Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Meksianis Z. Ndii, Nursanti Anggriani, Jakobis J. Messakh, Bertha S. Djahi
Summary: This paper explores the effectiveness of integrated strategies for dengue control using vector controls, vaccine, and Wolbachia bacterium. The results highlight the crucial role of vector control in reducing the reproduction number of dengue cases.
RESULTS IN PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Retheesh Babu Gopalan, Bontha Veerraju Babu, Attayoor Purushothaman Sugunan, Anju Murali, Mohammed M. A. Shafi, Rathinam Balasubramanian, Sairu Philip
Summary: The study demonstrates that community engagement is an effective strategy for controlling vector-borne diseases, achieving positive results through community committees and vector control activities.
PATHOGENS AND GLOBAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
R. M. Nayani Umesha Rajapaksha, Chrishantha Abeysena, Aindralal Balasuriya
Summary: This study evaluated the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and Health-Seeking Behaviours (HSB), Dengue-Prevention Behaviours (DPB), and Community Capacities (CC) in a high dengue endemic district in Sri Lanka. The results showed that individuals with smaller family sizes, ages 46-70, and employment were more likely to have adequate DPB. However, overall, improvements are needed in HSB, DPB, and CC for sustainable dengue prevention.
Article
Business
Serdal Temel, Susanne Durst
Summary: This commentary provides an overview of how innovation in community mobilisation and collaboration can help address natural disasters quickly and effectively, using the example of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. By applying digital technologies and other innovative approaches to disaster management, people can be mobilised and contribute to more effective disaster management, especially in time-critical situations. The role of active mobilisation of civil society using digital technologies and other innovative approaches during one of humanity's largest earthquakes is explained, which has not been discussed in this way in contemporary literature.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Urban Studies
Yixin Zhang, Chang You, Prachi Pundir, Louise Meijering
Summary: Community participation is an important way to promote migrants' social integration in urban areas. It helps migrants address issues of inequality, marginalization, and rural-urban adaptation. In developing countries, community participation assists migrants in solving community problems and reducing tensions with locals. In developed countries, it helps international migrants tackle cross-cultural/ethnic challenges and compensates internal migrants for institutional segregation. However, meaningful encounters and unbiased participation environment are crucial for community participation to contribute to social integration. Research gaps include the distinction between integration into a migrant community and broader society, the degree of participation, and a gender perspective.
Article
Environmental Studies
Britta Hackenberg, Clinton Hay, Jamie Robertsen, Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Summary: This article shares the lessons learned from nearly a decade of efforts in establishing fish reserves in the Okavango Delta and provides insights into the most effective institutional arrangements for conservation in this unique space.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Guangyin Hu, Jing Wang, Ume Laila, Shah Fahad, Jinjie Li
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of social networks on households' participation in community decision-making and finds that social networks have a significant positive influence on households' participation in cooperatives/communities. Factors such as network interaction, network learning, network trust, and households' participation in green energy technologies and cooperatives/community also show significant positive correlation with participation decision-making.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Osamu Katayama, Sangyoon Lee, Seongryu Bae, Keitaro Makino, Ippei Chiba, Kenji Harada, Yohei Shinkai, Hiroyuki Shimada
Summary: The study found an independent association between physical frailty and social activity, including social participation and engagement. In particular, exercise circle activity was strongly associated with physical frailty, and the strength of the relationship between social engagement and physical frailty varied with age, with a stronger association in older adults.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cathy Ure, Suzy C. Hargreaves, Elizabeth J. Burns, Margaret Coffey, Suzanne Audrey, Kate Ardern, Penny A. Cook
Summary: This paper discusses the initial phase of implementing an asset-based community development approach to reduce alcohol harm in ten pre-identified areas in Greater Manchester, UK. Challenges in recruiting sufficient volunteers in specific, small areas/communities were highlighted, which may limit the ability to build health assets. It emphasizes the importance of understanding wider policy and organizational factors before implementing a place-based volunteer-led health promotion program.
