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Community Assessment Of Water Perceptions And Household Point-Of-Use Treatment Methods In Madagascar, Isabella Rose Silverman
Community Assessment Of Water Perceptions And Household Point-Of-Use Treatment Methods In Madagascar, Isabella Rose Silverman
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
One in four people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water, which means that two billion people globally lack access. In high-income countries, 0.02% of yearly deaths are attributed to unsafe water sources; however, an alarming 10.6% of deaths occur in Madagascar, for the same reason.
To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, a collaboration between public health and engineering is critical. Within the public health sector, social marketing is commonly utilized to address a problem by using commercial marketing principles to change behavior for the good of society. …
Analysis And Modeling Of Strategic Interactions In Health Systems To Improve Patient Care Access, Jorge A. Acuña Melo
Analysis And Modeling Of Strategic Interactions In Health Systems To Improve Patient Care Access, Jorge A. Acuña Melo
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Affordable health care access that provides well-coordinated and high-quality services on time is a goal that governments and health organizations strive for. Regrettably, most countries deal with access problems that affect the population's health, such as long waiting lists for specialized medical services, overcrowding of emergency departments, and high health prices. In the present doctoral dissertation, I model and analyze the strategic interactions that inhabit the health system machinery to uncover possible structural problems that led to the aforementioned issues. The study involves operation research, data science, and game theory techniques to address the health care access predicament.
Each research …
Chorine Conversion: Biological And Water Quality Impact On Activated Carbon Block Point Of Use Filters, Horace S. Jakpa
Chorine Conversion: Biological And Water Quality Impact On Activated Carbon Block Point Of Use Filters, Horace S. Jakpa
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Point-of-use (POU) activated carbon (AC) filters are ubiquitous in many U.S. households. AC can reduce concentrations of lead, other heavy metals, and mitigate taste and odor issues. However, AC filters also remove residual disinfectants, thus allowing for the proliferation of microbes in the filter. In chloraminated systems, this can lead to localized, filter-induced nitrification. Most notably, high nitrite and nitrate in drinking water can cause methemoglobinemia (blue baby syndrome) in children under the age of three, raising public health concerns.
As a control measure for nitrification within distribution systems, utilities practice periodic, short-term secondary disinfectant switches from chloramine to free …
Strategies For Achieving The United States Health System's Quadruple Aim By Enhancing The Primary Care Level, Jennifer L. Mendoza-Alonzo
Strategies For Achieving The United States Health System's Quadruple Aim By Enhancing The Primary Care Level, Jennifer L. Mendoza-Alonzo
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The quadruple aim is an approach to optimize the performance of the health system in the United States and consists of four dimensions. The main objective is to improve the population's health, followed by reducing cost, improving patients' experience, and increasing providers' satisfaction. In the present doctoral dissertation, I explore three strategies that help accomplish the quadruple aim at the primary care level. The analysis combines data science and operation research principles to address health system engineering questions.
Each strategy proposed in this document emphasizes one objective more than another; however, all of them in conjunction serve to attain the …