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Lee, Karen. "Scaling up public health interventions." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27829.

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The scale-up of effective or efficacious public health interventions to prevent chronic disease is important if population wide impacts are to be achieved. However, scale-up is complex and doesn’t happen as often as it should. This is despite growing interest in the area of research translation and scale-up by researchers and policy makers and a plethora of conceptual frameworks developed to guide the scale-up of efficacious interventions. The objectives of this thesis are to understand how scale-up may be facilitated within a research translation framework as well as in the real-world by un

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Leask, Calum. "Co-creating public health interventions : principles and recommendations." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.743919.

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Johar, Meliyanni Economics Australian School of Business UNSW. "Three essays on econometric evaluation of public health interventions." Awarded By:University of New South Wales. Economics, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43400.

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This dissertation consists of three independent essays evaluating the impact of public health interventions in two countries, Indonesia and Australia. The first two essays concern the national pro-poor health card program in Indonesia, which fully subsidises health care purchases by its recipients. In quantifying the impact of the program, the combination of propensity score matching and difference-in-differences techniques is used to address bias due to non-random assignment. Covariates to match include both variables affecting demand and eligibility and variables measuring local health care

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Fortune, Elizabeth Nicola. "Strengths and limitations of the draft classification of public health interventions in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Health Interventions: A developmental appraisal." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/19644.

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Statistical classifications provide a basis for collecting and analysing data, for building knowledge and communicating information. A classification of public health interventions is being developed as part of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). This is a pioneering development, as there have been no previous efforts to produce a standard classification of public health interventions. A comprehensive developmental appraisal of the draft classification of public health interventions was undertaken to gain an understanding of its strength

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Denny, Hanifa Maher. "Impact of Occupational Health Interventions in Indonesia." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4308.

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Although the Ministry of Health, Indonesia, has achieved some successful occupational health interventions, published literature on such interventions in Indonesia remains scarce. This study utilized mixed methods of qualitative and quantitative research for the years 2010 and 2011. The qualitative study covered respondents in West, Central, and East Java Provinces to gather stakeholders' perspectives on the impact, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance, and barriers of occupational health services for informal sectors in Indonesia. The quantitative portion measured the impact o

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Knutson, Donna Beth. "Drills and Exercises as Interventions to Improve Public Health Emergency Response." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1063.

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The 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center and the subsequent anthrax attacks highlighted the inability of an antiquated public health system in the United States to respond effectively to emergencies. Little documentation exists to define how public health agencies can improve performance. The overarching research question was the extent to which drills and exercises improve performance in public health emergencies. Adult learning theory and deliberate practice theory were explored in this context. The research data were from 50 state public health departments, which were required to repo

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Chu, Paula N. "Identifying High-Value Lifestyle Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493540.

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This dissertation evaluates lifestyle strategies for the management of cardiovascular risk factors and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In Chapter 1, I systematically review and summarize the evidence of the effect of yoga, a popular mind-body practice, on cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome risk factors. I perform a narrative systematic review and a random-effects meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of posture-based yoga practice. I find that yoga showed significant improvement in a variety of risk factors for CVD and metabolic syndrome, including body

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Knutson, Donna Beth. "Drills and Exercises as Interventions to Improve Public Health Emergency Response." Thesis, Walden University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3563563.

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<p>The 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center and the subsequent anthrax attacks highlighted the inability of an antiquated public health system in the United States to respond effectively to emergencies. Little documentation exists to define how public health agencies can improve performance. The overarching research question was the extent to which drills and exercises improve performance in public health emergencies. Adult learning theory and deliberate practice theory were explored in this context. The research data were from 50 state public health departments, which were required to r

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Absalom, Gareth. "The application of health psychology in public health : developing and delivering health promotion and behavioural interventions." Thesis, City University London, 2011. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/11661/.

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The objectives of the study were to focus on factors affecting smoking and health and to recognise and explore diversity among different groups of men. The overall aim was to gain a better understanding of men in their decision to continue or to stop smoking and the impact this may have on service provision. Seventeen semi-structured interviews with men were conducted; ten with straight men and seven with gay men. The qualitative data was analysed using grounded theory. The theme that emerged from the data was 'Reducing the potential for cognitive dissonance, caused by the action of smoking, b

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Fernandes, Alves Railda, Sylvia A. Jiménez-Brobeil, Maria do Carmo Eulálio, de Andrade Danyelle Almeida, Elizabeth Cristina do Nascimento Cunha, and Ferreira Patrick Ramon Araújo. "Public health interventions conducted by psychologists in Brazil, Spain and Portugal." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/101813.

