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Knowledge and Mental Health Needs of the Elderly during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a South-Western Private University in Nigeria Covid-19大流行期间老年人的知识和心理健康需求:来自尼日利亚西南私立大学的证据

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18170

Okondu Ogechukwu Emmanuel, Onuoha Jachi Doris, Adesuyi Emmanuel Olumide, Okondu Chinedu Worlu, Atulomah Nnodimele Onuigbo, Eniola Oluwadara, Awoniyi Elizabeth Olayimika, Akingbade Oluwadamilare, David Chinoyerenim Aku

{"title":"Knowledge and Mental Health Needs of the Elderly during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a South-Western Private University in Nigeria","authors":"Okondu Ogechukwu Emmanuel, Onuoha Jachi Doris, Adesuyi Emmanuel Olumide, Okondu Chinedu Worlu, Atulomah Nnodimele Onuigbo, Eniola Oluwadara, Awoniyi Elizabeth Olayimika, Akingbade Oluwadamilare, David Chinoyerenim Aku","doi":"10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18170","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The COVID-19 outbreak, and related public health initiatives have disrupted the lives of many people worldwide. Evidently, the COVID-19 pandemic has produced detrimental social and psychological impact on the mental health of the vast populations especially the elderly. . This study sought to assess the knowledge resources and mental health needs of the elderly emerging from COVID-19 Pandemic of the elderly population at Babcock University in Southwest Nigeria. \u0000Methods: A total of 196 consenting elders resident at Babcock University were enrolled in an online survey at Babcock University to assess the mental health needs of the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hypotheses were tested using bivariate analysis at 0.05 level of significance. \u0000Results: Majority [104 (58.4%)] of the elderly respondents are between the age bracket 60-64 and [51 (28.7%)] for the age bracket 65-74 years old. The respondents' top four needs during the pandemic are financial aid [108 (60.7%)], social support [41 (23.0%)], the presence of a caregiver [24 (13.5%)], and housing [5 (2.8%)]. The respondents' social condition might be summarized as follows: minimal social interaction with others, leaving them socially isolated [61 (34.3%)] and insufficient social contact with others [53 (29.8%)]. There was a significant relationship between knowledge and emotional state during the pandemic (p <0.05). \u0000Conclusion/Recommendation: Given the respondents' emotional state and other mental health problems that come with age, this study has supplied information about potential services that the elderly may find valuable. Government organizations and other partners should design planned interventions for the elderly throughout this period of life.","PeriodicalId":93707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of disease and global health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47011969","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}

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The Legal Paradigm of Menstrual Leaves Policy in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Afghanistan 阿联酋、科威特和阿富汗月经假政策的法律范式

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18159

Sayed Qudrat Hashimy

{"title":"The Legal Paradigm of Menstrual Leaves Policy in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Afghanistan","authors":"Sayed Qudrat Hashimy","doi":"10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18159","url":null,"abstract":"Most legal regimes have failed to provide paid menstrual leave for women during employment, and this failure is due to several factors. Primarily, “menstruation” is very private. In some societies, it is still a taboo and degrading practice; employed women do not like to discuss it with their employers, mainly (who are men). The present study examines the legal framework and challenges of menstrual leave in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. The existing article ponders three specific research questions: Is the menstrual leave a blessing or a curse? Should employ women be entitled to period leave under an Islamic regime? How effective are the legal frameworks and the regulatory types of laws in the above three states? The study is employed doctrinal legal research in which normative approaches were to evaluate the literature to acquire the required legal propositions. The literature gathered and used in this study will include secondary, primary, and legal documents. This qualitative exploration aims to analyse the national principles on recognising menstrual policy, which is scarce. This is unlike the situation in Indonesia, Russia and Spain. To cope up with such scarcity, this study mined any type of relevant statutes that the UAE, Kuwait and Afghanistan have enacted and published, including written (manifestos, books, and articles on labour issues. Furthermore, the study is limited to the legal system of the aforementioned states. The study is expected to help women empowerment, create legal awareness, highlight right health in the light of right under the statutory laws.","PeriodicalId":93707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of disease and global health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47597810","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}

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An Epidemiological Report on Schools Transmission of COVID-19 in Al Bayda City, Libya 利比亚Al Bayda市新冠肺炎学校传播流行病学报告

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2023-01-12 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18099

