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Systematic review on fast food consumption and adolescentLi, Chun-wai., 李震維. January 2010 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health
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A multi-strategic approach in promoting influenza vaccination rate in community elderly populationSo, Hau-chi., 蘇孝慈. January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing
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Nurse-led evidence based (hepatitis B) vaccination programme for nurses in the out-patient departmentYeung, Man, Mandy., 楊敏. January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing
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The effectiveness and safety of exogenous melatonin in improving the sleep quality among health care professionals: a systematic reviewYeung, Chi-ho, Jackson., 楊志豪. January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health
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A review of factors influencing the uptake of annual influenza vaccination by older people and recommendation for policyZhang, Zheng, 张峥 January 2012 (has links)
Backgrounds:
Receive seasonal influenza vaccination is the most safe and effective way to prevent seasonal influenza and its complications. According to the WHO, the number of hospitalizations among older people due to influenza could be reduced by a ranged from 25% to 39% as a result of vaccination. It has also been revealed to reduce overall mortality rate of the influenza seasons by a range from 39% to 75%. Moreover, influenza vaccination protects almost 90% healthy adults against clinical disease in industrialized countries, under the precondition that the vaccine antigens and circulating viruses are well matched with each other. However, the prevalence of elderly Chinese people undertaking influenza vaccination is still sub optional, the percentage of which is 62.4%. Previous researches reveal that there are a number of reasons for non-compliance to influenza immunization, including the unfavorable side-effects, doubt to the effectiveness of the vaccine, the fear of needles, as well as unawareness of the seriousness of flu. These are all factors associated with personal willingness.
Aims and objectives: The aims of this paper are to explore factors that influence vaccination rate in older people and to examine other countries’ experience to identify useful policies. The specific objectives are:
1. To identify from the published literature factors which contribute either positive or negative impacts on vaccination rates in older people.
2. To group these factors into appropriate categories.
3. To make suggestions on policies to improve vaccination rates based on the identified factors and other countries’ experience.
Methods: Relevant publications were achieved through PUBMED. Search strategies as well as criteria for inclusion and exclusion had been predetermined and applied. Analysis includes both community perception factors and interpersonal factors.
Results: 17 English literatures were reviewed, revealing predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination for and against, which could be grouped into four categories: Factors relate to demographic, factors relate to Health Belief Model, factors relate to social support, factors relate to advice and information being provided.
Conclusion: According to this literature review, demographic factors, factors relate to Health Belief Model, social support and information being provided are revealed to be associated with the elders’ inclination to get influenza vaccination. / published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health
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Factors affecting influenza vaccination among pregnant women : a systematic reviewFong, Choi-ching, 方賽貞 January 2013 (has links)
Objective: Pregnancy has been recognized as a risk factor for severe pandemic influenza illness and this “vulnerable” group is suggested to be heightened alertness to the disease by WHO. This systemic review aims to identify the factors affecting the uptake of influenza vaccination among pregnant women as the immunization uptake among this particular group of population is low or suboptimal worldwide.
Methods: Systematic literature reviews were conducted by using MEDLINE and PubMed with the key words: “influenza vaccination uptake” and “pregnant women” in the period of January 2004 to January 2013. It was further supplemented by a manual search for literatures and articles on the WHO website, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, Google Scholar, and reference lists of reviews captured by initial searches.
Results: Of the 222 articles identified, 10 studies were found to be relevant in this system literature review. Influenza vaccine coverage among pregnant women was highly diverse (6.2-76%) among the 10 studies. Overall, pregnant women were more likely to take the vaccination against influenza if they: (1) believed the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the potential barriers, (2) believed the influenza was severe and they were highly susceptible to the disease, and (3) were influenced by the positive cues to action such as recommendation from health care professionals and the experience of the influenza vaccination uptake.
Conclusion: Overall, greater emphasis on vaccine effectiveness and safety, and the recommendation from health care providers is needed to increase the number of pregnant women influenza immunization in the future public health campaigns. / published_or_final_version / Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health
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Monitoring the impact of maternal health interventions on child mortality in PhilippinesZhang, Yuzheng, 张誉铮 January 2014 (has links)
Introduction
A future healthy world is highly associated with the children and their mothers, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) prioritize the child and maternal health with the targets “the under-five mortality rate should be reduced by two thirds from 1990 to 2015”. A transform program in the Philippines, launched by a NGO, aims to change the life of ultra-poor, and the interventions’ impact was measured in this study.