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This article presents the results of a survey conducted in Brazil, Spain and Portugal. The objectives were to explore the discourses of psychologists about their practices in public health services in primary, secondary and tertiary care. A comparative and descriptive field studywas employed. One hundred seven participants filled out a questionnaire and were interviewed. The results indicate that the Brazil samples had more difficulty to situate and distinguish the specifics of their interventions at primary, secondary and tertiary health care levels. The Spaniards defined primary health inter

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Craddock, Holly L. "Nursing interventions utilized in traumatic brain injury." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 1998. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/27.

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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.<br>Bachelors<br>Health and Public Affairs<br>Nursing

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Caron, Catherine M. "A conceptual framework for community interventions in successful aging." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26864.

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As the number and percentage of elderly Canadians increase, it becomes imperative to understand successful aging in order to keep this growing segment of our population healthy and productive. Conceptual models of successful aging have been proposed in a number of disciplines (biology, psychology, sociology, epidemiology), but these have yet to be integrated. There is not even agreement on how to define successful aging, or on whether it is a state of being or an adaptive process. To date, there have been relatively few interventions to promote successful aging, and the lack of a theoretical a

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Botha, Willings. "A broader economic evaluative space for public health interventions : an integrated approach." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8488/.

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Introduction: There is an increasing need for economic evaluation of public health interventions to ensure efficient allocation of resources. Outcomes of such interventions often consists of health and non-health and do not fit in the conventional economic evaluation of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) framework. A cost-benefit analysis (CBA) could be appropriate but has concerns of assigning monetary values to health outcomes. Questions remain on how to consider the broad outcomes of a public health intervention in an economic evaluation. Objective: This thesis aimed to develop an integrated

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El-Shal, Amira. "The effects of health sector reform interventions in Egypt on family planning and maternal and child health." Thesis, City, University of London, 2017. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/18120/.

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This thesis is composed of four essays that make empirical contributions to impact evaluations of health sector interventions in low- and middle-income countries, in light of the interventions introduced under Egypt's Health Sector Reform Program (HSRP) between 2000 and 2014. We are mainly interested in the effects on family planning and maternal and child health. Different methods are used in this context: difference-in-differences (DD), DD propensity score matching (PSM), fixed effects (FE), random effects (RE) and pooled ordinary least-squares (POLS). In chapter 3, we estimate the effect of

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Schmidt, Bey-Marrie. "Tuberculosis interventions to prevent transmission of infection in health care workers: a systematic review." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19906.

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Background: Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality as an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease in 2012. The number of deaths is high given that TB can be prevented. Health care workers are an at - risk group, since they are frequently in contact with infectious patients and/or work with infectious products. The World Health Organisation has declared the importance of finding innovative tools and strategies to prevent TB and implementing them successfully, especially for those with a high risk of TB transmission. Methods: This syste

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Machado, Freitas de Souza Luciane. "Malaria Entangled: Ribeirinhos, Plants, Mosquitoes, and Public Health Interventions in the Brazilian Amazon." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36156.

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This ethnographic study was conducted among the riverine people, also known as Ribeirinhos, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, during four months of field research. The study focused on learning from Ribeirinhos’ experiences and practices of malaria. In this thesis, I argue that paying attention to Ribeirinhos’ experiences and diagnostic, treatment, and control practices of malaria can provide useful insights into blind spots in the current interventions to control the disease in Brazil. As this is a thesis by publications, the findings are presented in three manuscripts. The first manuscript f

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Quinn, Peter. "Applications of functional nutrition and nutrigenomics to improve public health through dietary interventions." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2018. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3023632/.

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Diet and lifestyle factors are well documented for their impact on health and wellbeing. Epigenetics provides the added connection between personal genetics and environmental factors, including food, interacting with health and disease. Functional foods is a growth area of food development, augmentation and supplementation. However, more scientific validation of the claims made for functional foods and functional components is required to properly inform consumers and healthcare practitioners. There is also growing consumer acceptance of personalised genetic analysis for health and wellbeing.

