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3 Critical Challenges for Global Health Security [PDF]

, 2015
International institutions are poised to make one of the most momentous decisions about the future of global health security since the formation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Perceptions of Social Mobility: Development of a New Psychosocial Indicator Associated with Adolescent Risk Behaviors

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
Social class gradients have been explored in adults and children, but not extensively during adolescence. The first objective of this study was to examine the association between adolescent risk behaviors and a new indicator of adolescent relative ...
Miranda Lucia Ritterman Weintraub, Lia C. H. Fernald, Nancy eAdler, Stefano eBertozzi, Leonard eSyme   +4 more
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Diaspora engagement: a scoping review of diaspora involvement with strengthening health systems of their origin country

Global Health Action, 2022
Background Diaspora communities are a growing source of external aid and resources to address unmet needs of health systems of their homelands. Although numerous articles have been published, these endeavors as a whole have not been systematically ...
Editt N. Taslakian, Kent Garber, Shant Shekherdimian   +2 more
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Dying at home: A qualitative study of the perspectives of older South Asians living in East London [PDF]

, 2014
South Asians constitute the single largest ethnic minority group in the United Kingdom, yet little is known about their perspectives and experiences on end-of-life care.
Butt J, Charmaz K, Department of Health (DH), HelpAge International, Office of National Statistics (ONS)   +4 more
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Saúde internacional: uma das possibilidades de atuação da enfermagem no campo da saúde coletiva Salud internacional: una de las posibilidades de actuación de la enfermería en el campo de la salud colectiva International health: another possibility to nurses action in the field of collective health

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 1996
Presente artigo relata a experiência de participação em um programa no campo da Saúde Internacional, que vem sendo promovido pela Organização Panamericana da Saúde. A partir da síntese do conceito de Saúde Internacional, a autora descreve os objetivos do
Maria Rita Bertolozzi
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Occupational cooling practices of emergency first responders in the United States: A survey [PDF]

, 2018
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Temperature on 29/07/2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2018.1493907 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.©
ASTM International, Bonauto D, Cadarette BS, Carter R, House JR., International Organisation for Standardisation. ISO, McLellan TM, Michaels D, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Prudhomme J, Taiwo OA, Watkins ER   +12 more
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The use of circulating cathodic antigen rapid test and serology for diagnosis of active Schistosoma mansoni infection in migrants in Italy, a non-endemic country: a cross sectional study

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Diagnosis of schistosomiasis in migrants coming from endemic areas can be difficult, especially in asymptomatic subjects. Light-intensity disease, in fact, may be missed due to the low sensitivity of the stool microscopy and serologic testing cannot ...
Laura Infurnari, Laura Galli, Alba Bigoloni, Alessia Carbone, Stefania Chiappetta, Angelo Sala, Norberto Ceserani, Adriano Lazzarin, Antonella Castagna, Giovanni Gaiera/   +9 more
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Social medicine and international expert networks in Latin America, 1930–1945 [PDF]

, 2018
This paper examines the international networks that influenced ideas and policy in social medicine in the 1930s and 1940s in Latin America, focusing on institutional networks organised by the League of Nations Health Organization, the International ...
Carter, Eric D.
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Lehre am Puls der Zeit - Global Health in der Medizinischen Ausbildung: Positionen, Lernziele und methodische Empfehlungen [Cutting-Edge Education - Global Health in Medical Training: Prosposals, Educational Objectives and Methodological Recommendations]

GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung, 2009
[english] Aim: To formulate a guideline on educational objectives and methodology for the implementation of the cross-disciplinary subject “Global Health” in German medical education, on the initiative of the German Medical Students’ Association (bvmd ...
Bozorgmehr, Kayvan, Schubert, Kirsten, Müller, Alexandra D., Last, Katharina   +3 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
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