Dub, Timothee Mäkelä, Henna Van Kleef, Esther Leblond, Agnes Mercier, Alizé Hénaux, Viviane Bouyer, Fanny Binot, Aurelie Thiongane, Oumy Lancelot, Renaud
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Epidemic Intelligence (EI) encompasses all activities related to early identification, verification, analysis, assessment, and investigation of health threats. It integrates an indicator-based (IBS) component using systematically collected surveillance data, and an event-based component (EBS), using non-official, non-verified, non-structured data f...
Watson, Eliza Dowson, Leslie Dunt, David Thursky, Karin Worth, Leon J Sluggett, Janet K Appathurai, Amanda Bennett, Noleen
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Infection surveillance is a vital part of infection prevention and control activities for the aged care sector. In Australia there are two currently available infection and antimicrobial use surveillance programs for residential aged care facilities. These programs are not mandated nor available to all facilities. Development of a new surveillance ...
Rose, Uwe Kersten, Norbert Pattloch, Dagmar Conway, Paul Maurice Burr, Hermann
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We examined the association of depressive symptoms with subsequent events - and duration thereof - of work nonparticipation (long-term sickness absence, unemployment and early retirement). We employed a 5-year cohort from the Study on Mental Health at Work (S-MGA), based on a random sample of employees subject to social contributions aged 31-60 yea...
Kieltyka, Jerome Ghattas, Jinane Ruppol, Sandrine Nicaise, Pablo Raymenants, Joren Speybroeck, Niko
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When conducting COVID-19 contact tracing, pre-defined criteria allow differentiating high-risk contacts (HRC) from low-risk contacts (LRC). Our study aimed to evaluate whether contact tracers in Belgium followed these criteria in practice and whether their deviations improved the infection risk assessment. We conducted a retrospective cohort study ...
Kantor, Viktoria Weindl, Dina Schiess-Jokanovic, Jennifer Verginer, Lucia Lueger-Schuster, Brigitte Knefel, Matthias
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The present study examined Afghan asylum seekers' and refugees' self-perceived problems, and their experiences of treatment with an adapted version of the brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention "Problem Management Plus" (aPM+). Specifically, the study explored which problems trouble them most and how these problems influence their daily f...
Frontera-Escudero, Irene Bartolomei, José A Rodríguez-Putnam, Alejandro Claudio, Luz
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Puerto Rico, a US territory, faces numerous challenges adversely affecting public health, including poverty, a fragile healthcare system, inadequate infrastructure, a debt crisis, and vulnerability to climate change-related natural disasters. The impact of these factors on the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) measure has not been comprehensiv...
Chola, Mumbi Hlongwana, Khumbulani Ginindza, Themba G
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Globally, the unmet need for contraception among adolescent girls is high and is driven by barriers to access and utilisation of contraceptives. Understanding adolescent girls' experiences with accessing and using contraceptives is crucial because it influences their decision to use and willingness to continue using health products and services. Wh...
Nag, Ajit Privara, Andrej Gavurova, Beata Pradhan, Jalandhar
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Population health is vital to a nation's overall well-being and development. To achieve sustainable human development, a reduction in health inequalities and an increase in interstate convergence in health indicators is necessary. Evaluation of the convergence patterns can aid the government in monitoring the health progress across the Indian state...
Batool, Munazza Saleem, Javeria Zakar, Rubeena Butt, Muhammad Salman Iqbal, Sanaullah Haider, Shahroz Fischer, Florian
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Reasons for undernutrition are food insufficiency, impaired child care, limited access to healthcare, and maternal lack of health literacy. In addition, there are several environmental factors, such as drinking water quality, poor sanitation, and hygienic practices that can lead to poor nutritional status in children. The present study aimed to com...
Buitrago-Garcia, Diana Salanti, Georgia Low, Nicola
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Monitoring of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention is important for guiding national sexual health programmes for both the general population and key populations. The objectives of this study were to examine trends and patterns of condom use at last intercourse and lifetime HIV testing in 2007, 2012 and 2017 in Switzerland, and t...