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López, Bernal J. "The use of interrupted time series for the evaluation of public health interventions." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2018. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/4648680/.

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Robust evaluation of public health interventions is required to ensure that interventions that lead to the greatest health benefit are adopted. However, traditional experimental evaluative designs are rarely possible for public health evaluation. Furthermore, alternative “quasi-experimental” designs are underused, are seldom covered in detail in epidemiology courses and are excluded from many guidelines and reviews. As a result population level health interventions have suffered from an “evaluative bias” whereby interventions not amenable to randomised control trials are often either poorly ev

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Lu, Yuan. "Impact of Multiple Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions on Cardiovascular Diseases and Disparities." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14117763.

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Major cardiovascular risk factors have changed over the past 3-4 decades throughout the world. While adiposity and diabetes are rising worldwide, blood pressure and cholesterol are declining in high-income and even some middle-income countries, possibly due to improvements in diet or better diagnosis and treatment; the same risk factors have remained unchanged or even increased in low-income countries. To formulate effective prevention and health system policies, there is need to understand the implications of these diverse trends for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This dissertation focuses

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Evans, Kristy. "Independent Midwifery practices in Cape Town: birth outcomes and predictors for medical interventions from 2003-2009." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9408.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The midwifery model of care is a safe, effective, inexpensive, holistic, woman and baby centered-approach to maternal and infant health. It is widely used in developing and developed world contexts and has proven to have birth outcomes that are comparable to hospital-based, obstetric models. In many settings however, application of the independent midwifery model of care has become increasingly difficult to maintain. Tensions surrounding perceived skills and competencies of midwives, the increasing acceptance of hospital-based, obstetric models of childb

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Muehlheim, Gina M. "Private and Public Sector Providers' Attitudes About Psychosocial Rehabilitation Interventions." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394729493.

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Zafar, Sonia. "Health psychology principles in behaviour change interventions : insights from practice and research." Thesis, City University London, 2012. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/3669/.

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The overall objective of the study was to identify factors which play a key role in diet and exercise behaviour for migrant and Danish bus drivers in a workplace setting. The aim was to develop a framework to illustrate how the individual, contextual and cultural influences on health behaviour (diet and physical activity) interplay in an everyday perspective. Data was collected using a qualitative approach. Methods applied consisted of contextual based observations and semi structured interviews with sixteen (n=16) bus drivers. Four interviews were conducted with Danish, four with Somali, four

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Boyer, Nicole Renée Soldner. "Economic evaluation of population health interventions aimed at children and delivered at school." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/9012/.

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Background: Population health interventions by their nature affect an entire population and are typically delivered outwith of health services and within the community, such as in schools. An example of such interventions are those that aim to improve children’s social and emotional wellbeing, which have demonstrated effectiveness in the short-term and potentially the long-term. However, challenges arise when conducting economic evaluations of population health interventions, most notably the difficulties of identifying, measuring, and valuing broader intersectoral costs, health, and non-healt

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Rose, Dale Aubrey. "The emergence of biological threats and public health preparedness: Experimental interventions into the field of biosecurity." Diss., Search in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. UC Only, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3261260.

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Greenway, Julie Catherine. "Ethical Issues in the Implementation of Evidence Based Public Health Interventions : A Qualitative Investigation of Health Visitors' Views." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525472.

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Downing, Jennifer. "Understanding adolescent and young people's sexual health and development in a public health context : research studies and interventions." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/4504/.

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Sexual health risk-taking behaviour is typically initiated during adolescence and continues throughout teenage years and early adulthood at higher levels than at other life stages. For some groups (e.g. deprived and vulnerable populations) the risks can be greater still. Risk behaviours in early youth are related to increased rates of risk-taking and the adoption of multiple risk behaviours in early adulthood. Prevention interventions implemented early on are shown to be most effective at preventing or reducing the poor health outcomes associated with risk-behaviours. Policies and prevention i

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Nikolaou, Charoula Konstantia. "Obesity prevention interventions in young adults." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5795/.

