John Damiao, Natalie Calianese, D. Cartwright, Cynthia Cherian, Erica Lee, Danielle Mucek
Traditional methods of custom orthosis fabrication are prone to challenges and limitations. Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been piloted with lower extremity orthotics and worthy of exploration with upper extremities. The aim of this study was to compare three-dimensionally printed wrist immobilization splints to conventionally made orthoses in terms of fabrication, comfort, and functionality. Three healthy participants with no history of wrist or hand conditions were recruited to be fitted for conventional and 3D-printed wrist immobilization splints. A sequential mixed-methods study design was conducted to explore comfort, fabrication, and functionality. An ethnographic study was conducted afterward to further understand the fabrication process of 3D-printed orthotics. The Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology and a Splint Analysis form was used to assess comfort. The function was assessed using the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test. A five-point satisfaction Likert scale was used to evaluate fabrication. Although the results were not statistically significant due to the small sample size, 3D-printed orthotics appear to provide some benefits over traditional methods.
{"title":"Comparison of 3D Printing and Traditional Hand Orthosis Fabrication","authors":"John Damiao, Natalie Calianese, D. Cartwright, Cynthia Cherian, Erica Lee, Danielle Mucek","doi":"10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p42","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional methods of custom orthosis fabrication are prone to challenges and limitations. Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been piloted with lower extremity orthotics and worthy of exploration with upper extremities. The aim of this study was to compare three-dimensionally printed wrist immobilization splints to conventionally made orthoses in terms of fabrication, comfort, and functionality. Three healthy participants with no history of wrist or hand conditions were recruited to be fitted for conventional and 3D-printed wrist immobilization splints. A sequential mixed-methods study design was conducted to explore comfort, fabrication, and functionality. An ethnographic study was conducted afterward to further understand the fabrication process of 3D-printed orthotics. The Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology and a Splint Analysis form was used to assess comfort. The function was assessed using the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test. A five-point satisfaction Likert scale was used to evaluate fabrication. Although the results were not statistically significant due to the small sample size, 3D-printed orthotics appear to provide some benefits over traditional methods.","PeriodicalId":12573,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Health Science","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81866802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nickolas J. Sumpter, C. Cale, Michelle McCraney, Sunddip Panesar-Aguilar
Fuller Hamilton et al. (2015) review provided a suggested model to improve Career and Technical Education (CTE) equity so that this study could be replicated systematically. National resources examining CTE educational equity components did not exist. The problem addressed in the replication study was the need to explore educational inequity within the South Carolina CTE Health Science career cluster. No CTE educational equity research exists in South Carolina, so the purpose of the replication study was to explore educational inequity within the South Carolina CTE Health Science career cluster. Cultural Replication Theory was the conceptual framework used for this replication study. Four research questions were formulated to examine the CTE enrollment patterns in South Carolina concerning four demographic characteristics, namely sex, race/ethnicity, region, and socioeconomic status. Students enrolled in CTE within South Carolina during the 2018-19 school year was the population selected. Secondary data was collected from a sample of 196,318 CTE enrollees and examined using descriptive analysis procedures. Overall results were not uniform. Inconsistent levels of inequity existed within race, ethnicity, and sex. In addition, inequity was present regarding regional effects and socioeconomic status. Future recommendations for research include conducting a qualitative or mixed-method study to further explain the enrollment patterns of CTE programs in South Carolina. Implications for practice to address the inequities in South Carolina include improving the underrepresentation of educators by sex and race/ethnicity, recommending equity audits, examination of access and availability of opportunities within CTE programs, and encouragement of all educators actively adopting and advancing an equity agenda from the original study.
