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2. Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE). Proceedings of the 2021 International Pre-Conference (70th, Miramar Beach, Florida, October 4-5, 2021)
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American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) and Griswold, Wendy
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The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These "Proceedings" are from the Commission of International Adult Education's (CIAE) 2021 International Pre-Conference. This year's "Proceedings" contain 17 papers from 37 authors, representing CIAE's usual diversity of authors and topics. Researcher and research sites include Belgium, Belize, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, Serbia, and the United States. Not surprisingly, a major theme explored is the impact of COVID-19 on learners in a variety of settings, including school teachers, communities, parents, and higher education. A second major theme concerns digital resources and addressing the digital divide. Some papers address practices and research methods that enhance adult learning and others explore professional development, workplace learning, and cultural aspects of learning. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]
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- 2021
3. The 100 Most Frequently Cited Articles on Myopia.
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Shemesh, Rachel, Dichter, Sarah, Mezer, Eedy, and Wygnanski-Jaffe, Tamara
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MYOPIA treatment ,RESEARCH ,MYOPIA ,BIBLIOGRAPHY ,PUBLIC health ,CITATION analysis ,BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations ,ELECTRONIC publications ,HEALTH promotion ,SYMPTOMS - Abstract
Purpose. To provide a bibliographical-historical perspective and main interest in the field of myopia. Methods. In this bibliographic study, the Web of Science Database was searched from 1999 to 2018. Recorded parameters included journal name, impact factor, year and language, number of authors, type and origin, methodology, number of subjects, funding, and topics. Results. Epidemiological assessments were the leading type of article (28%), and half of the papers were prospective studies. The number of citations for multicenter studies was significantly higher (P = 0.034). The articles were published in 27 journals, with the majority in Investigative Ophthalmology, Vision Sciences (28%), and Ophthalmology (26%). Etiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment equally encompassed the topics. Papers addressing etiology, specifically genetic and environmental factors (P = 0.029), signs and symptoms (P = 0.001), and prevention, specifically public awareness (47%, P = 0.005), received significantly more citations. Treatment to decrease myopia progression was a much more common topic (68%) than refractive surgery (32%). Optical treatment was the most popular modality (39%). Half of the publications came from 3 countries: the United States (US), Australia, and Singapore. The highest ranked and cited papers came from the US (P = 0.028) and Singapore (P = 0.028). Conclusions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the top-cited articles on myopia. There is a predominance of epidemiological assessments and multicenter studies originating from the US, Australia, and Singapore, assessing etiology, signs and symptoms, and prevention. These are more frequently cited, emphasizing the great interest in mapping the increase in the incidence of myopia in different countries, public health awareness, and myopia control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. Expanding School Improvement Policy to Better Address Barriers to Learning and Integrate Public Health Concerns
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Adelman, Howard S. and Taylor, Linda
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This article stresses that current school improvement policy in the USA marginalizes development of the type of system of student support necessary for enabling student success and well-being at school. Then we discuss how education policy can be expanded and operationalized to correct this deficiency. Finally, we explore the implications of the expanded policy for connecting overlapping public education and public health concerns. (Contains 3 notes and 8 figures.)
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- 2011
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5. Developing Intercultural Competency in a Public Health Study Abroad Program: What Does Cultural Learning Mean for Undergraduate Chinese Students?
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Bano, Sara, Xia, Qing, and Dirkx, John
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In this study, we explored the notions of cultural learning from non-western perspectives by focusing on the experiences of Chinese undergraduate students from the field of Public Health in the United States of America. We used Weick's (1995) Sensemaking theory to understand how Chinese undergraduate students made sense of their experiences of learning about other cultures in both personal and professional spaces. We applied a qualitative research design and used interviews, a focus group, and reflection papers for data collection. We found that Chinese undergraduate students focused on social behaviors and attitudes. They used comparison as a tool to make sense of new experiences. Their sensemaking process shifted from simple to complex concepts, and guided learning helped them understand complex social issues related to public health in the U.S. They did not consider learning related to public health knowledge, English language, or life skills as cultural learning.
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- 2022
6. Effect of Internet-Based Learning in Public Health Training: An Exploratory Meta-Analysis
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Peng, Ying and Yan, Weirong
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Internet-based learning is increasingly applied in medical education, but its effect in the field of public health training is still unclear. This meta-analysis was undertaken to explore the impact of Internet-based learning on students'/professionals' knowledge of public health compared with no intervention and with traditional face-to-face (FTF) formats. Two reviewers independently searched Medline, Web of Science, ProQuest, Google scholar, ERIC and Elsevier databases for relevant studies between 1st January, 1990 and 30th December, 2016. Studies in English language providing information on educational outcomes after Internet-based training in public health courses compared with no-intervention or a pre-intervention assessment, or with FTF control group were retrieved, reviewed, and assessed according to the established inclusion/exclusion criteria in the current study. There were 16 eligible studies with 1183 participants in total. Heterogeneity in results was detected across studies. A random effects model was used to pool effect sizes for knowledge outcomes. The pooled effect size (standardized mean difference, SMD) in comparison to no intervention was 1.92 (95% CI: 1.05 to 2.78; P<0.0001), favoring Internet-based interventions. Compared with FTF formats, the pooled effect size was 0.39 (95% CI: -0.06 to 0.83; P = 0.09). The study suggested that Internet-based learning was superior to no-intervention in improving students'/professionals' public health knowledge. Compared with traditional FTF formats, Internet-based learning showed a similar effect. [For the complete proceedings, see ED579335.]
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- 2017
7. Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on E-Learning (Lisbon, Portugal, July 20-22, 2017)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), Nunes, Miguel Baptista, McPherson, Maggie, Kommers, Piet, and Isaias, Pedro
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These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2017, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 20-22 July, 2017. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2017, 20-23 July, which had a total of 652 submissions. The e-Learning (EL) 2017 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning. The conference accepted submissions in the following seven main areas: (1) Organisational Strategy and Management Issues; (2) Technological Issues; (3) e-Learning Curriculum Development Issues; (4) Instructional Design Issues; (5) e-Learning Delivery Issues; (6) e-Learning Research Methods and Approaches; and (7) e-Skills and Information Literacy for Learning. The conference also included one keynote presentation from Thomas C. Reeves, Professor Emeritus of Learning, Design and Technology, College of Education, The University of Georgia, USA. The full papers presented at these proceedings include: (1) Game Changer For Online Learning Driven by Advances in Web Technology (Manfred Kaul, André Kless, Thorsten Bonne and Almut Rieke); (2) E-Learning Instructional Design Practice in American and Australian Institutions (Sayed Hadi Sadeghi); (3) A Game Based E-Learning System to Teach Artificial Intelligence in the Computer Sciences Degree (Amable de Castro-Santos, Waldo Fajardo and Miguel Molina-Solana); (4) The Next Stage Of Development of e-Learning at UFH in South Africa (Graham Wright, Liezel Cilliers, Elzette Van Niekerk and Eunice Seekoe); (5) Effect of Internet-Based Learning in Public Health Training: An Exploratory Meta-Analysis (Ying Peng and Weirong Yan); (6) Enhancing a Syllabus for Intermediate ESL Students with BYOD Interventions (Ewa Kilar-Magdziarz); (7) Post Graduations in Technologies and Computing Applied to Education: From F2F Classes to Multimedia Online Open Courses (Bertil P. Marques, Piedade Carvalho, Paula Escudeiro, Ana Barata, Ana Silva and Sandra Queiros); (8) Towards Architecture for Pedagogical and Game Scenarios Adaptation in Serious Games (Wassila Debabi and Ronan Champagnat); (9) Semantic Modelling for Learning Styles and Learning Material in an e-Learning Environment (Khawla Alhasan, Liming Chen and Feng Chen); (10) Physical Interactive Game for Enhancing Language Cognitive Development of Thai Pre-Schooler (Noppon Choosri and Chompoonut Pookao); (11) From a CV to an e-Portfolio: An Exploration of Adult Learner's Perception of the ePortfolio as a Job Seeking Tool (John Kilroy); (12) The Emotional Geographies of Parent Participation in Schooling: Headteachers' Perceptions in Taiwan (Hsin-Jen Chen and Ya-Hsuan Wang); (13) Geopolitical E-Analysis Based on E-Learning Content (Anca Dinicu and Romana Oancea); (14) Predictors of Student Performance in a Blended-Learning Environment: An Empirical Investigation (Lan Umek, Nina Tomaževic, Aleksander Aristovnik and Damijana Keržic); (15) Practice of Organisational Strategies of Improving Computer Rooms for Promoting Smart Education Using ICT Equipment (Nobuyuki Ogawa and Akira Shimizu); (16) Why Do Learners Choose Online Learning: The Learners' Voices (Hale Ilgaz and Yasemin Gulbahar); and (17) Enhancing Intercultural Competence of Engineering Students via GVT (Global Virtual Teams)-Based Virtual Exchanges: An International Collaborative Course in Intralogistics Education (Rui Wang, Friederike Rechl, Sonja Bigontina, Dianjun Fang, Willibald A. Günthner and Johannes Fottner). Short papers presented include: (1) Exploring Characteristics of Fine-Grained Behaviors of Learning Mathematics in Tablet-Based E-Learning Activities (Cheuk Yu Yeung, Kam Hong Shum, Lucas Chi Kwong Hui, Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Tsing Yun Chan, Yung Nin Kuo and Yee Ling Ng); (2) Breaking the Gendered-Technology Phenomenon in Taiwan's Higher Education (Ya-Hsuan Wang); (3) Ontology-Based Learner Categorization through Case Based Reasoning and Fuzzy Logic (Sohail Sarwar, Raul García-Castro, Zia Ul Qayyum, Muhammad Safyan and Rana Faisal Munir); (4) Learning Factory--Integrative E-Learning (Peter Steininger); (5) Intercultural Sensibility in Online Teaching and Learning Processes (Eulalia Torras and Andreu Bellot); (6) Mobile Learning on the Basis of the Cloud Services (Tatyana Makarchuk); (7) Personalization of Learning Activities within a Virtual Environment for Training Based on Fuzzy Logic Theory (Fahim Mohamed, Jakimi Abdeslam and El Bermi Lahcen); and (8) Promoting Best Practices in Teaching and Learning in Nigerian Universities through Effective E-Learning: Prospects and Challenges (Grace Ifeoma Obuekwe and Rose-Ann Ifeoma Eze). Reflection papers include the following: (1) A Conceptual Framework for Web-Based Learning Design (Hesham Alomyan); (2) The Key to Success in Electronic Learning: Faculty Training and Evaluation (Warren Matthews and Albert Smothers); (3) Using Games, Comic Strips, and Maps to Enhance Teacher Candidates' e-Learning Practice in The Social Studies (Nancy B. Sardone); (4) Scanner Based Assessment in Exams Organized with Personalized Thesis Randomly Generated via Microsoft Word (Romeo Teneqexhi, Margarita Qirko, Genci Sharko, Fatmir Vrapi and Loreta Kuneshka); (5) Designing a Web-Based Asynchronous Innovation/Entrepreneurism Course (Parviz Ghandforoush); and (6) Semantic Annotation of Resources to Learn with Connected Things (Aymeric Bouchereau and Ioan Roxin). Posters include: (1) Development of a Framework for MOOC in Continuous Training (Carolina Amado and Ana Pedro); and (2) Information Literacy in the 21st Century: Usefulness and Ease of Learning (Patricia Fidalgo and Joan Thormann). Also included is a Doctorial Consortium: E-Learning Research and Development: On Evaluation, Learning Performance, and Visual Attention (Marco Ruth). An author index is provided and individual papers include references.
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- 2017
8. Global Citizenship through Global Health
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Stoner, Lee, Tarrant, Michael A., Perry, Lane, Gleason, Mikell, Wadsworth, Daniel, and Page, Rachel
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A collaborative study abroad program (between one New Zealand and one U.S. university) on the theme of global health has been offered three times in Australia with 59 students registered to date. The course was developed because it is believed that higher education can play a role in improving global health through the fostering of global citizenship. A global citizen is one who is aware of global issues, socially responsible, and civically engaged. From this perspective, personal health is not solely an individual, self-serving act; rather, the consequences of an individual's lifestyle behaviors have deep and wide consequences extending to the community, national, and global contexts. Our paper provides a narrative on the framework used to develop the aforementioned global health study abroad course, including (1) an initial discussion on the intricate relationship between global citizenship and global health; (2) previous evidence demonstrating that short-term study abroad has the potential to foster global citizenship; and (3) the specific process used to develop the current short-term, faculty-led, interdisciplinary, experiential study abroad course.
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- 2019
9. White Paper on CTSA Consortium Role in Facilitating Comparative Effectiveness Research.
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Selker, Harry P., Strom, Brian L., Ford, Daniel E., Meltzer, David O., Pauker, Stephen G., Pincus, Harold A., Rich, Eugene C., Tompkins, Chris, and Whitlock, Evelyn P.
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MEDICAL research , *PUBLIC health , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
In 2006, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiated the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) as part of the NIH Roadmap Initiative, in order to improve the conduct and impact of NIH's clinical and translational research portfolio. The CTSA program is intended not only to transform the training programs and research infrastructure at individual academic institutions, but also to create a nation-wide collaborative consortium to transform the biomedical research enterprise. In January 2009, the NIH CTSA National Consortium adopted Strategic Goals to maximize the CTSAs' impact on the Nation's healthcare and health. Of these, the CTSA Strategic Goal 4 is to promote the translation of the results of clinical and translational research into practice and public policy. To advance this goal, a committee was constituted to focus on the organization and development of the CTSA Consortium's comparative effectiveness research (CER) capacity, an increasingly important component of research translation into practice and policy. This Committee's Workgroups took on a number of deliverables in service of this objective, including producing this White Paper on how the CTSA Consortium might best facilitate CER, for NIH's Institutes and Centers (ICs), other Federal agencies, outside stakeholders, and the healthcare system overall. This White Paper offers some specific suggestions for how the CTSA Consortium might support this emerging and crucial national effort to generate, synthesize, and disseminate CER in order to improve healthcare decision-making and health outcomes. Important points of reference for this White Paper are two Congressionally mandated reports on CER released at the end of June 2009, one by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and another by the Federal Coordinating Council for CER (FCC-CER). The definitions of CER by each report, and their recommendations for the CER enterprise, are highly germane to the purpose of this CTSA Consortium White Paper. The CER definition used in the IOM Report was, "The generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care. The purpose of CER is to assist patients, clinicians, purchasers, policy makers, and the public to make informed decisions that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels."… [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2010
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10. HIV Policy: The Path Forward—A Joint Position Paper of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American College of Physicians.
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Lubinski, Christine, Aberg, Judith, Bardeguez, Arlene D., Elion, Richard, Emmanuel, Patricia, Kuritzkes, Daniel, Saag, Michael, Squires, Kathleen E., Weddle, Andrea, Rainey, Jennifer, Zerehi, M. Renee, Ralston, J. Fred, Fleming, David A., Bronson, David, Cooke, Molly, Cutler, Charles, Ejnes, Yul, Gluckman, Robert, Liebow, Mark, and Musana, Kenneth
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HIV infections , *HIV , *LENTIVIRUS diseases , *VIRAL contamination , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *PUBLIC health , *MEDICINE , *MEDICAL care - Abstract
The article offers information on the updated position paper on the policies relating to HIV infection in the U.S. The position paper on HIV policy has been established in collaboration with the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American College of Physicians. The updated HIV policy highlights major advances on the treatment of HIV infection, the expansion of HIV as a pandemic and the prevalence of HIV transmission in health care settings. Details on these updates emphasizing public health and clinical imperatives in identifying HIV infection are discussed.
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- 2009
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11. 'Savoir Fare': Are Cooking Skills a New Morality?
