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Enhancing Community Engagement by Schools and Programs of Public Health in the United States.

Annual Review of Public Health, 2020
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define community engagement as "the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people" in order to improve their health and well-being.
M. Levin, J. Bowie, Steven K Ragsdale, Amy L. Gawad, L. Cooper, J. Sharfstein   +5 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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Training Public Health Students in Racial Justice and Health Equity

Public health reports (1974), 2021
In an attempt to move the field of public health from documenting health disparities to acting to rectify them, in 2001, the American Public Health Association (APHA) recognized racism as a fundamental cause of racial health disparities.
Caroline E. Chandler, Caitlin R. Williams, M. Turner, M. Shanahan   +3 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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Implementation of adolescent health programs at public schools and religion-based schools in Indonesia

Journal of Public Health Research, 2021
Background: Adolescents are a vulnerable group who have great curiosity and need access to various adolescent health information. Therefore, the government has implemented a strategy through the implementation of Youth Care Health Services (YCHS ...
Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Ira Nurmala, Pulung Siswantara, R. D. Rachmayanti   +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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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among New Jersey Teachers and Impacts of Vaccination Information Dissemination

Vaccines, 2023
Vaccine hesitancy continues to be prevalent in the United States, especially in relation to the COVID-19 vaccines and its boosters, which have been made increasingly available for public use as the pandemic has progressed.
Kimberly T. Nguyen, Juhi Aggarwal, Maryanne L. Campbell, Stephanie Shiau, Derek G. Shendell   +4 more
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