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Prevalence and associated psychosocial factors of increased hand hygiene practice during the influenza A/H1N1 pandemic: findings and prevention implications from a national survey in Taiwan.
No full textObjective To investigate increased hand hygiene practice in response to the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (pH1N1) and its associated psychosocial factors in the Taiwanese general population.
Methods A national telephone survey using random digit dialing was conducted on October 28–30, 2009 in Taiwan, resulting in a final sample of 1079 participants aged 15 or older.
Results Seventy-seven per cent reported that they increased hand hygiene practice during the pH1N1 epidemic. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that increased hand hygiene practice was associated with health beliefs that pH1N1 was more transmissible than avian influenza (OR = 1.42); that pH1N1 was slightly more severe in Taiwan compared with other countries (OR = 1.59); that handwashing was very effective in preventing pH1N1 (OR = 3.12), and that handwashing after contact with possibly pH1N1-contaminated objects/surfaces was not very difficult (OR = 2.14) or not difficult at all (OR = 2.49).
Conclusions These findings suggest that future campaigns to promote preventive health behaviour in the public should consider communicating evidence-based information concerning the effectiveness of the recommended preventive behaviour, comparing the emerging epidemic with prior local outbreaks, and not overplaying the seriousness of the disease with fear tactics.
Objectif: Investiguer sur une meilleure pratique d’hygiène des mains en réponse à la pandémie de grippe A/H1N1 (pH1N1) et les facteurs psychosociaux associés dans la population générale taïwanaise.
Méthodes: Un sondage téléphonique national à l’aide de la composition aléatoire des numéros a été mené du 28 au 30 octobre 2009 à Taiwan, résultant en un échantillon final de 1079 participants âgés de 15 ans ou plus.
Résultats: 77% ont déclaré qu’ils ont pratiqué une meilleure hygiène des mains lors de l’épidémie pH1N1. Une analyse de régression logistique multivariée a montré que l’amélioration de l’hygiène des mains a été associée à des croyances de santé que le virus pH1N1 était plus transmissible que la grippe aviaire (OR = 1,42); que le virus pH1N1 était légèrement plus sévère à Taiwan par rapport à d’autres pays (OR = 1,59), que le lavage des mains était très efficace dans la prévention de la grippe pH1N1 (OR = 3,12) et que le lavage des mains après un contact éventuellement avec des sujets ou des surfaces contaminés par pH1N1 n’était pas très difficile (OR = 2,14) ou pas du tout difficile (OR = 2,49).
Conclusions: Ces résultats suggèrent que les campagnes futures visant à promouvoir les comportements de santé préventive dans le secteur public devraient envisager de communiquer des informations factuelles concernant l’efficacité du comportement préventif recommandé, en comparant l’épidémie émergente avec des épidémies locales antérieures et ne pas surjouer sur la gravité de la maladie avec des tactiques de peur.
Objetivo: Investigar la mejoría en la práctica de higiene de manos como respuesta a la pandemia de influenza A/H1N1 (pH1N1) y los factores psicosociales asociados en la población general de Taiwan.
Métodos: Estudio telefónico a nivel nacional utilizando una numeración elegida al azar realizado entre el 28 y 30 de Octubre del 2009 en Taiwan, con una muestra final de 1,079 participantes de 15 años o mayores.
Resultados: Un 77% reportó que durante la epidemia de pH1N1 practicaron una mejor higiene de manos. Un análisis de regresión logística multivariada mostró que una mejor práctica de higiene de manos estaba asociada con la creencia de que el pH1N1 era más transmisible que la gripe aviar (OR = 1.42); que el pH1N1 era un poco más severo en Taiwan comparado con otros países (OR = 1.59); que el lavado de manos era muy efectivo para la prevención del pH1N1 (OR = 3.12), y que el lavado de manos después del contacto con objetos/superficies posiblemente contaminadas con pH1N1 no era difícil (OR = 2.14) o para nada difícil (OR = 2.49).
Conclusiones: Estos hallazgos sugieren que las campañas futuras para promover un comportamiento sanitario preventivo entre el público deberían incluir información basada en la evidencia sobre la efectividad del comportamiento preventivo, comparando la epidemia emergente con brotes locales anteriores, y no exagerando la seriedad de la enfermedad, con tácticas basadas en el miedo
Treatment of infective endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: teicoplanin versus vancomycin in a retrospective study
No full textAlisol B acetate, a triterpene from Alismatis rhizoma, induces Bax nuclear translocation and apoptosis in human hormone-resistant prostate cancer PC-3 cells
No full textSynaptic relationships between induced neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactive terminals and cuneothalamic projection neurons in the rat cuneate nucleus following median nerve transection.
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On co-authorship for author disambiguation
No full textAuthor name disambiguation deals with clustering the same-name authors into different individuals. To attack the problem, many studies have employed a variety of disambiguation features such as coauthors, titles of papers/publications, topics of articles, emails/affiliations, etc. Among these, co-authorship is the most easily accessible and influential, since inter-person acquaintances represented by co-authorship could discriminate the identities of authors more clearly than other features. This study attempts to explore the net effects of co-authorship on author clustering in bibliographic data. First, to handle the shortage of explicit coauthors listed in known citations, a web-assisted technique of acquiring implicit coauthors of the target author to be disambiguated is proposed. Then, a coauthor disambiguation hypothesis that the identity of an author can be determined by his/her coauthors is examined and confirmed through a variety of author disambiguation experiments. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.X1174sciescopu
Denbinobin-mediated anticancer effect in human K562 leukemia cells: role in tubulin polymerization and Bcr-Abl activity.
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Pandemic influenza H1N1 vaccination intention: psychosocial determinants and implications from a national survey, Taiwan.
No full textAbstract
BACKGROUND:
Vaccination has been recommended as an effective way to protect people from severe illness during influenza pandemics; however, little is known about the acceptability and psychosocial determinants of intention to receive vaccination against pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (pH1N1).
METHODS:
A national computer-assisted telephone interview survey using random digit dialing was conducted during 28-30 October 2009 among residents of Taiwan aged ≥15 years.
RESULTS:
Of the 1079 participants interviewed, 70.1% reported intention to receive pH1N1 vaccination. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that participants who perceived pH1N1 in Taiwan to be much more severe than that in other countries [adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=1.94; 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.05-3.60], who agreed (AOR=2.44; 95% CI=1.30-4.58) or strongly agreed (AOR=2.53; 95% CI=1.38-4.65) that contracting pH1N1 would have a great impact on their daily life, who perceived pH1N1 vaccination to be very effective in preventing pH1N1 (AOR=2.64; 95% CI=1.61-4.33) and who considered receiving vaccination not very difficult (AOR=8.97; 95% CI=6.05-13.29) or not at all difficult (AOR=30.72; 95% CI=19.24-49.04) were more inclined towards getting vaccinated against pH1N1.
CONCLUSION:
These specific and modifiable health beliefs have practical implications for prevention and policy making, and highlight the importance of minimizing perceived barriers while convincing the public of the seriousness of the disease and effectiveness of vaccination when promoting vaccination programmes
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