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Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-20-3584
Yuanan LuCorresponding author
Objective To examine the current linkage between different medical services for hypertension patients for enhanced integration among medical service systems. Methods A total of 18 hospitals and community medical centers from a district of Shanghai were enrolled for social network analysis which cove…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-3115
Charles D MwalimuCorresponding author
Africa Region has the highest burden of malaria with an estimated of 3.5 million more malaria cases in 2017 compared 212 million cases in reported in 2016. Data collected from 2015 to 2017, shown no global progress in reducing malaria cases. In Mainland Tanzania, malaria control interventions have s…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-137X.ji-19-3002
ANIL AGARWALCorresponding author
A perspective on vaccine hesitancy discusses drivers, misinformation, and trust. It proposes communication and policy strategies to improve uptake while respecting community concerns.
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-2275.jzr-20-3537
O AzuonwuCorresponding author
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Bacteriology/Virology/Parasitology Unit, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
This study investigated the potential pathogenic bacteria that are associated with domestic dog stool in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Convenience sampling techniques were used for sample collection outcome. A total of fifty dog stool samples were collected aseptically into a sterile stool container fro…
Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-8862.jvat-20-3513
Jainish PatelCorresponding author
This paper explores the trends, issues and challenges confronting the successful vaccine development for the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Right from the commencement of the COVID-19 pandemic, no drugs or vaccine has been developed nor approved for treating those down with COVID-19. This yea…
Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-20-3444
Daniel AbomaCorresponding author
Background In Ethiopia, the levels of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality are among the highest in the world. This is attributed to, among other factors, none use of modern health care services by women. According to the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, more than seven in ten mother…
Jul 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3488
Abdelkader BoukerroucheCorresponding author
Esophagectony remains a high-risk surgical procedure. Esophageal cancer is often associated with a weight loss. The best nutritional condition is crucial for successful oesophageal surgery. The increased septic complications and costs have limited the wide use of total parenteral nutrition. Currentl…
Jul 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3458
Yeon BaiCorresponding author
Daily intake of fruits and vegetables provides the basis for healthy nutrition. Yet low consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) persists among school-aged children. Framed by the Social Cognitive Theory, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of nutrition lessons combined with an active c…
Jun 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3442
Cameron Y. S. LeeCorresponding author
The Covid-19 pandemic has swept rapidly from Wuhan, China to the entire globe in less than six months, infecting over 7 million people and claiming the lives of over 500,000. In the United States, greater than 2 million individuals have become infected and over 110,000 people killed. With no evidenc…
May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-20-3368
Lucio MangoCorresponding author
General practitioners are the first contact between the person, the family and the community with the health system. The philosopher and epistemologist K. Popper (1902-1994) recommended the need to register errors, in order to know them, catalog them and therefore prevent them. J.Reason in 1963 intr…
May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367
Ravinder YadavCorresponding author
We explore the global evidence of major health crisis potential impacts and the factors influencing the mental health outcomes among the population during the outbreak of COVID-19. Preparation measures for a COVID-19 focus on rapid quarantine of social isolation and economic concerns have risen meta…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-20-3299
Jose Luis TurabianCorresponding author
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is something new that baffles us. The dominant health model and the theory that supported it until before COVID-19 are refuted or invalidated by observing the current tragically situation, which also implies lasting changes in that new medical model.…
Jan 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3163
Akiva TurnerCorresponding author
The author reviews rabbinic decisions about smoking from a historical perspective along with the positions of the medical community. The author then brings the current, though limited, rabbinic considerations about vaping given the current state of science, as well as possible discussions for the fu…
Oct 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-5014.jphn-19-3038
Smrity RoyCorresponding author
Background Persistent diarrhoea is a commonly observed phenomenon both in Bangladesh and all over the developing countries. It is the single most important cause of diarrhoea related deaths in the community, accounting for over half of them. If associated factors are properly identified & treated, i…
Jun 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-19-2825
Sanjeev M. ChaudharyCorresponding author
Background Concordance or husband wife agreement on various factors like sleep, substance use, dietary supplement use, and diseases like obesity and hypertension has been extensively studied worldwide. But the data regarding concordance of stress among married couples in India is lacking. Objective…
Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2640-690X.jfm-19-2725
Dominic MurphyCorresponding author
Background Romantic partners living alongside veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) appear at increased risk of secondary traumatic stress (sPTSD) and common mental health difficulties (CMD) compared to the general population. The severity of symptoms implies the need for structured,…
Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-19-2711
Ahmed M. HusseinCorresponding author
This is cross sectional descriptive community based study to measure the prevalence of Schistosomasis disease, multistage cluster sampling was taken (500person), and the data was collected by the flowing methods, Urine Examination, Stool examination, and Questionnaire, the data was analyzed by using…
Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2578
Farid E. AhmedCorresponding author
We present below a mechanistic cellular and molecular approaches for the development of Anti-Inflammatory biomarkersof Probiotic Bacteria in Fermented Foods. Probiotics are live microorganisms that promote human health by counteracting the noxious toxic gut microflora in human intestine, by modulati…
Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2643-0282.imsj-18-2508
Fedekar F. MadkourCorresponding author
The present study introduce an overview on the cladal structure of Symbiodinium population associated with some species of scleractinean corals and fire coral in the Egyptian Red Sea coast and discuss the possible consequences of recent climate changes on coral reefs. Cladal structure of Symbiodiniu…
Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-2589
Alpha Ahmadou DialloCorresponding author
Several studies show that policies to improve maternal and infant health must be contextualised within broader questions and commitments concerning women’s empowerment. There are, however, two-way linkages between women’s empowerment and reproductive services. Certain institutional approaches that s…