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Coveney, John, Begley, Andrea, and Gallegos, Danielle
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There has been a recent surge of interest in cooking skills in a diverse range of fields, such as health, education and public policy. There appears to be an assumption that cooking skills are in decline and that this is having an adverse impact on individual health and well-being, and family wholesomeness. The problematisation of cooking skills is not new, and can be seen in a number of historical developments that have specified particular pedagogies about food and eating. The purpose of this paper is to examine pedagogies on cooking skills and the importance accorded them. The paper draws on Foucault's work on governmentality. By using examples from the USA, UK and Australia, the paper demonstrates the ways that authoritative discourses on the know how and the know what about food and cooking--called here "savoir fare"--are developed and promulgated. These discourses, and the moral panics in which they are embedded, require individuals to make choices about what to cook and how to cook, and in doing so establish moral pedagogies concerning good and bad cooking. The development of food literacy programmes, which see cooking skills as life skills, further extends the obligations to "cook properly" to wider populations. The emphasis on cooking knowledge and skills has ushered in new forms of government, firstly, through a relationship between expertise and politics which is readily visible through the authority that underpins the need to develop skills in food provisioning and preparation; secondly, through a new pluralisation of "social" technologies which invites a range of private-public interest through, for example, television cooking programmes featuring cooking skills, albeit it set in a particular milieu of entertainment; and lastly, through a new specification of the subject can be seen in the formation of a choosing subject, one which has to problematise food choice in relation to expert advice and guidance. A governmentality focus shows that as discourses develop about what is the correct level of "savoir fare", new discursive subject positions are opened up. Armed with the understanding of what is considered expert-endorsed acceptable food knowledge, subjects judge themselves through self-surveillance. The result is a powerful food and family morality that is both disciplined and disciplinary.
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- 2012
12. School Food and the Pedagogies of Parenting
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Pike, Jo and Leahy, Deana
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Over the past decade the issue of food and in particular, food consumed within schools has come to encapsulate a broad range of concerns regarding children and young people's health and wellbeing. In Australia, the UK and more recently the USA, attempts to ameliorate a range of public health concerns have provided the impetus for an unprecedented proliferation of school food initiatives and legislative reforms governing the types of foods that may or may not be provided within schools. While academic enquiry in this area has largely focussed upon attempts to govern children, recent initiatives in the UK and Australia have begun to target parents in their attempts to promote healthy food practices. In this paper we interrogate the ways in which parents, or more specifically, mothers are positioned in relation to school food discourses in Australia and in the UK and suggest that school food has become a site through which an array of pedagogical opportunities are opened up to invoke particular subject positions premised on normative views of affective middle class motherhood. In short, we seek to explore the means through which mothers come to be regarded as legitimate targets of school food pedagogy. The paper draws on empirical data from Australia and the UK to compare a range of pedagogic techniques employed in the two countries. Drawing on governmentality studies we explore how school food pedagogies seek to regulate mothers and their children's food related choices. We consider school lunches and the various techniques that have been deployed in both countries to consider the moralising work that takes place around food and motherhood. (Contains 1 figure and 1 footnote.)
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- 2012
13. The Authorship and Fate of International Health Papers Submitted to the American Journal of Public Health in 1989.
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Koch-Weser, Dieter and Yankauer, Alfred
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AUTHORSHIP ,WORLD health ,PUBLIC health ,DEVELOPED countries ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
We reviewed the authorship characteristics, editorial processing, and final fate of 126 papers dealing with data from countries other than the United States and Canada and submitted to the American Journal of Public Health in 1989. The acceptance rate of these international health papers was 22%, similar to that of all papers (25%). Authors from developed countries had higher acceptance rates than authors from developing countries, but the highest acceptance rate (36%) was for international health papers with joint authorship from both developed and developing countries. Of 83 rejected papers, 72% were published in other journals. Of these, 45% were published in journals covered by Index Medicus, a figure similar to that for all papers rejected by the Journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1993
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14. The Cultural Implications of Primary Health Care and the Declaration of Alma-Ata: The Health District of Kedougou, Senegal
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Blanas, Demetri A.
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In 1978, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the international health community convoked a conference in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, to address global inequalities in health. The conference resulted in the publication of the "Declaration of Alma-Ata," which made the ambitious call "for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all the people of the world." In addition, a new tool, primary health care, was developed to carry out this project. In this research project, the author examines the district of Kedougou and the conditions of health and of primary health care therein as they are defined in the "Declaration of Alma-Ata." Kedougou provided a well-focused lens through which to analyze the principles of primary health care and the goals set out in the "Declaration of Alma-Ata"; and, conversely, the "Declaration of Alma-Ata" provided a framework through which to gauge the health problems, their causes, and the possible solutions in the district of Kedougou. Before focusing specifically on Kedougou, the author attempts to put the conditions of health of Kedougou and of Senegal into context by examining international differences in health--specifically between the United States and Senegal. The "Results" portion of this paper examines the official structures of primary health care that are concentrated in the city of Kedougou. One of the main focuses in the "analysis" portion of this paper is the "related sectors" of "community development," such as agriculture and nutrition, in the rural areas of Kedougou. Finally, because health is defined in the "Declaration of Alma-Ata" as not only "the absence of disease and infirmity," but also as a "state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing," the cultural practices surrounding seeking and giving health care are also briefly examined in the "Analysis." The author concludes that solutions to the main health problems of Kedougou, or of any community for that matter, are not to be found in documents. Instead, all feasible solutions and successful actions for improvement in health must be found within the community concerned. Not only are the main health problems best understood by the community itself, but any successful attempt to resolve them cannot be carried out without the active participation of the community. (Contains 21 notes.)
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- 2008
15. Supporting informed decision making when clinical evidence and conventional wisdom collide: papers developed from the Eisenberg Center Conference Series 2012.
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Volk, Robert J., Street Jr., Richard, Smith, Quentin, and Fordis, Michael
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MEDICAL care , *MEDICAL decision making , *MEDICAL ethics , *PUBLIC health - Abstract
The article focuses on informed decision making in medical care when clinical evidence and conventional wisdom collide. It also discusses the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) involvement in exploring issues that impact clinical decision making under the AHRQ Effective Health Care (EHC) Program.
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- 2013
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16. From Paper to Electronic the FDA Way.
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Hulihan, Earl W. and Siconolfi, Richard M.
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HEALTH policy , *MEDICARE , *PUBLIC health , *CLINICAL trials , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article focuses on the guidelines released by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), which demonstrates the flexibility and willingness of the department to engage regulated entities in the U.S. It provides specific definitions for source documentation and direct data entry, and recommendations on how to use computerized systems in clinical investigations. It also includes advice for clinical sites, analytical laboratories, and central laboratories. INSET: FDA Regulations vs Guidances.
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- 2008
17. 20004: Supporting Access to Midwifery Services in the United States (Position Paper).
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MIDWIFERY , *FAMILY health , *FAMILY services , *PUBLIC health - Abstract
The article examines the position of the American Public Health Association (APHA) on the expansion of midwifery as a key strategy to improving access to care for childbearing families in the U.S. The association has publicly supported the use of innovative strategies to improve birth outcomes and decrease maternal and newborn morbidity an mortality but these documents do not address access to midwifery services. It is recommended that the APHA should urge all state legislatures to legalize the practice of midwifery and promulgate regulations in order to assure the safety of the public's health as it relates to midwifery practice.
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- 2001
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18. Health Care Reform and Public Health: A Paper on Population-Based Core Functions.
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HEALTH care reform , *HEALTH insurance , *PUBLIC health , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *HEALTH policy - Abstract
This article presents the necessary role of public health and population-based programs for supporting and enhancing the effectiveness of a reformed health care insurance system in the U.S. Preventive measures focused on chronic and infectious diseases and injuries provide much of the substance of these programs, but there are also core public health functions that are necessary to support and sustain efforts that address the health needs and conditions of populations, as distinct from individuals. The importance of a population-based approach is illustrated by a report, cited in a 1982 study by the Institute of Medicine, which concluded that only 10 percent of premature deaths in the U.S. could have been avoided through improvements in access to medical treatment. For health care reform to succeed, the supporting and complementary functions of public health must be enhanced. If the amount used by State and local health agencies and the U.S. Public Health Service for public health functions had maintained their proportionate position to the treatment services they support, their 1993 level would have been nearly 30 percent more than it actually is. The debate on reform of the U.S. health care system offers both mandate and opportunity to redress the erosion that has occurred in the public health infrastructure by establishing a secure and adequate funding base for the core functions of public health at every level.
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- 1998
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19. Leveraging Evidence-Based Practices: From Policy to Action
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Detrich, Ronnie, Keyworth, Randy, and States, Jack
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Education is a public health issue. Poor educational outcomes are correlated with many health and social ills. To improve the quality of education, it will be necessary to take advantage of the leverage points of policy, evidence, and implementation science. The idea of evidence informing policy may be non-controversial, but a closer examination of the concept suggests greater complexity than is readily apparent. Even if policy is informed by evidence, it is necessary to utilize what is known from implementation science to assure that policies are actually implemented well enough to achieve the desired benefits. In this paper, we discuss how policy, evidence, and implementation science can be integrated to leverage the impact of evidence-based practices and bring about meaningful, systematic change to the educational system. The change in mental health services in Norway is used as an exemplar for occasioning change. We also review policy initiatives that failed to achieve outcomes because evidence or implementation science was not part of the initiative. Finally, suggestions are made about these three elements that can be applied to bring about change in teacher preparation programs.