Naeima Houssein, A. Majeed, Emad Amkhatirha, Abdelghffar F. Abdelghffar, A. A. Mustafa, Houssain Ali

{"title":"An Epidemiological Report on Schools Transmission of COVID-19 in Al Bayda City, Libya","authors":"Naeima Houssein, A. Majeed, Emad Amkhatirha, Abdelghffar F. Abdelghffar, A. A. Mustafa, Houssain Ali","doi":"10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18099","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In the context of COVID-19, the reopening of schools and resuming the education process at the beginning of 2021, in the east of Libya were under international preventive measures. The aim of the present study was to provide an epidemiological report on the transmission of COVID-19 Cases in primary, preparatory, and secondary schools in Al Bayda city. \u0000Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from the 3rd to the 16th of March 2021. A non-probability sample of schools was included based on school health surveillance reports on suspected cases in 33 schools. From each school, 8 students and 2 staff members have been randomly selected with priority to any symptomatic person. The resultant sample consisted of 264 students, and 66 staff members. Data were collected on age, sex, class, and symptoms of COVID-19. A rapid antigen test was performed as a diagnostic test for COVID-19 to detect the presence of a viral antigen. The specimen was taken from the upper nasopharyngeal swab. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test further confirmed every positive rapid antigen test. \u0000Results: Out of 330 participants tested, two specimens were positive from students and one sample was positive from staff members. Two male infected students were detected by the Ag rapid test from different schools. Whereas, one positive case among staff members was female. The infected students reported no symptoms. In contrast, the infected teacher-reported symptoms of Fever, Cough, Shortness of Breath, and Muscle or body aches. \u0000Conclusion: This survey highlights epidemiological concern about COVID-19 among students and staff members in the school settings in Al Bayda and reflects the community transmission in the city. Therefore, prevention policies should be implemented to prevent further school and community outbreaks.","PeriodicalId":93707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of disease and global health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48078982","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}

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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus in Some Types of Dairy Products in Baghdad Markets 巴格达市场几种乳制品中金黄色葡萄球菌的流行及耐药性分析

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2023/v16i18084

M. Kanaan, A. Tarek, Sura Saad x Sura Saad Abdullah

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTICS OF DETECTING MALARIA AND TYPHOID FEVER 疟疾和伤寒不同诊断方法的比较研究

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38060

C. Obum-Nnadi, Dennis Amaechi, C. Fredrick, N. Chima, Adebari Favour Tolulope, Chika Muareen Ezenwa

{"title":"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTICS OF DETECTING MALARIA AND TYPHOID FEVER","authors":"C. Obum-Nnadi, Dennis Amaechi, C. Fredrick, N. Chima, Adebari Favour Tolulope, Chika Muareen Ezenwa","doi":"10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38060","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The study is aimed at comparing the different method of diagnosing plasmodium parasite and typhoid fever and also to know the most effective method of diagnosis. \u0000Methods: The different diagnostic method of analyzing malaria and typhoid were compared by using blood and stool samples of patients from Angwan Rogo community FCT, Abuja. The diagnostic method used for the analysis of malaria were Rapid diagnostic test kit (RDT) and microscopy diagnostic method, which are Field stain and Giemsa stain. The positivity rate of RDT was (12%), Field stain (88%) and Giemsa stain (94%). Typhoid fever was diagnosed using widal test and stool culture test. The results showed that age group 1-10 had the highest malaria prevalence of 70% followed by age group 21-30 with prevalence of 10%. The positive result for typhoid fever widal test is 63.3% while for stool culture is 90%. \u0000Conclusion: The result of the study shows that children are more prevalent to malaria. Therefore, laboratory personnels should not depend solely on widal test, but rather they should employ other diagnostic method such as stool culture which can differentiate salmonella infections from other infections for more diagnostic test result. \u0000In diagnosis of analysing malaria and typhoid, microscopy and stool culture are more accurate and reliable.","PeriodicalId":93707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of disease and global health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47620517","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}

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UTILIZING MHEALTH (MOBILE HEALTH) MESSAGING TO INCREASE UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES: IMPACT, PERCEPTIONS, AND EXPERIENCES FROM LUSAKA PROVINCE, ZAMBIA 利用移动医疗信息增加宫颈癌筛查服务的普及:来自赞比亚卢萨卡省的影响、看法和经验