{"title":"Educational Equity Patterns in South Carolina Career and Technical Education","authors":"Nickolas J. Sumpter, C. Cale, Michelle McCraney, Sunddip Panesar-Aguilar","doi":"10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p32","url":null,"abstract":"Fuller Hamilton et al. (2015) review provided a suggested model to improve Career and Technical Education (CTE) equity so that this study could be replicated systematically. National resources examining CTE educational equity components did not exist. The problem addressed in the replication study was the need to explore educational inequity within the South Carolina CTE Health Science career cluster. No CTE educational equity research exists in South Carolina, so the purpose of the replication study was to explore educational inequity within the South Carolina CTE Health Science career cluster. Cultural Replication Theory was the conceptual framework used for this replication study. Four research questions were formulated to examine the CTE enrollment patterns in South Carolina concerning four demographic characteristics, namely sex, race/ethnicity, region, and socioeconomic status. Students enrolled in CTE within South Carolina during the 2018-19 school year was the population selected. Secondary data was collected from a sample of 196,318 CTE enrollees and examined using descriptive analysis procedures. Overall results were not uniform. Inconsistent levels of inequity existed within race, ethnicity, and sex. In addition, inequity was present regarding regional effects and socioeconomic status. Future recommendations for research include conducting a qualitative or mixed-method study to further explain the enrollment patterns of CTE programs in South Carolina. Implications for practice to address the inequities in South Carolina include improving the underrepresentation of educators by sex and race/ethnicity, recommending equity audits, examination of access and availability of opportunities within CTE programs, and encouragement of all educators actively adopting and advancing an equity agenda from the original study.","PeriodicalId":12573,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Health Science","volume":"131 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76417695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kangoya Elizabeth Kangoya, Emmanuel Magesa, Kuugongelwa Suama, Hiikondo Hileni
INTRODUCTION: According to World Health Organisation, prevention and control of infection is a strategy designed to protect both patients and health care workers from infections. Lack of such strategy among health care workers has negative impact such as long-term hospitalization, death, and morbidity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the practices of health care workers on prevention and control of infection at Keetmanshoop district Hospital. METHOD: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional study design was employed. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from participants. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 27. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine, the factors influencing the practices of health care workers on prevention and control of infection. RESULTS: The findings shows that more than 50% of the health care workers in Keetmanshoop district hospital have poor adherence to IPC. However, factors such as demographic characteristics and resources availability do not have any significance influence on the practices of prevention and control of infection. Significance contributing factors effect such as access of IPC resources (β = 0.31), individual health worker practices on IPC (β = 0.31) and practices of IPC at the facility (β = 76). Practices of hand hygiene was found at (β = -0.45) which is the negative effect on adherence. CONCLUSION: Therefore, this study concluded that hand hygiene; access of IPC resource and individual practices on prevention and control of infection were the main factors influence poor adherence on IPC at Keetmanshoop hospital.
{"title":"Factors Influencing the Practices of Health Care Workers on Prevention and Control of Infection at Keetmanshoop District Hospital, Namibia","authors":"Kangoya Elizabeth Kangoya, Emmanuel Magesa, Kuugongelwa Suama, Hiikondo Hileni","doi":"10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p22","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION: According to World Health Organisation, prevention and control of infection is a strategy designed to protect both patients and health care workers from infections. Lack of such strategy among health care workers has negative impact such as long-term hospitalization, death, and morbidity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the practices of health care workers on prevention and control of infection at Keetmanshoop district Hospital. \u0000 \u0000METHOD: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional study design was employed. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from participants. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 27. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine, the factors influencing the practices of health care workers on prevention and control of infection. \u0000 \u0000RESULTS: The findings shows that more than 50% of the health care workers in Keetmanshoop district hospital have poor adherence to IPC. However, factors such as demographic characteristics and resources availability do not have any significance influence on the practices of prevention and control of infection. Significance contributing factors effect such as access of IPC resources (β = 0.31), individual health worker practices on IPC (β = 0.31) and practices of IPC at the facility (β = 76). Practices of hand hygiene was found at (β = -0.45) which is the negative effect on adherence. \u0000 \u0000CONCLUSION: Therefore, this study concluded that hand hygiene; access of IPC resource and individual practices on prevention and control of infection were the main factors influence poor adherence on IPC at Keetmanshoop hospital.","PeriodicalId":12573,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Health Science","volume":"131 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89115532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agnes Muthoni Linus, A. Wanyoro, Mary Muiruri Gitahi
BACKGROUND: To assess the effect of a health communication strategy on women’s community-level uptake of cervical cancer screening in Isiolo County. PURPOSE: to determine the effect of a health communication strategy on women’s community-level uptake of cervical cancer screening in Isiolo County. METHODOLOGY: The study adopted a community-based cluster randomized trial design. Multi-stage sampling was used to derive the sample size. There were 444 women overall, varying in age from 15 to 65 years. Community Health Volunteers disseminated health information to the intervention arm of study and referred participants to link health facilities for screening. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The research was done between February and August of 2022. FINDINGS: At baseline, the study findings showed that 18.2% of respondents had ever been screened. Reasons for not screening included: fear (12%); feeling healthy (17%) among others. At post-intervention, the cervical cancer screening uptake among the respondents in the intervention arm was found to have increased from 18.2% to 45.9%, while that of the control arm remained at 18%. Respondents in the study’s intervention arm had a 3.867 higher chances of being screened than respondents in the control arm (OR 3.849, CI.1.802- 8.223, P<0.001) CONCLUSION: At baseline, the screening uptake for cancer of the cervix was low. The existing communication strategies in Isiolo County were limited in addressing cervical cancer. Targeted health communication on cervical cancer screening by Community health, subsequently cervical cancer screening uptake post-intervention.
