MODELING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF EBOLA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
KIMBERLY A. DAUTEL ◽  
EPHRAIM O. AGYINGI
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disease Awareness ◽  
Educational Campaign ◽  
Transmission Pathways ◽  
The Impact

Disease awareness that informs the public about the severity and transmission pathways of infectious diseases such as Ebola is key to curtailing an outbreak. Public health education when available can limit the intensity and duration of an Ebola outbreak in any community if there is compliance. It is important that all population groups be informed about the methods in which Ebola is transmitted to control the disease when there is an outbreak. In this paper, we study the impact of public health education that leads to behavioral changes on the dynamics of Ebola spread. The model is formulated as a system of ordinary differential equations and incorporates direct transmission from infectious, hospitalized, and deceased individuals with Ebola. We establish the existence of a disease free equilibrium and an endemic equilibrium, and investigate them for local and global stability. Model predictions show that a more informed community results in fewer cases, and thus limits the impact of an Ebola outbreak. Further, the model also predicts subsequent outbreak waves within a community in the absence of complete eradication. Lastly, the model successfully captures the dynamics of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak and the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak.

Building Capacity of the Public Health Education Workforce Through Partnerships

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Mark Tomita
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
State University ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prevention Services ◽  
The Usa

The Global Health Disparities CD-ROM Project reaffirmed the value of professional associations partnering with academic institutions to build capacity of the USA public health education workforce to meet the challenges of primary prevention services. The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) partnered with the California State University, Chico to produce a CD-ROM that would advocate for global populations that are affected by health disparities while providing primary resources for public health educators to use in programming and professional development. The CD-ROM development process is discussed

scholarly journals Evaluation of Education for Public Health: A Practical Foundation for Solidarity

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Perkiö ◽  
R Harrison ◽  
M Grivna ◽  
D Tao ◽  
C Evashwich
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Professionals

Abstract Education is a key to creating solidary among the professionals who advance public health’s interdisciplinary mission. Our assumption is that if all those who work in public health shared core knowledge and the skills for interdisciplinary interaction, collaboration across disciplines, venues, and countries would be facilitated. Evaluation of education is an essential element of pedagogy to ensure quality and consistency across boundaries, as articulated by the UNESCO education standards. Our study examined the evaluation studies done by programs that educate public health professionals. We searched the peer reviewed literature published in English between 2000-2017 pertaining to the education of the public health workforce at a degree-granting level. The 2442 articles found covered ten health professions disciplines and had lead authors representing all continents. Only 86 articles focused on evaluation. The majority of the papers examined either a single course, a discipline-specific curriculum or a teaching method. No consistent methodologies could be discerned. Methods ranged from sophisticated regression analyses and trends tracked over time to descriptions of focus groups and interviews of small samples. We found that evaluations were primarily discipline-specific, lacked rigorous methodology in many instances, and that relatively few examined competencies or career expectations. The public health workforce enjoys a diversity of disciplines but must be able to come together to share diverse knowledge and skills. Evaluation is critical to achieving a workforce that is well trained in the competencies pertinent to collaboration. This study informs the pedagogical challenges that must be confronted going forward, starting with a commitment to shared core competencies and to consistent and rigorous evaluation of the education related to training public health professionals. Key messages Rigorous evaluation is not sufficiently used to enhance the quality of public health education. More frequent use of rigorous evaluation in public health education would enhance the quality of public health workforce, and enable cross-disciplinary and international collaboration for solidarity.

Pakistan: The Public Health Education Research Project in Dacca

1964 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth W. Clark ◽  
Beryl J. Roberts ◽  
William Griffiths ◽  
Harold Gustafson ◽  
H. Thomas Croley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Undergraduate public health degree courses in India: selected overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4224
Author(s):  
Vibha Joshi ◽  
Nitin Kumar Joshi ◽  
Komal Bajaj ◽  
Praveen Suthar ◽  
Gregory Fant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

Background: Building the public health workforce in India along with strengthening the public health systems across the Nation are essential components necessary to achieve the sustainable development goals for India. In the Indian context, there is limited information available for undergraduate public health education. The central aim of this brief study is to elucidate the undergraduate public health education landscape at selected institutions in India.Methods: A mixed methods approach was used in this brief study. First, cross-sectional, scoping review was used. Then, to describe student perceptions and attitude towards undergraduate public health curriculum, primary data were collected by using a questionnaire. A self-administered questionnaire was developed after extensive literature search. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize questionnaire results. Chi-square tests were used to help identify factors that may influence student perceptions and attitudes.Results: Through scoping rapid review and internet search, eight institutions were identified that are offering undergraduate public health courses in India. Most institutes in India have 3 years duration for the undergraduate public health degree courses. Most of students (89%) believed that the undergraduate public health course increased their knowledge in the field of public health. We found an association between student perceptions about community benefits from trained undergraduate public health workforce.Conclusions: The undergraduate public health education initiatives should be promoted and envisioned as a new strategy for public health capacity-building in public health in India.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Impact on Undergraduate Education: Academicians’ Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 138-140
Author(s):  
Musthafa Mohamed Essa ◽  
Kabaly P. Subramanian ◽  
Hemanatha P. Jayasuriya
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought upon extraordinary challenges on all possible societal fronts, be it public health, education, economy, law and order, among others. In this article, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on education from an academician’s perspective. Other alternative measures are also discussed to have a smooth education.

Current status of official WeChat accounts for public health education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingwei Sun ◽  
Liuna Yang ◽  
Wanna Chen ◽  
Hao Luo ◽  
Kaiqiao Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Message Delivery ◽  
Time Segment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Province Level

Abstract Background To investigate the current use status of official WeChat accounts for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in public health education and relevant factors that can impact the effectiveness of message delivery. Methods A retrospective survey was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of official WeChat accounts. About 531 official WeChat accounts and 50 939 articles were analyzed using a cluster sampling survey design. The Kruskal–Wallis test and multivariate logistic regression were used to explore factors associated with the usefulness of the number of views and “Likes” of the articles. Results The study identified a total of 531 public WeChat accounts, including 19 province-level accounts, 179 municipal-level accounts and 333 county-level accounts. In the univariable analysis, the administrative level of the account, article order, time segment, article originality and thematic category were associated with the number of views and “Likes.” Province-level accounts, first articles, the 5:00–6:00 time segment, original articles and theme 3 (emergencies) had higher numbers of views and “Likes” than the others (P < 0.05). Conclusions Promoting health education through Official WeChat account is an effective, sustainable and feasible strategy. Potential indicators of the impact of public health education suggest that administrators should effectively use official WeChat accounts for public health education.

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