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Practicality of Veterans Specific Activity Questionnaire in evaluation of exercise capacity of community-dwelling Japanese elderly
The aim of this study is to determine whether a questionnaire-based method using the Veterans Specific Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ) is a practical tool for the development of a safe exercise program to preven...
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C-reactive protein is associated with cigarette smoking-induced hyperfiltration and proteinuria in an apparently healthy population
Although cigarette smoking is known to be an important risk factor for renal disease, the mechanism by which smoking induces progressive renal disease in a healthy population has not been established. We hypot...
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Open AccessEnvironmental and sociodemographic factors associated with household malaria burden in the Congo
Malaria is one of the most severe public health issues that result in massive morbidity and mortality in most countries of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study aimed to determine the scope of household, ac...
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EpiNurse, Health Monitoring by Local Nurses on Nepal Earth Quake 2015
The name, EpiNurse, refers to local nurses who perform epidemiological surveillance and care to ensure human security in and communicate with health authorities on the health status of communities. They colle...
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Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Primary Health Care
Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Floods in Semarang, Indonesia are caused by a combination of coastal floods and flood tides due to climate change. Key health impact...
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Open AccessMalaria rapid diagnostic test (HRP2/pLDH) positivity, incidence, care accessibility and impact of community WASH Action programme in DR Congo: mixed method study involving 625 households
Malaria is one of the most prevalent and deadliest illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite recent gains made towards its control, many African countries still have endemic malaria transmission. This study aim...
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Case Studies of ICT/GIS Application for DRR
This chapter introduces suitable applications for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using information technologies and geospatial information in primary health care. We assessed the practices in aspects of (1) pro...
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Global Requirement to Disaster Nursing
Globalization affects various disasters and health risks. People benefit from globalization, but they are being exposed to its adverse effects and suffer from health problems. “Health” is a key dimension to be...
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Nursing Research on Disaster
One of the most critical roles of disaster nursing is “caring for health” in a local cultural environment. Nurses must develop an understanding of the local context of the study area to ensure a culturally app...
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Care for Disaster Risk Reduction
To provide care that leaves no one behind during a disaster, it is important to address the diversity of people living in society, and inclusion are important. This chapter describes the phenomenon of disaster...
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Research of Disaster Nursing in Japan 2005–2020
This chapter explains the concept analysis of disaster nursing and the progress and trends of current research in disaster nursing pre-post 2015. The research interest is relevant in today’s challenge in commu...
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Towards a People-Centered, Technology-Driven Society
The chapters summarized in this book revolve around a “people” centered approach connected to a technology-driven society. This chapter presents key challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations for combini...
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The Sendai Framework and the Bangkok Principles for Nurses
This chapter attempts to read and understand the global roadmap of health security and implementation of health aspects of the Sendai Framework through the lens of disaster nursing, to interpret an effective a...
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Quantitative Approach for Assessment Health in Disaster
It is easy to imagine that the approach needed in a disaster situation would be clinical care, with the main focus on treating the injured and infected in front of us. In the very short term, this is true. How...
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Management of Health- and Disaster-Related Data
Prolonged health emergencies and disasters greatly affect health and well-being of individuals and communities. Past experiences on extreme emergencies and disasters have taught communities the value of prepar...
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Locality and Caring in Uncertainty
Disaster nursing in Japan currently focuses on meeting the needs of society, which requires expanding the role of nurses from providing primary health care in hospitals to working in the community. In response...
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Disaster Nursing Innovation for Sustainable Community
Although nursing has a long history of disaster relief, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 must have marked the beginning of disaster nursing research and education in earnest. This chapter describes t...
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Challenges of Global Health with Nursing
Disaster nursing is closely related to global health because global citizens need to be cared for to be born, live, and die in good health even when disasters occur. In addition to the health of people living ...
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Needs of Cultivating Seamless and Individual Care
To explain the extent of the roles of health care and nursing on disaster for securing health in the community on disaster, this chapter describes what is required of the nursing profession to prevent secondar...
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Science, Technology, Innovation and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Science and technology have been contributing to the advancement of disaster risk reduction approaches and saving people’s lives and properties. However, its nature, role and usage have changed over time. Send...
