A Systematic Review of Global Health Assessment for Education in Healthcare Professions

Introduction: Obesity and stunting in childhood has become one of the greatest global health challenges. The impact of this issue is serious and lasting for individuals, their families, communities and countries. Most of the studies on child weight status have only focused on the mother as the primary caregiver, whereas the role and inﬂuence of the grandparents has received less attention. Grandparent-provided child care has become a trend in many countries, with reported rates of approximately 40% to 58%. The objective of this systematic review was to analyze whether children become stunted or obese when they are cared for by their grandparents.Methods: The methodological search of the literature was conducted using Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed, Pro Quest and ResearchGate, and it was undertaken using PRISMA guidelines. The search identified 1803 papers and 135 full-text articles were screened for eligibility. Finally, 15 met the inclusion criteria. The keyword chain was as follows: ("obesity" OR "stunting") AND (“children”) AND (“grandparents”).Results: As grandparents take on increasingly responsible roles in the lives of their grandchildren, there is an influence on the higher risk of child obesity rather than stunting.Conclusion: In future, nurses should target not only the mother but also the grandparents to control their child’s health, especially when related to their weight status.

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A Systematic Review on Papers That Study on SNPs That Affect SARS-CoV-2 Infection & COVID-19 Severity

10.21203/rs.3.rs-470358/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Siyeon Suh ◽

Sol Lee ◽

Ho Gym ◽

Sun Ha Jee ◽

Sanghyuk Yoon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Virus Infection ◽

Global Health ◽

Full Text ◽

Clinical Studies ◽

Time History ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Severity Of The Disease

Abstract Background:COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become the most threatening issue to all populations around the world. It is directly and indirectly affecting all of us and thus, is a emergence topic dealt in global health. In order to avoid the infection, various studies have been done and still ongoing. Now having over 141 million cases of COVID19 and causing over 3 million deaths around the world, the tendency of infection and degree severity of the disease shown in different groups of people came up as an issue. Here, we reviewed 21 papers on SNPs related to SARS-CoV-2 infection severity and analyzed the results of them.Methods:The PubMed databases were searched for papers discussing SNPs associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity. Clinical studies with human patients and statistically showing relevance of the SNP with virus infection were included. Quality Assessment of all papers were done with Newcastle Ottawa Scale.Results:In the analysis, 21 full-text literatures out of 2956 screened titles and abstracts, including 63496 cases, were included. All were human based clinical studies, some based on certain regions gathered patient data and some based on big databases obtained online. ACE2, TMPRSS2, IFITM3 are the genes mentioned most frequently that are related with SARS-CoV-2 infection. 20 out of 21 studies mentioned one of more of those genes. The relevant genes according to SNPs were also analyzed. rs12252-C, rs143936283, rs2285666, rs41303171, and rs35803318 are the SNPs that were mentioned at least twice in two different studies.Conclusions: We found that ACE2, TMPRSS2, IFITM3 are the major genes that are involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection. The mentioned SNPs were all related to one or more of the above mentioned genes. There were discussions on certain SNPs that increased the infection severity to certain ethinic groups more than the others. However, as there is limited follow up and data due to shortage of time history of the disease, studies may be limited.

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Self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Ghana: a systematic review protocol

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053144 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. e053144

Author(s):

Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie ◽

Kwaku Oppong Asante ◽

Johnny Andoh-Arthur

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Global Health ◽

Protective Factors ◽

Suicide Prevention ◽

Suicidal Behaviour ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Risk And Protective Factors ◽

Prevalence Estimates ◽

Self Harm

IntroductionSelf-harm and suicidal behaviour represent major global health problems, which account for significant proportions of the disease burden in low-income and middle-income countries, including Ghana. This review aims to synthesise the available and accessible evidence on prevalence estimates, correlates, risk and protective factors, the commonly reported methods and reasons for self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Ghana.Methods and analysisWe will conduct a systematic review reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement (2009) recommendations. Regional and global electronic databases (African Journals OnLine, African Index Medicus, APA PsycINFO, Global Health, MEDLINE and PubMed) will be searched systematically up to December 2021 for observational studies and qualitative studies that have reported prevalence estimates, correlates, risk and protective factors, methods and reasons for self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Ghana. The electronic database searches will be supplemented with reference harvesting and grey literature searching in Google Scholar and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global for postgraduate dissertations. Only records in English will be included. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (2018) will be used to assess the methodological quality of included studies. Meta-analysis or narrative synthesis or both will be used, contingent on the extent of heterogeneity across eligible observational studies.Ethics and disseminationConsidering that this is a systematic review of accessible and available literature, we will not seek ethical approval. On completion, this review will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, be disseminated publicly at (mental) health conferences with focus on self-harm and suicide prevention. The important findings would also be shared with key national stakeholder groups in Ghana: Ghana Association for Suicide Prevention, Ghana Mental Health Authority, Ghana Psychological Association, Centre for Suicide and Violence Research, Accra and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health.Prospero registration numberCRD42021234622.

