costing studies can be leveraged to understand the treatment cost burden for colon cancer, providing crucial insights for allocating resources to finance such measures. This study aims …
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Passive smoking and meningococcal disease
… and the promotion of breast-feeding as important public health measures. It also identifies children under the age of 4 years as an important target group should an effective vaccine become available.
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Factors affecting the rehabilitation outcome (of outpatient therapeutic program) of children with severe acute malnutrition in Durame, Southern Ethiopia
… of acute malnutrtion, which is 8.3%, Ministry of Health partnering with World Vision Ethiopia started outpatient therapeutic program (OTP) in seven OTP sites to rehablitate severely malnourished children. Reports indicate that number of factors affect the rehabilitation outcome of children with …
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Exploring the Scale-up of a Free Community-Based Physical Activity Intervention to Rural and Smaller Urban Settings in Southwestern Ontario
… activity levels pre-pandemic and during COVID-19 public health measures, while Study 2 explored the movement behaviours of children following the COVID-19 protections based on socio-demographic and geographic factors. To assess the communities for the potential scale-up of the ACT-i-Pass Program, …
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Experiences of Okahandja park informal settlement residents with the COVID-19 preventative measures in Khomas region
… The study concluded that the WHO preventive measures during the lock down had both an adverse and favourable influence on the Okahandja Park informal settlement residents. The study recommends that public health measures for a pandemic like COVID-19 should be put in place, such that the …
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