{"title":"Personal Healthcare Data Records Analysis and Monitoring using The Internet of Things and Cloud Computing","authors":"Atef Zaguia","doi":"10.5339/avi.2023.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2023.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41562955","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}
Munnaza Batool, Javeria Hassan, Ruhma Shahzad, S. Iqbal, Muhammad Salman Butt, S. Haider
Introduction In order to attain Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG-II) of eradicating malnutrition among children by 2030, Pakistan has initiated a Community-based Management of Severely Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program. This program has been established at the public level to detect and treat uncomplicated Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children at an early stage. However, during the outbreak of COVID-19, very poor compliance with the CMAM program was observed. Consequently, the nutritional quality of children's diets has deteriorated, with malnutrition rates expected to rise. Therefore, this study has been set up to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the health of SAM children and compliance with the CMAM program. Methodology This study used a multicenter cross-sectional design in District Dera Ghazi Khan's rural areas located in the Southern Province of Punjab. Data were collected from the parents/guardians of SAM children through the researcher-administrated questionnaire. The sample size was 196, and data were analyzed through SPSS version 25. Results The majority of the children enrolled were males (52.5%), had fathers aged between 41 and 50 years (52.0%), mothers aged between 21 and 30 years (52.5%), had illiterate fathers (40.1%), illiterate mothers (73.8%) and had a monthly household income of PKR <15,000 (91.1%). All of the respondents mentioned that COVID-19 affected them in one way or the other (100.0%), with a majority of them did not visit the hospital during COVID-19 for their SAM child (52.5%) as they were afraid of COVID-19 (63.2%) and/or they lacked access to transport for visiting a hospital (93.4%). Bivariate analysis revealed that the father's age (P = 0.02) and income (P = 0.00) is associated with the perceived effect of COVID-19 on income. In contrast, only the gender of the child (P = 0.00) is related to the visit to the hospital, and the gender of the child (P = 0.01) and mother's literacy (P = 0.00) is associated with the choice of treatment from any other setup, including Hakeem and Peer. Conclusion This study concludes that health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic pose a significant barrier to access to healthcare services and subject a more vulnerable state to already vulnerable groups like SAM children. To lessen their vulnerability, initiatives like mobile health care services should be introduced, especially for socially disadvantaged communities, localities, and groups on regular basis and for future emergencies.
{"title":"A crisis within a crisis: Role of COVID-19 pandemic in poor compliance of Community-based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition among children younger than five years in Pakistan","authors":"Munnaza Batool, Javeria Hassan, Ruhma Shahzad, S. Iqbal, Muhammad Salman Butt, S. Haider","doi":"10.5339/avi.2023.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2023.2","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction In order to attain Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG-II) of eradicating malnutrition among children by 2030, Pakistan has initiated a Community-based Management of Severely Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program. This program has been established at the public level to detect and treat uncomplicated Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children at an early stage. However, during the outbreak of COVID-19, very poor compliance with the CMAM program was observed. Consequently, the nutritional quality of children's diets has deteriorated, with malnutrition rates expected to rise. Therefore, this study has been set up to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the health of SAM children and compliance with the CMAM program. Methodology This study used a multicenter cross-sectional design in District Dera Ghazi Khan's rural areas located in the Southern Province of Punjab. Data were collected from the parents/guardians of SAM children through the researcher-administrated questionnaire. The sample size was 196, and data were analyzed through SPSS version 25. Results The majority of the children enrolled were males (52.5%), had fathers aged between 41 and 50 years (52.0%), mothers aged between 21 and 30 years (52.5%), had illiterate fathers (40.1%), illiterate mothers (73.8%) and had a monthly household income of PKR <15,000 (91.1%). All of the respondents mentioned that COVID-19 affected them in one way or the other (100.0%), with a majority of them did not visit the hospital during COVID-19 for their SAM child (52.5%) as they were afraid of COVID-19 (63.2%) and/or they lacked access to transport for visiting a hospital (93.4%). Bivariate analysis revealed that the father's age (P = 0.02) and income (P = 0.00) is associated with the perceived effect of COVID-19 on income. In contrast, only the gender of the child (P = 0.00) is related to the visit to the hospital, and the gender of the child (P = 0.01) and mother's literacy (P = 0.00) is associated with the choice of treatment from any other setup, including Hakeem and Peer. Conclusion This study concludes that health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic pose a significant barrier to access to healthcare services and subject a more vulnerable state to already vulnerable groups like SAM children. To lessen their vulnerability, initiatives like mobile health care services should be introduced, especially for socially disadvantaged communities, localities, and groups on regular basis and for future emergencies.","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46538125","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}
{"title":"Highlights on the unavoidable impact of climate change on public health policy","authors":"R. Isaifan, Chokri Kooli","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43003546","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}
R. Zrieq, F. Algahtani, R. Ali, M. Al-Najjar, Shadi Suleiman, Fares Alshammari, B. Alsaif, M. Araúzo-Bravo
{"title":"The decline in hepatitis B and C in women: A 5-year retrospective case study in Ha’il, Saudi Arabia","authors":"R. Zrieq, F. Algahtani, R. Ali, M. Al-Najjar, Shadi Suleiman, Fares Alshammari, B. Alsaif, M. Araúzo-Bravo","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47082745","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}
Minahil Amin, Syeda Iqra Faiyaz, Muhammad Salman Butt, A. Javed, J. Saleem, A. Saeed
{"title":"Food preferences and eating behavior among children with autism spectrum disorder: A causal-comparative\u0000study in Lahore","authors":"Minahil Amin, Syeda Iqra Faiyaz, Muhammad Salman Butt, A. Javed, J. Saleem, A. Saeed","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47229853","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}
K. Ullah, J. Saleem, Muhammad Ishaq, Farhad Ali Khattak, Fatima Majeed
The COVID-19 pandemic affected life-saving childhood immunization globally and affected Vaccine-Preventable Diseases eradication and elimination efforts. During the initial phase of the pandemic, some countries temporarily stopped vaccination campaigns against measles, meningitis, polio, tetanus, typhoid, and yellow fever. This study was conducted to quantify the effect of COVID-19 on EPI vaccination. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the district Swat of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from June to August 2022. The data was extracted from the EPI Management Information System for the four months of the pre-pandemic period and four months of the lockdown period. The pre-pandemic four-month data was taken as a baseline and was compared with the four-months lockdown period. A 7-19% decrease was found during the lockdown period in various antigen coverage. Coverage of Penta-3 was most affected having a 19% decrease while measles coverage was less affected showing a 7% decrease during the lockdown period. BCG coverage was affected by 14%, PCV by 11 to 18%, Rota by 12 to 16%, and IPV by 18%. The vaccination coverage improved in the later months of the lockdown, but the number of defaulters and zero-dose children increased. To fill this gap, a robust strategy for vaccination is recommended.