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- 2016
20. Area-level socioeconomic status is positively correlated with glioblastoma incidence and prognosis in the United States.
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Gorenflo, Maria P., Shen, Alan, Murphy, Erin S., Cullen, Jennifer, and Yu, Jennifer S.
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SOCIOECONOMIC status ,GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme ,PROGNOSIS ,OVERALL survival - Abstract
In the United States, an individual’s access to resources, insurance status, and wealth are critical social determinants that affect both the risk and outcomes of many diseases. One disease for which the correlation with socioeconomic status (SES) is less well-characterized is glioblastoma (GBM), a devastating brain malignancy. The aim of this study was to review the current literature characterizing the relationship between area-level SES and both GBM incidence and prognosis in the United States. A query of multiple databases was performed to identify the existing data on SES and GBM incidence or prognosis. Papers were filtered by relevant terms and topics. A narrative review was then constructed to summarize the current body of knowledge on this topic. We obtained a total of three papers that analyze SES and GBM incidence, which all report a positive correlation between area-level SES and GBM incidence. In addition, we found 14 papers that focus on SES and GBM prognosis, either overall survival or GBM-specific survival. Those studies that analyze data from greater than 1,530 patients report a positive correlation between area-level SES and individual prognosis, while those with smaller study populations report no significant relationship. Our report underlines the strong association between SES and GBM incidence and highlights the need for large study populations to assess SES and GBM prognosis to ideally guide interventions that improve outcomes. Further studies are needed to determine underlying socioeconomic stresses on GBM risk and outcomes to identify opportunities for intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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21. Analysis of Recent Papers in Hypertension.
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Basile, Jan
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HYPERTENSION , *BLOOD circulation disorders , *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases , *LIFESTYLES , *PUBLIC health , *PHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
Presents analysis of two research in hypertension. Effect of lifestyle modification on blood pressure; Prevalence of hypertension in the U.S.
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- 2003
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22. A Global Overview of COVID-19 Research in the Pediatric Field: Bibliometric Review.
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Monzani, Alice, Tagliaferri, Francesco, Bellone, Simonetta, Genoni, Giulia, and Rabbone, Ivana
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COVID-19 pandemic ,MACHINE learning ,MENTAL health ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
Background: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a great number of papers have been published in the pediatric field. Objective: We aimed to assess research around the globe on COVID-19 in the pediatric field by bibliometric analysis, identifying publication trends and topic dissemination and showing the relevance of publishing authors, institutions, and countries. Methods: The Scopus database was comprehensively searched for all indexed documents published between January 1, 2020, and June 11, 2020, dealing with COVID-19 in the pediatric population (0-18 years). A machine learning bibliometric methodology was applied to evaluate the total number of papers and citations, journal and publication types, the top productive institutions and countries and their scientific collaboration, and core keywords. Results: A total of 2301 papers were retrieved, with an average of 4.8 citations per article. Of this, 1078 (46.9%) were research articles, 436 (18.9%) were reviews, 363 (15.8%) were letters, 186 (8.1%) were editorials, 7 (0.3%) were conference papers, and 231 (10%) were categorized as others. The studies were published in 969 differentjournals, headed by The Lancet. The retrieved papers were published by a total of 12,657 authors from 114 countries. The most productive countries were the United States, China, and Italy. The four main clusters of keywords were pathogenesis and clinical characteristics (keyword occurrences: n=2240), public health issues (n=352), mental health (n=82), and therapeutic aspects (n=70). Conclusions: In the pediatric field, a large number of articles were published within a limited period on COVID-19, testifying to the rush to spread new findings on the topic in a timely manner. The leading authors, countries, and institutions evidently belonged to the most impacted geographical areas. A focus on the pediatric population was often included in general articles, and pediatric research about COVID-19 mainly focused on the clinical features, public health issues, and psychological impact of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Ethical Issues in the Response to Ebola Virus Disease in United States Emergency Departments: A Position Paper of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
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Venkat, Arvind, Asher, Shellie L., Wolf, Lisa, Geiderman, Joel M., Marco, Catherine A., McGreevy, Jolion, Derse, Arthur R., Otten, Edward J., Jesus, John E., Kreitzer, Natalie P., Escalante, Monica, Levine, Adam C., and Cone, David C.
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EVALUATION of medical care ,MEDICAL practice ,PATIENTS ,EBOLA virus disease ,EMERGENCY medicine ,EMERGENCY physicians ,EPIDEMICS ,ETHICS ,HOSPITAL emergency services ,MEDICAL personnel ,MEDICAL students ,MEDICAL societies ,PUBLIC health ,SAFETY ,STUDENTS ,VOLUNTEERS ,NURSES' associations ,DISEASE complications ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease ( EVD) in West Africa has presented a significant public health crisis to the international health community and challenged U.S. emergency departments ( EDs) to prepare for patients with a disease of exceeding rarity in developed nations. With the presentation of patients with Ebola to U.S. acute care facilities, ethical questions have been raised in both the press and medical literature as to how U.S. EDs, emergency physicians ( EPs), emergency nurses, and other stakeholders in the health care system should approach the current epidemic and its potential for spread in the domestic environment. To address these concerns, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine developed this joint position paper to provide guidance to U.S. EPs, emergency nurses, and other stakeholders in the health care system on how to approach the ethical dilemmas posed by the outbreak of EVD. This paper will address areas of immediate and potential ethical concern to U.S. EDs in how they approach preparation for and management of potential patients with EVD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. Advantages and Limitations of the e-Delphi Technique: Implications for Health Education Researchers
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Donohoe, Holly, Stellefson, Michael, and Tennant, Bethany
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In the last 30 years, the application of the Delphi technique has been increasing. With the recent availability and established popularity of Internet-based research tools, the Internet has been identified as a means for mitigating Delphi limitations, maximizing its advantages, and expanding the breadth of its application. The discourse on the application of "e-Delphi" has been speculative in nature, however, with pragmatic analysis of Internet-based Delphi administration being limited in scope. Concomitantly, methodological guidance for conducting the e-Delphi in health education is limited, with best-practice implementation strategies yet to emerge. This paper advances the understanding of the e-Delphi technique, contributes to the evolution of this Internet-based research methodology, and provides guidance for the e-Delphi researcher in health education. Further, it offers a contribution to the discourse about Internet-based inquiry generally, and on using the e-Delphi technique in health education specifically. The authors illustrate that e-Delphi has a range of benefits that are effective and efficient in assuaging traditional Delphi limitations; nevertheless, a set of methodological issues remain unaddressed and make apparent the need for future research investments to better understand and alleviate challenges presented for e-Delphi research in health education. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)
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25. Changes in Commitment to Physical Activity among 8-to-11-Year-Old Girls Participating in a Curriculum-Based Running Program
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DeBate, Rita, Zhang, Yan, and Thompson, Sharon H.
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Background: Despite findings that support physical activity (PA) as an effective means of improving health and quality of life, PA levels among girls tend to decline with age. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess changes pertaining to PA commitment following a curriculum-based running program designed for 3rd-to-5th-grade girls. Methods: Participants (n=196) were given paper-and-pencil surveys containing an adaptation of the "Feelings about Physical Activity Scale" in addition to items related to demographics, PA behaviors, and curriculum content. Results: Paired-sample t-tests revealed statistically significant differences in overall commitment to PA (p=0.006) and attitudes regarding PA (p=0.001) from pre-intervention to post-intervention. Results also suggest increases in value of PA. Discussion: The study's findings have important implications for those public health education professionals who develop PA programs for female children and adolescents. Prior to initiating programs to promote PA for girls, it is important to include educational programs that promote positive attitudes toward exercise, the value of PA, and the behaviors necessary to sustain PA. Translation to Health Education Practice: Programs that are designed only to initiate PA among young girls may not be addressing sustainability. It is through regular and sustained PA that associated health benefits can be achieved. (Contains 3 tables.)
