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HPV Infection Prevalence, Vaccination-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers Among Women Aged 30–64 in Shenzhen, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Vaccines
Background: the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, vaccination rates, and awareness levels varies across China. Methods: this study examined HPV infection prevalence, vaccine uptake, and barriers among 2440 women aged 30–64 in Shenzhen,
Zhongai Ouyang, Minting Zhu, Zhijian Chen, Weigui Ni, Lijuan Lai, Bingyi Lin, Long Jiang, Yi Jing, Jingjie Fan   +8 more
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Philosophical Reflection about Death and End-of-Life Experiences in Medical Education: A Brief Report of Medical Students' Experiences in a Flipped Classroom [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences
Death and end-of-life care are crucial yet often overlooked topics in healthcare education. This study explores the integration of philosophical reflection into a Flipped Classroom (FC) model within a graduate course on Collective Health at Universidade ...
Carolina Marquez, Marina Lyra, Solange Nappo   +2 more
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Complex Interventions Deserve Complex Evaluations: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Evaluation of a Preventive Personalized Medicine Intervention

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the largest cause of disability and death globally. The human and financial costs of NCDs have raised questions of sustainability for many health systems.
Elise M. Garton, Elise M. Garton, Serdar Savaş, Christopher Pell, Elena V. Syurina, Karien Stronks, Tomris Cesuroglu, Tomris Cesuroglu   +7 more
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Medical errors : Healthcare professionals’ perspective at a tertiary hospital in Kuwait [PDF]

, 2019
Medical errors are of economic importance and can contribute to serious adverse events for patients. Medical errors refer to preventable events resulting from healthcare interactions, whether these events harm the patient or not.
Ahmed, Zamzam, Al-Hamid, Abdullah M., Jones, Alan M., Saada, Mohammad   +3 more
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Childhood Obesity Prevention: Opportunities in Healthcare

Healthcare Quarterly, 2012
Childhood obesity is a leading health problem in Canada and is associated with cardiometabolic disease, reduced quality of life and economic impacts. There is an emerging evidence base on obesity-prevention strategies in children that consider the determinants of obesity and that should be considered within the context of a child's family, school ...
Catherine S, Birken, Jonathon, Maguire, Brian W, McCrindle, Jill, Hamilton, Patricia C, Parkin   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Towards Smart Work Clothing for Automatic Risk Assessment of Physical Workload

IEEE Access, 2018
Work-related musculoskeletal and cardiovascular disorders are still prevalent in today's working population. Nowadays, risk assessments are usually performed via self-reports or observations, which have relatively low reliability. Technology developments
Liyun Yang, Ke Lu, Jose A. Diaz-Olivares, Fernando Seoane, Kaj Lindecrantz, Mikael Forsman, Farhad Abtahi, Jorgen A. E. Eklund   +7 more
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Exposure to low concentrations of PM2.5 and its constituents with preterm birth in Shenzhen, China: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health
Background Due to the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Measures issued by the Chinese government, air quality has significantly improved, particularly with respect to PM2.5. However, studies on the relationship between low concentrations of PM2.5 and
Minting Zhu, Zhongai Ouyang, Tao Liu, Weigui Ni, Zhijian Chen, Bingyi Lin, Lijuan Lai, Yi Jing, Long Jiang, Jingjie Fan   +9 more
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Preventive medicine: A cure for the healthcare crisis [PDF]

, 2006
Introductory Editorial: Few would dispute the premise that prevention, early detection, and early intervention form the first line of defense on the disease management (DM) continuum.
Clarke, Janice L., Meiris, Deborah
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Explainable AI-Powered IoT Systems for Predictive and Preventive Healthcare - A Framework for Personalized Health Management and Wellness Optimization

Journal of Electrical Systems
With the growing integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, it is crucial to prioritize transparency and interpretability in the decision-making process. This paper presents a novel framework that
Et al. Uddhav T. Kumbhar
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
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