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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"disease awareness"”.
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Sickle cell disease awareness amongst college students
… and genetic counseling methods for sickle cell disease. This study was also devised to determine whether or not students, who are more likely to be genetically affected by sickle cell disease, are more or less aware of their sickle cell disease status. Two hundred and fifty- nine (259) …
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The effects of diabetes self-awareness on diabetic patients’ subjective health level
… was to examine the effects of diabetes self-awareness on the subjective health level after adjusting for diabetic patients’ demographic characteristics, health behavior and psychological characteristics, and disease-related characteristics. For the study, the data were from 「The 4th National …
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Chagas Disease in the United States: the Emerging Threat and the Role Climate and Awareness Play in Its Spread
… the roles of temperature variability and disease awareness in the emergence of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America and primarily spreads to humans directly via the triatomine vector. Hosts for most triatomine species are mainly rodents and …
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Lyme Disease Emergence in Virginia: An Examination of the Demographic and Environmental Variables Correlated to the Spatial Pattern of Disease Incidence
Since its initial identification in 1975, Lyme disease has become a public health concern in the U.S. Increased concern is sparked by the rapid rate at which the disease is emerging into new areas. One area of disease emergence is the state of Virginia which has been experiencing exponentially …
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A comparative study on the capacity of Health Workers and Health Centers to diagnise Human African Trypanosomiasis in Tsetse infected Chama and Mambwe Districts of Eastern Zambia
… on Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), disease awareness among health personnel and factors affecting the diagnostic capacity of HAT in tsetse infested Chama and Mambwe districts of Eastern Zambia. Structured questionnaires were used to collect information from 110 health personnel drawn …
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Awareness of Alzheimer's disease and Dementia among young adults: A Systematic Literature Review
Background: Alzheimer's disease and dementia are both classified as severe brain disorders (AD), which pose substantial challenges to public health. A synthesis of research findings has examined the degree of cognisance among young adults worldwide. This literature review aimed to identify and …
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Quantifying the patient population of ultra-orphan diseases: a case study in X-Linked Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
… the true incidence and prevalence of a disease has tremendous value for the biopharmaceutical industry, particularly for orphan diseases that affect a minority of the population (in the US, the definition of orphan disease is a disorder that must affect less than 200,000 people, or 1 in …
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Mathematical modelling to investigate the impact of awareness programs on the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst people who inject drugs (PWIDs)
… can be used to describe the effects of media awareness initiatives on the spread and containment of disease (Greenhalgh et al. 2015). In this thesis, we consider the effect of an awareness program on the dynamic behaviour of the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst PWIDs. The HIV/AIDS model can be …
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Renal Disease Risk and Risk Perceptions Among African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes
… Americans face a disparate risk for renal disease development secondary to type 2 diabetes (T2D), and African-American women have shown to be at the highest risk. Despite this, there is minimal research on African American's awareness of renal disease and existing renal disease risk …
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Comparing women's unprompted and prompted knowledge of breast and cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms in Sub- Saharan Africa
… Africa (SSA). Despite the high burden of disease, women’s knowledge of evidence-based risk factors and symptoms remains low. To adequately address the apparent knowledge deficits, the underlying knowledge in communities needs to be measured, so as to identify important gaps and …