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The impact of personal pseudoscientific beliefs in the pursuit for non-evidence-based health care

open access: yesJournal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Pseudoscientific beliefs are widespread in society and are influenced by several factors. The endorsement of alternative medicine treatments, mostly not evidence based, has relevant negative impacts on health care public policies.
Natália Pasternak Taschner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On a Life-Giving and Cultural Resource: A Review on Nagihan Baysal's Work entitled Water in Turkish Folk Culture

open access: yesTürkiyat Mecmuası
Baysal, Nagihan. Türk Halk Kültüründe Su. Ankara: Gece Kitaplığı, 2020, ISBN: 9786257912372.
Elif Şahin
doaj   +1 more source

To Regulate or Not to Regulate? Views on Electronic Cigarette Regulations and Beliefs about the Reasons for and against Regulation. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Policies designed to restrict marketing, access to, and public use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are increasingly under debate in various jurisdictions in the US.
Ashley Sanders-Jackson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Boosting vaccination: Accelerating vaccine uptake through communication science

open access: yesMètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2023
Effective public health messages about vaccination can bolster human vaccine uptake to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Despite this potentiality, the One Health framework that values an interdependent approach to health has not fully ...
Victoria Ledford, Xiaoli Nan
doaj   +1 more source

The Separateness of Persons: A Moral Basis for a Public Justification Requirement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In morally grounding a public justification requirement, public reason liberals frequently invoke the idea that persons should be construed as “free and equal.” But this tells us little with regard to what it is about us that makes us free or how a claim
Tyndal, Jason
core   +1 more source

Exploring the influence of behavioural, normative and control beliefs on intentions to adhere to public health guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview based study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Perceived severity and susceptibility of disease are predictors of individual behaviour during health crises. Little is known about how individual beliefs influence intentions to adhere to public health guidelines during periods of health ...
Jeanna Parsons Leigh   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

How local media coverage of voter fraud influences partisan perceptions in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Extant findings show that voter fraud is extremely rare and difficult to prove in the United States. Voter’s knowledge about voter fraud allegations likely comes through the media, who tend to sensationalize the issue.
Fogarty, Brian   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disappearing private reputations in long-run relationships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
For games of public reputation with uncertainty over types and imperfect public monitoring, Cripps et al. [Imperfect monitoring and impermanent reputations, Econometrica 72 (2004) 407–432] showed that an informed player facing short-lived uninformed ...
Cripps, M.W.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Public Beliefs about Lightning in Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes2019 International Symposium on Lightning Protection (XV SIPDA), 2019
Outcomes of a comprehensive survey on the public beliefs in Malaysia with regard to the nature of lightning and lightning safety have been presented. A questionnaire survey is done among 100 respondents, comprised of an equal number of participants from each gender.
A.R. Syakura   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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