Archives of Community Medicine

Research Article   |   10.36959/547/655 Volume 6 Issue 1

Tobacco Treatment Delivery in Healthcare Clinics Serving Medicaid Members

Authors: Audrey Darville, PhD, APRN, FAANP, Amanda Thaxton-Wiggins, PhD, Kathy Rademacher, BA, Clair Tischner, MA and Ellen J Hahn, PhD, RN, FAAN

Tobacco use prevalence among Medicaid recipients remains stubbornly and disproportionately high in the United States. This prevalence persists despite improvements in Medicaid coverage for tobacco dep... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/547/654 Volume 5 Issue 1

"Lessons from the COVID War": An Incomplete Analysis of U.S. COVID-19 Policies

Authors: Leon S Robertson, PhD

Anticipating a COVID-19 commission on the U.S. handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission assembled a group to investigate the U.S. effort to contain the e... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/547/653 Volume 4 Issue 1

Comparing Operationalized Approaches for Substantial Reduction of Functioning in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Authors: Elzbieta Wiedbusch and Leonard A Jason

A core criterion for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a substantial reduction in functioning from pre-illness levels. Despite its ubiquity in diagnostic criteria, t... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/547/652 Volume 4 Issue 1

Jamaican’s Decisions on COVID-19 vaccination: A National Cross-Sectional Empirical Survey

Authors: Paul Andrew Bourne, Keisha-gay Bailey Glave, Akelia Rankine-Barrett, Shenae Nicholson, Abbey-Gaye White, James Fallah, Calvin Campbell, Clifton Foster, Caroline McLean, Dian Russell Parkes and Tabitha Muchee

COVID-19 is a dangerous disease caused by a virus discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. World Health Organization WHO (2021), postulated that safe and effective vaccines are an important tool, ... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/547/651 Volume 4 Issue 1

Screening and Referral for High Risk Pregnancies Among Primary Health Care Workers in Rural Communities in Abia State, Nigeria

Authors: Nduka Ijeoma

Screening for conditions like hypertension, diabetes mellitus and anaemia during antenatal reduces the chances of complications in pregnancy. Health systems in Nigeria are structured such that cases t... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/547/650 Volume 4 Issue 1

Impact of COVID-19 on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) from March 2020 to February 2021 in Bronx, NY

Authors: Neda Motamedi, MD, Sasidhar Gunturu, MD, Ellen Tabor, MD, Louisa Chen, NP and Alexis Acevedo, LMHC, CASAC

Patients with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have higher rates of metabolic illnesses, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, as well as social deficiencies such as poor housing, and limited support ... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/547/649 Volume 4 Issue 1

Transition of a Community Outreach Program to Virtual Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Michael G Fitzsimons, MD, Ana Acosta, MD, Kelly Tankard, MD, Michael Onwugbufor, MD and Asishana Osho, MD

The COVID-19 pandemic curtailed nearly all in-person educational activities and forced institutions to transition to hybrid or full virtual learning via on-line venues. Our Division of Cardiac Anesthe... Read more

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Original Research   |   10.36959/547/647 Volume 4 Issue 1

One-Year Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections at a Tertiary Care Surgical Center in Egypt

Authors: Mohammed Elshaer, Eman El-Sayed and Noha El-Mashad

The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of surgical site infections at Mansoura Gastrointestinal Surgical Center amongst patients undergoing colonic, pancreatic and rectal surgery, also to... Read more

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Commentary   |   10.36959/547/648 Volume 4 Issue 1

Immunization Under Threat During Lebanon’s Economic Collapse: A Call for Building on the Lebanese Public System To Avert Yet Another Looming Crisis

Authors: Randa Hamadeh, Ola Kdouh, Rawan Hammoud and Jennifer Leaning

Lebanon has been dealing with protracted crises and consecutive existential shocks for decades. Most recently, the triple blow of a severe economic crisis, the Beirut Port Explosion and a global pande... Read more

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Cross-Sectional Study   |   10.36959/547/646 Volume 3 Issue 1

Perceived Quality of Life and Personality Traits of People Living with AIDS

Authors: Maria Tereza Andreola, PSYCHOL, MSc, Cardine Reis, PT, PhD, Nair Fritzen dos Reis, PT, MSc and Rosemeri Maurici, MD, PhD

The increased survival rate of AIDS patients due to the advancements in the diagnosis and antiretroviral therapy, raised the interest in investigating quality of life (QOL) and the factors promoting p... Read more

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Original Research   |   10.36959/547/645 Volume 3 Issue 1

Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Bacteria Causing Hospital Acquired Infections in the New Mansoura General Hospital, Egypt

Authors: Rania Hassan, Abdel-Hady El-Gilany, Amina M Abd Elaal, Noha El-Mashad and Dalia Abdelazim

This study aims to describe the antibiotic resistance pattern among patients with hospital acquired infections in Mansoura New General Hospital (MNGH), Egypt and to identify the multidrug resistant or... Read more

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Perspective   |   10.36959/547/644 Volume 3 Issue 1

Low COVID-19 Associated Mortality in Developing Countries, Could it be the High Flavonoid and Antioxidant Diet?

Authors: Mohammad Khalid

Since the start of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, a significant scenario has emerged that is the difference in the severity of morbidity and mortality being much less in the developing... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/547/643 Volume 2 Issue 1

General Medicine in the Time of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) and Beyond: Is it Falling Apart, Changing or Reinforcing? The Theory of the Braid Group

Authors: Jose Luis Turabian

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has produced a dramatic change in the practice of general medicine (GM). Many of the aspects that were taken for granted in it have been profoundly altered. The mos... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/547/642 Volume 1 Issue 1

A Comparison of Prescribing Practices for the Treatment of Malaria in Public and Private Health Facilities in Southeast Nigeria

Authors: Chinyere Okeke, BSC Uzochukwu and Obionu Ifeoma

Polypharmacy and irrational prescription of antimalaria drugs and injections are indications of irrational prescribing practices and may lead to drug resistance. The study determined the prescribing p... Read more

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