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Background: Obesity has emerged as a major public health problem across the globe. Unfortunately, all the efforts, to date, to treat obesity have limited success. Despite the increased publicity on health and economic consequences, its prevalence continues to rise, even in countries that were previously battling under-nutrition. The annual weight gain which may lead to obesity if it remains uncontrolled, is small, averaging 0.7-1.0kg/year. Aiming to halt this small weight gain could be a solution towards combating the obesity epidemic and thus reduce its prevalence. One of the critical life st

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Cartwright, Alison Clare. "An investigation of weight management interventions for extreme obesity." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5927/.

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The increasing prevalence of obesity has been accompanied by an increase in the number of individuals at the extreme end of the obesity spectrum. The detrimental impacts of extreme obesity, defined as BMI ≥ 40.0kg/m2, on affected individuals' physical and psychological health have not been fully established. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether medical and behavioural interventions are effective at facilitating weight loss for individuals with extreme obesity. The efficacy of two treatment pathways within the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Weight Management Service were ex

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Rossi, Carmine. "Hepatitis B in migrants: burden of infection and the cost-effectiveness of interventions to decrease associated morbidity and mortality." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110565.

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Background: Immigrants and refugees have increased morbidity and mortality from liver disease compared to host populations largely due to undetected chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We conducted a systematic review of the seroprevalence of chronic HBV and prior immunity in migrants arriving in immigrant-receiving countries to identify the proportion who would benefit from HBV screening and vaccination programs. We then performed a cost-effectiveness analysis to identify the optimal intervention for adult immigrants and refugees arriving in Canada. Methods: Four electronic database

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Yao, Guiqing. "The economic evaluations of interventions for heart diseases." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1058/.

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The primary aim of the thesis was to report new cost-effectiveness evidence in the clinical area of heart disease. Following a review of published empirical work, this was achieved by undertaking three new cost-effectiveness studies: one in nurse-led secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease in primary care, one on cardiac resynchronisation therapy with or without an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in chronic heart failure, and the final one on a new drug therapy, nebivolol, compared with standard treatment in elderly patients with heart failure. The second aim of the thes

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Marshall, Marsha LaDonna. "Understanding Faith Leaders' Perspectives on Breast Health Interventions in the Church." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1826.

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The prevalence and incidence of breast cancer is an important issue that is affecting all women, but African American women have the lowest survival rates after breast cancer diagnosis. Historically, the Black church and faith leaders have been essential in promoting health in the African American community. Moreover, faith-based interventions have become more common within the African American community in addressing factors that affect survival rates such as early detection, cultural barriers, and education. Currently, there is not clear information on the perspectives faith leaders have on

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Gilmour, Kirsty A. "A Systematic Review of Caregiver Interventions in Infancy to Enable Responsive Caregiving and Secure Attachment in Low and Middle-Income Countries." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29875.

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The first 1000 days is recognised as the most sensitive period of development of an individual’s life. Infants in low and middle-income countries face significant risks to their development during this period. Research confirms that having a responsive, caring relationship between the infant and caregiver is a considerable protective factor for infants, and results in better longterm outcomes in cognition, language, academic achievement, social skills and behaviour. The aim of this review was to systematically examine the literature to identify interventions in low and middle-income settings t

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Jallow, M., Melanie Haith-Cooper, Jae Hargan, and M.-C. Balaam. "A systematic review to identify key elements of effective public health interventions that address barriers to health services for refugees." Springer, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18444.

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Yes<br>Aim: Refugees often face barriers to accessing health services, especially after resettlement. The aim of this study is to identify key elements of effective public health interventions that address barriers to health services for refugees. Methods: Key online databases were searched to identify studies published between 2010 and 2019. Six studies met the inclusion criteria: two qualitative, one quantitative and three mixed-methods studies. An adapted narrative synthesis framework was used which included thematic analysis for systematic reviews. Results: Five themes were identifie

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Lin, Iming. "Cost effectiveness analysis of two alternative interventions for the integration of Tenofovir into South Africa's public sector First Line Antiretroviral treatment regimen." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9396.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>In 2003, South Africa's National Department of Health (DoH) initiated the roll out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV positive individuals in the public health sector. Based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, South Africa's ART programme provides a first line regimen based on a backbone of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase enzyme inhibitors (NRTI) with one non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) while the second line regimen is based on a protease inhibitor (PI) with two NRTIs. Similar to many developing countries, Sout

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Greene, Jennifer. "A Systematic Review of Interventions to Increase Mental Health Service Use." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4056.

