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Using GIS Technology to Define and Assess a Rurality Scheme Suitable for Decision Support in Health and Patient Services

Sahar, Liora; Williams, Rentonia; Rao, Arthi; Alcaraz, … - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 9 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17

-based comparisons on geographies that can be too large and diverse to effectively assess and resource health care needs and services … system is analyzed by integrating with health services and program data to better understand accessibility and availability … of health services, to assess available program offerings, and to evaluate the geographic distribution of health care …

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Gene, Genomics and Networks

Vimal, Manoj - In: International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and … 9 (2017) 1, pp. 1-12

predicting susceptibility towards common diseases. In this backdrop, this paper attempts to explore at the intersection of health …

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Demarketing Tobacco Products Strategy to Impact Customers for Social Change

Fotolela, Rosalia; Baporikar, Neeta - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 4 (2017) 4, pp. 16-30

This article describes how demarketing is a strategy aimed at reducing the demand for the product and thereby the consumption. This strategy is well suited for harmful products though they may have utility in the economics of liquor, drugs, cigars and tobacco products. Many consume cigarettes...

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REDAlert+: Medical/Fire Emergency and Warning System using Android Devices

Shakdher, Arjun; Pandey, Kavita - In: International Journal of E-Health and Medical … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 37-51

Each year, thousands of people in developing countries die due to delayed medical response. A common complaint is that emergency vehicles respond late and when they reach the hospital, precious time is lost in understanding the patient trauma before the doctors can get to work. A large number of...

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Influencing Factors on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Adults With Hypertension: Focused on the Korea Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Lee, Eunjoo - In: International Journal of E-Health and Medical … 9 (2018) 4, pp. 40-49

This article aims to examine the influencing factors on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in middle-aged adults … participated in the 6th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2014). There were statistically significant … differences in health-related quality of life according to income, education, subjective health status, experience of discomfort …

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Let's Move!: The Social and Health Contributions From Pokémon GO

Finco, Mateus David; Rocha, Richard Santin; … - In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) 8 (2018) 2, pp. 44-54

interaction, changing sedentary lifestyles with a big potential to be used in Health Education. …

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Assessing Utilization and Effectiveness in Public Participative and Volunteered Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Data

Moreno, April; Osailan, Sarah - In: International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems … 12 (2017) 4, pp. 1-12

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can serve as a planning tool to promote community health at many levels, such as … opportunities to support community public health, including the development of park spaces and new hospital facilities. However … public health. …

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Counterobe: A Mobile and Web Platform for Weight Management Incorporating Unique Behavioral-Strategy Features

Koumpouros, Yiannis - In: International Journal of Reliable and Quality … 6 (2017) 4, pp. 59-70

The paper presents the design of an adaptive web/mobile platform, called Counterobe, targeting the problem of obesity and weight management. The platform incorporates several behavioral, emotional and cognitive strategy features in order to motivate and mobilize the end users more effectively,...

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User Needs and Limitations of Existing Mobility Devices: A User Perspective

Koumpouros, Yiannis - In: International Journal of Reliable and Quality … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-19

The use of gait assistive devices, although can provide precious help can also have limitations or adverse consequences. The performance of daily activities is partially restrained by a series of factors having to do with the assistive device limitations or the limitations emerged from...

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Medical Semiotics: A Revisitation and an Exhortation

Colaguori, Robert; Danesi, Marcel - In: International Journal of Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric … 1 (2017) 1, pp. 11-18

Medical semiotics, as a branch of general semiotics, has never really gained a firm foothold in either semiotics itself … village where conceptions of disease and health are in constant flux. …

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