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Examining the Effect of Parental COVID-19 Vaccination Prior to Birth and the Association Between COVID-19 and Cancer in Children Under Six. 研究父母在孩子出生前接种 COVID-19 疫苗的影响以及 COVID-19 与六岁以下儿童癌症之间的关联。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3869

Aflatoonian Behnaz, Mirzaei Hossein, Hashemian Morteza, Gholamreza Hassanidarmian, Zahra Mirzayi Susefidi

{"title":"Examining the Effect of Parental COVID-19 Vaccination Prior to Birth and the Association Between COVID-19 and Cancer in Children Under Six.","authors":"Aflatoonian Behnaz, Mirzaei Hossein, Hashemian Morteza, Gholamreza Hassanidarmian, Zahra Mirzayi Susefidi","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3869","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The biology of COVID-19 has intricate links to childhood cancer, exacerbated by pandemic disturbances. This research aims to explore the association between childhood cancer in children under 6 years old and COVID-19 immunisation, in addition to the effects of vaccination on parents before delivery.Method: The study employs a case-control approach, gathering informed consent and matching factors like age, marital status, and socioeconomic status between cases and controls. A survey was distributed, culminating in 191 children under six, with data from 136 diagnosed cancer cases collected in 2023, adhering to methodological standards in epidemiological research. The analysis utilised SPSS28, employing chi-square testing and logistic regression.Result: Chi-square testing confirmed a significant rise in childhood cancer rates post-COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic rates. Key factors influencing cancer incidence include the mother's age at childbirth, parental vaccination history before pregnancy, maternal vaccination details during pregnancy, the child's COVID-19 infection status, and maternal marriage age. Notably, younger mothers faced higher COVID-19 infection risks, but vaccination appears to mitigate paediatric cancer risk.Conclusion: The post-pandemic surge in childhood cancer underscores a complex interplay of early exposures and maternal viral infections. Emphasising vaccination's protective effects before and during pregnancy, the study advocates integrating vaccination into maternal health programs. Public health measures should promote immunisation and address socioeconomic inequalities to lower paediatric cancer risk, aligning with previous studies linking parental health behaviours to childhood cancer incidence.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Quandaries of Trying to Do Good-The Adequacy of the WHO FENSA Regulations. 努力做好事的窘境--世界卫生组织 FENSA 条例的适当性。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3866

Habib Benzian, Eugenio Beltrán-Aguilar, Richard Niederman, Arthur Caplan

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Public Health Crisis Management Caused by COVID-19: A Scientometrics Review. 由 COVID-19 引发的公共卫生危机管理：科学计量学回顾。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3867

Sen Wang, Miaomei Liu

{"title":"Public Health Crisis Management Caused by COVID-19: A Scientometrics Review.","authors":"Sen Wang, Miaomei Liu","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3867","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most serious public health events of the 21st century, which had a profound impact on the entire human society and sparked extensive debate and research on public health crisis management. To clarify the development path of the issue and to discover the structure and internal logic of related studies, this study conducted a scientometric analysis (co-citation analysis, co-occurrence analysis, cooperation network analysis, knowledge domain migration analysis) of 8814 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed using CiteSpace, and drew the following conclusions: (1) The research focuses on empirical studies in medicine and other fields, and expands to non-medical fields such as \"social media\", \"COVID-19 lockdown\", and \"air quality\"; (2) The USA, UK, Italy and other major developed countries in Europe and America are leading the research trend, while developing countries, notably China, India and Brazil have become the important contributors to the study of this issue in different ways; (3) The research results at this stage are mainly in the fields of medicine, health and biology and are cited internally, but are also developing in the direction of economics, political, environmental and other fields. Finally, this study summarises some of the issues that should be of concern to public health crisis management in the post-pandemic era, in the hope of providing some insight for researchers on this issue.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Prevalence, Predictors and Reasons for Discharge Against Medical Advice Among Patients With Chronic Disease During COVID-19. COVID-19 期间慢性病患者不听医嘱出院的发生率、预测因素和原因。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3868