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26. Bibliometric Analysis on Geriatric Nursing Research in Web of Science (1900–2020).
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Ghamgosar, Arezoo, Zarghani, Maryam, and Nemati-anaraki, Leila
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DATABASES ,AUTHORS ,EDUCATION ,ALZHEIMER'S disease ,COVID-19 ,SOCIAL support ,BIBLIOMETRICS ,SERIAL publications ,PUBLIC health ,GERIATRIC nursing ,NURSING research ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,MENTAL depression ,MALNUTRITION ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,AGING ,POLICY sciences ,SCIENCE ,WORLD Wide Web ,EMERGENCY nursing - Abstract
Objective. Aging is a growing public health concern for people, organizations, and governments. The current study was undertaken to provide insights into the global research output on geriatric nursing. Methods. A bibliometric study was implemented using the WoS database for the period from 1900 to 2020. Various tools and measures were used to analyze and visualized. Results. The search strategy found 4923 papers. The oldest paper was written by Beverly C. Andre in 1953. As team size increases, so does the number of citations. The USA was the active country and the highest number of coauthors. New York University was an active institution. Stig Karlsson was the most active author in Geriatric Nursing with 28 articles from Sweden, followed by Koen Milisen and Sandman, with 26 articles each from Sweden and Belgium. The most frequent words in this field were depression, malnutrition, education, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia. The latest research themes in this field were COVID-19, interprofessional locomotive syndrome, emergency nursing, and public health. The most influential papers were specified. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society was the most active journal. Conclusions. Geriatric nursing is a rooted field and has received special attention in the last decade. Policymakers, especially in developing countries, should pay attention to geriatric nursing as a specialty of nursing to solve aging issues they would face considering the increasing elderly population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. 200015: Drinking Water Quality and Public Health (Position Paper).
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HEALTH policy , *PUBLIC health , *DRINKING water , *WATER supply , *WATER pollution - Abstract
The article addresses further debate and decision-making by the American Public Health Association (APHA) on a public policy statement on safe drinking water. The paper provides the scientific basis and justification for the importance of improving water supplies in the U.S. The quality and safety of drinking water in the U.S. continues to be an important public health issue. Specific contaminants of concern include microbial contaminants and chemical contaminants. Recommended goals for the APHA are to foster greater involvement of the public health professional as advisor, educator and advocate on issues related to drinking water and health, and to promote understanding in public health practice and policy making of the potential public impact of water contamination.
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28. Contextualizing the experiences of Black pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: 'It's been a lonely ride'.
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Dahl, Alicia A., Yada, Farida N., Butts, Shanika Jerger, Tolley, Annalise, Hirsch, Sophie, Lalgondar, Priyanka, Wilson, Kala S., and Shade, Lindsay
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HEALTH services accessibility ,COMMUNITY health services ,CROSS-sectional method ,SELF-evaluation ,AFRICAN Americans ,MATERNAL health services ,RESEARCH funding ,INTERVIEWING ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,PREGNANT women ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EXPERIENCE ,SURVEYS ,THEMATIC analysis ,RESEARCH methodology ,SOCIAL adjustment ,STATISTICS ,PUBLIC health ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DATA analysis software ,COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed the prenatal care experience, specifically regarding medical appointments and social opportunities. It is critical to capture this change through the narratives of pregnant people, particularly those of marginalized populations, whose voices may often be underrepresented in the literature. This mixed-methods paper summarizes the experiences of 40 pregnant Black/African American (AA) women during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, online survey was administered between 2020 and 2021 to assess prenatal health and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients' pregnancy experience. Coping behaviors during the pandemic were self-reported using the COPE-IS. Univariate analyses were conducted. An additional analysis of participants (n = 4) was explored through a week-long qualitative exercise using a photo documentation procedure. Photo-Elicitation Interviews (PEI) were conducted to capture and center their pandemic pregnancy experiences. Sources of stress during the pandemic varied, with the most common being financial concerns (n = 19, 47.5%). Over half of the sample (n = 18, 54.5%) self-reported increases in their positive coping behaviors during the pandemic, such as communicating with friends and family, talking to healthcare providers, listening to music, and engaging in spiritual practices–such as prayer. The four PEI study participants reflected on the impacts of social distancing on their prenatal experience and mentioned hospital and provider-related weariness due to their race. The findings of this study suggest that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black/AA pregnant women in Charlotte, NC used social support, mindfulness practices, self-advocacy, and health literacy to navigate challenges present during their prenatal health experience. This paper highlights the personal, social, and structural experiences of pregnant women during a public health crisis so that responsive and effective programs or policies can be planned in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Incarceration and Women's Health: The Utility of Effective Health Education Programming--A Commentary
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Robertson-James, Candace and Nunez, Ana
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The health and well-being of incarcerated women is a significant public health concern. Compared with non-incarcerated women, incarcerated women in the United States are more often from minority populations, younger (between the ages of 18 and 34 years), of low socioeconomic status, unemployed and mothers to children under 18 years of age. More than 80% of women are incarcerated for nonviolent offenses, including drug-related crimes. The incarceration of women poses an additional burden as women prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to have had sole responsibility for their children prior to incarceration. Whereas parental incarceration is difficult for children regardless of which parent is incarcerated, separation from an incarcerated mother is especially traumatic. Two-thirds of incarcerated women have children under the age of 18, and children of women offenders are more likely to be placed in foster care. This commentary explores the health of incarcerated women as well as the need for and challenges of effective health education and promotion programming for these women.
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30. US consumer preferences and attitudes toward seaweed and value‐added products.
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Zheng, Qiujie, Davis, Christopher V., Noll, Anne Langston, Bernier, Raymond, and Labbe, Randy
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CONSUMER attitudes ,MARINE algae ,MARINE algae culture ,CONSUMER preferences ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
Food reformulation and the introduction of novel sources of nutrition are considered potential strategies to address poor nutrition and public health issues. Seaweed, a novel food in Western cuisine, is gaining popularity, and seaweed farming in the United States is an emerging and fast‐growing aquaculture segment. This paper provides a comprehensive understanding of US consumers' preferences and attitudes toward seaweed and value‐added seaweed products. Specifically, the study focuses on two distinct consumer groups: those who consume seaweed and those who do not. It includes separate analyses for each group to compare their attitudes and examine the characteristics and factors affecting their attitudes. This paper summarizes the different characteristics of seaweed consumers and nonconsumers. The results show that the seaweed consumers' knowledge of seaweed and perceptions of seaweed quality, price, and availability positively affect their intentions to try a new product flavored with seaweed. Nonconsumers have unique reasons for not consuming seaweed, several of which are associated with their intentions to try a new seaweed product [EconLit Citations: D12, Q13]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 PANDEMIC OUTBREAK: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INFLUENZA H1N1 PANDEMIC OF 1918.
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Sudhir, Bhatia
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AVIAN influenza ,H1N1 influenza ,FOOD security ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
Copyright of Sanamed is the property of Sanamed and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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32. Scholarly Papers.
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RESEARCH ,AFRICAN Americans ,MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome ,PUBLIC health ,RACIAL identity of Black people - Abstract
This section presents a list of articles and papers by African Americans or about the African-American experience in the U.S. These include "Kawasaki Disease Hospitalizations in a Predominantly African-American Population" in the October 2005 issue of "Clinical Pediatrics," "Black Gotham: African Americans in New York City, 1900-2000" in the July-September 2005 issue of "Identities," and "Black, White, and Catholic: Southern Jesuits Confront the Race Question, 1952" in the July 2005 issue of "Catholic Historical Review."
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33. The global role, impact, and limitations of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in breast cancer screening: a scoping review and recommendations to promote health equity for all.
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Hand, Taylor, Rosseau, Natalie A., Stiles, Christina E., Sheih, Tianna, Ghandakly, Elizabeth, Oluwasanu, Mojisola, and Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.