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Reviewer Acknowledgements for Global Journal of Health Science, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023.
《全球健康科学杂志》，第15卷，第1期，2023年。
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BACKGROUND: Gaming addiction is becoming a problem in young women. However, there has been no report on game usage in pregnant women. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the current status of computer game usage and the existence of game addiction and also to determine the associations of game usage time with lifestyle, personal relationships and thoughts about games in pregnant women at early gestation. SUBJECTS & METHODS: We recruited pregnant women who received a pregnancy checkup during the first trimester. We distributed QR codes for the online survey. We conducted a web questionnaire survey including Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS) in 178 pregnant women. RESULTS: The proportion of women with game usage was 40.4%. The mean game usage time per day was 72.9 minutes. There were no pregnant women whose IGDS score was more than 5 points. We divided 72 participants into three groups by tertile according to game usage time per day: group A (≦ 30 mins), group B (> 30 and ≦ 90 mins) and group C (> 90 mins). There were no significant differences in current smoking, alcohol drinking and daily life behavior among the three groups. There were significant differences in the proportions of women who had difficulty for establishing personal relationships by face-to-face communication and who thought that they might have a game addiction among the three groups. Pregnant women with longer game usage time had a high IGDS score. CONCLUSION: We showed for the first time the proportion of pregnant women who use games in the early period of gestation. Pregnant women with longer game usage time may require careful observation.
{"title":"Game Usage in Pregnant Women at Early Gestation in Japan","authors":"H. Sato, T. Yasui","doi":"10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v15n2p1","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Gaming addiction is becoming a problem in young women. However, there has been no report on game usage in pregnant women. \u0000 \u0000OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the current status of computer game usage and the existence of game addiction and also to determine the associations of game usage time with lifestyle, personal relationships and thoughts about games in pregnant women at early gestation. \u0000 \u0000SUBJECTS & METHODS: We recruited pregnant women who received a pregnancy checkup during the first trimester. We distributed QR codes for the online survey. We conducted a web questionnaire survey including Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS) in 178 pregnant women. \u0000 \u0000RESULTS: The proportion of women with game usage was 40.4%. The mean game usage time per day was 72.9 minutes. There were no pregnant women whose IGDS score was more than 5 points. We divided 72 participants into three groups by tertile according to game usage time per day: group A (≦ 30 mins), group B (> 30 and ≦ 90 mins) and group C (> 90 mins). There were no significant differences in current smoking, alcohol drinking and daily life behavior among the three groups. There were significant differences in the proportions of women who had difficulty for establishing personal relationships by face-to-face communication and who thought that they might have a game addiction among the three groups. Pregnant women with longer game usage time had a high IGDS score. \u0000 \u0000CONCLUSION: We showed for the first time the proportion of pregnant women who use games in the early period of gestation. Pregnant women with longer game usage time may require careful observation.","PeriodicalId":12573,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Health Science","volume":"222 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75456808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PURPOSE: The study aimed to determine the differences between stress levels in day shift workers and night shift workers by measurements of hair cortisol concentration (HCC) and by using self-administered questionnaires. METHODS: HCC was measured by using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The subjective stress level was evaluated by a brief job stress questionnaire, stress response scale-18 (SRS-18), and visual analog scale (VAS). RESULTS: Mean (± standard deviation: SD) HCC in the 16 subjects was 17.28 ± 7.39 pg/mg. There was no significant difference between HCCs in day shift workers (17.98 ± 3.03 pg/mg) and rotating night shift workers (16.37 ± 1.86 pg/mg). There were also no significant differences in SRS-18 scores, job-related stress scale scores, and VAS scores between day shift workers and rotating night shift workers. There was a significant difference in HCC between the group in which the stress condition was weak or normal and the group in which the stress condition was slightly strong or definitely strong according to the SRS-18 level (p = 0.030). CONCLUSIONS: Day shift workers and rotating night shift workers have similar HCCs and similar degrees of job-related stress. In rotating shift workers who feel strong stress, acquirement of resilience due to stress coping for medium- to long-term stress may be involved in low HCC.
