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21. Staphylococcus aureus colonization and long-term risk for death, United States

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Mendy, Angelico, Vieira, Edgar R., Albatineh, Ahmed N., and Gasana, Janvier

Subjects
Mortality -- Surveys, Staphylococcus aureus infections -- Health aspects -- Surveys, Health surveys -- Health aspects -- Surveys, Staphylococcus aureus -- Health aspects -- Surveys, Infection -- Health aspects -- Surveys, Antibacterial agents -- Health aspects -- Surveys, Health
Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of mild to life-threatening infections. It is differentiated into methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA); the emergence of isolates resistant to [...]

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2016
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39. Associations between older African academics' physical activity, walkability and mental health: a social distancing perspective.

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Asiamah, Nestor, Vieira, Edgar Ramos, Kouveliotis, Kyriakos, Gasana, Janvier, Awuviry-Newton, Kofi, and Eduafo, Richard

Subjects
COMPETENCY assessment (Law), AFRICANS, EVALUATION of medical care, STATISTICS, CONFIDENCE intervals, CROSS-sectional method, MULTIPLE regression analysis, REGRESSION analysis, PHYSICAL activity, SURVEYS, CRONBACH'S alpha, PEARSON correlation (Statistics), WALKING, QUESTIONNAIRES, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, SOCIAL distancing, DATA analysis software, SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics), NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics, COVID-19 pandemic
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This study aimed to assess the moderating influence of neighborhood walkability on the association between physical activity (PA) and mental health among older African academics aged 50 years or more in cities with social distancing protocols in response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A total of 905 volunteer academics participated in the study. A hierarchical linear regression analysis was employed to conduct sensitivity analyses and test the study hypotheses. After controlling for sex, education and age, there was a positive association between PA and mental health. Neighborhood walkability moderated the relationship between PA and mental health, which suggests that during the pandemic PA was associated with higher mental health scores in more walkable neighborhoods. The study concludes that PA was beneficial to mental health in the social distancing context and was associated with higher mental health in more walkable neighborhoods, particularly in a social distancing context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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40. Molecular biomarkers as measures of environmental justice: a proposed health-assessment paradigm

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Gragg, Richard D., III, Gasana, Janvier, and Christaldi, Ronald A.

Subjects
Public administration -- Environmental policy, Environmental policy -- Management, Justice -- Environmental policy, Government, Political science
Abstract

Environmental equity and justice is a debate about everyone having equal access to environmental protection. Thus, the goal of environmental justice is to administer the protections afforded by our legal and political systems justly and equally to all individuals and communities, not to distribute pollution. The administration of these protections calls for the measurement of alleged inequitable distributions. The purpose of this article is to review and assess the current methodologies for measuring environmental justice and put forth an argument for a new health-based measurement paradigm. This new paradigm would use the relatively new approach of molecular epidemiology designed to incorporate human dosimetry data into environmental epidemiological studies.

Published
2002

48. Determinants of childhood diarrhea in West Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia: a case control study

Author

Girma, Meskerem, Gobena, Tesfaye, Medhin, Girmay, Gasana, Janvier, and Roba, Kedir Teji

Subjects
hygiene, case control, water, Childhood diarrhea, Ethiopia, determinant
Abstract

Introduction: Childhood diarrhea is a global public health problem that affects both developed and developing countries including Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to assess determinants of childhood diarrhea among children under-five years of age in West Gojjam Zone, northwest Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based case control study was conducted in four districts of West Gojjam in the northwest of Ethiopia from July to August, 2015. A randomly selected sample of 118 cases and 351 controls who met the inclusion criteria were included in this study. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire through face to face interview. Independent variables which had p-value less than 0.2 at an unadjusted model were candidate for the final model. Adjusted odds ratio was used to control confounding effects and to determine predictors of an outcome. Results: Unimproved water sources (AOR, 1.88; 95 % CI: 1.17-3.03), lack of hand washing at critical times (AOR, 2.38; 95 % CI: 1.42-3.99) and a deepening method to take water from a water storage container (AOR, 2.11; 95 % CI: 1.28-3.47), presence of two or more young siblings (AOR, 4.15; 95 % CI: 2.57-6.70), rural residence (AOR,2.11 95 % CI: 2.21-3.68), and not using latrine for disposal of child feces (AOR, 1.90; 95 % CI: 1.12-3.22) were predictors of diarrhea among children under the age of five. Conclusion: The majority of the causes of childhood diarrhea in the study area were preventable. Thus, health extension workers should give tailored health information to mothers or caregivers on the importance of sanitation, personal and environmental hygiene and drinking water handling methods.Keywords: Childhood diarrhea, hygiene, water, determinant, case control, Ethiopia

Published
2019

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