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38061

H. Halwiindi, Rosemary Muliokela, P. Songolo, Twambo Simanga, Surabhi Joshi, S. Msadabwe, C. Mwaba, S. Kapambwe

{"title":"UTILIZING MHEALTH (MOBILE HEALTH) MESSAGING TO INCREASE UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES: IMPACT, PERCEPTIONS, AND EXPERIENCES FROM LUSAKA PROVINCE, ZAMBIA","authors":"H. Halwiindi, Rosemary Muliokela, P. Songolo, Twambo Simanga, Surabhi Joshi, S. Msadabwe, C. Mwaba, S. Kapambwe","doi":"10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38061","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cervical cancer screening rates in Zambia have remained low for women 25 - 59 years old despite efforts to raise awareness among women using different communication platforms. The mHealth for cervical cancer used mass messaging and was implemented to complement already existing interventions aimed at increasing knowledge levels and the number of women accessing screening services. \u0000Methods: A concurrent mixed methods design was used. Quantitative data was collected using telephone interviews with both women and men to whom text messages on cervical cancer screening had been sent. The qualitative data was collected using focus group discussions and key informant interviews, and focused on the implementation process as well as the perceptions and experiences of the users. Qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis while quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (proportions). \u0000Results: From the 990 (473 men and 517 women) participants sampled in the survey, only 46% of the women and 34% of men had received the short message services (SMSs). The SMSs resulted into 14% (72) of women going for screening for the first time, and 4% (22) for follow-up screening, totaling 18% (94). The intervention was described as appropriate because it resulted in more awareness about cervical cancer; and the frequency, time of day of transmission, the language and content of the SMSs were perceived good. The challenges experienced include low number of SMSs successfully delivered to the target population (50%), and the high cost of transmission. \u0000Conclusion: Despite the challenges experienced, the mCervical cancer intervention showed moderate effectiveness in reaching women and encouraging them to go for first time and follow-up screening.","PeriodicalId":93707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of disease and global health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41874492","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}

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CYTOEPIGENETICS: DIALECTICAL REVIEW OF A SUBCELLULAR ENDO-MEMBRANOUS COORDINATION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND CELLULAR FATE 细胞表观遗传学：基因表达与细胞命运的亚细胞内-膜内协调的辩证综述

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38023

D. Guerra

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EXTENSION OF A FOREST-FIRE MODEL TO SIMULATE HOW COVID-19 VIRUS CAUSES OSCILLATORY POPULATION DYNAMICS 森林火灾模型的扩展以模拟新冠肺炎病毒如何导致振荡种群动态

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2022-12-30 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i38014

Junghyun Park

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IMPACT OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS ON THE EXPRESSION OF CYTOCHROME-ASSOCIATED GENES 抗结核药物对细胞色素相关基因表达的影响

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i37981

L. Danjuma, S. Subbiah

{"title":"IMPACT OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS ON THE EXPRESSION OF CYTOCHROME-ASSOCIATED GENES","authors":"L. Danjuma, S. Subbiah","doi":"10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i37981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i37981","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of Tuberculosis (TB) drugs on liver and kidney bio-indicators as well as histological architecture has been investigated since the inception of the drugs, with little or no sufficient data on the impact of the drugs at gene or molecular level. High through put analysis such as Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR), Microarray, Proteomics, Nano-strings and Next generation Sequencing (NGS) are normally employed to ascertain the level of damage cause by the drugs at molecular level. As such the expression levels of the genes can be determined, whether they are up regulated or down regulated, and compared the fold change with samples of the control group. The up regulation or down regulation of gene due to chemotherapy is an indicator of anomaly in a particular gene, and that can lead to the malfunction of the affected gene. The up regulation of gland secretion gene can lead to over secretion of hormone and also down regulation can lead to under secretion, and the overall biological process taking place in body can be halt and some biological functions can be obstructed. This review is aimed at investigating the impact of anti-tuberculosis drugs on the expression of cytochrome-associated genes, and to elaborate how some of the physiological processes of the body are affected by the up regulated or down regulated genes.","PeriodicalId":93707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of disease and global health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48371166","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}

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STUDIES ON LIPID PROFILE AND LEVELS OF SOME SEX HORMONES IN SUBJECTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER 前列腺癌患者血脂及某些性激素水平的研究

Journal of disease and global health Pub Date : 2022-12-15 DOI: 10.56557/jodagh/2022/v15i37976

N. Constance, Ikaraoha Chidebere, A. Oluchi, Udeoha Uzodinna Augustine

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