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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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104 COVID-19 Exposure and Care-Seeking Behaviors Among Vulnerable Urban Adolescents and Young Adults–Baltimore, Maryland USA

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2022
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: This study seeks to determine the relationship between fear of COVID-19 infection and care-seeking behaviors including provider visit and telemedicine utilization among vulnerable adolescent and young adults in Baltimore, Maryland ...
Marshae Nickelberry, Pamela A. Matson, Allison Agwu, Kathryn Van Eck, Jamie Perin, Jenell Coleman, Maria Trent   +6 more
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The extents of metabolic syndrome among Antiretroviral Therapy exposed and ART naïve adult HIV patients in the Gedeo-zone, Southern-Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Archives of Public Health, 2020
Background HIV infection and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) has been associated with metabolic syndrome (MS). The prevalence of MS varies substantially between populations and is not yet well-known in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Ethiopia.
Girma Tenkolu Bune, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Abera Kumie   +2 more
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Incidence reporting via online high school concussion surveillance by certified athletic trainers and school nurses, 2015–2018

Injury Epidemiology, 2020
Background There is an increasing concern over adolescent concussions in sports due to risks of long-term negative effects. This study analyzed data over three school years on reported concussion incidence rates by season, high school grade levels and ...
Lauren Gonzalez, Laura E. Jones, Maryanne Fakeh, Nimit Shah, Joseph A. Panchella, Derek G. Shendell   +5 more
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E-cigarette environmental and fire/life safety risks in schools reported by secondary school teachers

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background To identify if e-cigarette usage is an on-campus problem for secondary schools and evaluate initial school survey responses. More specifically, this survey can aid in identifying where students are seen using e-cigarettes, if smoke alarms have
Maryanne L. Fakeh Campbell, Andrew Sansone, Lauren N. Gonzalez, Kevin R. J. Schroth, Derek G. Shendell   +4 more
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Correction to: Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science, 2020
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a typo in the title of the article.
Sarah Gimbel, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Joana Coutinho, Leonel Andela, Bonifacio Cebola, Heidi Craine, Jonny Crocker, Leecreesha Hicks, Sarah Holte, Rodrigues Hossieke, Edgar Itai, Carol Levin, Nelia Manaca, Filipe Murgorgo, Miguel Nhumba, James Pfeiffer, Isaias Ramiro, Keshet Ronen, Nona Sotoodehnia, Onei Uetela, Anjuli Wagner, Bryan J. Weiner, Kenneth Sherr   +23 more
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Healthcare beliefs and practices of kin caregivers in South Africa: implications for child survival

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Appropriate health-seeking practices may have a positive influence on child survival, particularly when practiced by kin caregivers of children who are below the age of 5 years.
Khuthala Mabetha, Nicole C. De Wet-Billings, Clifford O. Odimegwu   +2 more
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Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and case cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science, 2020
Background Across sub-Saharan Africa, evidence-based clinical guidelines to screen and manage hypertension exist; however, country level application is low due to lack of service readiness, uneven health worker motivation, weak accountability of health ...
Sarah Gimbel, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Joana Coutinho, Leonel Andela, Bonifacio Cebola, Heidi Craine, Jonny Crocker, Leecreesha Hicks, Sarah Holte, Rodrigues Hossieke, Edgar Itai, Carol Levin, Nelia Manaca, Filipe Murgorgo, Miguel Nhumba, James Pfeiffer, Isaias Ramiro, Keshet Ronen, Nona Sotoodehnia, Onei Uetela, Anjuli Wagner, Bryan J. Weiner, Kenneth Sherr   +23 more
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Post-graduate medical education in public health: the case of Italy and a call for action

Public Health Reviews, 2017
Summary Public health technical expertise is of crucial importance to inform decision makers’ action in the field of health and its broader determinants.
Anna Odone, Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera, Carlo Signorelli, Board of Directors of the Italian Postgraduate Schools of Hygiene and Public Health   +3 more
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Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE): a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science, 2019
Background The introduction of option B+—rapid initiation of lifelong antiretroviral therapy regardless of disease status for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women—can dramatically reduce HIV transmission during pregnancy, birth, and ...
Kenneth Sherr, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Jonny Crocker, Joana Coutinho, Maria de Fatima Cuembelo, Esperança Tavede, Nélia Manaca, Keshet Ronen, Felipe Murgorgo, Ruanne Barnabas, Grace John-Stewart, Sarah Holte, Bryan J. Weiner, James Pfeiffer, Sarah Gimbel   +14 more
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