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{"title":"Passive immunotherapy using approved vaccines combined with lockdown, as essential parts of the community medicine and public health to survive and even beat COVID: A viewpoint commentary","authors":"Jerard Seghatchian","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000142","url":null,"abstract":"Mass vaccination campaigns are still underway to help in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic but timely production and distribution of approved vaccines is becoming a major unresolved problem worldwide.","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41440353","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":"The response of medical science education during COVID-19: Lessons for developing countries","authors":"Dehnavieh Reza, Darvishzadeh Hadiseh, E. Samira, Ramezanifar Hoda, Keshavarz Atieh, K. Khalil","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000141","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID -19 virus has profoundly affected everyone’s life, and students around the world are signifi cantly involved in the changes occurred. With the spread and pandemic of the disease, educational institutions and centers were closed and higher education, especially medical sciences, were subject to changes. Medical education institutions took measures to increase the quality of distance education [1] and used a combination of teaching methods to create opportunities for brainstorming on effective distance education [2]. Therefore, strategies such as time management and critical thinking were used for students’ online learning [3] and appropriate communication, effective interaction, and effi cient teaching were emphasized [4]. This article addressed the response of medical education for continuing distance education and stated the most important measures of medical education:","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43657598","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":"Leaders and Leadership","authors":"Jaqua Ecler, Jaqua Terry","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000138","url":null,"abstract":"Leaders give others a sense of direction and represent them in various forums. Leadership has existed for decades, and different authors have tried to defi ne the term. One such defi nition is that “Leadership is a relationship that involves the mobilizing, infl uencing and guiding of others toward desired goals” [1]. To help leaders, scholars have developed different models to identify the best leadership style tailored to different situations. There is no single best style, and a leader must consider their personality, task, and group makeup to be effective. This paper narrates my leadership experience and examines how contingency theory and power sources can be applied to this experience.","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41966848","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":"Higher education and COVID-19: An overview of the most important challenges","authors":"Motiee Mahdieh, Mousavi Seyed Meysam, Sarabandi Zahra, Dehnavieh Reza, K. Khalil","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47629187","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":"Rapid antigenic tests to detect asymptomatic covid-19 infections","authors":"J. Turabián","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000127","url":null,"abstract":"Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new disease, and obviously many things about it are not yet known for sure. But, the evolution of knowledge about it is being very fast.","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41458597","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":"Outbreak of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection and pollen exposure","authors":"A. Awaya, Y. Kuroiwa","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000126","url":null,"abstract":"he inference that this paper points out is that the stimulating environmental factor behind why the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic occurred in Wuhan is probably pollen from the plant kingdom. We started in 2003 to point out the epidemiological fact that Kawasaki disease is probably a Pollen-Induced Disease (PID) triggered by pollen exposure.","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68166289","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":"Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme in India - a tired horse or an ignored one. An evaluation in a tribal district of Maharashtra, India","authors":"Monya Michi","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000146","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The lives of children and women are the true indicators of the strength of communities and nations. UNICEF considers Child Mortality rate as the single best indicator of social development and well-being. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is one of the largest maternal and child health programs representing a symbol of India’s commitment to its children. The anganwadi centre (AWC) is the grassroot functionary of ICDS and the program is executed through dedicated cadre of female workers named Anganwadi workers (AWWs). Still India records high infant, child and maternal mortality rates. Also, frequent malnutrition related deaths in the state of Maharashtra has raised questions on the implementation of these programmes. This study was conducted to evaluate the functionality of Anganwadi Centres in terms of infrastructure and logistics and assess the satisfaction of Anganwadi workers. Methodology: This was a community based cross-sectional descriptive study in the tribal district of Palghar in Maharashtra. Universal sample of all the Anganwadi centres under the randomly selected PHC was adopted for the study. Data for the study was collected by using personal interview technique with the help of a semi structured questionnaire and by self-observation using a standard checklist. The data collected was analysed using appropriate descriptive statistics with the help of Epi info. Result: Only just about half of the AWCs were functioning in their own building. Among infrastructure and logistics, registers for record keeping was found to be most defi cient (88.9%) followed by presence of electricity and baby weighing machine (77.8%). Availability of separate kitchen and storeroom and regularity of supplementary nutrition