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Modeling Of Covid-19 Clinical Outcomes In Mexico: An Analysis Of Demographic, Clinical, And Chronic Disease Factors, Livia Clarete

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This study explores COVID-19 clinical outcomes in Mexico, focusing on demographic, clinical, and chronic disease variables to develop predictive models. In the binary classification task, the Ada Boost Classifier distinguishes survivors from non-survivors, with age, sex, ethnicity, and chronic medical conditions influencing outcomes. In multiclass classification, the Gradient Boosting Classifier categorizes patients into outcome groups.

Demographic variables, especially age, are crucial for predicting COVID-19 outcomes for both the binary and multiclass classification tasks. Clinical information about previous conditions, including chronic diseases, also holds relevance, especially diabetes, immunocompromise, and cardiovascular diseases. These insights inform public health measures and healthcare strategies, emphasizing …

Social Inequalities And The Adoption Of Health Misinformation In Cameroon: Implications On Health Behaviour, Eugene Nche Che

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Public health restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an increase in the reliance on social media for peer interactions. This resulted in the proliferation of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories that undermined public support for disease control measures, and influenced negative health attitudes such as vaccine denial. The aim of this study was to determine how social inequalities influence the adoption of health related misinformation, and the extent to which the adoption of health misinformation results in poor health behaviours. The study employed an exploratory survey design, and relied on both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect …

Impact Of Personal, Familial, And Socioeconomic Factors On The Return Of Remotely Collected Samples For Genetic Testing, Jordan Zeiger

Dissertations & Theses (Open Access)

There are a multitude of barriers known to impact access to medical care in the United States. COVID-19 has changed and compounded these barriers and led to a shift in the setting of the genetic counseling (GC) appointment, and in sample types used for genetic testing, specifically with use of telemedicine and remotely collected saliva kits. Previous studies have described lack of patient follow-through in returning these kits. Though the understanding of barriers to medical care, including access to genetics services, is well described, there is little in the literature for how these barriers impact the return of remotely collected …

“I Had To Tear Down A 150-Year-Old Barn.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from Oral History Interview

“I Held My Breath The Whole Time, I Didn't Know What Else To Do.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History

“Calling It The China Flu Is Kind Of Rough To Hear.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from Oral History

“Two Very Different Ways Of Approaching This Pandemic.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from Oral History

“They Just Handed You A Ziploc Bag With A Little Water Bottle And A Snack In It.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History.

“I Have A Feeling Within A Year, There's Gonna Be Some Real Shortages.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from Oral History.

“Two Very Different Ways Of Approaching This Pandemic.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from oral history.

"If We're Gonna Survive, We Gotta Find A Healthier Way To Do It.", Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excepts from Oral History.

“I’M A Gamer So I’M Really Into Online Communities.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Except from Oral History.

“Support The Folks That Strive For Peace And Justice.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History.

"Everybody Was Nervous, Everybody Was Upset, Everybody Was Scared In One Way Or Another.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from oral history.

“Don’T Be Afraid To Trust Even If You Can’T Hug That Person.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History.

“It's Like Almost Like A Tornado Struck Or Something.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History.

“I Think More What Stresses Me Out Is How People Are So Divided About It.”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History

"Maybe If I Just Stay Home, It'll All Go Away And I Won't Have To Deal With Any Of That.", Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from Oral History

“We Can't Escape The Cultural And Historical Moment That We Live In. I Can Fully Accept That”, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpt from oral history.

Semester At Sea In A Pandemic, Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from "Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Separation (SWaBS): Archiving the Coronavirus Pandemic Through the Lens of Humanities."

"Oh, That's Not What I Pictured Your Face To Be Like.", Stories Of Wisdom From Bodies In Separation (Swabs)

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Excerpts from oral history interviews.

Archiving The Coronavirus Pandemic, Michaela Stram, Cheryl Reitan

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

This article contextualizes the submissions in this special issue which were collected within an NEH grant, "Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Separation (SWaBS): Archiving the Coronavirus Pandemic Through the Lens of Humanities."

Teaching And Parenting During Covid-19, Erin Lord Kunz

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

This creative nonfiction project examines the relationship between work, motherhood, creativity, and advocacy. With increased quarantines and illness, mothers in particular have felt more strain to provide care to their children while also trying to maintain a professional life. This has often created an absence of these mothers in the professional sphere, and their creative work is performed from home, sometimes with the support of their employers and sometimes without. While supporting their families, students, colleagues, and own creative pursuits, mothers often have the additional burden of advocacy given their proximity to so many who have been negatively impact by …

Volume Up, Cameras On: Zooming In On Covid-19 [Co-Editor's Introduction To "I Think You're Muted": Voices From The Coronavirus Pandemic], Sarah Lawler

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

The narratives shared in this issue allow readers to commiserate over experiences that may have mirrored their own, to empathize with emotions they can only guess at, or simply to listen to and learn from one another in this historic moment of crisis. We thank our authors for sharing their vulnerabilities with a wider audience, and we hope that in sharing our stories, we can respond and adapt in ways that will shape our shared future.

Twenty-Seven Questions For Writers & Journalists To Consider When Writing About Covid-19 & Hiv/Aids, Alexandra Juhasz, Pato Hebert, Theodore Kerr, Diana Cage

Publications and Research

The desire to compare COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS is understandable. The response to HIV provides an inspiring road map for how to save lives. For over four decades, starting in the early 1980s, activists, scientists, politicians and cultural producers have been working alongside one another resulting in life saving developments—and goals not yet achieved. Since the late 1990s, HIV has become a manageable chronic illness for those with access to life saving medicine, housing, food, and social support. Meanwhile, stigma, discrimination, and criminalization directed at people living with HIV continue, based on social difference, access to resources and community, and an …