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Global Health Security in an Era of Explosive Pandemic Potential [PDF]

, 2017
Pandemics pose a significant risk to security, economic stability, and development. Annualized expected losses from pandemics are estimated at $60 billion per year. Despite the certainty and magnitude of the threat, the global community has significantly
Ayala, Ana, Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Beyond resistance: social factors in the general public response to pandemic influenza [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Influencing the general public response to pandemics is a public health priority. There is a prevailing view, however, that the general public is resistant to communications on pandemic influenza and that behavioural responses to the 2009/10 ...
Davis, Mark, Flowers, Paul, Lohm, Davina, Stephenson, Niamh, Waller, Emily   +4 more
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Augmented reality for teaching undergraduate human anatomy: An educators' perspective

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of Australian educators on using augmented reality (AR) as a method for learning human anatomy in the undergraduate health sciences. This will determine the current value of AR and guide future research and development. This prospective qualitative study used a mixed‐methods approach to
Ally Williams, Zhonghua Sun, Mauro Vaccarezza   +2 more
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Reigniting engagement: A multidisciplinary, authentic case‐based approach to anatomy and physiology education for medical imaging students

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomy and physiology are foundational to health science education, yet student engagement in these modules often declines during later years of study. This discursive article aims to describe a teaching intervention which increased student engagement and provide educator reflection of implementation and improvement over time.
Nicolene Jooste, Asma Shaikh‐Kader
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Sudan virus disease – A quick review

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
The recent Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreak in Uganda is a reminder of threat from Filovirus diseases. Unlike Ebola virus disease, no effective antiviral and vaccine is available for SVD.
Tsung-Pei Tsou
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From disorientation to preparedness: Information practices as scaffolding in acute crises

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study examines how adults in Israel enacted information practices during an acute national crisis. Using the information transitions framework, we investigate how concrete practices emerge and evolve across three stages: understanding, negotiating, and resolving. Semi‐structured Zoom interviews with 18 adults were analyzed via
Lilach Alon, Tali Malinoff, Inbar Levkovich   +2 more
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Pandemic Influenza: Ethics, Law, and the Public\u27s Health [PDF]

, 2007
Highly pathogenic Influenza (HPAI) has captured the close attention of policy makers who regard pandemic influenza as a national security threat. Although the prevalence is currently very low, recent evidence that the 1918 pandemic was caused by an avian
Berkman, Benjamin E., Gostin, Lawrence O.   +1 more
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Competing biosecurity and risk rationalities in the Chittagong poultry commodity chain, Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2018
This paper anthropologically explores how key actors in the Chittagong live bird trading network perceive biosecurity and risk in relation to avian influenza between production sites, market maker scenes and outlets.
A Appadurai, A Bouma, A Lakoff, A Martinot, AM Kleinman, C Kousky, C Lowe, C Perrow, D Lupton, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, DJ Haraway, DJ Hulse-Post, E Baudon, Erling Høg, F Keck, F Lentzos, G Enticott, GE Marcus, GE Marcus, GE Marcus, GM Sodikoff, Guillaume Fournié, H Brown, H Joffe, H Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo, I Kopytoff, IA Begum, ICDDRB, ICDDRB, J Law, J Spradley, LA Ogden, LD Sims, M Douglas, M Douglas, M Gilbert, M Hammersley, M-A Falzon, Md. Ahasanul Hoque, MG Osmani, N Porter, N Porter, N Porter, NA Rimi, NG Gregory, NN Taleb, P Rabinow, Rashed Mahmud, S Hinchliffe, S Hinchliffe, SB Ortner, SB Ortner, SB Paige, SE Kirksey, SE Kirksey, Sharifa Nasreen, SJ Collier, SM Shane, SSU Ahmed, SSU Ahmed, Tony Barnett, TR Schatzki, WA Brooks   +62 more
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The integration of the British Pharmacological Society's prescription safety assessment into the WHO 6‐step model of rational pharmacotherapy in a Turkish medical school

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims At Koç University School of Medicine, a one‐week rational pharmacotherapy (RPHM) programme, modelled after WHO 6‐step, has been introduced in the fourth‐year curriculum to improve prescription skills. For efficient problem‐based learning (PBL) sessions on a prespecified topic, students need to brush up on basic pharmacology knowledge, so we ...
Sinem Ezgi Gülmez, Gülnihal Özcan, Hakan S. Orer   +2 more
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Preparing for the next respiratory pathogen pandemic: using tabletop simulation exercises to strengthen national planning in Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Lebanon and Mongolia

Frontiers in Public Health
The Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) initiative takes an innovative mode-of-transmission approach to pandemic planning by advocating for integrated preparedness and response systems and capacities for groups of pathogens with ...
Hitesh Chugh, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Roberto Arroba Tijerino, Moubadda Assi, Metua Bates, Atika Berry, Hebleen Brenes, Dulamragchaa Buyanbaatar, Urtnasan Chuluunbat, Gerelmaa Danzan, Oyungerel Darmaa, Ingrid Garcia, Nada Ghosn, Ruba Hikmat, Ana Maria Jimenez, Shakila Naidu, Karen Ngamata, Phuong Nam Nguyen, Beverley Paterson, Nomin-Erdene Tsogtgerel, Andrea Patricia Villalobos, Valentino Wichman, Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Shoshanna Goldin, Sylvie Briand, Gina Samaan   +25 more
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