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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delaying the international spread of pandemic influenza. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND: The recent emergence of hypervirulent subtypes of avian influenza has underlined the potentially devastating effects of pandemic influenza.
Pitman, Richard J   +16 more
core   +2 more sources

Integral Scientific Advice for Outbreak Response: Lessons learned from an Avian Influenza Simulation in the Netherlands

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: The continuing avian influenza outbreaks in animals pose a public health threat worldwide. Concerns about the risk for humans are raising, now we see spread among different mammal species and animal to human transmission.
Dr Anja Schreijer   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public preferences for vaccination and antiviral medicines under different pandemic flu outbreak scenarios. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
During the 2009-2010 A(H1N1) pandemic, many people did not seek care quickly enough, failed to take a full course of antivirals despite being authorised to receive them, and were not vaccinated.
Yardley, Lucy   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Is female genital mutilation/cutting associated with adverse mental health consequences? A systematic review of the evidence

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2019
Introduction The adverse physical consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have been thoroughly investigated and documented. Yet, we know little about the adverse mental health consequences of the practice.
Sandro Galea, Salma M Abdalla
doaj   +1 more source

Pre-admission statin use and in-hospital severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this group of patients hospitalized with pandemic influenza, a significant beneficial effect of pre-admission statin use on the in-hospital course of illness was not identified.
Brett, Stephen J.   +45 more
core   +1 more source

Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Background In January 2021, the Public Health Agency of Canada launched the Canadian COVID-19 Outbreak Surveillance System to monitor outbreaks by setting. Schools and childcare centres were identified as settings of interest, as children play a key role
Kaitlin Patterson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strengthening pathogen genomic surveillance for health emergencies: insights from the World Health Organization’s regional initiatives

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a rapid scale-up in the use of genomic surveillance as a pandemic preparedness and response tool. As a result, the number of countries with in-country SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing capability increased by 40 ...
Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande   +31 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation and fidelity of reactive surveillance and response strategies for malaria elimination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Introduction To achieve malaria elimination, case-based surveillance and response systems have been developed in endemic countries. This study systematically reviews the different types of reactive surveillance and response strategies for malaria, how ...
Win Han Oo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pandemic Influenza and Community Preparedness

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2009
Objectives. We aimed to examine community knowledge about and attitudes toward the threat of pandemic influenza and assess the community acceptability of strategies to reduce its effect. Methods. We conducted computer-aided telephone interviews in 2007 with a cross-sectional sample of rural and metropolitan residents of South Australia. Results.
Marshall, H.   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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