Dubb, S.S.
Published in
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
During a pandemic, a national government is often considered solely responsible for dealing with the outbreak with local-based policies. A whole-of-society approach to a pandemic is evidence-based and used successfully in countries with a history of pandemic infections. This collaborative approach assumes that no single entity has the capacity to s...
Andrews, Jack L. Foulkes, Lucy Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
Published in
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread implementation of social distancing measures. Adhering to social distancing may be particularly challenging for adolescents, for whom interaction with peers is especially important. We argue that young people’s capacity to encourage each other to observe social distancing rules should be harnesse...
Abuelgasim, Eyad Saw, Li Jing Shirke, Manasi Zeinah, Mohamed Harky, Amer
Published in
Current Problems in Cardiology
The 2019 coronavirus disease is a serious public health emergency, with serious adverse implications for populations, healthcare systems, and economies globally. Recently, concerns have been raised about possible association between ethnicity, incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 arisen from early government data. In this review, we will explore the ...
Ortega, Alexander N Pintor, Jessie Kemmick Langellier, Brent A Bustamante, Arturo Vargas Young, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Prelip, Michael L Alberto, Cinthya K Wallace, Steven P
BACKGROUND: Studies have observed that recent Latino immigrants tend to have a physical health advantage compared to immigrants who have been in the US for many years or Latinos who are born in the United States. An explanation of this phenomenon is that recent immigrants have positive health behaviors that protect them from chronic disease risk. T...
Abdul-Rahman, Abbas Abdallah, Abbas Yousif, Ali Memon, Sara Fatima
Published in
International Journal of Surgery (London, England)
Gibson, Cody V. Ventura, Christian A. Collier, George D.
Published in
Heliyon
Emergency medicine; Health sciences; Infectious disease; Public health;EMS; Pre-hospital care; Novel coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2.
DeFlorio-Barker, Stephanie Holman, Dawn Landolfi, Robert Arnold, Benjamin F Colford, John M Weisberg, Stephen B Schiff, Kenneth C Sams, Elizabeth A Wade, Timothy J
The beach environment creates many barriers to effective sun protection, putting beachgoers at risk for sunburn, a well-established risk factor for skin cancer. Our objective was to estimate incidence of sunburn among beachgoers and evaluate the relationship between sunburn incidence and sun-protective behaviors. A secondary analysis, of prospectiv...
Rubtsova, Anna A Sabbag, Samir Sundermann, Erin Nguyen, Annie L Ellis, Ronald J Moore, David J Letendre, Scott Jeste, Dilip V Marquine, María J
Little is known about the effects of aging-related conditions on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among people living with HIV (PLWH). The purpose of our study was to examine the independent effects of neurocognitive impairment (NCI) and frailty and the interactive effects with HIV serostatus on HRQOL. Our sample consisted of 121 adults (63 P...
Giuffre, Suzanne PT, EdD Domholdt, Elizabeth PT, EdD Keehan, Jane PT, PhD
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Physiotherapy theory and practice
Improving the health of populations is critical to meeting global health targets. The purpose of this article is to define population health and differentiate it from related concepts and introduce a framework that can be used to inform the population-based practice of physical therapists. The Population-Based Practice (PBP) Framework is modified f...
Apollonio, Dorie E Glantz, Stanton A
BACKGROUND:Increasing tobacco taxes, and through them, prices, is an effective public health strategy to decrease tobacco use. The tobacco industry has developed multiple promotional strategies to undercut these effects; this study assessed promotions directed to wholesalers and retailers and manufacturer price changes that blunt the effects of tax...
