Browsing by Subject "Public Health"
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Access and Absence: A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effect of North Carolina School Health Centers on Student Absenteeism
(2014-04-25)The first school-based health center (SBHC) was introduced in North Carolina in Greene County in 1983. Over the last thirty years, School Health Centers (SHCs), which include school-based, school-linked, mobile units and ... -
Brazilian road traffic fatalities: a spatial and environmental analysis.
(PLoS One, 2014)BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries (RTI) are a major public health epidemic killing thousands of people daily. Low and middle-income countries, such as Brazil, have the highest annual rates of road traffic fatalities. In ... -
Collective action and individual choice: rethinking how we regulate narcotics and antibiotics.
(J Med Ethics, 2013-12)Governments across the globe have squandered treasure and imprisoned millions of their own citizens by criminalising the use and sale of recreational drugs. But use of these drugs has remained relatively constant, and the ... -
Diagnostic Performance of a Rapid Syphilis Test Among Pregnant Women in Peru
(2011)<bold>Background:</bold> Maternal and congenital syphilis are pressing concerns in Latin America, with consequences ranging from newborn mental retardation to perinatal death. Widespread, accurate screening and timely penicillin ... -
Febrile Disease Epidemiology and Geospatial Modeling in Southern Sri Lanka
(2011)As a subproject under the collaboration between Ruhuna University in Sri Lanka and Duke University, this study focused on the identification of socioeconomic and ecological determinants of febrile illness in Galle district. ... -
Global air quality and health co-benefits of mitigating near-term climate change through methane and black carbon emission controls.
(Environ Health Perspect, 2012-06)BACKGROUND: Tropospheric ozone and black carbon (BC), a component of fine particulate matter (PM ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter; PM(2.5)), are associated with premature mortality and they disrupt global and regional climate. ... -
Informing the Cultural Translation of a Weight loss Intervention for Overweight/Obese Adults in Beijing
(2011)Objectives: To inform the cultural translation of a US behavioral intervention (iOTA) for the Chinese population. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review, counseling Chinese collaborators' experiences, and conducted ... -
Life and Liberty: Economic, Political and Ethical Issues Arising from 21st Century Quarantines for Influenza
(2017-04-24)Quarantine is a word that elicits fear among many. However, it is also a long-utilized and important policy tool for controlling the spread of infectious diseases. This thesis considers the role of quarantine for influenza ... -
Medicalization as a Rising Rational Myth: Population Health Implications, Reproduction, and Public Response
(2011)In this dissertation, I study medicalization, a wide spread phenomenon in this world but understudied in the current literature. The main theoretical focus of this dissertation is on expanding the medicalization theories. ... -
Prevalence and Genotype Distribution of Human Papillomavirus in Women with Cervical Histopathology in Haiti
(2010)The development of HPV vaccines has generated a great deal of hope that the burden of cervical cancer may be eliminated over the next several decades. However, this enthusiasm may be premature if the genotypes associated ... -
Spatial distribution of bednet coverage under routine distribution through the public health sector in a rural district in Kenya.
(PLoS One, 2011)Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are one of the most important and cost-effective tools for malaria control. Maximizing individual and community benefit from ITNs requires high population-based coverage. Several mechanisms ... -
Statistical competencies for medical research learners: What is fundamental?
(J Clin Transl Sci, 2017-06)INTRODUCTION: It is increasingly essential for medical researchers to be literate in statistics, but the requisite degree of literacy is not the same for every statistical competency in translational research. Statistical ... -
What is an epidemic? Currents in contemporary bioethics.
(J Law Med Ethics, 2014)
