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December 2024
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Introduction: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continue to pose a severe threat to public health in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and globally. Community-related interventions, such as community e-Health literacy, can contribute to the preparedness to respond effectively to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. This study investigated the relationship between e-Health literacy and SSA countries' perceptions of the importance of readiness for potential pandemics.
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December 2024
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Health Informatics, Debre Markos university, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Background: E-health literacy is defined as an individual's ability to look for and appraise health information from online electronic sources. In this digital age, e-health literacy is one of the most important determinants of health and health behaviors, particularly among adolescents who often influenced by information from various social network sites (SNSs) in developed countries. However, there is limited evidence regarding eHealth literacy level and its associated factors among jimma university undergraduate students using SNSs in less developed settings.
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August 2024
UCT Research Centre for Health Through Physical Activity Lifestyle and Sport (HPALS), Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (AE, EL, RB, MRB, LW).
Physical inactivity and obesity are detrimental to one's overall health, as they increase the risk of developing non-communicable diseases. Fortunately, physical inactivity and obesity can be improved by supporting lifestyle behavior changes. This support may be provided remotely by Mobile Health (mHealth) messaging interventions, which involve using mobile messages for health improvement.
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October 2024
Department of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie- Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland.
Plants belonging to the genus Cotoneaster can be valuable sources of phytochemicals with potential therapeutic properties. The natural habitats of most of these species are situated in Asia, Africa and southern Europe. Introducing them into other climatic conditions could expose them to abiotic and biotic stresses, affecting their bioactive properties.
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December 2024
Healthcare Sciences and e-Health, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Background And Purpose: Mental health services rarely reach children whose parents have mental illness despite their poor outcomes. There is a need to consider how mental health practitioners can prioritize the needs of these children and their families. This study examined kinship involvement in the lives of children whose parents have mental illness.
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