Izumi Okado, Michelle Liu, Carry Elhajj, Brenda Y Hernandez, Lynne Wilkens, Randall F Holcombe
{"title":"Time to Diagnosis and Treatment Initiation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Rural Patients With Cancer.","authors":"Izumi Okado, Michelle Liu, Carry Elhajj, Brenda Y Hernandez, Lynne Wilkens, Randall F Holcombe","doi":"10.1177/10105395241240968","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241240968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Time to diagnosis (TTD) and treatment initiation (TTI) are important measures of access to and quality of cancer care. This study addressed the knowledge gap on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TTD and TTI for rural cancer patients. Sixty-three cancer patients residing in rural areas of the state of Hawaii were surveyed in 2020 to 2021. Overall, 67.5% of participants reported TTD within one month of reporting symptoms to a health care provider. Mean TTI for the overall sample was 55.3 days, and among breast cancer patients, 57.9 days. Compared with pre-pandemic state registry data, mean TTI for the overall sample and breast cancer patients were significantly longer than the state registry null value of 40 days (<i>P</i> = .02 and <i>P</i> =.05, respectively). During the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer patients in rural Hawaii experienced substantial delays in TTI compared with pre-pandemic years.</p>","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"387-390"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327436","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}
{"title":"Effectiveness of School-Based Oral Health Education for Children and Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Siwoo Kim, So Yoon Kim","doi":"10.1177/10105395241240959","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241240959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The global burden of oral diseases is high, but access to oral health care is still problematic, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The prevention of oral diseases in the child and adolescent population is the key as it can be prevented and potentially reversed at its early stages. This study aimed to provide evidence on the effectiveness of school-based oral health education in low- and middle-income countries through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eligible studies had outcomes, such as oral health knowledge, behavior, oral hygiene, gingival health, and caries index, and those published from 1995 to 2019 in English. After screening and reviewing the retrieved articles, 20 studies were included in the systematic review and six eligible studies were selected for meta-analysis. The computed effect size of school-based oral health education in low- and middle-income countries showed improved knowledge, behavior, oral hygiene, and gingival health from the selected studies. However, most of the interventions took place for less than one year, and long-term evidence is still lacking. As repetition and reinforcement are critical in maintaining long-term effects, both country context and sustainability should be considered in school-based oral health education.</p>","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"312-321"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308009","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}
{"title":"Classifications of Trauma Exposure and Their Associations With 3-Year Follow-up Psychological Symptoms Among Korean Victims of Disaster: A Latent Class Analysis.","authors":"Hyunyup Lee, Sungrok Kang","doi":"10.1177/10105395241240965","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241240965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to classify patterns of trauma exposure among disaster victims using latent class analysis (LCA) and to examine group differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depressive symptoms over three years. Data were obtained from a 3-year panel survey of Korean disaster victims (male = 461, female = 513) who responded to four types of trauma experiences: threatened death, injury or disease, witnessing injury or death, and loss of family or relatives in 2017. The LCA yielded three classes: the low-threat (66.1%), life-threat (29.4%), and multi-threat (4.5%) groups. One-way analysis of variance showed that the multi-threat group had the highest levels of PTSD, depressive, and anxiety symptoms in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms significantly decreased between 2017 and 2018 in the life-threat and multi-threat groups. However, there were no differences between 2018 and 2019 in any groups. These results highlight the importance of early intervention during the proximal period after trauma, particularly in individuals exposed to multiple types of traumatic experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"322-328"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308008","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}
{"title":"Highlighting the Impact of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance (AMR) in Infectious Diseases and Advocating for Improved Surveillance and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Pakistan.","authors":"Waseem Sajjad, Pakeezah Tabasum","doi":"10.1177/10105395241242603","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241242603","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"413-414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327435","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}
{"title":"Tackling Tularemia: Call to Action for 2023 Resurgence in Sweden.","authors":"Shahzaib Ahmed, Eeman Ahmad","doi":"10.1177/10105395241241421","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241241421","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"415-416"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308010","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}
Hwang Sik Shin, Yoon Hyung Park, Sung Soo Lee, Yong Jin Cho, Jun Tack Kwon, Youngs Chang, Mee-Ri Lee, Young Hwangbo
