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Curriculum Guidelines for Social and Behavioral Sciences in Predoctoral Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social and behavioral sciences are an integral part of predoctoral dental education, given the important role of social and behavioral factors in oral health, dentist‐patient communication, the provision of person‐centered care, and patients’ experience of dental treatment and their treatment outcomes.
Cameron L. Randall, Casey D. Wright, Dolores Cannella, Jessica G. Hinz, Daniel W. McNeil, Drashty P. Mody, Gary Pape, Yun Saksena, Vaishali Singhal, Lance Brendan Young, Stuart M. Schrader   +10 more
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Situating Expertise: Lessons from the HIV/AIDS Epidemic [PDF]

Global Challenges, 2018
AbstractHow do Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) frame the relationship between political agency and expertise in their work? What are the political implications of the ways in which SACs legitimate or obscure specific forms of political agency? Using a South African case study, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (
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the overweight epidemic

, 2001
Looks in detail the facts behind the overweight epidemic: physical health risks; psychological effects of dieting and poor body image; and direct & indirect costs to all people in ...
Video Education Australasia
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Disease prevention versus data privacy : using landcover maps to inform spatial epidemic models [PDF]

, 2012
The availability of epidemiological data in the early stages of an outbreak of an infectious disease is vital for modelers to make accurate predictions regarding the likely spread of disease and preferred intervention strategies.
Michael J. Tildesley (123224), Tildesley, Michael J., Ryan Sadie J., Tildesley Michael J., Sadie J Ryan, Ryan, Sadie J., Sadie J. Ryan (24547), Michael J Tildesley   +7 more
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
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Is there the potential for an epidemic of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease via blood transfusion in the UK?

, 2007
The discovery of three individuals suspected to have contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) through blood transfusions has heightened concerns that a secondary epidemic via human-to-human transmission could occur in the UK. The Department of
Will, Robert G, Ghani, Azra C, Clarke, Paul   +2 more
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Malaria epidemic early warning and detection in African highlands. [PDF]

, 2004
Malaria epidemics have long been known to recur in the African highlands. Efforts to develop systems of early warning and detection for epidemics are outlined here with special emphasis on the Highland Malaria Project (HIMAL).
de Vlas, SJ, de Vlas, Sake, Cox, J, Ochola, Samuel, Beard, B, Langi, Peter, Cox, Jonathan, Langi, P, Hay, Simon I, Abeku, TA, Beard, Brian, Ochola, S, Hay, SI, Abeku, Tarekegn A, Hay, Simon, de Vlas, Sake J   +15 more
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The Bridge of Hope: Mediating the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Loneliness

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This cross‐sectional study sought to explore hope as a mediator between mindfulness and loneliness and social connectedness by using a structural equation modeling data analysis approach to analyze the relationships. Among a sample of 676 interpersonal trauma experiencers recruited online from a crowdsourcing platform, hope fully mediated the ...
Daniel Gutierrez, Margaret M. Poandl, Emily Kitching   +2 more
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Analyzing the epidemic situation and influencing factors of childhood pneumonia during the COVID-19 epidemic period in Laiwu, China. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore), 2023
Yang J, Li J, Lv R, Wang X, Zheng C, Gu Y, Zhang M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Telemedicine: Potential applications in epidemic situations

European Research in Telemedicine / La Recherche Européenne en Télémédecine, 2015
BACKGROUND: Telemedicine has several applications regarding different medical specialties or clinical situations. However, telemedicine as a potential tool during epidemics is not as well considered. METHODS: In this paper, the application of telemedicine is conceptualised using five possible evidence-based epidemic situations.
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