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Understanding equitable access to interpretive services in healthcare in Kansas
(Wichita State University, 2023-04-14)Introduction: There is an increasing need in Kansas for qualified healthcare interpreters as the demographics continue to become more diverse. Patients with limited English proficiency are considered a vulnerable population. ... -
Health literacy, health outcomes and equity: A trend analysis based on a population survey
(SAGE Publications, 2023-01-23)Health literacy continues to be an issue among minority groups. Population surveys are one strategy used to help better understand health disparities. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in Kansas added ... -
Creating a vision for a healthier workforce using a systems-based approach
(Wolters KLuwer, 2022-03-01)Context: The public health system faces unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic, racism, health inequity, and the politicization of public health. At all levels of the system, the workforce is experiencing distress, ... -
Noma: Experiences of survivors, opinion leaders and healthcare professionals in Burkina Faso
(MDPI, 2022-06-30)The scientific literature on noma (Cancrum Oris) has clearly increased in recent decades, but there seems to have been limited analysis of issues around the psycho-social impacts of this disease. Even when these issues ... -
Economic and social costs of Noma: Design and application of an estimation model to Niger and Burkina Faso
(MDPI, 2022-06-28)Background: While noma affects hundreds of thousands of children every year, taking their lives, disfiguring them and leaving them permanently disabled, the economic and social costs of the disease have not been previously ... -
Artificial intelligence and human rights: Are there signs of an emerging discipline? A systematic review
(Dove Medical Press, 2022-02-02)Aim: Our systematic review seeks to understand the linkages and reciprocal relationships between the artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights (HRs) and to unveil the signs of emergence of a new discipline at the ... -
Toward on-device weight monitoring from selfie face images using smartphones
(Springer, 2022-02-24)Obesity is a serious health problem that is on the rise at the global level. Recent studies suggest that BMI can be inferred from facial images using deep learning-based convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for obesity ... -
Mental health literacy and women: A systematic review
(Kansas State Nurses Association, 2021)The purpose of this review was to assess published literature of mental health literacy and women. The current review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses. ... -
Understanding nursing home residents’ lives through the lens of selection, optimization, and compensation theory
(Slack, 2021-10-04)The current study examined the importance of personal goals to residents; assessed whether goal-related behavior was associated with mental health factors (i.e., depression, experiential avoidance, and quality of life); ... -
Examining the association between cognitive empathy & paranoia in a community sample
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2021-09-01)Individuals demonstrating higher levels of paranoid thinking also tend to possess lower levels of cognitive empathy. However, the literature remains mixed with many authors finding no relationship or only finding a ... -
Interprofessional education for students of translation/interpreting and the health professions
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021-09-01)In response to the rising need for Spanish-English interpreters in the United States, there has been an increase in translation and interpreting and Spanish for the health professions courses in Spanish language programs ... -
Obesity classification from facial images using deep learning
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a serious health problem that is on the rise both in the United States and globally. Obesity is frequently defined using the clinical Body Mass Index (BMI) ratio of height and weight. Overweight ... -
Validation of three question health literacy screener in determining health literacy as compared to existing STOFLA
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: Low health literacy has been associated with poor health outcomes. Identifying those with low health literacy would allow for appropriate interventions. There are currently several validated health literacy ... -
Understanding the prevalence of gestational diabetes in urban and rural communities in Kansas
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: Gestational diabetes is one of the most common medical conditions women encounter during pregnancy and is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, perinatal and neonatal morbidity, and long-term ... -
Grandparent knowledge of infant safe sleep
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SARS-CoV2, the COVID-19 pandemic and community perceptions
(SAGE Publications, 2021-02-17)The purpose of this study was to describe knowledge and beliefs about SARS-CoV2 and COVID-19 and explore the gaps between current media coverage of health risks and what the general public knows about the virus and its ... -
Using adaptive leadership principles to support Public Health 3.0 in multidisciplinary undergraduate education
(Emerald, 2021-01-27)Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered public health vulnerabilities worldwide, particularly in the hard-hit USA. US public health professionals, regardless of role, may need to exercise leadership in both planned ... -
Assessment of health care professionals' attitudes and knowledge about older adults
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)INTRODUCTION: The aging population is continuing to increase in size and so are their healthcare needs. Healthcare professionals' knowledge of and attitudes toward the health and well-being of this population may affect ... -
Dietary fibre on cell proliferation in large bowel mucosal crypts near or away from lymphoid nodules and on mineral bioavailability
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008-10-09)The effect of consumption for 24 weeks of different amounts (0%, 5% or 10% w/w) of fermentable (pectin and guar gum) or nonfermentable (cellulose and lignin) dietary fibres on cell proliferation and other parameters in ... -
The perceptions of US physician assistants regarding physician assistant-to-physician bridge programs
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012)Purpose: Since Dr. Stead first envisioned the physician assistant (PA) profession, there has been discussion of an accelerated PA-to-physician "bridge" program. Despite some conversations in the 1960s and the creation of ...
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