{"title":"Development of a Risk Score to Predict Short-term Smoking Relapse Following an Inpatient Smoking Cessation Intervention.","authors":"Hwang Sik Shin, Yoon Hyung Park, Sung Soo Lee, Yong Jin Cho, Jun Tack Kwon, Youngs Chang, Mee-Ri Lee, Young Hwangbo","doi":"10.1177/10105395241240949","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241240949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting smoking relapse and to develop predictive models among Korean national 5-day smoking cessation program participants. The subjects were 518 smokers and follow-up was continued for 6 months after discharge. A predictive logistic model and risk score were developed from the multivariate logistic models and compared using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (area under the curve [AUC]). The smoking relapse rate within 6 months after program participation was 38.4%. The AUCs of the logistic regression model and risk score model were similar (odds ratio [OR] = 0.69; 0.69, respectively) in the development data set, and those of the risk score model were similar between the development and validation data sets (OR = 0.68). The risk score used by the six risk factors could predict smoking relapse among participants who attended a 5-day inpatient smoking cessation program.</p>","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"329-336"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327434","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}
{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychosocial Attributes of Indian Families Bearing Child With Down Syndrome: A Survey by Trisomy 21 Research Society (T21RS), Indian Chapter.","authors":"Pinku Halder, Upamanyu Pal, Agnish Ganguly, Papiya Ghosh, Manjima Ghosh Malakar, Nitasha Guha, Chaitali Gami, Sujay Ghosh","doi":"10.1177/10105395241240954","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241240954","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"394-398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140195193","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}
{"title":"Traditional and Social Media Usage Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Sapporo, Japan.","authors":"Satoshi Sunohara, Toshiaki R Asakura, Takashi Kimura, Masayuki Saijo, Akiko Tamakoshi","doi":"10.1177/10105395241240952","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10105395241240952","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to determine the relationship between specific information source usage and uptake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. We analyzed 3348 participants aged 20 to 65 years who were not diagnosed with COVID-19 in a case-control study in Sapporo, Japan. The most prevalent information source on COVID-19 was television (TV; 87.8%), followed by online news sites (74.3%), newspapers (38.7%), websites of public institutions (30.9%), and families (29.7%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that the adjusted odds ratios of incompletion of second vaccinations for users of TV and newspaper to gather COVID-19 information were 0.31 and 0.32, respectively, whereas those for users of books, commercial video sites, Facebook, and \"personal blog or bulletin board system\" were 3.34, 2.22, 2.36, and 4.81, respectively. Social media use among older or male participants was associated with lower vaccine uptake.</p>","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"358-365"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327437","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}
Bikash Koirala, Simon Rushton, Pratik Adhikary, Julie Balen, Srijana Basnet, Saugat Joshi, Alisha Karki, Andrew Lee, Barsha Rijal, Padam Simkhada, Madhusudan Subedi, Edwin van Teijlingen, Jiban Karki
{"title":"COVID-19 as a Challenge to Nepal’s Newly Federalized Health System: Capacities, Responsibilities, and Mindsets","authors":"Bikash Koirala, Simon Rushton, Pratik Adhikary, Julie Balen, Srijana Basnet, Saugat Joshi, Alisha Karki, Andrew Lee, Barsha Rijal, Padam Simkhada, Madhusudan Subedi, Edwin van Teijlingen, Jiban Karki","doi":"10.1177/10105395241250123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395241250123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140841007","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}
{"title":"Awareness and Knowledge of Chikungunya Virus Infection Among Healthcare Workers in Hulu Langat District","authors":"Ummi Ainaa Selamat, Noran Naqiah Hairi, Zailiza Suli","doi":"10.1177/10105395241247128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395241247128","url":null,"abstract":"As Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection continues to rise globally, including in Malaysia, it is essential for healthcare workers (HCWs) to have adequate knowledge about the disease for diagnostic accuracy and to improve public health surveillance systems. This study aimed to assess awareness and measure the level of knowledge of CHIKV infection among HCWs in the Hulu Langat district and explore associated sociodemographic and skill-related factors. This was a cross-sectional study in which the questionnaire was physically distributed to participants using the universal sampling method. All participants (100%) were aware of CHIKV infection, and most (80.1%) had knowledge of the disease. Furthermore, networks such as professional members, family, and friends (27.8%), followed by professional development programs (23.1%), were identified as the common platforms utilized by HCWs to access information regarding CHIKV infection. Ordinal logistic regression analysis further demonstrated that the level of education (odds ratio [OR] = 2.23, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.14, 4.35]) and HCWs who attended Continuing Medical Education (CME)/courses on CHIKV infection (OR = 1.73, 95% CI [1.00, 3.01]) and had experience in handling the case (OR = 3.23, 95% CI [1.44, 7.28]) were significantly associated with awareness and knowledge of the disease. Implementing continuous education and training can enhance HCWs’ understanding of CHIKV infection.","PeriodicalId":55570,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140624067","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}