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Protocol for the systematic review of the epidemiology of superficial Streptococcal A infections (skin and throat) in Australia

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0255789 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (8) ◽

pp. e0255789

Author(s):

Sophie Wiegele ◽

Elizabeth McKinnon ◽

Rosemary Wyber ◽

Katharine Noonan

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Global Health ◽

Current Literature ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Streptococcal Infections ◽

Gray Literature ◽

Group A

Objective We have produced a protocol for the comprehensive systematic review of the current literature around superficial group A Streptococcal infections in Australia. Methods MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, Global Health, Cochrane, CINAHL databases and the gray literature will be methodically and thoroughly searched for studies relating to the epidemiology of superficial group A Streptococcal infections between the years 1970 and 2019. Data will be extracted to present in the follow up systematic review. Conclusion A rigorous and well-organised search of the current literature will be performed to determine the current and evolving epidemiology of superficial group A Streptococcal infections in Australia.

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Finding Keys: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators for Refugee Children’s Disclosure of Their Life Stories

Trauma Violence & Abuse ◽

10.1177/1524838018757748 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 242-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

E. C. C. (Carla) van Os ◽

A. E. (Elianne) Zijlstra ◽

E. J. (Erik) Knorth ◽

W. J. (Wendy) Post ◽

M. E. (Margrite) Kalverboer

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Life Stories ◽

Life Story ◽

Health Assessment ◽

Host Community ◽

Refugee Children ◽

Mental Health Assessment ◽

Time To Build ◽

Self Protection ◽

Therapeutic Settings

The systematic review presented in this article aims to reveal what supports and hampers refugee children in telling their, often traumatic, life stories. This is important to ensure that migration decisions are based on reliable information about the children’s needs for protection. A systematic review was conducted in academic journals, collecting all available scientific knowledge about the disclosure of life stories by refugee minors in the context of social work, guardianship, foster care, asylum procedures, mental health assessment, and therapeutic settings. The resulting 39 studies were thoroughly reviewed with reference to what factors aided or hampered the refugee children’s disclosure of their life stories. The main barriers to disclosure were feelings of mistrust and self-protection from the side of the child and disrespect from the side of the host community. The facilitators for disclosing life stories were a positive and respectful attitude of the interviewer, taking time to build trust, using nonverbal methods, providing agency to the children, and involving trained interpreters. Social workers, mentors, and guardians should have time to build trust and to help a young refugee in revealing the life story before the minor is heard by the migration authorities. The lack of knowledge on how refugee children can be helped to disclose their experiences is a great concern because the decision in the migration procedure is based on the story the child is able to disclose.

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Health and Fall Risk Monitoring Within Common Assessments

Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging - Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4411-2.ch010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 182-199

Author(s):

Rafael Nogueira Rodrigues ◽

Adriana Caldo ◽

Fernanda M. Silva ◽

Cidalina Conceição Ferreira Abreu ◽

Guilherme Eustaquio Furtado ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Fall Risk ◽

Health Assessment ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Specific Intervention ◽

Common Assessments ◽

Risk Monitoring ◽

Fitness Assessment ◽

Assessment And Monitoring ◽

Specific Assessment

This chapter presents an exploratory review on the evaluation, assessment, and monitoring in health and fall risk by common and the most used assessment tools. The main discussion of this chapter of evaluation in health and fall risk is divided into six categories—global health assessment, specific physical (and fitness) assessment, cognitive and psychological assessment, pharmacological assessment, fall risk specific assessment, and some complementary assessment—which show information and how to access. Whereas health evaluative experiences and practices are essential to drive a better and specific intervention, revealing its importance and necessity was also highlighted.

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Intercultural global health assessment and reflection framework for teaching study abroad courses

Journal of Nursing Education and Practice ◽

10.5430/jnep.v5n5p65 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Mary E. Riner ◽

Jieru Bai ◽

Susan Larimer

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Study Abroad ◽

Health Assessment ◽

Framework For Teaching

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Impact of mobile health applications on self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: protocol of a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025714 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. e025714 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Benard Ayaka Bene ◽

Siobhan O’Connor ◽

Nikolaos Mastellos ◽

Azeem Majeed ◽

Kayode Philip Fadahunsi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Global Health ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Self Management ◽

Cochrane Central Register ◽

Mhealth Apps

IntroductionThe emergence of mobile health (mHealth) solutions, particularly mHealth applications (apps), has shown promise in self-management of chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). While majority of the previous systematic reviews have focused on the effectiveness of mHealth apps in improving treatment outcomes in patients with T2DM, there is a need to also understand how mHealth apps influence self-management of T2DM. This is crucial to ensure improvement in the design and use of mHealth apps for T2DM. This protocol describes how a systematic review will be conducted to determine in which way(s) mHealth apps might impact on self-management of T2DM.MethodsThe following electronic databases will be searched from inception to April 2019: PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, PsycINFO, CINAHL, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, Health Management Information Consortium database, Google Scholar and ClinicalTrials.gov. The Cochrane risk of bias tool will be used to assess methodological quality. The primary outcome measures to be assessed will be ‘change in blood glucose’. The secondary outcomes measures will be ‘changes in cardiovascular risk markers’ (including blood pressure, body mass index and blood lipids), and self-management practices. Others will include: health-related quality of life, economic data, social support, harms (eg, death or complications leading to hospital admissions or emergency unit attendances), death from any cause, anxiety or depression and adverse events (eg, hypoglycaemic episodes).Ethics and disseminationThis study will not involve the collection of primary data and will not require ethical approval. The review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and a one-page summary of the findings will be shared with relevant organisations. Presentation of findings will be made at appropriate conferences.Trial registration numberCRD42017071106.

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