From Cotton Mather to Dr Fauci: Historical Markers of Vaccine Hesitancy
AbstractVaccine hesitancy became an important topic in the public discourse and academic research during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its history is as long as the history of immunization. One can find the same determinants of vaccine hesitancy, though in variable proportions, since the 1721 Boston smallpox epidemic. We aim to describe several historical immunization moments and analyze them using the vaccine hesitancy framework of the “5Cs” (ie, confidence, complacency, constraints, risk calculation, and collective responsibility). (Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - April 1, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
The definitive expert guide to tackling UTIs: Ditch the bubble bath, avoid sweet treats, and the truth about cranberry juice
Britain is in the grip of an epidemic. It doesn't have the same fear factor as Covid-19. Yet urinary tract infections make life a misery for millions. But Dr Rajvinder Khasriya, pictured, can help. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Second home owners are running for the exit as tax changes bite
In the first Covid-19 lockdown, Selaine Saxby noticed how empty her village had become. “I live on a close of 30 homes of which only five were occupied,” said Saxby, the Conservative MP for North Devon. Second homes were left vacant and holiday homes unlet as the pandemic spread, illustrating how…#selainesaxby #northdevon #jeremyhunt #wales #gwyneddcouncil #bangor #craigabiago #meibionglyndwr #abiago #airbnb (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huge News for Boeing Stock
It has been a chaotic time to own shares of Boeing (BA 0.54%) stock. Since the tragic and deadly crashes of its aircraft in 2018, the company has been consistently in turmoil. Some events -- such as the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns -- were out of its control, but most of this has been…#boeing #alaskaairlines #stevemollenkopf #qualcomm #stephaniepope #coo #davecalhoun #spirit #patrickshannahan #shannahan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Evolution of primary research studies in digital interventions for mental well-being promotion from 2004 to 2023: a bibliometric analysis of studies on the Web of Science - Armaou M, Pears M, Konstantinidis ST, Blake H.
Research into digital interventions for mental well-being promotion has grown in recent years, fuelled by the need to improve mental health prevention strategies and respond to challenges arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This bibliometric ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
Hospitalizations and emergency department visits for self-harm in Canada during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a time series analysis - Liu L, Pollock NJ, Contreras G, Xu Y, Thompson W.
The objective of this study is to assess changes in self-harm hospi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Psychological distress among individuals with a suicide attempt or suicidal ideation and suicide attempts patterns: first two years of the pandemic - Groh A, Bahlmann L, Colic L, Schulz A, Kastner UW, Polzer U, Walter M, Sobanski T, Wagner G.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions may have led to increased stress, particularly in people with mental health problems. Since stress factors play important role in the emergence of suicide attempts (SA) and suicidal ideation (SI), ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Exploring healthcare workers' experiences of a simple intervention to reduce their intrusive memories of psychological trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis - Ahmed Pihlgren S, Johansson L, Holmes EA, Kanstrup M.
Background: Many healthcare workers (HCWs) endured psychologically traumatic events at work during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. For some, these events are re-experienced as unwanted, recurrent, and distressing intrusive memories. Simpl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The evolution of hand injuries at a state's only Level I trauma center: a look from the 1980s through the global pandemic - Mukit M, McCandless MG, Davidson JC, Hopper S, Jabbour JI, Davidson SF, Walker M.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to evaluate any changes to hand trauma in the past three decades and through the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that improved consumer safety regulations, changes in access to care, and the impact of a global pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Towards resilient healthcare systems: a framework for crisis management - Emami SG, Lorenzoni V, Turchetti G.
This study addresses the crucial need for resilient healthcare systems, highlighted by recent global health emergencies such as the Ebola and COVID-19 crises. It identifies a significant gap in the current literature: a lack of practical, actionable framew... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
A survey of the use of modeling, simulation, visualization, and mapping in public health emergency operations centers during the COVID-19 pandemic - Asgary A, Aarabi M, Dixit S, Wen H, Ahmed M, Wu J.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed life and work patterns and reshaped the healthcare industry and public health strategies. It posed considerable challenges to public health emergency operations centers (PHEOCs). In this period, digital techn... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Characteristics of injuries related to traffic crashes in Israel before and during the COVID-19 pandemic - Yonai Y, Ben Natan M, Maman D, Ezra O, Berkovich Y.
This study explored differences in patient characteristics, injury characteristics, treatment modalities, and treatment outcomes among patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) following traffic crashes during the COVID-19 period ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The remote work of child protection professionals during COVID-19: a scoping review and thematic analysis - Katz C, Cohen N, Attrash-Najjar A, Glucklich T, Jacobson M, Varela N, Priolo-Filho SR, Chang OD, Haffejee S, Kaawa-Mafigiri D, Katz I, Maguire-Jack K, Massarweh N, Tarabulsy GM, Levine DT, Wekerle C.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges and barriers for the work of child protection professionals (CPPs) and intensified existing hardships for families and children, increasing the risk of child maltreatment. As new restrictions and pre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Alcohol policy changes during the first three-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: development and application of a classification scheme - Pe ña S, Wilkinson C, Aresi G, Barrett L, Boniface S, Fitzgerald N, Norambuena P, Paradis C, Román F, Sierralta P.
This study describes the development and application of a classification scheme to map alcohol policy changes during the first three-months of the COVID-19 pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The decrease in alcohol consumption and suicide rate during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association - Kim AM, Lee JS.
This study was performed to examine whether the change in the suicide rate ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