supply was seen defi cient in 69.4% of AWCs. Growth card was the most available amenity (100%) followed by adult weighing machine which was present in 91.7% of AWCs and drinking water facility in 86.1%. Toilet was present in only about half of the AWCs studied. Among the various problems accounting for poor job satisfaction among AWWs, some of the prominent were, lack of own anganwadi building, inadequate space for activities, lack of teaching materials, problems in eliciting the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) due to inadequacy or irregularity of the supplementary nutrition supply, and absence of separate kitchen. Other problems faced were low government and community involvement, increased workload and a modest honorarium. Conclusion: Studies conducted across the country, has observed that various factors contributed to the effi cient service delivery of ICDS. Our study exposes some key factors that affect the effective implementation of the scheme and the felt needs of its implementers at the grass root level. Research Article Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme in India a tired horse or an ignored one. An evaluation in a tribal district of Maharashtra, India Michi Monya* Specialty","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68166295","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":"Water pipe smoking among female in Iran : A survey Pattern of use, risk perception and environmental factors","authors":"Bashirian Saeed, Barati Majid, Karami Manoochehr, Hamzeh Behrooz, Ezati Elahe","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000160","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Considering the prevalence of water pipe smoking among female adolescents and the need to identify the components and dimensions of such behaviors, this study was conducted to investigate determinants of water pipe smoking, use pattern, risk perception and environmental factors among female in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1302 adolescent females in Kermanshah city, western Iran, in 2019. The method was multi-stage sampling with a systematic random approach. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS 22 software. Statistical tests included descriptive statistics and linear and logistic regression analyses. Results: 32.4% of the participants reported ever water pipe smoking and 20.4% mentioned they used WP at the present time. 60 % of water pipe smoking believed that water pipe smoking is less harmful than cigarettes. 78 % participants believed water pipe smoking 1 h a day was not danjerous and environmental factors affect the tendency to water pipe smoking. Conclusions: water pipe smoking by adolescents is a multi-factor and multi-level phenomenon, and the major factors for their determining existat multiple levels of individual, interpersonal and environmental factor, which should be considered for intervention, prevention, an control of water pipe smoking. Research Article Water pipe smoking among female in Iran : A survey Pattern of use, risk perception and environmental factors Saeed Bashirian1, Majid Barati1, Manoochehr Karami2, Behrooz Hamzeh3 and Elahe Ezati4* 1Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. 2Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. 3Research Center for Environmental Determinacies of Health, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran 4Department of Public Health, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Received: 09 August, 2021 Accepted: 10 September, 2021 Published: 13 September, 2021 *Corresponding author: Elahe Ezati, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran, Tel: +989189206695; E-mail:","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68166429","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":"In silico and in vitro investigations of antihelmintic activities of selected approved drugs","authors":"Christopher Arinze Agube, D. Ajaghaku, I. Uzochukwu","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000118","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the binding affinities of some approved drugs to ascaris suum Mitochondrial Rhodoquinol Fumarate Reductase (MRFR), an essential enzyme for ascaris survival, and the possibility of repurposing these drugs as antihelmintic agents using In silico molecular docking and in vitro paralysis and mortality times of fifteen selected front runners.","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43596177","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":"Back to basic – dietary microbial modulation for colorectal cancer prevention – for Hong Kong Chinese","authors":"Winnie Y Y Lin, S. Ng, F. K. Chan","doi":"10.17352/2455-5479.000117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000117","url":null,"abstract":"Colorectal cancer [CRC] is one of the most common malignancies worldwide [1]. According to Globocan 2018, there were 18 million newly diagnosed cancer cases worldwide, while CRC made up 10.2%, topped the third highest cancer incidence. In the same year, CRC had the second highest mortality rate with more than 880,000 lives lost to it [2]. The environmental and heritable factors of colorectal cancer [CRC] is around 35% [3]. Up to 3%-5% of all CRC are represented by the hereditary syndromes [4]. Meanwhile, a higher incidence of CRC is observed in more developed regions than under developed regions, and changes in lifestyle and dietary habits are believed to attribute to an increased incidence [1,5]. In Hong Kong, CRC has been the most common cancer since 2013 [6], with more than 5,000 new diagnoses annually, accounts for 50.8% male, 31.5% female with an upward trend in 2017 [7]. The dietary habits of people in Hong Kong have steered away from the traditional Chinese diet, to fast-pace dining comprised of processed food and reduced diversity. Although the association between microbiota and the risk of CRC is indistinct, the undoubted fact is that CRC patients have less diverse microbiota than their healthy counter parts [8]. In this commentary, we would like to discuss the potential benefi ts of resuming a traditional diet which is relatively similar to the Mediterranean diet to modulate microbial risk in CRC in Hong Kong Chinese. Microbial risk in developing CRC","PeriodicalId":87221,"journal":{"name":"Archives of community medicine and public health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42948552","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}