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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"public health practice"”.
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Multidimensional Epidemiological Transformations: Addressing Location-Privacy in Public Health Practice
… as significant, if not more so, is the right to health. With increasing globalisation and threats of natural disasters and acts of terrorism, this right is also becoming increasingly vulnerable. Public health practice – which is charged with the protection, promotion and mitigation of the health …
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Exploring The Academic Health Department Model: A Study Of Awareness, Attitudes, And Practices In Kentucky's Local Health Departments
Public health involves the organized efforts of society to prevent disease, prolong life, and promote health. These efforts are exemplified through partnerships across various public and private sectors, including academia, which are crucial in addressing complex public health challenges. The …
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Analysis of fecal biomarkers to impact clinical care and public health
… of fecal biomarkers to impact clinical and public health practice through non-invasive assessments. First, I highlight the potential of the gut microbiome to provide novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets. By analyzing the gut microbiome and metabolome of mice exposed to a high salt diet, …
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Evidence-Based Public Health: Using Data Visualization for Improving the Understanding of Data and Information
… manner that results in better decision-making in health and healthcare, there is little understanding of its applications in public health practice, particularly for public health program planning and resource allocation. This dissertation explores what can be learned from the literature through …
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Barriers to Research Utilization Perceived by Staff Public Health Nurses
… to using research findings to guide nursing practice have been identified in hospital settings, but little has been reported in a public health setting. The purpose of this survey was to describe barriers to research utilization perceived by staff public health nurses (PHN) in Southwestern …
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The Relationship of Knowledge, Health Beliefs and Health Behaviors in Osteoporosis Prevention of College-Age Women
<p>Knowledge, health beliefs, and behaviors, including calcium intake, associated with the practice of osteoporosis prevention were identified. The study also supported the major tenets of the Health Belief Model in a sample of young college women from a midwestern university, extending the …
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Globalization On the Ground: Health, Development, and Volunteerism in Meatu, Tanzania
AHEAD (Adventures in Health, Education, and Agricultural Development) is a small grass-roots non-governmental organization working in the rural Meatu, District in Northern Tanzania. The AHEAD project employs Tanzanian nurses who provide health education, child weighing and nutritional counseling, …
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Evaluation and continuous improvement of foodborne disease surveillance.
… thesis is to contribute to the evidence base of public health performance evaluation by applying innovative measurement and improvement methods to a foodborne disease outbreak detection and investigation process. This thesis is the results of investigation into the three following research …
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Reframing Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence Through a Maternal and Child Health Lens: Implications for Integrated Prevention, Policy, and Practice
… and intimate partner violence remain persistent public health concerns in the United States, with significant consequences for individual health, family stability, and population well-being. Although these forms of violence are frequently addressed through criminal justice and behavioral health …
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Evaluation Training in Public Health: Exploring a New Approach for MPH Curricula
… evaluation is an essential function for public health professionals that has also become necessary to acquire funding for public health programs and support evidenced-based public health practice. Despite the importance of evaluation in the public health field, previous research suggests …
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Assessing Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines Using Urine Drug Test Results
… records. The opioid crisis is an ongoing public health issue that has spanned over two decades. Drug overdose death is now the leading cause of accidental deaths among American adults. Patients who take benzodiazepines and opioids concurrently are at even greater risk of overdose than …
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The Food Education Project: Teaching Nutrition through Environmental Awareness
… two years at the University of San Francisco’s Public Health Program to be put to public health practice. The experience was invaluable for the author’s professional and personal growth.</p> <p>The paper will explore the prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes in the nation’s youth today. …
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Hepatitis C: A Perspective Through the Social Ecological Model
<p>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major global public health problem. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects 3.2 million Americans and 500 million people from a global standpoint (CDC, 2012). HCV contributes to significant morbidity and …
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Causal Web of Association for Influence of Early Life Factors on Pubertal Timing and Adult Lung Volume at Age 18 Years
… maternal smoking and breastfeeding affect lung health via individual growth and puberty. This contributes to an understanding of asthma etiology and natural history that can be used in preventative public health practice.</p>
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LGB youth's risky sexual behavior: protective factors and gender differences
… know well. Implications for future research and public health practice with LGB youth are discussed.
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Privacy and identifiability in clinical research, personalized medicine, and public health surveillance
Electronic transmission of protected health information has become pervasive in research, clinical, and public health investigations, posing substantial risk to patient privacy. From clinical genetic screenings to publication of data in research studies, these activities have the potential to …
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How Large Language Models Are Reshaping Skills and Job Requirements for Public Health Professionals in Saudi Arabia
… information processing and decision support. In public health, these technologies offer the potential to improve efficiency, analytical capacity, and data-driven decision-making. Yet, their integration raises concerns about workforce preparedness, evolving skill requirements, and ethical …
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Public health women doctors in England 1965 to 1991: "A perfect place for strategic butterflies"
… by exploring, in-depth, one small specialty, public health, which, from 1974, offered women doctors working within it equality of opportunity with men for career development. At that time, most women doctors working in the English health service were relegated to junior or support roles, their …
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Influenza : a study of contemporary medical politics
… grown to be one of the largest and most visible public health policies. This dissertation considers contemporary influenza policy as a case study in what I call medical politics, in which a disease that for most people is rather unremarkable has become the focus of intense (and costly) public …
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Public health surveillance systems "Evidence informing practice"
Surveillance is as an essential function of a public health system. This thesis contains three discrete examples of public health surveillance, each utilising different methods and data sources to inform relevant areas of public health practice in NSW. The first study, which investigated the …
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