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Integrating infodemiology principles into public health curricula: a qualitative exploration of emerging educational needs [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundThe rapid expansion of digital information ecosystems has intensified the spread of health-related misinformation and disinformation, contributing to public mistrust and adverse health outcomes.
Miranda Bosse, Kaitlin Tager, Elizabeth Gould, Maanasa Kanimilli, Emily Burke   +4 more
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A program for research and publication [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2002
In response to comments from our readers we have decided to continue with our commentary on groups of papers in each issue, instead of just highlighting a small selection of papers. In addition, we are publishing the first in a series of discussion papers on research issues that arise from the process of reviewing and publishing public health research ...
Jeanne, Daly, Judith, Lumley
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Applying a gender lens to social norms, couple communication and decision making to increase modern contraceptive use in Ethiopia, a mixed methods study

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain Language summary A reproductive health study involving mixed quantitative and qualitative methods was conducted in Ethiopia in 2016–2017. The overall objectives of the study are (1) to use mixed methods research to identify determinants of ...
Nandita Kapadia-Kundu, Habtamu Tamene, Minyahil Ayele, Feleke Dana, Simon Heliso, Sanjanthi Velu, Tsega Berhanu, Guda Alemayehu, Lindsey Leslie, Michelle Kaufman   +9 more
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“We have this, with my husband, we live in harmony”: exploring the gendered decision-making matrix for malaria prevention and treatment in Nampula Province, Mozambique

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Conceptualizing gender dynamics and ways of bridging entrenched gender roles will contribute to better health promotion, policy and planning. Such processes are explored in relation to malaria in Mozambique. Methods A multi-method, qualitative
Zoe Jane-Lara Hildon, Maria Escorcio-Ymayo, Rose Zulliger, Rosario Arias de Aramburú, Nan Lewicky, Hunter Harig, Jose Braz Chidassicua, Carol Underwood, Liliana Pinto, Maria Elena Figueroa   +9 more
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THE EFFECT OF CAREGIVER MALARIA PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOR ON MALARIA RATES IN TODDLERS

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2020
Background: The morbidity rate for toddlers with malaria in Indonesia had increased from 2013. Bengkulu city is a malaria-endemic area in Indonesia. Caregivers are people who stay with toddlers daily.
Nopia Wati, Agus Ramon, Emma Rachmawati, Al. Asyary Upe, Hasan Husin, M. Amin, Oktarianita Oktarianita   +6 more
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Using propensity scores to estimate the effectiveness of maternal and newborn interventions to reduce neonatal mortality in Nigeria

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Nigeria is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, with one of the highest neonatal mortality rates and the second highest number of neonatal deaths in the world.
Jamie Perin, Alain K. Koffi, Henry D. Kalter, Joseph Monehin, Adeyinka Adewemimo, John Quinley, Robert E. Black   +6 more
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Setting the agenda for diabetes research in the state of Qatar

Public Health Challenges, 2023
Background The burden of non‐communicable diseases, including diabetes, is high in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Qatar (a MENA country) has a high prevalence of diabetes (16.7%).
Amit Mishra, Suresh Babu Kokku, Ioanna Skaroni, Kholoud Ateeq Al Motawaa, Mohammed Al‐Thani, Nicholas Wareham, Abdul Badi Abou‐Samra, Shahrad Taheri   +7 more
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A qualitative study of community perspectives surrounding cleaning practices in the context of Zika prevention in El Salvador: implications for community-based Aedes aegypti control

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background In El Salvador, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes transmitting Zika and other arboviruses use water storage containers as important oviposition sites. Promotion of water storage container cleaning is a key element of prevention programs.
Elli Leontsini, Sean Maloney, Margarita Ramírez, Eric Rodriguez, Tilly Gurman, Anne Ballard Sara, Gabrielle C. Hunter   +6 more
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Invasive bacterial diseases in northern Canada, 1999 to 2018

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: The International Circumpolar Surveillance (ICS) program conducts surveillance on five invasive bacterial diseases: pneumococcal disease (IPD), group A streptococcus (iGAS), Haemophilus influenzae (Hi), meningococcal disease (IMD) and group B
Grace Huang, Irene Martin, Raymond S Tsang, Walter H Demczuk, Gregory J Tyrrell, Y Anita Li, Catherine Dickson, Francesca Reyes-Domingo, Susan G Squires   +8 more
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Age and gender trends in insecticide-treated net use in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background The degree to which insecticide-treated net (ITN) supply accounts for age and gender disparities in ITN use among household members is unknown.
Bolanle Olapeju, Ifta Choiriyyah, Matthew Lynch, Angela Acosta, Sean Blaufuss, Eric Filemyr, Hunter Harig, April Monroe, Richmond Ato Selby, Albert Kilian, Hannah Koenker   +10 more
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