Scrutinizing the Level of Awareness on Green Computing Practices in Combating Covid‐19 at Institute of Health Science‐Gaborone

Abstract:Advances in electronic image recording and computer technologyhave resulted in a remarkable increase in the power and flexibility of interactive computer-video teaching systems. The University of Washington Health Science Videodisc Development Group first demonstrated a laser videodisc controlled by a remote central computer in 1980. Even this rudimentary unit highlighted basic medical informatics principles including: rapid accessibility; a “generic” or multi-purposed format; ease of computer control; and large collections of valid, rigorously reviewed images. Advances in medical informatics have led to the development of the following previously undescribed series of teaching units:1. The hypertext programs Hypercard, Linkway, and Guide have been used with videodiscs to develop easy-to-use instructional and reference materials. These materials demonstrate the ease with which a computer-naive instructor may develop new programs and the advantage that the intuitive nature of these programs brings to student users.2. Patient simulations using single and double screens plus pre-defined knowledge structures;3. Interactive single topic tutorials using preset knowledge structures;4. A key-word-based disc searching system;5. Electronic video microscopy;6. A series of programs developed independently by health science faculty who have purchased multi-purpose videodiscs that demonstrate the flexibility of the multi-purpose or “generic”: collection concept.

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Journal of Environment and Health Science

10.15436/2378-6841 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Science ◽

Environment And Health

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Anticoagulant therapy in practice

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/oh.2012.29357 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 153 (19) ◽

pp. 732-736

Author(s):

Gergely Hofgárt ◽

Csilla Vér ◽

László Csiba

Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Ischemic Stroke ◽

Acute Stroke ◽

Anticoagulant Therapy ◽

Oral Anticoagulants ◽

Health Science ◽

Science Centre ◽

Improper Use ◽

Current Guidelines

Atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for ischemic stroke. To prevent stroke oral anticoagulants can be administered. Old and new types of anticoagulants are available. Nowadays, old type, acenocumarol based anticoagulants are used preferentially in Hungary. Aim: The advantages and the disadvantages of anticoagulants are well known, but anticoagulants are underused in many cases. Method: The authors retrospectively examined how frequent atrial fibrillation was and whether the usage of anticoagulants in practice was in accordance with current guidelines among acute stroke cases admitted to the Department of Neurology, Medical and Health Science Centre of Debrecen University in 2009. Results: Of the 461 acute stroke cases, 96 patients had known and 22 patients had newly discovered atrial fibrillation. Half of the patients did not receive proper anticoagulation. Only 8.4% of them had their INR levels within the therapeutic range. Conclusions: The findings are similar to those reported in other studies. Many factors may contribute to the high proportion of improper use of anticoagulants, and further investigations are needed to determine these factors. In any case, elimination of these factors leading to a failure of anticoagulation may decrease the incidence of stroke. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 732–736.

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Factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers in the Medical and Health Sciences Center of Debrecen University, Hungary

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/oh.2012.29328 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 153 (13) ◽

pp. 505-513 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Piroska Orosi ◽

Ágnes Borbély ◽

Judit Szidor ◽

János Sándor

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Influenza Vaccination ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Vaccination Rate ◽

Internal Communication ◽

Health Science ◽

Vaccine Uptake ◽

Science Center ◽

Family Doctors ◽

Care Workers

Influenza vaccination is the most effective way of influenza prevention. The vaccination rate is low worldwide. In Hungary, the vaccine is free of charge to health care workers and, therefore, the low vaccination rate is unaccountable. Aims: In this study, the authors wanted to explore those factors which influence the refusal of vaccination. Methods: The Health Science Center of Debrecen University has about 4000 employees. The authors adjusted a questionnaire with 45 questions and sent it to 525 randomly selected health care workers, 294 of whom responded (response rate, 56%). The Epiinfo software was used for statistical evaluation. Results: The respondents strongly agreed that the vaccine is free and easy to obtain at the workplace. Official recommendations of the occupational health, the Medical Association of Hungary and advice of the family doctors failed to influence the decision. However, a significant impact of communication with family members, friends and colleagues on the decision was documented. Conclusions: The results indicate that the most important tool in decision making of influenza vaccination is the internal communication, but this effect is not a permanent one. International data show highly variable vaccination rates (between 2.1% and 82%). A better vaccination rate (98% or above) may be achieved with a mandatory influenza vaccination program among health care workers. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 505–513.

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Identification of a Novel Signaling Molecule and Elucidation of Its Cellular Functions-Development of an Interface between Neuroscience and Oral Health Science-

Journal of Oral Biosciences ◽

10.2330/joralbiosci.49.244 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 244-258

Author(s):

Takashi Kanematsu ◽

Akiko Mizokami ◽

Miho Terunuma ◽

Hiroshi Takeuchi ◽

Masato Hirata

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Health Science ◽

Cellular Functions ◽

Signaling Molecule

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When People Come First

10.23943/princeton/9780691157382.001.0001 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Scale Up ◽

Moral Economy ◽

Health Science ◽

Health It ◽

Left Behind ◽

New Research ◽

Health Enterprise ◽

Conceptual Work

This book critically assesses the expanding field of global health. It brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to address the medical, social, political, and economic dimensions of the global health enterprise through vivid case studies and bold conceptual work. The book demonstrates the crucial role of ethnography as an empirical lantern in global health, arguing for a more comprehensive, people-centered approach. Topics include the limits of technological quick fixes in disease control, the moral economy of global health science, the unexpected effects of massive treatment rollouts in resource-poor contexts, and how right-to-health activism coalesces with the increased influence of the pharmaceutical industry on health care. The chapters explore the altered landscapes left behind after programs scale up, break down, or move on. We learn that disease is really never just one thing, technology delivery does not equate with care, and biology and technology interact in ways we cannot always predict. The most effective solutions may well be found in people themselves, who consistently exceed the projections of experts and the medical-scientific, political, and humanitarian frameworks in which they are cast. This book sets a new research agenda in global health and social theory and challenges us to rethink the relationships between care, rights, health, and economic futures.

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