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BREAST tumor diagnosis ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,HEALTH policy ,EVALUATION of human services programs ,MIDDLE-income countries ,DEVELOPED countries ,PROFESSIONS ,HEALTH services accessibility ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,EARLY detection of cancer ,DISEASE incidence ,WORLD health ,PUBLIC health ,LOW-income countries ,CHI-squared test ,COST analysis ,LITERATURE reviews - Abstract
Introduction: Innovative interventions are needed to address the growing burden of breast cancer globally, especially among vulnerable patient populations. Given the success of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in addressing communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases, this scoping review will investigate the roles and impacts of CHWs in breast cancer screening programs. This paper also seeks to determine the effectiveness and feasibility of these programs, with particular attention paid to differences between CHW-led interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs).Methods: A scoping review was performed using six databases with dates ranging from 1978 to 2019. Comprehensive definitions and search terms were established for 'Community Health Workers' and 'breast cancer screening', and studies were extracted using the World Bank definition of LMIC. Screening and data extraction were protocolized using multiple independent reviewers. Chi-square test of independence was used for statistical analysis of the incidence of themes in HICs and LMICs.Results: Of the 1,551 papers screened, 33 were included based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Study locations included the United States (n=27), Bangladesh (n=1), Peru (n=1), Malawi (n=2), Rwanda (n=1), and South Africa (n=1). Three primary roles for CHWs in breast cancer screening were identified: education (n=30), direct assistance or performance of breast cancer screening (n=7), and navigational services (n=6). In these roles, CHWs improved rates of breast cancer screening (n=23) and overall community member knowledge (n=21). Two studies performed cost-analyses of CHW-led interventions.Conclusion: This review extends our understanding of CHW effectiveness to breast cancer screening. It illustrates how CHW involvement in screening programs can have a significant impact in LMICs and HICs, and highlights the three CHW roles of education, direct performance of screening, and navigational services that emerge as useful pillars around which governments and NGOs can design effective programs in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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34. Methodological Rigor and Citation Frequency in Patient Compliance Literature.
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Bruer, John T.
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PATIENT compliance ,BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations ,LEGAL compliance ,HEALTH behavior ,MEDICAL cooperation ,PATIENT-professional relations ,PUBLIC health ,HUMAN services - Abstract
Abstract: An exhaustive bibliography which assesses the methodological rigor of the patient compliance literature, and citation data from the Science Citation Index (SCI) are combined to determine if methodologically rigorous papers are used with greater frequency than substandard articles by compliance investigators. There are low, but statistically significant, correlations between methodological rigor and citation indicators for 138 patient compliance papers published in SCI source journals during 1975 and 1976. The correlation is not strong enough to warrant use of citation measures as indicators of rigor on a paper-by-paper basis. The data do suggest that citation measures might be developed as crude indicators of methodological rigor. There is no evidence that randomized trials are cited more frequently than studies that employ other experimental designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Trends in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Risk Behaviors among High School Students--United States, 1991-2005
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Brener, Nancy, Kann, Laura, Lowry, Richard, Wechsler, Howell, and Romero, Lisa
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This paper examined changes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related risk behaviors among high school students in the United States during 1991-2005. Data from 8 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys conducted during that period were analyzed. During 1991-2005, the percentage of US high school students engaging in HIV-related sexual risk behaviors significantly decreased.
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36. NIH Proposes 6-Month Public Access to Papers.
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Kaiser, Jocelyn
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PUBLIC health , *MEDICAL research , *RESEARCH grants , *HEALTH policy - Abstract
This article reports that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a draft policy aimed at increasing public access to the results of NIH-funded research. In July, a congressional spending panel recommended that NIH post Mill-funded manuscripts within 6 months of publication, or immediately if NIH grants were used to pay publication costs. Librarians, patient organizations, and scientists who think taxpayers should have easier access to NIH-funded research urged NIH to follow the House language.
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37. Qualitative Epidemiologic Methods Can Improve Local Prevention Programming among Adolescents
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Daniulaityte, Raminta, Siegal, Harvey A., Carlson, Robert G., Kenne, Deric R., Starr, Sanford, and DeCamp, Brad
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The Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network (OSAM) is designed to provide accurate, timely, qualitatively-oriented epidemiologic descriptions of substance abuse trends and emerging problems in the state's major urban and rural areas. Use of qualitative methods in identifying and assessing substance abuse practices in local communities is one of the main assets of OSAM Network. Qualitative methods are sensitive to local contextual variability, flexible enough to capture emergent trends, and can be implemented with limited financial resources. This paper describes how qualitative epidemiologic methods, like those used by the OSAM Network, could be applied to inform substance abuse prevention activities, particularly those directed at adolescents.
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38. Global learning: A post-COVID-19 approach to advance health equity.
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Parke, Dana Marie, Ogbolu, Yolanda, and Rowthorn, Virginia
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MIDDLE-income countries , *INTERDISCIPLINARY education , *ENDOWMENTS , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *LEARNING , *WORLD health , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *HEALTH equity , *PUBLIC health , *COMMUNITY services , *COVID-19 pandemic , *WEBINARS , *LOW-income countries - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated acceptance of learning from other countries, especially for high-income countries to learn from low- and middle-income countries, a practice known as global learning. COVID-19’s rapid disease transmission underscored how connected the globe is as well as revealed stark health inequities which facilitated looking outside of one’s borders for solutions. The Global Learning for Health Equity (GL4HE) Network, supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, held a 3-part webinar series in December 2021 to understand the current state of global learning and explore how global learning can advance health equity in the post-COVID-19 era. This paper reflects on these cutting-edge discussions about the current state of global learning, drawing upon the highlights, perspectives, and conclusions that emerged from these webinars. The paper also comments on best practices for global learning, including adapting for context, addressing biases, funding considerations, ensuring bidirectional partnerships, community engagement, and adopting a multidisciplinary approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Locked Up and Left Behind: Addressing Cruel and Unusual Punishments among Senior Inmates during COVID-19 across US Prisons.
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SALEBAIGI, SABBA
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PRISON psychology ,COVID-19 ,CORRECTIONAL institutions ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,PUBLIC health ,MENTAL health ,PUNISHMENT ,STAY-at-home orders - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on long-standing constitutional violations within the US correctional system, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as senior inmates. By analyzing the impact of COVID-19 in prisons, the challenges faced in implementing preventive strategies, and the specific vulnerabilities of elderly prisoners, this paper identifies potential constitutional infringements experienced by senior inmates during the pandemic and the physical, mental, and social effects of the pandemic on this population. Specifically, this paper aims to bridge the fields of constitutional law, prison reform, elder law, and the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the impact of the pandemic on the rights of senior inmates under the US Constitution's Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The objective is to examine whether potential violations have occurred and propose actions to prevent violations in the future while ensuring accountability and redress if such violations occur. To address such violations, the paper emphasizes the need for increased sanitation measures and decarceration as preventive measures in future public health crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. THE "NEW" DRUG WAR.
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Oliva, Jennifer D. and El-Sabawi, Taleed
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DRUG control , *LAW enforcement agencies , *RACISM , *AFRICAN Americans , *PUBLIC health , *DRUG overdose - Abstract
American policymakers have long waged a costly, punitive, racist, and ineffective drug war that casts certain drug use as immoral and those who engage in it as deviant criminals. The War on Drugs has been defined by a myopic focus on controlling the supply of drugs that are labeled as dangerous and addictive. The decisions as to which drugs fall within these categories have neither been made by health agencies nor based on scientific evidence. Instead, law enforcement agencies have been at the helm of the drug war advocating for and enforcing prohibition. The drug war has been a failure on all counts. American taxpayers have invested trillions of dollars in the war, yet the United States continues to witness record-setting numbers of drug overdose deaths every year. The drug war has been used as a tool to disenfranchise and incarcerate generations of individuals minoritized as Black. Black Americans are nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated for drug-related offenses than their white counterparts, notwithstanding that substance use rates are comparable across those populations. The public rhetoric concerning drug use has notably changed in recent years. Many policymakers have replaced the punitive, law-and-order narratives of the Old Drug War with progressive, public-health-oriented language, which suggests that the Old Drug War has ended. We, however, caution against such a conclusion. This paper examines three categories of laws and policies that attend to individuals who use drugs under our country's new, and purportedly public-health-centric, approach: (1) laws that increase surveillance of certain drugs or those who use them; (2) the criminalization and civil punishment of the symptoms or behaviors related to drug use; and (3) laws that decrease access to treatment and harm reduction programs. Our assessment of these policies demonstrates that the War on Drugs is not over. It has merely been retooled, recalibrated, and reframed. The "New" Drug War may be concealed with public-health-promoting rhetoric, but it is largely an insidious re-entrenchment of the country's longstanding, punitive approach to drug use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. Access to Menstrual Resources as a Public Health Issue in the US and Scotland: A Narrative Review.
