scholarly journals Information dissemination during pandemics: a review on the Spanish Influenza and Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-264
Author(s):  
Isaac Kyere ◽  
Philip Kwaku Kankam
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Spanish Influenza ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
Narrative Report

Background of the study: Information dissemination could be seen as the means through which facts and information are linked to the rightful individual seekers and organizations. Due to restrictions during pandemics, health professionals and other stakeholders have the important role of disseminating information and resources on the pandemic to the public through various media channels available to them. Purpose: This study looked into how information disseminations were carried out during the Spanish Influenza and Covid-19 pandemics based on review of literature Method: Through the use of relevant keywords and search strategies, the study retrieved literature from Google Scholar for review. The literature were then analysed based on themes to produce a narrative report. Findings: The study reveals that information access and dissemination were timely and speedily during the Covid-19 pandemic dur to advancements in technology whereas the dissemination of information during the Spanish Influenza were limited and rarely timely worldwide. Conclusion: Currently, there exist a problem of misinformation and an ‘infodemic.' Due to advancements in information sharing technologies. The study recommends the need to tackle ‘infodemic’ and misinformation during pandemics.

#GirlGamers, Soldiers, and Public Relations: Analyzing Gender Representation in U.S. Army Esports

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolene Fisher ◽  
Joshua Foust
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Team Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Media Channels

Abstract While interest in esports is widespread across demographic categories, the gendered norms surrounding video game play have been replicated, resulting in a male-dominated space. Scholars argue that broadening representations of gamers is necessary to normalizing women’s presence in esports. As nongaming organizations enter the space, they have a unique opportunity to disrupt established norms through their representations of esports competitors. This study analyzes the representation of U.S. Army Esports (USAE) team members via official social media channels. USAE was created as a public relations tool to engage with a younger audience, redefine the public image of the Army, and recruit soldiers. Using a critical public relations framework and critical discourse analysis, we examine the discourse around gender and esports constructed through USAE’s representation of team members and the role of public relations practice in reinforcing or disrupting existing norms.

Case Study E-Tailing Health Services in India

2016 ◽  
pp. 292-308
Author(s):  
Bobby Kurian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The World

This case study has been developed to promote understanding the e-tailing of health services. E-health web portal provides a new medium for information dissemination, interaction and collaboration among institutions, health professionals, health providers and the public. This case study provides a founders perspective in setting up and running a medical website that offers online health care services to customers across the world. The case study discusses the challenges and issues faced by the founders and also the promoter's perspective on the lucrativeness of offering e-tailing services. Using this case study an attempt is made to stress the importance of a flexible e-tailing business model specific to the services offered and need of periodic assessments to ensure that the business runs profitable.

scholarly journals Public Health Literacy for Lawyers

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 701-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy E. Parmet ◽  
Anthony Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Public Health Literacy

Public health professionals recognize the critical role the law plays in determining the success of public health measures. Even before September 11, 2001, public health experience with tobacco use, HIV, industrial pollution and other potent threats to the health of the public demonstrated that laws can assist or thwart public health efforts. The new focus on infectious threats and bioterrorism, starting with the anthrax attacks through the mail and continuing with SARS, has highlighted the important role of law.For lawyers to serve as effective partners in public health, they should have a basic familiarity with public health: how public health professionals see the world and the key issues they tackle. A practical grasp of public health can be acquired, and often is acquired, “on the job.”

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS among the elderly: stigmas in healthcare work and training

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 733-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júnia Brunelli Cassétte ◽  
Leandro César da Silva ◽  
Ezequiel Elias Azevedo Alves Felício ◽  
Lissa Araújo Soares ◽  
Rhariany Alves de Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
And Training ◽  
Hiv Aids

Abstract The number of HIV/AIDs diagnoses among the elderly is currently increasing both in Brazil and on a global level. The present article describes the results of a qualitative study which aimed to assess the role of health professionals on elderly patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS receiving treatment via the public health service. Nine professionals who made up a specialized HIV/AIDS service in a medium-sized city in the state of Minas Gerais were interviewed. Their statements were subjected to content analysis, and the results suggested that according to the perceptions of the health professionals, the main impacts of the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS are linked to isolation, loneliness, prejudice, fear of revealing the diagnosis and the decrease or interruption of sexual practices. The professionals reported being overburdened both psychologically and in terms of workload, having difficulty addressing aspects of sexuality and sexual practices with the elderly, and admitted to possessing certain stereotypes and prejudices related to HIV/AIDS and the sexuality of the elderly. Through results analysis, it was concluded that the stigma and prejudice related to HIV and the sexuality of the elderly are intimately present in the work processes of the professionals interviewed, impacting on the treatment of such individuals and interfering with their health and illness processes. The discussion of these aspects should be included in health training strategies.

scholarly journals The Role of Media on Knowledge, Awareness and Students' Attitude during Movement Control Order (MCO)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Noreen Noor Abd Aziz ◽  
Juliana Mohd Abdul Kadir ◽  
Nadia Nurul Najwa Mohamad Hassan ◽  
Nor Balkish Zakaria ◽  
Gancar Candra Premananto
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Control Order ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
Open Access Article