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Relatively few pre-treatment interventions to increase out-patient mental health (MH) service use have been created and experimentally tested. Therefore, not only is there limited availability of these interventions, it is uncertain whether existing interventions are effective. Moreover, it is unclear which components of the interventions are effective. To address these gaps in knowledge, a systematic review of pre-treatment interventions was conducted, using the Cochrane Review methodology. Three primary outcomes were evaluated: attendance at any type of out-patient MH visit; number of appoi

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Noordali, Farhan. "Mindfulness-based interventions for diabetes treatment and prevention in South Asian young adults." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8141/.

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This thesis addressed gaps in the literature regarding the effects of Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and sought to investigate the acceptability and feasibility of an MBI for a group at high risk for T2D, South Asians. A mixed-methods approach was utilised to produce four studies: 1) a systematic review evaluating the psychological and physiological effects of MBIs applied to T2D; 2) a modelling phase to gauge interest in, and cultural considerations for, a modified MBI for young adult South Asians as a diabetes prevention strategy; 3) an examination of the ac

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Thompson, Hope. "Assessing Effective Interventions in Pregnant and Postpartum American Indian and Alaska Native Women." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4567.

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Through the creation of the Indian Health Service in 1955, the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) has improved; however, AI/AN women of reproductive age still have some of the poorest health outcomes of all populations. This study aimed to examine effective interventions that seek to improve the health of AI/AN women during pregnancy, and immediately postpartum (up to 12 months post delivery). This study addressed the research question: What effect does parental competence have on early parenting and/or infant/toddler outcomes? The life course conceptual framework was u

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Solovan-Gleason, Donna F. "Attributes of Successful Smoking Interventions For Pregnant Women Attending Public Health Clinics in The State of Ohio /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487928649989174.

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Hwong, Alison R. "Social Ties and Health: An Analysis of Patient-Doctor Trust and Network-Based Public Health Interventions Through Randomized Experiments and Simulations." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493582.

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Humans are social creatures, bound by relationships. This dissertation investigates the structure and function of such interpersonal ties in two different contexts: patient-doctor trust and the diffusion of public health interventions across social networks. Each chapter of the dissertation focuses on a particular type of relationship: in Chapter 1, the patient-doctor relationship; in Chapter 2, friendship; and in Chapter 3, ties among friends, spouses, and siblings. The hope is that a better understanding of the nature of these ties and the work they do will enable policymakers to develop reg

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Wright, Davene. "Examining Methods Used to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10266.

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This dissertation examines methods used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions in order to help decision-makers prioritize among competing health programs using standardized outcomes. Chapter 1 generates inputs for use in cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) of childhood obesity interventions. In Chapter 1.1, I use data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to predict expenditures associated with obesity in childhood and adolescence. I found that obese children and adolescents have significantly different expenditures than their normal weight counterparts. I co

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Baatjies, Roslynn. "The study of occupational risk factors and interventions for baker's allergy and asthma among supermarket bakery workers." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9381.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Background: Baker's asthma is the most serious manifestation of occupational allergy among bakery workers. It is caused by IgE-mediated sensitisation and subsequent allergic reaction in the airways to specific occupational airborne allergens in flour or baking ingredients. Major aims of this study were to: characterise asthma phenotypes and environmental exposure to flour allergens among bakers and modifying factors; study associations between phenotype and environmental exposure and identify potential modifying factors of this asso

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Hohlfeld, Ameer Steven-Jörg. "The effects of parent training interventions on parental self-efficacy for parents with young children with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities : a systematic review." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20428.

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Background: A leading research priority worldwide is the need to improve the lives of those with disabilities through the effective development of interventions that can be carried out by non-specialists. Recent research has indicated that parent training interventions have shown to benefit both children with, and parents of children with disabilities. Aims: This systematic review sought to assess the effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing parental self-efficacy levels in parents of young children with developmental disabilities. Methods and Procedures: We conducted a broad

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Kolovou, Vasiliki. "A critical realism approach to public health interventions that aim to prevent obesity in selected European countries." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/74065/.

