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Understanding Socio-Cultural Factors related to Obesity: Sentiment Analysis on related Tweets
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Obesity can lead to the death of at least 2.8 million people each year1, yet the rate of obesity around the world has continuously increased over the past 30 years1. Societal changes, including increased food consumption and decreased physical… read more -
University-Community Partnership to Enhance Public Health Communication
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A Case of Effective Community-Based Collaborations For this case, the Visual Integration of Science through Art (VISTA) at Louisiana Tech University (Tech) partnered with the non-profit Lincoln Health Foundation to produce image-intensive… read more -
Updates to the HL7 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Syndromic Surveillance
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In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance v. 1. In the intervening years, new technological advancements including Electronic Health Record capabilities, as well as new… read more -
Use of ambulance dispatch calls for surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections?
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Surveillance of severe influenza infections is lacking in the Netherlands. Ambulance dispatch (AD) data may provide information about severity of the influenza epidemic and its burden on emergency services. The current gold standard, primary care-… read more -
Mapping PPS: A case study of story map journals for interactive health reporting
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How are interactive story map journals situated within the genre of interactive, health science reporting? How can reporting information to public audiences be theorized through traditional and contemporary understandings of new media genres in… read more -
Measuring trends in hepatitis C testing with commercial laboratory data
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Approximately 75% of people infected with chronic HCV were born between 1945 and 1965. Since 2012, the CDC has recommended… read more -
Mental health and opioid addiction comorbidities among chronic pain patients
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The National Institute for Drug Abuse Report, Common Comorbidities with Substance Use Disorders, states there are many individuals who develop substance use disorders (SUD) are also diagnosed with mental disorders, and vice versa.(1) Prescription… read more -
Mental health outcomes for individuals with chronic hepatitis C infection.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease-related morbidity and mortality in the United States and HCV incidence has been increasing. Mental illness may impact the likelihood of initial HCV infection, progress and… read more