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Integrated Dentist–Nurse Collaborative Care Model for Caries Management in China

Jiaohong Liu, Haohao Wang, May Lei Mei, Chloe Meng Jiang et al. • Dentistry Journal (2026)

Dental caries, as a common chronic disease with high global prevalence, has undergone a paradigm shift from a traditional treatment-oriented model to a management approach focused on controlling caries risk factors while implementing person...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/dj14070430

Peer Education and the Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Female Sex Workers in South Africa

Nosipho Faith Makhakhe • E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (2025)

The distribution of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in South Africa was instituted in 2016. Female sex workers (FSWs) were targeted as a priority group to curb the rise in new HIV infections. Certain organizations working with FSWs wer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256115

Surface Modified Activated Carbons: Sustainable Bio-Based Materials for Environmental Remediation

Manoj Kumar Jha, Sahira Joshi, Ram Kumar Sharma, Allison A Kim et al. • Nanomaterials (2021)

Global warming and water/air contamination caused by human activities are major challenges in environmental pollution and climate change. The improper discharge of a large amount of agro-forest byproduct is accelerating these issues mainly ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/nano11113140

Community Health Centers’ Responsiveness and Its Associated Factors Among Outpatients in Southeast China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zhou C, Li X, Shen W, Huang Q et al. • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (2024)

Chi Zhou,1,* Xu Li,1,* Wenli Shen,2 Qunfang Huang,1 Xiaoling Lin,1 Gaofeng Zhang,3 Yin Dong3,4 1Department of Health Management, School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2D...

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Exploring Hypertension Etiology and Patient Perspectives on Treatment in Ghana: A Qualitative Investigation

Fidelis Atibila, Gill Ten Hoor, Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Gerjo Kok • Advances in Public Health (2024)

Background. Hypertension (HTN) is a growing public health concern affecting both economically developed and developing nations. In Ghana, HTN significantly impacts morbidity and mortality. Understanding the perspectives of HTN patients rega...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2024/6672589

START Triage Scale in Disasters

Galip Usta, Kemal Torpuş, Uçar Küçük • Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi (2017)

Disasters are events that occur since the beginning of time. When previous records are investigated, information on various types of disasters occurred in different parts of the World are encountered. Disasters occur unexpectedly and requir...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21324/dacd.320067

Preparedness of health facilities in managing hypertension & diabetes mellitus in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

Juma Adinan, Rachel Manongi, Gloria August Temu, Ntuli Kapologwe et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2019)

Abstract Background Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases that cause 17 million deaths globally. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if hypertensive and diabetic patients had their blood ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4316-6

Visualizing healthcare system variability and resilience: a longitudinal study of patient movements following discharge from a Swedish psychiatric clinic

Jakob Svensson, Johan Bergström • BMC Health Services Research (2020)

Abstract Background As healthcare becomes increasingly complex, new methods are needed to identify weaknesses in the system that could lead to increased risk. Traditionally, the focus for patient safety is to study incident reports and adve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05642-3

HFA of the ESC Position paper on the management of LVAD supported patients for the non LVAD specialist healthcare provider Part 1: Introduction and at the non‐hospital settings in the community

Binyamin Ben Avraham, Marisa Generosa Crespo‐Leiro, Gerasimos Filippatos, Israel Gotsman et al. • ESC Heart Failure (2021)

Abstract The accepted use of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) technology as a good alternative for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure together with the improved survival of the LVAD‐supported patients on the device a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13588

Effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients living with hypertension – a randomized controlled trial in primary care

Hanna Vestala, Marcus Bendtsen, Patrik Midlöv, Karin Kjellgren et al. • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (2024)

AbstractObjective To estimate the effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients with hypertension treated in primary care (compared with standard hypertensive care ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2023.2301567

Personalized insights into urinary tract infection management: A text mining analysis of online consultation data

Ruijie Tang, Peiqi Zhu, Ruxue Yan, Yaping Zhou et al. • Digital Health (2025)

Objectives Urinary tract infections (UTIs) frequently affect individuals of all ages, necessitating antibiotic treatment and medical care, which can impair quality of life and cause psychological strain. Online Health Consultation (OHC) pla...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076251393289

The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and SASOP State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG) position statements on psychiatric care in the public sector

Bernard Janse van Rensburg • South African Journal of Psychiatry (2012)

Executive summary. National mental health policy: SASOP extends its support for the process of formalising a national mental health policy as well as for the principles and content of the current draft policy. Psychiatry and mental health...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v18i3.374

A systematic perspective on the applications of big data analytics in healthcare management

Sachin Kamble, Angappa Gunasekaran, Milind Goswami, Jaswant Manda • International Journal of Healthcare Management (2018)

The exponential growth in the data collected in the form of electronic health records, registries, or wearable sensors has bought a big data revolution in the health industry. A large amount of information is required to be extracted from t...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2018.1531606

Exploring health literacy pertaining to general wellbeing and chronic disease management among population registered within Primary Healthcare System: A Study protocol.

Muslim Abbas Syed, Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi, Mohamed Ahmed Syed • PLoS ONE (2025)

BackgroundEvidence suggests that high level of health literacy among patients is associated with high levels of accessibility to healthcare, better understanding consent-to-treat forms, increased compliance to treatment (particularly in tak...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0333194

Cost effectiveness of vildagliptin versus glimepiride as add-on treatment to metformin for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 patients in Greece

Hara Kousoulakou, Magdalini Hatzikou, Varvara Baroutsou, John Yfantopoulos • Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (2017)

Abstract Objectives This study was designed to assess the cost-effectiveness of vildagliptin versus glimepiride as add-on to metformin in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in the Greek healthcare setting. Methods A ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12962-017-0082-7