{"title":"Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the uptake of routine immunization vaccines in Swat District in Pakistan","authors":"K. Ullah, J. Saleem, Muhammad Ishaq, Farhad Ali Khattak, Fatima Majeed","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.11","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic affected life-saving childhood immunization globally and affected Vaccine-Preventable Diseases eradication and elimination efforts. During the initial phase of the pandemic, some countries temporarily stopped vaccination campaigns against measles, meningitis, polio, tetanus, typhoid, and yellow fever. This study was conducted to quantify the effect of COVID-19 on EPI vaccination. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the district Swat of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from June to August 2022. The data was extracted from the EPI Management Information System for the four months of the pre-pandemic period and four months of the lockdown period. The pre-pandemic four-month data was taken as a baseline and was compared with the four-months lockdown period. A 7-19% decrease was found during the lockdown period in various antigen coverage. Coverage of Penta-3 was most affected having a 19% decrease while measles coverage was less affected showing a 7% decrease during the lockdown period. BCG coverage was affected by 14%, PCV by 11 to 18%, Rota by 12 to 16%, and IPV by 18%. The vaccination coverage improved in the later months of the lockdown, but the number of defaulters and zero-dose children increased. To fill this gap, a robust strategy for vaccination is recommended.","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48998245","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}
Muhammad Salman Butt, J. Saleem, Muhammad Ishaq, G. Bukhari, Joham Faryal
{"title":"Climate change vulnerability, adaptation assessment, and policy development for occupational health","authors":"Muhammad Salman Butt, J. Saleem, Muhammad Ishaq, G. Bukhari, Joham Faryal","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49395755","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}
The pandemic situation generated by the novel coronavirus virus (COVID-19) created several moral and economic dilemmas. While trying to save many local and world economies, entrepreneurs, leaders, and policymakers faced the challenges of managing the resultant economic and financial disruptions and risks coupled with the moral obligation to observe business ethics. This research is based on a documental collection, revision, and analysis of relevant and emerging literature to catch the best practices and experiences adopted by various governments and businesses, especially in western countries, to protect the jobs and employment rights of workers. Among other things, this study urges social policymakers to adopt innovative mechanisms and programs to not only protect the rights of employees but also help maintain jobs during pandemic situations and economic crises The research suggests that adhering to business ethics will enhance the use of technology and boost the sense of innovation and creativity of both employees and their organizations. The importance of the collaboration between public Administrators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and employees to maintain the fundamentals of business ethics and protect employees' rights is adjudged to be critical to a speedy recovery from the losses and disruptions caused by the pandemic.
{"title":"Business ethics in the era of Covid 19: How to protect jobs and employment rights through innovation","authors":"Chokri Kooli, Melanie lock Son, Imene Beloufa","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.7","url":null,"abstract":"The pandemic situation generated by the novel coronavirus virus (COVID-19) created several moral and economic dilemmas. While trying to save many local and world economies, entrepreneurs, leaders, and policymakers faced the challenges of managing the resultant economic and financial disruptions and risks coupled with the moral obligation to observe business ethics. This research is based on a documental collection, revision, and analysis of relevant and emerging literature to catch the best practices and experiences adopted by various governments and businesses, especially in western countries, to protect the jobs and employment rights of workers. Among other things, this study urges social policymakers to adopt innovative mechanisms and programs to not only protect the rights of employees but also help maintain jobs during pandemic situations and economic crises The research suggests that adhering to business ethics will enhance the use of technology and boost the sense of innovation and creativity of both employees and their organizations. The importance of the collaboration between public Administrators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and employees to maintain the fundamentals of business ethics and protect employees' rights is adjudged to be critical to a speedy recovery from the losses and disruptions caused by the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44620907","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}
Muhammad Salman Butt, K. Kuklane, J. Saleem, Rubeena Zakar, G. Bukhari, M. Ishaq
{"title":"Evaluation of Occupational Exposure to Heat Stress and Working Practices in the Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturing Industries of Lahore, Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Salman Butt, K. Kuklane, J. Saleem, Rubeena Zakar, G. Bukhari, M. Ishaq","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42951884","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}
W. Abdelghaffar, E. Lagha, F. Azaiez, N. Haloui, R. Rafrafi
{"title":"Informed consent in a patient with aortic dissection and mild intellectual impairment","authors":"W. Abdelghaffar, E. Lagha, F. Azaiez, N. Haloui, R. Rafrafi","doi":"10.5339/avi.2022.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29746,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47213126","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}
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