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Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Their Associated Factors among Health Care Workers During COVID -19 Pandemic in Nepal  

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Background: Frontline Health Care Workers are at risk of developing mental and psychological distress during Corona virus disease 2019 pandemic. This study aimed to assess level of stress, anxiety, depression and their associated factors among health ...
Apsara Pandey, Chandrakala Sharma, Ram Hari Chapagain, Narmada Devkota, Kamal Ranabhat, Suman Pant, Kriti Adhikari   +6 more
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Health Disparities Among Health Care Workers [PDF]

Qualitative Health Research, 2009
In this article we describe the process of an interdisciplinary case study that examined the social contexts of occupational and general health disparities among health care workers in two sets of New England hospitals and nursing homes. A political economy of the work environment framework guided the study, which incorporated dimensions related to ...
Mawn, Barbara, Siqueira, Carlos Eduardo, Koren, Ainat, Slatin, Craig, Melillo, Karen Devereaux, Pearce, Carole, Hoff, Lee Ann   +6 more
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Assessing mental health literacy of primary health care workers in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2021
Aim To assess mental health literacy of health workers in primary health care services in Kenya. Background Mental illness is common in Kenya, yet there are fewer than 500 specialist mental health workers to serve Kenya’s population of over 50 million ...
Elijah Marangu, Fethi Mansouri, Natisha Sands, David Ndetei, Peterson Muriithi, Karen Wynter, Helen Rawson   +6 more
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Isoniazid Toxicity in Health Care Workers [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1999
The toxicity of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis was assessed in 83 health care workers (HCWs) receiving a 6-month course, in whom clinical toxicity and liver function were monitored. Thirty-four HCWs (41%) developed an adverse event; in 26 (76%), toxicity was sufficiently severe to require cessation of treatment.
R L, Stuart, J, Wilson, M L, Grayson
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Knowledge and performance of the Ethiopian health extension workers on antenatal and delivery care: a cross-sectional study

Human Resources for Health, 2012
Background In recognition of the critical shortage of human resources within health services, community health workers have been trained and deployed to provide primary health care in developing countries.
Medhanyie Araya, Spigt Mark, Dinant GeertJan, Blanco Roman   +3 more
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Why do Health Workers in Rural Tanzania Prefer Public Sector Employment? [PDF]

, 2012
Severe shortages of qualified health workers and geographical imbalances in the workforce in many low-income countries require the national health sector management to closely monitor and address issues related to the distribution of health workers ...
Moland Karen Marie, Songstad Nils Gunnar, Moland, Karen Marie, Massay, Deodatus Amadeus, Karen Marie Moland, Astrid Blystad, Massay Deodatus Amadeus, Blystad Astrid, Deodatus Amadeus Massay, Songstad, Nils Gunnar, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Blystad, Astrid   +11 more
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Pharmacogenetics of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
The rate of acetylation of xenobiotics affects the course and prognosis of infectious diseases. The efficacy of antibiotic therapy of community-acquired pneumonia in RA-patients is lower than that in LA-ones.
S. SH. Suleimanov, O. V. Molchanova, N. V. Kirpichnikova, N. V. Sukhotina, A. A. Gorbach   +4 more
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Care for frontline health care workers in times of COVID-19

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: The spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has generated the collapse of health care systems and significant impacts on the health of the workers involved in combatting the disease worldwide.
Karine Demartini, Vanessa de Mello Konzen, Marcia de Oliveira Siqueira, Gabriela Garcia, Matheus Santos Gomes Jorge, Juliana Secchi Batista, Lia Mara Wibelinger   +6 more
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Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health challenge. Prevalence of current hepatitis B virus infection in the general population in Uganda is about 10%.
Bwogi, Josephine, Abdhalah K Ziraba, Ziraba, Abdhalah K, Wainaina Caroline W, Mayanja-Kizza Harriet, Josephine Bwogi, Alice Namale, Namale Alice, Ziraba Abdhalah K, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Namale, Alice, Caroline W Wainaina, Bwogi Josephine, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Wainaina, Caroline W   +14 more
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Changing roles and responses of health care workers in HIV treatment and care.

, 2008
A key limiting factor in the scale up and sustainability of HIV care and treatment programmes is the global shortage of trained health care workers. This paper discusses why it is important to move beyond conceptualising health care workers simply as ...
Palmer, Natasha, Rajaraman, Divya
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