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Impact of the Japanese 5S management method on patients’ and caretakers’ satisfaction: a quasi-experimental study in Senegal
(Co-Action Publishing, 2016)Background: The 5S method is a lean management tool for workplace organization, with 5S being an abbreviation for five Japanese words that translate to English as Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. In ... -
Impact of the New U.S. Department of Agriculture School Meal Standards on Food Selection, Consumption, and Waste
(Elsevier, 2014)Background: The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently made substantial changes to the school meal standards. The media and public outcry have suggested that this has led to substantially more food waste.Purpose: ... -
Impact of Tobacco-Related Health Warning Labels across Socioeconomic, Race and Ethnic Groups: Results from a Randomized Web-Based Experiment
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: The U.S. Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 requires updating of the existing text-only health warning labels on tobacco packaging with nine new warning statements accompanied by pictorial ... -
Impact of Type 2 Diabetes and Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy on Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Older Women
(American Diabetes Association, 2015)OBJECTIVE In older women, higher levels of estrogen may exacerbate the increased risk for cognitive impairment conveyed by diabetes. We examined whether the effect of postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) on cognitive ... -
The impact of weather changes on air quality and health in the United States in 1994–2012
(2016)Air quality is heavily influenced by weather conditions. In this study, we assessed the impact of long-term weather changes on air quality and health in the US during 1994–2012. We quantified past weather-related increases, ... -
The impact of “early” versus “late” initiation of renal replacement therapy in critical care patients with acute kidney injury: a systematic review and evidence synthesis
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The optimal timing of initiating renal replacement therapy (RRT) in critical illness complicated by acute kidney injury (AKI) is not clearly established. Trials completed on this topic have been marked by ... -
Impact on Disease Development, Genomic Location and Biological Function of Copy Number Alterations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
(Public Library of Science, 2011)Lung cancer, of which more than 80% is non-small cell, is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Copy number alterations (CNAs) in lung cancer have been shown to be positionally clustered in certain ... -
Impacts of casinos on key pathways to health: qualitative findings from American Indian gaming communities in California
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Three decades ago, casino gaming on sovereign American Indian lands was legalized with differential economic and social implications. While casinos have improved the incomes of tribal communities, there have ... -
Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 on nutrient content of important food crops
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)One of the many ways that climate change may affect human health is by altering the nutrient content of food crops. However, previous attempts to study the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on crop nutrition have been ... -
The impacts of maternal mortality and cause of death on children’s risk of dying in rural South Africa: evidence from a population based surveillance study (1992-2013)
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Maternal mortality, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and child survival are closely linked. This study contributes evidence on the impact of maternal death on children’s risk of dying in an HIV-endemic population in rural ... -
Impacts of maternal mortality on living children and families: A qualitative study from Butajira, Ethiopia
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: The consequences of maternal mortality on orphaned children and the family members who support them are dramatic, especially in countries that have high maternal mortality like Ethiopia. As part of a four ... -
Impacts of Temperature and its Variability on Mortality in New England
(2015)Rapid buildup of greenhouse gases is expected to increase the Earth surface mean temperature, with unclear effects on temperature variability1–3. This adds urgency to better understand the direct effects of the changing ... -
Impaired hepatitis C virus-specific T cell responses and recurrent hepatitis C virus in HIV coinfection
(Public Library of Science, 2006)Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific T cell responses are critical for spontaneous resolution of HCV viremia. Here we examined the effect of a lymphotropic virus, HIV-1, on the ability of coinfected patients to ... -
Impaired Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Effect on Colonization in an Infant Mouse Model
(American Society for Microbiology, 2009)Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization and invasive disease peak around the third and first birthdays, respectively, and decline thereafter. While these declines are attributable in part to immunity acquired via natural ... -
Impaired Reproductive Development in Sons of Women Occupationally Exposed to Pesticides during Pregnancy
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2008)Objectives The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether occupational pesticide exposure during pregnancy causes adverse effects on the reproductive development in the male infants. Design and ... -
Implementation and Scale-Up of Psycho-Trauma Centers in a Post-Conflict Area: A Case Study of a Private–Public Partnership in Northern Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2013)As one article in an ongoing series on Global Mental Health Practice, Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu and colleagues describe a private-public partnership that implemented and scaled psycho-trauma centers in Northern Uganda. -
Implementation of 5S management method for lean healthcare at a health center in Senegal: a qualitative study of staff perception
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)Background: 5S is a lean method for workplace organization; it is an abbreviation representing five Japanese words that can be translated as sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain. The 5S management method has ... -
Implementation of Electronic Consent at a Biobank: An Opportunity for Precision Medicine Research
(MDPI, 2016)The purpose of this study is to characterize the potential benefits and challenges of electronic informed consent (eIC) as a strategy for rapidly expanding the reach of large biobanks while reducing costs and potentially ... -
Implementing the European Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Primary Care Setting in Cyprus: Lessons Learned from a Health Care Services Study
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: Recent guidelines recommend assessment and treatment of the overall risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) through management of multiple risk factors in patients at high absolute risk. The aim of our study was ... -
Implications of test characteristics and population seroprevalence on ‘immune passport’ strategies
(2020-05)Social distancing and other community quarantine measures have slowed the spread of COVID-19 but have also contributed to an economic shutdown with immense cost and growing pressures to return people to work. Among various ...