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Climate Change and Health Preparedness in Africa: Analysing Trends in Six African Countries
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Climate change is a global problem, which affects the various geographical regions at different levels. It is also associated with a wide range of human health problems, which pose a burden to health systems, especially in regions such as Africa. Indeed,
S. Opoku +3 more
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Disaster preparedness and core competencies among emergency nurses: A cross‐sectional study
Nursing Open, 2022 With the rise in frequency and severity of disasters in recent decades, it is essentially important that nurses must be adequately prepared to handle them.
Zahra Chegini +5 more
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2022 This study adopted an extended theory of planned behavior to understand how risk perception affected disaster preparedness behavior. An intercept survey (N = 286) was conducted at a typhoon-prone district of Hong Kong, China in 2019, then the data were ...
S. Ng
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The evolution and future of influenza pandemic preparedness
Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2021 The influenza virus is a global threat to human health causing unpredictable yet recurring pandemics, the last four emerging over the course of a hundred years.
Walter N Harrington +2 more
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Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Outbreak: the Need for Epidemic Preparedness
Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 COVID-19 is not only a global pandemic and public health crisis; it has also severely affected the global economy and financial markets. Significant reductions in income, a rise in unemployment, and disruptions in the transportation, service, and ...
A. Pak +5 more
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Disaster Preparedness Among Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal of Nursing Research, 2022 Background Increasingly frequent global disasters such as coronavirus disease 2019 pose a threat to human health and life. The World Health Organization has called on countries to formulate detailed plans to prepare for disasters.
Ying Wang +8 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Hospital and pre-hospital emergency nurses are at the forefront of disaster response. Disaster incidents continue to pose a threat to healthcare systems by exposing them to an overwhelming surge of patients.
Islam Azizpour +2 more
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Predictive model for the preparedness level of the family caregiver
International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2022 Background Many caregivers are insufficiently prepared, and little is known about measures that can be employed to enhance their preparedness. Aim The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with caregiver preparedness and establish a ...
Belén Gutiérrez-Baena +1 more
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BMJ Global Health, 2022 The onset of the pandemic revealed the health system inequities and inadequate preparedness, especially in the African continent. Over the past months, African countries have ensured optimum pandemic response.
Thierno Balde +20 more
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Information sources, knowledge and compliance to COVID-19 safety protocol in Borno State, Nigeria [PDF]
World of Media, 2021 Borno State, Nigeria has experienced active COVID-19 with quite a number of cases and mortalities. The extensive global campaign to create awareness about the pandemic and safety measures through various stakeholders appeared to have worked, especially ...
Joseph Wilson +4 more
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