Raya T Al-Bataineh, Ahmad H Ghaith

{"title":"Prevalence, Predictors and Reasons for Discharge Against Medical Advice Among Patients With Chronic Disease During COVID-19.","authors":"Raya T Al-Bataineh, Ahmad H Ghaith","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3868","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is used in healthcare facilities in a situation where patients refuse care or decide to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. Previous studies have found DAMA to be prevalent among patients with various chronic conditions. The study had four objectives. The study aimed to investigate: (1) the prevalence of DAMA during COVID-19 (2020-2021) among Jordanian patients with chronic diseases, (2) the association between DAMA and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic diseases, (3) the predictors of DAMA and (4) the reasons behind DAMA at the patient, hospital and environmental levels.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional correlational design was used in the study. A convenience sampling approach was used to collect data from 1576 patients with chronic diseases from 3 private hospitals.Results: The study found that the prevalence rate of DAMA was 33.3%. There was a significant association between the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic diseases and DAMA. Health insurance found to be the strongest predictor of DAMA. Finally, the study found that patient, hospital and environmental-related factors had a low impact on DAMA.Conclusions: DAMA is prevalent among patients with chronic diseases in Jordan during COVID-19 pandemic. The current study's findings can serve as an empirical basis for planning and implementing DAMA prevention programs and/or establishing or revising policies for the target population.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Accelerating Vaccine Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Pandemic Preparedness. 人工智能在加速疫苗开发中的作用：大流行病防备中的挑战与机遇》。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3870

Marina Dos Santos Barreto, Adriana Kelly Santana Correa, Ronaldy Santana Santos, Eloia Emanuelly Dias Silva, Deise Maria Rego Rodrigues Silva, Pedro Henrique Macedo Moura, Pamela Chaves de Jesus, Jessiane Bispo de Souza, Lucas Alves da Mota Santana, Rajiv Gandhi Gopalsamy, Govindasamy Hariharan, Adriana Gibara Guimarães, Lysandro Pinto Borges

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Pandemic COVID-19 as a challenge for telemedicine in the Czech Republic. COVID-19 大流行对捷克共和国远程医疗的挑战。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3863

Olga Angelovská, Karolína Dobiášová, Jolana Kopsa Těšinová

{"title":"Pandemic COVID-19 as a challenge for telemedicine in the Czech Republic.","authors":"Olga Angelovská, Karolína Dobiášová, Jolana Kopsa Těšinová","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3863","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 Pandemic contributed to accelerating the process of using information and communication technologies and digital technologies in healthcare management and delivery within healthcare systems. At that time, the Czech healthcare system faced the same problems as other European systems and struggled with a temporary limitation of direct provision of healthcare services. It was solved by switching to telemedicine. The Czech healthcare system used telemedicine to a minimal extent until then. Despite adopting the law on healthcare digitisation, it is still one of the countries with a lower level of digitisation of healthcare processes. The article presents the results of an exploratory expert investigation focused on the implementation and development of telemedicine in the Czech Republic. The conducted research aimed to identify problems related to the implementation of telemedicine in practice, place them in the broader framework of the healthcare system and structure them, propose possible solutions, and identify the future challenges of telemedicine in the Czech Republic. We based our study on the results of a three-phase QUAL-QUAN-QUAL research. Data collection in the first phase took the form of individual semi-structured interviews with patients (25) with practical experience in the field of telemedicine, followed by the second quantitative phase of the questionnaire survey with patients (650). The third qualitative phase included semi-structured interviews with experts (17) with practical experience in telemedicine. The introduction and expansion of telemedicine require several fundamental changes. These include adjustments to the legislative environment and changes to the technological infrastructure, organisation of care and work. Several barriers have been identified at the healthcare system level, healthcare providers, healthcare professionals and patients.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142577088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Future of the Health Professions: Navigating Shortages, Imbalances, and Automation. 卫生专业的未来：应对短缺、失衡和自动化。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3865