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Karine Talbot, P. Talavera, F. Schütz, Mónica Ruiz-Casares
During the first COVID-19 lockdown in Namibia (March-September 2020), the Ministry of Health and Social Services reported there were an estimated 14,983 teenage pregnancies in 2020, an increase from the prior year’s estimated 13,552. The regions of Kavango East and West were particularly impacted. In response to these figures, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), a youth-focused Namibian non-governmental organization, facilitated an after-school intervention in 2021 to discuss key sexual and reproductive health knowledge. An identical questionnaire was administered at both pre- and post-test, in order to provide baseline information for assessing the effectiveness of a school-based intervention to promote safe sexual behaviours. A total of 18 schools in the regions of Kavango East and West participated in the intervention between May-September 2021, and 638 learners aged 13-25 were included in data analysis after completing both the pre- and post-tests. Prior to the intervention, knowledge on sexual and reproductive health, including safe sexual behaviours and accessing contraceptives was limited. Results obtained at post-test indicate there were significant increases in participants’ level of knowledge between pre- and post-test, suggesting that school-based interventions (such as the OYO program) may be effective in disseminating this crucial information to at-risk populations.
{"title":"Pre-/Post- Assessment of a Sexual and Reproductive Health Training Program for Young People in Namibia","authors":"Karine Talbot, P. Talavera, F. Schütz, Mónica Ruiz-Casares","doi":"10.5539/gjhs.v15n1p47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v15n1p47","url":null,"abstract":"During the first COVID-19 lockdown in Namibia (March-September 2020), the Ministry of Health and Social Services reported there were an estimated 14,983 teenage pregnancies in 2020, an increase from the prior year’s estimated 13,552. The regions of Kavango East and West were particularly impacted. In response to these figures, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), a youth-focused Namibian non-governmental organization, facilitated an after-school intervention in 2021 to discuss key sexual and reproductive health knowledge. An identical questionnaire was administered at both pre- and post-test, in order to provide baseline information for assessing the effectiveness of a school-based intervention to promote safe sexual behaviours. A total of 18 schools in the regions of Kavango East and West participated in the intervention between May-September 2021, and 638 learners aged 13-25 were included in data analysis after completing both the pre- and post-tests. Prior to the intervention, knowledge on sexual and reproductive health, including safe sexual behaviours and accessing contraceptives was limited. Results obtained at post-test indicate there were significant increases in participants’ level of knowledge between pre- and post-test, suggesting that school-based interventions (such as the OYO program) may be effective in disseminating this crucial information to at-risk populations.","PeriodicalId":12573,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Health Science","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89582404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joonwoo Moon, Julaine S. Rigg, Janice E. Smith, Jana Duckett
This exploratory study examines COVID-19 booster vaccine hesitancy among African American college students at a four-year Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Maryland. Although limited in scope, this research has implications for students at other HBCUs because of the shared history and culture of the “Black experience” in the United States. The study was conducted using focus groups. Key findings lie in the areas of self-efficacy, gender, and health status couched in the context of African Americans’ generational distrust of government and science to serve their best interests. In terms of self-efficacy, the students stated by taking the initial vaccines, they had done enough to ward off severe COVID-19. A concern by gender was voiced about purported side effects of the vaccine experienced from the initial doses. Certainly, as with many young adults of all races, the students in the study had a sense of invincibility regarding their health. Overall, the findings indicate that government and health organizations need to work more purposively by listening to the young African Americans they seek to serve. This in turn could lead to the creation of more effective health messages to reach demographics and communities who view themselves as outliers from the larger society.
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The phenomenological approach is a science that has its roots in the tradition of psychiatric science (Binswanger et al., 1896). Phenomenology intuits the content of consciousness precisely and distinguishes between concepts so that it can provide knowledge about the nature of consciousness. As the basis for scientific psychology and psychiatry, the phenomenological approach allows for a clearer understanding of the nature of mental disorders. This essay argues that phenomenology is not abstract to psychiatry is the foundation of psychiatry and has a distinguished role in psychiatry. The essay begins with an introduction to the origins and history of phenomenology and describes the psychiatric relevance of phenomenology. It then presents several arguments against Karl Jaspers’ phenomenology. It concludes by suggesting the role of phenomenology in understanding the lifeworld of people with schizophrenia.
现象学方法是一门植根于精神病学传统的科学(Binswanger et al.， 1896)。现象学精确地直观意识的内容，区分概念，从而提供关于意识本质的知识。作为科学心理学和精神病学的基础，现象学方法可以更清楚地理解精神障碍的本质。本文认为现象学对精神病学来说并不是抽象的，它是精神病学的基础，在精神病学中具有突出的作用。这篇文章首先介绍了现象学的起源和历史，并描述了现象学与精神病学的相关性。然后，它提出了几个反对卡尔·雅斯贝尔斯现象学的论点。最后提出现象学在理解精神分裂症患者生活世界中的作用。
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