Making a Difference: Investing in Sustainable Health and Well-being for the People of Wales [PDF]
Making a Difference: Investing in Sustainable Health and Well-being for the People of ...
Wales, Public Health
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Computationally Assisted Quality Control for Public Health Data Streams [PDF]
Irregularities in public health data streams (like COVID-19 Cases) hamper data-driven decision-making for public health stakeholders. A real-time, computer-generated list of the most important, outlying data points from thousands of daily-updated public health data streams could assist an expert reviewer in identifying these irregularities.
arxiv
Fatal & Non-Fatal Opioid Overdoses in Marin County: Using EMS and county data to locate the presence of fentanyl, naloxone distribution, repeated overdoses, and demographics [PDF]
Background. In recent years, the United States has been greatly affected by prescription drug overdose deaths, 68% of which are caused by opioids. Like many communities nationwide, Marin County in California is deeply affected by the opioid epidemic with
Rojo, Josette
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Individual EMS Disposition in the Prehospital Setting to Predict Future Opioid Overdose and Mortality [PDF]
Introduction There have been over 400,000 deaths related to prescription opioids in the US since 1999, with the highest prevalence among individuals aged 45-54 years old. However, adults between the ages of 18 and 34 have the highest prevalence of misuse
Valliere, Lillie
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Sacred Heart University Public Health Program Self-Study [PDF]
From the Introduction: The public health program began in the fall, 2018. The public health program has only one degree offered, a master’s of public health (MPH) degree with a concentration in community health.
Public Health, College of Health Professions,
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Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement in Public Health.
Patient-reported outcomes are recognized as essential for the evaluation of medical and public health interventions. Over the last 50 years, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research has grown exponentially from 0 to more than 17,000 papers ...
R. Kaplan, R. Hays
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of vector-borne disease risk across human land-use gradients: examining the role of agriculture, indigenous territories, and protected areas in Costa Rica [PDF]
Background Costa Rica has undergone significant changes to its forest ecosystems due, in part, to the proliferation of palm oil and other industrial agriculture operations.
Agar, Gabriellah+12 more
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000205.].
PLOS Global Public Health Staff
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University vaccine campaign increases meningococcal ACWY vaccine coverage [PDF]
In this study, we report MenACWY vaccine coverage in first year students arriving at the University of Nottingham (UoN) in September 2015. We also report the uptake of MenACWY vaccine offered to unvaccinated students via a campus-based mass vaccination ...
C.D. Bayliss+12 more
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002129.].
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