Martin McKee, Tiago Correia

{"title":"The Future of the Health Professions: Navigating Shortages, Imbalances, and Automation.","authors":"Martin McKee, Tiago Correia","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3865","url":null,"abstract":"The healthcare sector is undergoing significant transformation driven by workforce shortages, role imbalances, and technological advances. Traditional health professions, characterised by advanced knowledge and self-regulation, face challenges from two key trends. First, there is a growing reliance on less-trained workers, such as nursing assistants and physician associates, to fill gaps, raising concerns about patient safety and the quality of care. While these roles can assist in simpler tasks, their expanded responsibilities-often exceeding their training-can lead to adverse outcomes, particularly in critical medical scenarios. Second, the rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) offers both opportunities and risks. While AI shows promise in reducing administrative burdens and aiding specialized tasks like image recognition, its limitations hinder its broader adoption, such as reinforcing biases and failing to reason diagnostically. This editorial argues that uncritical reliance on these developments risks compromising healthcare quality. It calls for evidence-based policymaking, robust oversight, and updated regulatory frameworks to ensure patient safety while adapting to these shifts. Getting the right balance between maintaining professional autonomy and integrating new roles and technologies is critical for building resilient healthcare systems capable of responding to future challenges.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142577099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The power of artificial intelligence for managing pandemics: A primer for public health professionals. 人工智能管理大流行病的力量：公共卫生专业人员入门指南。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-10-27 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3864

Martin McKee, Rikard Rosenbacke, David Stuckler

{"title":"The power of artificial intelligence for managing pandemics: A primer for public health professionals.","authors":"Martin McKee, Rikard Rosenbacke, David Stuckler","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3864","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are complex and rapidly evolving, and thus often poorly understood, but have potentially profound implications for public health. We offer a primer for public health professionals that explains some of the key concepts involved and examines how these applications might be used in the response to a future pandemic. They include early outbreak detection, predictive modelling, healthcare management, risk communication, and health surveillance. Artificial intelligence applications, especially predictive algorithms, have the ability to anticipate outbreaks by integrating diverse datasets such as social media, meteorological data, and mobile phone movement data. Artificial intelligence-powered tools can also optimise healthcare delivery by managing the allocation of resources and reducing healthcare workers' exposure to risks. In resource distribution, they can anticipate demand and optimise logistics, while AI-driven robots can minimise physical contact in healthcare settings. Artificial intelligence also shows promise in supporting public health decision-making by simulating the social and economic impacts of different policy interventions. These simulations help policymakers evaluate complex scenarios such as lockdowns and resource allocation. Additionally, it can enhance public health messaging, with AI-generated health communications shown to be more effective than human-generated messages in some cases. However, there are risks, such as privacy concerns, biases in models, and the potential for 'false confirmations', where AI reinforces incorrect decisions. Despite these challenges, we argue that AI will become increasingly important in public health crises, but only if integrated thoughtfully into existing systems and processes.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Applying global lessons from limerick: Insights for Taiwan's drug policy development. 从打油诗中汲取全球教训：对台湾毒品政策发展的启示。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3862

Yu-Chieh Wu, Lien-Chung Wei

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Roadmap for rebuilding the health system and scenarios of crisis path in Gaza. 重建加沙卫生系统的路线图和危机路径方案。

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International Journal of Health Planning and Management Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3861

Mohammed Alkhaldi, Malak Alrubaie

{"title":"Roadmap for rebuilding the health system and scenarios of crisis path in Gaza.","authors":"Mohammed Alkhaldi, Malak Alrubaie","doi":"10.1002/hpm.3861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3861","url":null,"abstract":"The horrific attacks on Gaza have had a profound impact on Gaza's health system, culminating in a multidimensional crisis. The deliberate destruction of vital infrastructure, such as hospitals, schools, housing, and public facilities, coupled with the deaths and injuries of medical personnel and support workers has only exacerbated the situation and further highlighted the existing gaps. This unprecedented catastrophe proves the criticality of adopting a new national inclusive integrated approach to meeting the immediate and long-term needs of the population. In this perspective, we explore the recovery roadmap features for rebuilding the health system in Gaza, specifically focusing on determining the primary challenges that might emerge, the trajectory of recovery, and the expected crisis scenarios. The existing evidence and perspectives of key stakeholders, including state and non-state health authorities in Palestine were synthesised. Despite some local and international initiatives undertaken to generate a concrete road to recovery, there remains a need for realistic, innovative, and comprehensive Marshall plans to rebuild Gaza's health system. The article draws on insights and gaps in current efforts and underscores the urgent need to address the challenges of rebuilding the health system. The authors strive to offer an inclusive and realistic path with the potential scenarios toward recovery and resilience considering the mass levels of loss and damage, and ways to move forward for building back a resilient health system in Gaza.","PeriodicalId":47637,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Health Planning and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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