Method
The study selected participants who had completed the surveys in the short term (n=2183) and long term (n=196). The Chi-square test, Cochran-Armitage trend test, and Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) model were applied to examine the hypotheses: (1) the program would have positive impacts on child health, (2) the child mortality is related to the maternal social-demographic factors and health behaviors. In the GEE model, the univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression was used to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR).
Result
The univariate and multivariate analysis both show the maternal age is closely associated with the child mortality, and the child mortality of older women is higher than the younger in the short term survey (univariate: OR:8.36, 95%CI:4.17-16.77, multivariate: OR: 8.89, 95%CI: 4.27-18.54). In the long term, the results demonstrate that the child mortality of delivering in hospital (OR:0.29, 95%CI:0.11-0.76) and birthing home (OR: 0.46, 95%CI: 0.21-0.98) both lower than home (reference group). Compared to Bacolod, the child mortality rate of Gensan and Koronadal is lower in the short term. We found no difference in other maternal social-demographic factors and health behaviors. During the survey period, the literacy, PhilHealth, institutional delivery, delivery care provider, postnatal home visits, breastfeeding, and child mortality all improved, and the improvements of PhilHealth, postnatal home visits, breastfeeding were statistically significant.
Conclusion
The findings suggest that the program needs to constantly deliver more community-based interventions, such as: institutional delivery, skilled birth attendance, postnatal care, which would transform the children health of ultra poverty in the long run. / published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health
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A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention to improve influenza vaccine uptake among pregnant womenWong, Wing-yu, Valerie, 王詠瑜 January 2015 (has links)
Despite the World Health Organization identifying pregnant women as the highest priority group for seasonal influenza vaccination, many pregnant women remain unaware of the recommendation and have substantial concerns about the adverse effects of the vaccine on them and their unborn foetuses. Few interventions have been conducted to improve influenza vaccine uptake among pregnant women. Among these studies, the results are inconsistent and the quality is generally low. Brief education has been previously shown to improve women’s health practices during pregnancy.
An open-label randomized control trial was conducted to assess the effect of providing brief education on influenza vaccine uptake among pregnant women. A total of 163 unvaccinated pregnant women in at least their second trimester were recruited from antenatal clinics of four public hospitals in Hong Kong. They were randomized to receive standard care or a one-to-one brief education session that provided an overview of the safety and benefits of the vaccine to both pregnant women and their foetuses. Participants were followed up by telephone at two to three weeks postpartum to ascertain vaccination status. The primary study outcome was the influenza vaccine uptake rate and the second study outcomes were the proportion of participants initiating discussion about influenza vaccine with their health care providers, the proportion attempting to be vaccinated, and their knowledge of influenza infection and vaccination.
A total of 163 participants were recruited with 155 (95%) participants completing follow-up. The overall influenza vaccine uptake rate was 17.8%. When compared with those receiving standard care, the vaccination rate was higher among participants who received the intervention (23.5% vs. 12.2%; p=0.06). In addition, the increase in the rate of self-initiated discussion with HCPs before and after the intervention was significantly higher in intervention group (26.7% vs. 9.3%; p<0.001) but not in standard care group (13.3% vs. 8%; p=0.481). Among participants who did not receive influenza vaccine, pregnant women in intervention group were substantially more likely to have made an unsuccessful attempt to be vaccinated (39.3% vs. 9.2%; p<0.001). Almost one-third of the pregnant women who had attempted to receive the vaccine (n=13) reported they received advice against vaccination during pregnancy from HCPs. If participants had not been advised against influenza vaccine and were successfully vaccinated, the overall difference in the vaccine uptake rate between the two treatment groups would have been statistically significant (34.6% vs. 18.3%; p=0.02).
Brief education can be one strategy to improve vaccination uptake rates among pregnant women. In addition, it is clear from this and other studies that recommendations from HCPs substantially influence vaccination behaviours among pregnant women, both positively and negatively. Therefore, multicomponent approaches should be considered in future vaccination programmes and the synergistic effect of both brief education and HCP recommendations should be further evaluated. / published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Sex, drugs, and religion: a multi-ethnic analysis of health behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions of childbearing womenPage, Robin Loudon 28 August 2008 (has links)
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Health patterns for American Indians and Alaska Native children: evidence from a nationally representative sampleGossman, Ginger Leigh 28 August 2008 (has links)
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