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Anila Lika, Iris  Mone, Irena Korita, Alma  Barbullushi AbstractAim: To evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of immature-to-total neutrophils ratio in sepsis diagnosis, differentiating from the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), and also to compare it with other established predictive markers of sepsis. Methods: This study included 188 patients (67, or ≈36% females) admitted at the University […]

Michaela Cooley, Jennifer Moran Stritch AbstractTraditional approaches to suicide research often emphasise individual pathology, reinforcing conventional medical and religious narratives. Critical suicidology challenges these approaches, advocating for diverse voices and qualitative methodologies that consult and include first-person experiences. Transdisciplinary approaches can deconstruct habitual tendences that lean toward clinical and statistical analyses, and in doing so

Jens Holst 2024DOI: 10.61034/JGPOH-2024-12English Version Spanish VersionFrench VersionGerman Version Suaheli Version  

Laetitia Römer1, Kristin Sieberger1, Jannik Christopher Wagner1, Johanna Waschke1, Marina Oosterhuis – Loete1 and John Middleton2 Abstract Introduction/Context: The urgency of addressing climate change’s impact on healthcare is emphasised and we, as public health professionals, are advocating for a net zero strategy in the EU’s healthcare sector. With climate change posing severe threats to vulnerable

Ok Pannenborg, Richard Seifman The pandemic treaty negotiations may fail – if so, what can we constructively build upon that so far has been achieved and even improve upon Abstract The current final stage negotiations for a new pandemic treaty are moving towards a dead-end situation. Concerns of national sovereignty are dominating today’s pandemic negotiations.

Jérémy Castéra, Magali Coupaud, Claire Coiffard Marre, Corine Jegou, Hélène Cheneval-Armand, Alice Delserieys Pedregosa Abstract Aim: This paper explores the different predictors of protective behavior of French secondary school students during the first COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, a model of relationships has been drawn between the perceived knowledge, perceived severity, protective behavior, and interest in

Jennifer Moran Stritch, Lisa O’Rourke Scott1, Frank Houghton Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers significant potential to improve health, medical and social care. It equally offers substantial opportunities in improving the education and training of health, medical and social care professionals. However, AI training and development, as well as AI use into the future requires considerable

Jens Holst Resumen La salud mundial es un término paraguas complejo que ha cobrado importancia en las dos últimas décadas, sobre todo durante y después de la pandemia de COVID-19. No obstante, el término “salud mundial” sigue careciendo de una definición universalmente aceptada y se aplica a una gama bastante amplia de temas y asuntos.

Laura H. Kahn, Bruce Kaplan, Thomas P. Monath, Thomas M. Yuill, Helena J. Chapman, Craig N. Carter, Becky Barrentine, Richard Seifman 2024DOI: 10.61034/JGPOH-2024-6Kahn L. One Health in Worldwide 2024-01-31Kaplan+et+al.+240130+final-3.CH-2

Jens Holst Abstract Global health is a complex umbrella term that has grown in importance over the past two decades, particularly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, the term “global health” still lacks a universally agreed definition and is applied to a rather broad range of subjects and topics. Ultimately, global health can be