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The curative-to-preventive perspective shift of medical students through community dementia programs: a qualitative study based on transformative learning theory [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPreventive healthcare has become a global health priority, yet a significant implementation gap persists in community settings. Traditional medical education predominantly emphasizes curative approaches, inadequately preparing students for the ...
Ruiyu Huang   +8 more
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Learn to Intervene: An Adaptive Learning Policy for Restless Bandits in Application to Preventive Healthcare [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2021
In many public health settings, it is important for patients to adhere to health programs, such as taking medications and periodic health checks. Unfortunately, beneficiaries may gradually disengage from such programs, which is detrimental to their ...
Arpita Biswas   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improving the Quality of Healthcare Provision Regarding HPV Immunization for Women with CIN2+ Lesions: The Experience of the Veneto Region in Italy

open access: yesVaccines, 2023
HPV is the most common cause of sexually-transmitted infections the world over. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a healthcare quality improvement strategy designed to increase the rate of vaccination against HPV in women diagnosed with ...
Anna De Polo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel benchmark for COVID-19 pandemic testing effectiveness enables the accurate prediction of new Intensive Care Unit admissions

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The positivity rate of testing is currently used both as a benchmark of testing adequacy and for assessing the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, since the former is a prerequisite for the latter, its interpretation is often conflicting.
Dimitris Nikoloudis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhanced Classification of Heartbeat Electrocardiogram Signals Using a Long Short-Term Memory–Convolutional Neural Network Ensemble: Paving the Way for Preventive Healthcare

open access: yesMathematics, 2023
In the rapidly evolving field of medical diagnosis, the accurate and prompt interpretation of heartbeat electrocardiogram (ECG) signals have become increasingly crucial.
N. S. Alharbi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Healthcare‐acquired infections: prevention strategies [PDF]

open access: yesInternal Medicine Journal, 2017
AbstractHealthcare‐acquired infections (HAI) impact on patient care and have cost implications for the Australian healthcare system. The management of HAI is exacerbated by rising rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Health‐care workers and a contaminated hospital environment are increasingly implicated in the transmission and persistence of multi ...
Shelanah A, Fernando   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Systematic Review of Management of Preventive Healthcare for the Elderly in the World

open access: yesSālmand, 2022
Objectives: The global shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases is a global problem that will reduce the quality of life and increase the need for services such as rehabilitation services and services related to disability.
Faezeh Bahador   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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