Article
Development Studies
Tomoko Honda, Sarah Homan, Loksee Leung, Adi Bennett, Emma Fulu, Jane Fisher
Summary: Community mobilisation is a promising approach to prevent Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), but there is limited research on the social contextual factors that influence this process. This study aims to address this gap and conducted a process evaluation in the Solomon Islands. The findings highlight the importance of symbolic, material, relational, and institutional factors in facilitating or hindering sustainable community mobilisation for VAWG prevention.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Chong Zhang, Daisheng Tang, Yan Wang, Shilin Jiang, Xin Liu
Summary: Community support has a significant impact on the cognitive functioning of the elderly, with daily care, healthcare, and legal support having the strongest effects, while psychological care has the weakest effect. Social participation plays a mediating role in the relationship between community support and cognitive functioning, particularly in the context of psychological care.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Oceanography
Sondra L. Eger, Simon C. Courtenay
Summary: This paper investigates the governance gap in the operationalization of integrated coastal and marine management (ICM) and finds that few initiatives have been put into practice due to a "business as usual" mentality. Participants identified 60 integrative initiatives, but five critical challenges include the capacity to sustain initiatives, commitment from legal authorities, engagement of diverse actor groups, vertical integration of policies, and informal structures that facilitate horizontal integration.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Suzanne Hoi Shan Lo, Janita Pak Chun Chau, Kai Chow Choi, Edward Wai Ching Shum, Jonas Hon Ming Yeung, Siu Hung Li
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the short and long-term effects of a theory-based Narrative and Skills-building Intervention (NSI) on young stroke survivors' community reintegration and establish a new model of community reintegration after stroke to inform future research. A total of 208 adults aged 18-64 years old with first-ever or recurrent stroke will be recruited and randomly assigned to receive usual care or usual care with NSI. Generalized estimating equations models will be used to compare the differential changes in outcomes across time between the two groups.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lizzie Caperon, Fiona Saville, Sara Ahern
Summary: Despite increased community engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic, health inequalities and inequities continue to be a serious problem. Individualized incentives have limited effectiveness in improving community involvement in health initiatives. This paper proposes a socio-ecological model to identify holistic and systemic barriers to community engagement and develop comprehensive solutions. Factors such as trust, social support, and community-mindedness play important roles in community engagement. This model can be further tested in other communities to address health inequalities.
Article
Entomology
Rutchanee Rodpai, Patcharaporn Boonroumkaew, Lakkhana Sadaow, Oranuch Sanpool, Penchom Janwan, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Pewpan M. Intapan, Wanchai Maleewong
Summary: This study characterized the microbial communities associated with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus larvae and adults in Thailand. There were significant changes in the representation of many bacterial taxa between the larval and adult stages. Aedes aegypti had a higher number of bacterial genera than Aedes albopictus, except for the genus Wolbachia, which was more abundant in male Aedes albopictus. The findings suggest transstadial transmission and provide important insights into mosquito microbial diversity for future disease control programs.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Jorge Abelardo Falcon-Lezama, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martinez, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Myrna Maria Alfaro-Cortes, Roberto Isaac Bahena-Gonzalez, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Hector Gallardo, Lorena Suarez-Idueta, Julieta Lomelin-Gascon, Alejandra Montoya, Ricardo Mujica-Rosales, Roberto C. Tapia-Conyer, Eduardo R. Saucedo-Martinez
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Hector Gallardo-Rincon, Alejandra Cantoral, Alejandro Arrieta, Carlos Espinal, Marcia H. Magnus, Cristina Palacios, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in the Caribbean region. Costs are relatively high in Central American countries and the Caribbean Islands. Current preventive, diagnostic, and management measures are insufficient and lack a multidisciplinary integrative approach in the region.