The Malaysian government had announced the Movement Control Order (MCO) to handle the Covid-19 crisis. During MCO, the government has used media channels to spread the information to the public. This research aims to identify the mediating part of both knowledge and awareness between students' attitude and media role during MCO. The findings from 338 respondents analysed using structural equation modelling found that knowledge and awareness mediate between media and students' attitude. This study could guide policymakers to promote a greater understanding of the coronavirus pandemic by using the mass media. Keywords: Knowledge, Awareness, Attitude, Role of Media eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i16.2712

The Information Access Law as a Full Constitutional Citizenship Instrument

2019 ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Marcilio Barenco Correa de Mello
Keyword(s):  
Information Access ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Nature ◽  
Public Manager ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

This chapter addresses the right of access to information, reinforced as a fundamental rule for citizens in the Brazilian constitutional norm of 1988, now regulated, more closely, from the enactment of the law on access to information in 2011. It represents an important legislative instrument of reinforcement of the principle of publicity, as well as the main infraconstitutional standard guaranteeing access to information. The requirement of a clear and transparent accountability environment by the public manager is a republican assumption of massive participation by society. This is because the right of access to information of a public nature provides a better control of public expenditures, while allowing, on the other hand, promotion of social control of a diffuse nature. It should be pointed out that, with greater knowledge of their own rights, the citizen goes through a faster inclusion process, either in the subjectivation of a minimal role of rights that he does not know, or in the clarification of his duties as a participant in the process of state maintenance.

Atherosclerosis – The Future Challenge for Europe’s Health Economies

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Andrew Carson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Cardiovascular Events ◽  
Therapeutic Strategy ◽  
Chlamydia Pneumoniae ◽  
Ldl Cholesterol ◽  
Ldl Oxidation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Eu

Atherosclerotic disease has been a feature of more affluent societies since ancient times. Currently, cardiovascular disease accounts for almost half of all mortality across Europe, causing over two million deaths within the EU and costing EU health economies €192 billion per year. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is complex, and our understanding of it has come a long way over the last 50 years. The public and many health professionals have an image of cholesterol that is probably over-simplistic. The oxidation of lowdensity lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol to form oxLDL is the first molecular step in atherosclerosis pathogenesis, and it appears that oxLDL levels may act as a useful biomarker in identifying individuals at greatest risk of cardiovascular events. Inhibition of oxLDL or its active removal may represent a useful new therapeutic strategy. Antioxidants such as lycopene may offer another approach to prevention or treatment, and emerging evidence around the role of anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies in LDL oxidation could open up another avenue of preventative and therapeutic options.

Clinical Meditation Teacher: A New Role for Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Schaub
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Mind ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Care Costs

The support for integrating meditation into health care and mental health has reached scientific and public acceptance. For the public to receive the benefits of the mind—body medicine of meditation, it is time for health professionals to step into the role of clinical meditation teachers. Clinical meditation refers to the ability to discern the right kinds of meditation for the right person at the right time. With the increased emphasis on preventative medicine and self-care skills to reduce health care costs, the timing is absolutely appropriate for health professionals to gain skills in this new role.

scholarly journals Subtitling as a Vector for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Patriotism

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-276
Author(s):  
Lum Suzanne Ayonghe ◽  
Godson Enowmbi Besong
Keyword(s):  
Information Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Local Media ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Audiovisual Translation ◽  
And Training ◽  
Tv Broadcasting

This paper is aimed at showing that subtitling can be used to foster bilingualism and patriotism in Cameroon. The objectives are to investigate how deeply rooted the practice of audiovisual translation is in local media outlets, focusing on how it can help in promoting bilingualism; promote the use of subtitling in the Cameroonian audiovisual media landscape; and assess the pivotal role of the audiovisual translator in this sector. A sample of 151 persons was used. Questionnaires were administered to respondents and stakeholders were interviewed in two media houses: Hi TV and CRTV. Hi TV is based in an English-speaking region, and CRTV is a State-owned media house and believed to have the widest audience in the country. Findings revealed that subtitling does not only provide TV viewers with information in their second official language, but also enables them to improve on their reading and writing skills, as well as their bilingualism, among others. Subtitling is not advanced in media houses in Cameroon. Recommendations were made to  improve on the practice of subtitling in media houses in Cameroon. These include increasing the level of subtitled programmes  broadcast on TV stations, raising awareness on the importance of media information access by the hearing impaired; creating an  audiovisual translation unit in each TV broadcasting house and recruiting audiovisual translators; voting of laws to make the subtitling of some, if not, all TV programmes broadcast by Cameroonian TV channels mandatory; educating the public on the importance of subtitling by gradually introducing them to viewers through TV programmes, so that their eyes and mind could progressively get used to watching subtitled material and thus avoid total rejection of the subtitles; and training more audiovisual translators in Cameroon. Key words: Translation, Bilingualism, Patriotism, Vector, Subtitling

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