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Spencer, Noelle Elizabeth
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PUBLIC health ,MENSTRUATION ,SOCIAL ecology - Abstract
The objective of this paper is to answer the research question: in what ways is access to resources related to menstruation a public health issue in the United States (US) and Scotland? Resources will be understood to mean, for example, menstrual products, education, safe restroom facilities, and appropriate and accessible healthcare. The Social Ecological Model (SEM), a conceptual model consisting of four levels of consideration (individual, interpersonal, institutional/community, and societal), was used to structure a narrative review of the factors related to access to menstrual resources. The SEM offers a novel approach within Critical Menstruation Studies that leads to a better understanding of how access to resources affects menstrual health and the menstrual experience in the US and Scotland. This review is intended as an initial step towards collecting data about access to menstrual resources that can inform policy and legislation. It calls for advocates, activists, policymakers, and other interested stakeholders to explore opportunities for change at each of the levels of the SEM: individual, interpersonal, institutional/community, and societal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. Research status and hotspots of social frailty in older adults: a bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2022.
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Hengxu Wang, Xi Chen, MingXiang Zheng, Ying Wu, and Lihua Liu
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DISEASE clusters ,SERIAL publications ,CROSS-sectional method ,COMPUTER software ,HUMAN services programs ,ALZHEIMER'S disease ,RESEARCH funding ,FRAIL elderly ,DISEASE prevalence ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CITATION analysis ,SURVEYS ,MEDICAL research ,BIBLIOMETRICS ,SOCIAL networks ,GERIATRIC assessment ,SOCIAL support ,AUTHORS ,PUBLIC health ,DISEASE susceptibility ,DEMENTIA ,PUBLICATION bias ,COOPERATIVENESS ,COVID-19 ,EVALUATION ,OLD age - Abstract
Background: Social Frailty is a significant public health concern affecting the elderly, particularly with the global population aging rapidly. Older adults with social frailty are at significantly higher risk of adverse outcomes such as disability, cognitive impairment, depression, and even death. In recent years, there have been more and more studies on social frailty, but no bibliometrics has been used to analyze and understand the general situation in this field. Therefore, by using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and Bilioshiny software programs, this study aims to analyze the general situation of the research on social frailties of the older adults and determine the research trends and hot spots. Methods: A bibliometric analysis was conducted by searching relevant literature on the social frailty of the older adults from 2003 to 2022 in the Web of Science core database, using visualization software to map publication volume, country and author cooperation networks, keyword co-occurrences, and word emergence. Results: We analyzed 415 articles from 2003 to 2022. Brazil has the highest number of articles in the field of social frailty of the older adults, and the United States has the highest number of cooperative publications. Andrew MK, from Canada, is the most published and co-cited author, with primary research interests in geriatric assessment, epidemiology, and public health. "Social Vulnerability," "Health," "Frailty," "Mortality," and "Older Adult" are among the research hotspots in this field. "Dementia," "Alzheimer's disease," "Population," and "Covid-19" are emerging research trends in social frailty among the older adults. Conclusion: This scientometric study maps the research hotspots and trends for the past 20 years in social frailty among the older adults. Our findings will enable researchers to better understand trends in this field and find suitable directions and partners for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. One Pandemic, Two Solutions: Comparing the U.S.-China Response and Health Priorities to COVID-19 from the Perspective of "Two Types of Control".
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Lyu, Shupeng, Qian, Chen, McIntyre, Aaron, and Lee, Ching-Hung
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HEALTH policy ,PUBLIC health ,INFECTION control ,COMPARATIVE studies ,RESEARCH funding ,INFECTIOUS disease transmission ,EPIDEMICS ,COVID-19 pandemic ,HEALTH planning - Abstract
After three years of global rampage, the COVID-19 epidemic, the most serious infectious disease to occur worldwide since the 1918 influenza pandemic, is nearing its end. From the global experience, medical control and social control are the two main dimensions in the prevention and control of COVID-19. From the perspective of "two types of control", namely medical control and social control, this paper finds that the political system, economic structure, and cultural values of the United States greatly limit the government's ability to impose social control, forcing it to adopt medical control to fight the virus in a single dimension. In contrast, China's political system, economic structure, and cultural values allow its government to adopt stringent, extensive, and frequent social control, as well as medical control to fight the virus. This approach departs from the traditional pathway of fighting the epidemic, i.e., "infection–treatment–immunization", thereby outpacing the evolution of the virus and controlling its spread more rapidly. This finding helps explain why the Chinese government adopted a strict "zeroing" and "dynamic zeroing" policy during the first three years, at the cost of enormous economic, social, and even political legitimacy. It was not until late 2022, when the Omicron variant with the waning virulence became prevalent, that China chose to "coexist" with the virus, thus avoiding a massive epidemic-related death. While the United States adopted a pulsed-style strategy at the beginning of the epidemic, i.e., "relaxation–suppression–relaxation–suppression", and began to "coexist" with the virus in just one year, resulting in a large number of excess deaths associated with the epidemic. The study contributes to explaining the difference in the interplay between public health priorities and COVID-19 response strategies in China and the United States, based on the specific public health context and the perspective of "medical control" and "social control". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Design and Implementation of the All of Us Research Program COVID-19 Participant Experience (COPE) Survey.
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Schulkey, Claire E, Litwin, Tamara R, Ellsworth, Genevieve, Sansbury, Heather, Ahmedani, Brian K, Choi, Karmel W, Cronin, Robert M, Kloth, Yasmin, Ashbeck, Alan W, Sutherland, Scott, Mapes, Brandy M, Begale, Mark, Bhat, Geeta, King, Paula, Marginean, Kayla, Wolfe, Keri Ann, Kouame, Aymone, Raquel, Carmina, Ratsimbazafy, Francis, and Bornemeier, Zach
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COVID-19 ,SOCIAL determinants of health ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,COVID-19 vaccines ,MENTAL health ,PUBLIC health ,CULTURAL pluralism ,EXPERIENCE ,SURVEYS ,PHYSICAL activity ,HUMAN services programs ,LONELINESS ,COVID-19 testing ,COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
In response to the rapidly evolving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the All of Us Research Program longitudinal cohort study developed the COVID-19 Participant Experience (COPE) survey to better understand the pandemic experiences and health impacts of COVID-19 on diverse populations within the United States. Six survey versions were deployed between May 2020 and March 2021, covering mental health, loneliness, activity, substance use, and discrimination, as well as COVID-19 symptoms, testing, treatment, and vaccination. A total of 104,910 All of Us Research Program participants, of whom over 73% were from communities traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research, completed 275,201 surveys; 9,693 completed all 6 surveys. Response rates varied widely among demographic groups and were lower among participants from certain racial and ethnic minority populations, participants with low income or educational attainment, and participants with a Spanish language preference. Survey modifications improved participant response rates between the first and last surveys (13.9% to 16.1%, P < 0.001). This paper describes a data set with longitudinal COVID-19 survey data in a large, diverse population that will enable researchers to address important questions related to the pandemic, a data set that is of additional scientific value when combined with the program's other data sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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45. Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 and Social Isolation on Mental Health in the United States of America.
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Fulk, Alexander, Saenz-Escarcega, Raul, Kobayashi, Hiroko, Maposa, Innocent, and Agusto, Folashade
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COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC health ,MENTAL health ,SOCIAL isolation - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world at large with over 750 million cases and almost 7 million deaths reported thus far. Of those, over 100 million cases and 1 million deaths have occurred in the United States of America (USA). The mental health of the general population has been impacted by several aspects of the pandemic including lockdowns, media sensationalism, social isolation, and spread of the disease. In this paper, we examine the associations that social isolation and COVID-19 infection and related death had with the prevalence of anxiety and depression in the general population of the USA in a state-by-state multiple time-series analysis. Vector Error Correction Models are estimated and we subsequently evaluated the coefficients of the estimated models and calculated their impulse response functions for further interpretation. We found that COVID-19 incidence was positively associated with anxiety across the studied period for a majority of states. Variables related to social isolation had a varied effect depending on the state being considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. Nonfatal Injuries Sustained in Mass Shootings in the US, 2012- 2019: Injury Diagnosis Matrix, Incident Context, and Public Health Considerations.