PRIMARY CARE DIABETES
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, Jesus Alegre-Diaz, Louisa Gnatiuc, Raul Ramirez-Reyes, Rachel Wade, Michael Hill, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Jonathan R. Emberson, William G. Herrington, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: The study investigated the trends in diabetes prevalence, diagnosis, and management among Mexican adults from 1998 to 2019. It was found that diabetes prevalence had increased, but improvements in management had led to increased diagnosis and control, though there are still opportunities for improvement in treatment, particularly with lipid-lowering therapy.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Blake Thomson, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Ben Lacey, Sarah Lewington, Raul Ramirez-Reyes, Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, Louisa Gnatiuc, William G. Herrington, Jason Torres, Eirini Trichia, Rachel Wade, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Jesus Alegre-Diaz, Jonathan R. Emberson
Summary: Research in Mexico showed that low-intensity daily smoking is associated with increased mortality risks. Those smoking less than 10 cigarettes per day had a higher mortality rate, but quitting smoking substantially reduced this risk.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Louisa Gnatiuc, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Rachel Wade, Raul Ramirez-Reyes, Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, William Herrington, Michael Hill, Sarah Lewington, Jason Torres, Eirini Trichia, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Robert Clarke, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Jonathan R. Emberson, Jesus Alegre-Diaz
Summary: In this study of Mexican adults, abdominal adiposity (especially the waist-height ratio) was strongly and positively associated with vascular-metabolic mortality, while higher hip circumference was associated with lower vascular-metabolic mortality for a given amount of general and abdominal adiposity.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Jorge Abelardo Falcon-Lezama, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martinez, Myrna Maria Alfaro-Cortes, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: Including the 50-59 age group without risk factors in Mexico's influenza vaccination program could lead to significant reductions in influenza cases, emergency room visits, and deaths, resulting in substantial public health and economic benefits, with net savings of 49.8 million US dollars over a typical influenza season.
Article
Immunology
Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Alejandra Montoya, Jorge Abelardo Falcon-Lezama, Myrna Maria Alfaro-Cortes, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martinez
Summary: By increasing vaccination coverage to 75% in the population aged 12-49 years with risk factors and expanding universal vaccination coverage to school-aged children and adults aged 50-59 years, a significant number of influenza cases, deaths, healthcare visits, emergency room admissions, and hospitalizations could be prevented, leading to substantial economic savings and health benefits.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, Jesus Alegre-Diaz, William G. Herrington, Natalie Staplin, Raul Ramirez-Reyes, Louisa Gnatiuc, Michael Hill, Frederik Romer, Jason Torres, Eirini Trichia, Rachel Wade, Rory Collins, Jonathan R. Emberson, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: Diabetes and CKD are associated with dyslipidemia and metabolic abnormalities, which lead to atherosclerotic risk. NMR spectroscopy analysis revealed that low kidney function is linked to alterations in lipidic and metabolic profiles in both diabetic and non-diabetic individuals.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Parsa Akbari, Ankit Gilani, Olukayode Sosina, Jack A. Kosmicki, Lori Khrimian, Yi-Ya Fang, Trikaldarshi Persaud, Victor Garcia, Dylan Sun, Alexander Li, Joelle Mbatchou, Adam E. Locke, Christian Benner, Niek Verweij, Nan Lin, Sakib Hossain, Kevin Agostinucci, Jonathan Pascale, Ercument Dirice, Michael Dunn, William E. Kraus, Svati H. Shah, Yii-Der Chen, Jerome Rotter, Daniel J. Rader, Olle Melander, Christopher D. Still, Tooraj Mirshahi, David J. Carey, Jaime Berumen-Campos, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Jesus Alegre-Diaz, Jason M. Torres, Jonathan R. Emberson, Rory Collins, Suganthi Balasubramanian, Alicia Hawes, Marcus Jones, Brian Zambrowicz, Andrew J. Murphy, Charles Paulding, Giovanni Coppola, John D. Overton, Jeffrey G. Reid, Alan R. Shuldiner, Michael Cantor, Hyun M. Kang, Goncalo R. Abecasis, Katia Karalis, Aris N. Economides, Jonathan Marchini, George D. Yancopoulos, Mark W. Sleeman, Judith Altarejos, Giusy Della Gatta, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Michal L. Schwartzman, Aris Baras, Manuel A. R. Ferreira, Luca A. Lotta
Summary: Large-scale human exome sequencing identified rare protein-coding variants with significant associations with body mass index (BMI), including G protein-coupled receptors. Protein-truncating variants in GPR75 were found to be associated with lower BMI and reduced risk of obesity, suggesting it as a potential therapeutic target for obesity.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hector Gallardo-Rincon, Alejandra Montoya, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martinez, Ricardo Mujica-Rosales, Lorena Suarez-Idueta, Luis Alberto Martinez-Juarez, Christian Razo, Rafael Lozano, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: The Carlos Slim Foundation implemented a screening strategy called MIDO, which is part of CASALUD in Mexico to focus on healthcare delivery and prevention/management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). By analyzing data from MIDO, it was found that a majority of the screened population were unaware of their NCD status, with new cases of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity identified. Comorbidities and factors associated with unawareness and control of NCDs were also examined.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Patricia Cervantes-Powell, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Shaleesa Ledlie, Sonja Gandhi-Banga
Summary: A new active surveillance system (SICOVA) was developed in Mexico to improve pharmacovigilance of quadrivalent influenza vaccines (QIVs). The study results showed that SICOVA can facilitate surveillance and increase adverse events (AE) reporting in Mexico, in line with the established safety profile of Fluzone (R) Quadrivalent.
HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(2022)
Letter
Oncology
Jiram Torres-Ruiz, Julieta Lomelin-Gascon, Jaquelin Lira-Luna, Alfredo Perez-Fragoso, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Miroslava Nunez-Aguirre, Beatriz Alcala-Carmona, Abdiel Absalon-Aguilar, Jose Luis Maravillas-Montero, Nancy Raquel Mejia-Dominguez, Carlos Nunez-alvarez, Luis Llorente, Sandra Romero-Ramirez, Victor Andres Sosa-Hernandez, Rodrigo Cervantes-Diaz, Guillermo Juarez-Vega, David Meza-Sanchez, Marina Rull-Gabayet, Luis Alberto Martinez-Juarez, Linda Morales-Juarez, Lizeth Naomi Lopez-Lopez, Jose Adrian Negrete-Trujillo, Jorge Abelardo Falcon-Lezama, Rafael Ricardo Valdez-Vazquez, Hector Gallardo-Rincon, Diana Gomez-Martin
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Adrian Palacios Chavarria, Erika Salinas Lezama, Mauricio Gonzalez Navarro, Rafael Ricardo Valdez Vazquez, Hector Herrera Bello, Julieta Lomelin Gascon, Linda Morales Juarez, Monica Arboleya Avendano, Luis Esteban Ramirez Gonzalez, Rodrigo Ville Benavides, Renate Victoria Alvarez Wyssmann, Brenda Sandoval Ortiz, Mariana Lizbeth Rodriguez de la Cerda, Lidia Moreno Castaneda, Luis Alberto Martinez-Juarez, Hector Gallardo-Rincon, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: The study found that using HFNC therapy for patients with COVID-19-related hypoxemic respiratory failure effectively prevented progression to invasive mechanical ventilation in 71.4% of cases. Factors associated with HFNC success included age, presence of hypertension, and comorbidity index, while predictors of therapy failure included the CALL score at admission, Rox index, and prior steroid treatment status. Patients who had success with HFNC had reduced need for ICU admission and shorter hospital stays compared to those who required IMV.
THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Rafael Ricardo Valdez Vazquez, Hector Gallardo-Rincon, Julieta Lomelin-Gascon, Rodrigo Ville Benavides, Linda Morales Juarez, Hector Herrera Bello, Lidia Moreno Castaneda, Adrian Palacios Chavarria, Pablo Escalera Castillo, Luis Esteban Ramirez Gonzalez, Monica Arboleya Avendano, Santiago Trevino Berlanga, Reyna Albertina Rosas Loza, Renate Victoria Alvarez Wyssmann, Erika Salinas Lezama, Alonso Gutierrez Romero, Maria Dolores Niembro Ortega, Liudmila Villegas Acosta, Ailyn Cendejas Schotman, Jennifer Bertin Montoya, Andrea Gonzalez Rodriguez, Laura Maria Badel Ramos, Luis Alberto Martinez-Juarez, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martinez, Alejandra Montoya, Roberto Tapia-Conyer
Summary: Preemptive hospitalization significantly reduced the need for oxygen therapy, admission to the ICU, requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation, and mortality. Stratification by CALL score revealed that preemptive hospitalization continued to show significant benefits for patients requiring oxygen therapy, ICU admission, and IMV, with mortality risk remaining significantly reduced.
THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
(2021)