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The aim of this thesis is to understand the important components of a set of sustainable interventions to prevent obesity at the community level by using realistic evaluation, which draws on the philosophy of critical realism. From the application of a structured set of criteria based on critical realism, three interventions emerged, which were selected as the case studies of my thesis: the ‘Healthy Weight Communities’ project in Scotland, the ‘Bewegung als Investition in Gesundheit’ (Movement as Investment for Health) project in Germany, and the ‘Walking for Health’ project in England. Based

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Tran, Thi Tuyet Hanh. "Environmental health risk assessment of dioxin in foods and the sustainability of public health interventions at severe dioxin hot spots in Vietnam." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84905/1/Thi%20Tuyet%20Hanh_Tran_Thesis.pdf.

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This study assessed environmental health risk from dioxin in foods and sustainability of risk reduction programs at two heavily contaminated former military sites in Vietnam. The study involved 1000 household surveys, analysis of food samples and in-depth discussions with residents and officials. The findings indicate that more than 40 years after the war, local residents still experience high exposure to dioxin if they consume local high risk foods. Public health intervention programs were rated moderately to well sustained. Internal migration, and lack of clear, official guidance and sensiti

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Beatty, Kate, Michael Meit, Megan Heffernan, et al. "Combating Obesity-Related Disease in Central Appalachia with Community-Supported Interventions." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6844.

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Research Objective: On behalf of the Appalachian Funders Network, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, East Tennessee State University and NORC at the University of Chicago documented the current burden of obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease mortality in central Appalachia. An analysis of county-level data was conducted in order to provide a picture of the health condition of the region. This study identified both the magnitude of obesity-related health problems in central Appalachia as well as promising practices, policies and strategies aimed at reducing obesity rates, es

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Hamainza, Busiku. "Measurement of malaria transmission and impact of malaria control interventions using health facility and community-based routine reporting systems." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2014. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2006039/.

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Globally malaria still remains the most important parasitic disease of public health interest. In the recent past, most endemic countries have deployed and scaled up both preventive and curative interventions to reduce malaria transmission and, ideally, eliminate it. This has lead to global reductions in both mortality and incidence of malaria. These declines have been attributed to the reinvigoration of the global malaria control agenda by the explicit ambition of achieving elimination, which has lead to an increase in funding for national control programmes to increase coverage of preventive

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Griffin, Stephanie Christine. "Economic Evaluation Of Injury And Injury Prevention Interventions In The U.S. Fire Service." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/332672.

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Previous research has shown that firefighters and emergency services personnel are at increased risk of fatal and non-fatal occupational injury compared to other U.S. workers. Analyses of injury and workers’ compensation claims data in this population has demonstrated that injuries are both common and an economic burden on the fire service, especially those caused by overexertion and that lead to sprains/strains. The increased risk of injury is associated with specific job tasks, including physical exercise, patient transport and fireground work, and with personal characteristics such as physi

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Light, Morgan E. "A systematic review of gestational diabetes mellitus lifestyle interventions for weight loss and type 2 diabetes mellitus prevention in the United States for women following childbirth." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492187617463582.

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Houlihan, Shea. "Causal mechanisms of choice architecture interventions in alcohol consumption." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ef75f6d0-30a0-4d85-8224-9dfabcaf9b6a.

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This thesis attempts to answer the research question: What are the causal mechanisms for behaviour change undergirding choice architecture (CA) interventions in alcohol use? This thesis is organised along two dimensions: conceptual and empirical. At the conceptual level, this project discusses the application of CA to public policy; the lack of consensus regarding the theory of change underpinning the relationship between CA intervention stimuli and modified behaviour; and the need for clearer understandings of the CA intervention components in relation to other behavioural interventions. At t

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Trieu, Kathy. "The implementation and effectiveness of interventions to lower population salt intake worldwide." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/19808.

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Background Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular disease, are the leading cause of death worldwide. Excess sodium intake (in the form of salt) is a major contributor to high blood pressure, which in turn increases cardiovascular risk. Based on the totality of evidence showing the adverse health effects of excess salt intake, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that adults should consume less than 5 grams per day (equivalent to 2 grams of sodium). In 2010, nearly all countries, comprising 99% of the world’s adult population, had mean population salt intakes a

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