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Czaja, Matthew P., Kraus, Chadd K., Phyo, Su, Olivieri, Patrick, Mederos, Dalier R., Puente, Ivan, Mohammed, Salman, Berkeley, Ross P., Slattery, David, Gildea, Thomas H., Hardman, Claire, and Palmer, Brandi
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TRAUMATOLOGY diagnosis ,DISASTERS ,SHOOTINGS (Crime) ,PUBLIC health ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,DISEASES ,WEAPONS ,CRIME ,SEVERITY of illness index ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,MASS casualties ,WOUNDS & injuries ,ELECTRONIC health records ,EMERGENCY medicine - Abstract
Introduction: The epidemic of gun violence in the United States (US) is exacerbated by frequent mass shootings. In 2021, there were 698 mass shootings in the US, resulting in 705 deaths and 2,830 injuries. This is a companion paper to a publication in JAMA Network Open, in which the nonfatal outcomes of victims of mass shootings have been only partially described. Methods: We gathered clinical and logistic information from 31 hospitals in the US about 403 survivors of 13 mass shootings, each event involving greater than 10 injuries, from 2012-19. Local champions in emergency medicine and trauma surgery provided clinical data from electronic health records within 24 hours of a mass shooting. We organized descriptive statistics of individual-level diagnoses recorded in medical records using International Classification of Diseases codes, according to the Barell Injury Diagnosis Matrix (BIDM), a standardized tool that classifies 12 types of injuries within 36 body regions. Results: Of the 403 patients who were evaluated at a hospital, 364 sustained physical injuries—252 by gunshot wound (GSW) and 112 by non-ballistic trauma—and 39 were uninjured. Fifty patients had 75 psychiatric diagnoses. Nearly 10% of victims came to the hospital for symptoms triggered by, but not directly related to, the shooting, or for exacerbations of underlying conditions. There were 362 gunshot wounds recorded in the Barell Matrix (1.44 per patient). The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) distribution was skewed toward higher acuity than typical for an emergency department (ED), with 15.1% ESI 1 and 17.6% ESI 2 patients. Semi-automatic firearms were used in 100% of these civilian public mass shootings, with 50 total weapons for 13 shootings (Route 91 Harvest Festival, Las Vegas. 24). Assailant motivations were reported to be associated with hate crimes in 23.1%. Conclusion: Survivors of mass shootings have substantial morbidity and characteristic injury distribution, but 37% of victims had no GSW. Law enforcement, emergency medical systems, and hospital and ED disaster planners can use this information for injury mitigation and public policy planning. The BIDM is useful to organize data regarding gun violence injuries. We call for additional research funding to prevent and mitigate interpersonal firearm injuries, and for the National Violent Death Reporting System to expand tracking of injuries, their sequelae, complications, and societal costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. Evaluating the Association of Face Covering Mandates on COVID-19 Severity by State.
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Strand, Mark A., Shyllon, Omobosinuola, Hohman, Adam, Jansen, Rick J., Sidhu, Savita, and McDonough, Stephen
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MEDICAL masks ,COVID-19 ,ANALYSIS of variance ,RESEARCH methodology ,PUBLIC health ,CHI-squared test ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors ,LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, mitigation measures were implemented on a state-by-state basis. Governors were responsible for establishing interventions appropriate for their states and the timing of implementation. This paper evaluated the association between the presence and timing of a mask mandate and the severity of the COVID-19 epidemic by state. Methods: The states were divided into 3 categories based on when the governors of each state implemented a mask mandate: Early (mask mandate implemented between March 2020 and June 2020), Late (July 2020-December 2020), and Never (no mask mandate implemented). The rates of hospitalizations and mortality (per 100 000) were assessed at the different time points during the pandemic across these categories from March to December 2020. Results: The mortality rates across all 3 groups were observed to be highest in the beginning and toward the end of the pandemic in 2020 with the peak observed in the Early group between April and May 2020. Also, the rates of hospitalization increased steadily across all groups. The Early mask group was comprised of 86.7% and 13.3% states with Democratic and Republican governors respectively, and no states in the Never category had Democratic governors. Conclusion: These results support the benefit of implementing a mask mandate to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of political affiliation of governors on that impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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48. Relationships of Cannabis Policy Liberalization With Alcohol Use and Co-Use With Cannabis: A Narrative Review.
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Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, Smart, Rosanna, Lira, Marlene C., Pessar, Seema Choksy, Blanchette, Jason G., and Naimi, Timothy S.
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PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,ONLINE information services ,CANNABIS (Genus) ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,PUBLIC health ,RISK assessment ,GOVERNMENT policy ,ALCOHOL drinking ,MEDLINE - Abstract
PURPOSE: The liberalization of cannabis policies has the potential to affect the use of other substances and the harms from using them, particularly alcohol. Although a previous review of this literature found conflicting results regarding the relationship between cannabis policy and alcohol-related outcomes, cannabis policies have continued to evolve rapidly in the years since that review. SEARCH METHODS: The authors conducted a narrative review of studies published between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020, that assessed the effects of cannabis policies on the use of alcohol in the United States or Canada. SEARCH RESULTS: The initial search identified 3,446 unique monographs. Of these, 23 met all inclusion criteria and were included in the review, and five captured simultaneous or concurrent use of alcohol and cannabis. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Associations between cannabis policy liberalization and alcohol use, alcohol-related outcomes, and the co-use of alcohol and cannabis were inconclusive, with studies finding positive associations, no associations, and negative associations. Although several studies found that cannabis policy liberalization was associated with decreases in alcohol use measures, these same studies showed no impact of the cannabis policy on cannabis use itself. The lack of a consistent association was robust to subject age, outcome measure (e.g., use, medical utilization, driving), and type of cannabis policy; however, this may be due to the small number of studies for each type of outcome. This paper discusses several notable limitations of the evidence base and offers suggestions for improving consistency and comparability of research going forward, including a stronger classification of cannabis policy, inclusion of measures of the alcohol policy environment, verification of the impact of cannabis policy on cannabis use, and consideration of mediation effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. A Continuum Deformation Approach for Growth Analysis of COVID-19 in the United States.
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Hemmati, Sadra and Rastgoftar, Hossein
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COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC health ,MACHINE learning ,DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics) ,DATA analysis - Abstract
The COVID-19 global pandemic has significantly impacted every aspect of life all over the world. The United States is reported to have suffered more than 20% of the global casualties from this pandemic. It is imperative to investigate the growth dynamics of the disease in the US based on varying geographical and governmental factors that best manifest itself in each State of the Country. This paper utilizes a hybrid machine learning and continuum deformation-based approach for analyzing the stability and growth rate of the pandemic. To this end, principal stress values of the pandemic continuum body are obtained using Mohr's Circle method and overlapping, moving windows of data are analysed successively. This helps in finding the correlations between the growth rate and Governments' action/Public's reaction. Government actions include "state of emergency", "shelter at place", and "phase declarations". We also consider the vaccination rate milestones, which shows us the coordinated Governments' action/Public's reaction. Finally, a number of recommendations are made to the Governments and people for better management of future pandemics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Online grocery shopping: promise and pitfalls for healthier food and beverage purchases.
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Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B, Ng, Shu Wen, Blitstein, Jonathan L, Gustafson, Alison, and Niculescu, Mihai
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GROCERY shopping ,ONLINE shopping ,IMPULSE buying ,JUNK food - Abstract
Objectives: (i) To determine the current state of online grocery shopping, including individuals' motivations for shopping for groceries online and types of foods purchased; and (ii) to identify the potential promise and pitfalls that online grocery shopping may offer in relation to food and beverage purchases. Design: PubMed, ABI/INFORM and Google Scholar were searched to identify published research. Setting: To be included, studies must have been published between 2007 and 2017 in English, based in the USA or Europe (including the UK), and focused on: (i) motivations for online grocery shopping; (ii) the cognitive/psychosocial domain; and (iii) the community or neighbourhood food environment domain. Subjects: Our search yielded twenty-four relevant papers. Results: Findings indicate that online grocery shopping can be a double-edged sword. While it has the potential to increase healthy choices via reduced unhealthy impulse purchases, nutrition labelling strategies, and as a method to overcome food access limitations among individuals with limited access to a brick-and-mortar store, it also has the potential to increase unhealthy choices due to reasons such as consumers' hesitance to purchase fresh produce online. Conclusions: Additional research is needed to determine the most effective ways to positively engage customers to use online grocery shopping to make healthier choices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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