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Publication Metadata only The Development of Dental Informatics of Oral Cancer Screening for Prevention in Community Level: A Prototype Study in Thailand(2021-01-01) Vanvisa Sresumatchai; Boworn Klongnoi; Dechavudh Nityasuddhi; Jeeranun Klaewkla; Mongkol Akko; Mahidol University, Faculty of Dentistry; Mahidol University; Independent ScholarObjective: The purpose of this study is to identify general dentists’ information needs for oral cancer screening in community and the information sources they use to meet those needs in clinical settings so as to inform the design of dental... of information needs were identified: foreground and background information needs. To meet these needs, dentists used four types of information sources: clinical information/tasks, risk factor of oral cancer in general people, surveillance in communityPublication Metadata only Women's health in northeast Thailand: Working at the interface between the local and the global(2002-09-23) Pimpawun Boonmongkon; Mark Nichter; Jen Pylypa; Niporn Sanhajariya; Soiboon Saitong; Mahidol University; University of Arizonaof an ongoing research project focusing on women's sexual and reproductive health in North-east Thailand. The project is a prototype illustrating how formative research may to used to guide intervention development as well as midcourse correction. Examples... that public health needs to be held accountable for what transpires when health messages are introduced him a community. Monitoring of community response is necessary. In the second half of the paper we describe efforts to increase community understandingPublication Metadata only Efficacy of a church-based lifestyle intervention programme to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose in church members: A randomized controlled trial in Pretoria, South Africa(2014-06-06) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; Linda Skaal; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa. Elevated blood glucose and elevated blood pressure are prototype of preventable chronic cardiovascular disease risk factors.Lifestyle interventions have been shown to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose. Methods/Design.... This study proposes to evaluate the efficacy of a community (church)-based lifestyle intervention programme to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose in church members in a randomized controlled trial in Gauteng, South AfricaItem Metadata only Robust mission-driven responses to infectious disease threats delivered by the Abbott pandemic defense coalition(2026-01-01) Rodgers M.A.; Averhoff F.; Berg M.G.; Anderson M.; Strobel C.; Inostroza J.; Moy J.; Mera J.; Utz P.J.; Weaver S.C.; Chiu C.Y.; De Arcos J.C.; Anzinger J.J.; Henrys J.H.; Hernandez-Ortiz J.P.; Torres K.; Mendes-Correa M.C.; Gonçalves N.J.N.; Kallas E.; Mboup S.; N’jai A.U.; Mbanya J.C.; de Oliveira T.; Kaleebu P.; El-Sayed M.; Alkhazashvili M.; Khan E.; Khan R.T.; Suputtamongkol Y.; Osorio J.E.; Cloherty G.A.; Rodgers M.A.; Mahidol Universityto both detect emerging infectious agents and respond by rapidly developing and deploying prototype diagnostics to assist in assessing the magnitude of the threat. Results To date, the APDC network, with sites on 5 continents, has evaluated over 39.... As a result, the APDC has published 113 manuscripts, which are highlighted herein. Conclusions As emerging pathogens present increasing challenges to public health in a closely connected global community, the APDC is uniquely positioned to continue