The College of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Racial/ethnic, age and sex disparities in leukemia survival among adults in the United States during 1973-2014 period
(2019-08-19)There has been marked improvement in leukemia survival, particularly among children in recent time. However, the long-term trends in survival among adult leukemia patients and the associated sex and racial survival disparities ... -
Research training experience of Vietnamese health sciences undergraduates visiting the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
(2023-02-27)This chapter discusses the use of an inclusive research approach using the drawing method to examine the perceptions and lived experiences of motherhood among Zimbabwean migrant women living in Australia. Most women ... -
Researching Migrant Motherhood Using the Drawing Method
(2022)This chapter discusses the use of an inclusive research approach using the drawing method to examine the perceptions and lived experiences of motherhood among Zimbabwean migrant women living in Australia. Most women ... -
Researching Sexual Violence with Trans Women of Color in Australia
(2022)This chapter discusses the research process that was employed in understanding the lived experiences of sexual violence among trans women of color in Australia, and the outcomes that had been planned and achieved. Transgender ... -
Reverse shoulder megaprosthesis replacement for aggressive aneurysm bone cyst of proximal humerus: Case report and literature review
(2022)Introduction and Importance: Wide resection in the surgical treatment of aneurysms bone cysts is often performed in cases where the tumor is large, recurrent, growing, and intensely invasive. Reshaping the defect after ... -
Review on Databases and Bioinformatic Approaches on Pharmacogenomics of Adverse Drug Reactions
(2021)Pharmacogenomics has been used effectively in studying adverse drug reactions by determining the person-specific genetic factors associated with individual response to a drug. Current approaches have revealed the significant ... -
Second-Hand Smoking Prevalence in Vietnamese Population Aged 15 and older: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2022)Background: Second-hand smoking (SHS) is associated with many health problems. However, its prevalence in the community population aged 15 years and older in Vietnam is unknown. Objectives: To quantify the prevalence ... -
Sleep duration and mortality among breast cancer survivors in the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) Study
(2023-08-02)Purpose There is increasing evidence that sleep duration may affect breast cancer survival through effects on circadian function, influencing disease progression. However, further investigation of this association is ... -
A novel allele-specific PCR protocol for the detection of the HLA-C*03:02 allele, a pharmacogenetic marker, in Vietnamese Kinh people
(2021)Background: Allopurinol, a common anti-hyperuricemia drug, is well known as an inducer of severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCARs). One of the most well-defined risk factors of allopurinol-induced SCARs is the ... -
Social Capital and Social Inclusion
(2022)This chapter highlights the significance of social environments as key determinants of health and well-being, with social capital playing a central role. Social capital refers to the resources available to individuals ... -
Participatory Mapping as Research Tool 59 Social Inclusion and Young Refugee People
(2022)This chapter discusses the use of the participatory mapping approach in the research concerning social inclusion among young refugees from the Middle-East in Melbourne, Australia. Despite instances of stigma and social ... -
Social Inclusion, Research, and Practices in the Health and Social Sciences
(2022)Social inclusion emerged as a concept to respond to the increase of socially excluded and marginalized populations in the 1980s and 1990s. It has echoed pragmatics of “social, economic, and political participation” and ... -
Spectral Efficiency Analysis of Hybrid Relay-Reflecting Intelligent Surface-Assisted Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
(2023-05-05)A cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) system can provide uniform spectral efficiency (SE) with simple signal processing. On the other hand, a recently introduced technology called hybrid ... -
Stiff Person Syndrome: A Case Report with Sudden Onset and Coexistence of Sero-Positive Antibodies to Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase and Anti-SOX1 Antibodies
(2022-05-10)Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurological condition marked by muscle stiffness and painful spasms, which often progress slowly and can lead to significant disability. In approximately 80% of classic SPS cases, ... -
Stigma, Discrimination, and Social Exclusion
(2022)Stigma is an important aspect of the social determinants of health, significantly influencing the distribution of health status and life opportunities for many individuals by creating inequalities and inequities. The ... -
Success and Its Consequences: Bangladesh’s Health Report Card at 50
(2022-02)The only accurate snapshot we had of Bangladesh’s demographics at the point of the nation’s birth was already almost a decade old: the census of 1961. The turmoil of the coming years meant that the next census would not ... -
Survival of rural telehealth services post-pandemic in Australia: A call to retain the gains in the ‘new normal’
(2022-04-28)Aim: COVID-19 rapidly transformed how Australians access health care services. This paper considers how the inability for urban patients to access in-person care expedited the introduction of virtual solutions in health ... -
Symptom clusters: Revisiting the concept in nursing care for cancer patients
(2021-12-01)Background: Studies on symptom clusters among cancer patients have been conducted intensively. However, the concept seems not to be well defined, hindering its utilization in clinical practice. Aim: The aim of this paper ... -
Tenosynovial giant cell tumor of cruciate ligament: A case report and review
(2022-01-10)Introduction: Tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TSGCT) is a slow-growing soft tissue tumor that develops from the synovial tissue of tendon sheaths, joints, or bursae. In the knee, this type of tumor is uncommon. Giant cell ... -
The Correlation between Peripheral Blood Index and Immune Cell Expansion in Vietnamese Elderly Lung Cancer Patients
(2023-02-21)(1) Background: The dysfunction and reduced proliferation of peripheral CD8+ T cells and natural killer (NK) cells have been observed in both aging and cancer patients, thereby challenging the adoption of immune cell therapy ...
