A5090015628- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Travel-related health issues
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Disaster Response and Management
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Education Systems and Policy
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Empathy and Medical Education
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Health and Medical Studies
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Health Policy Implementation Science
James Cook University
2016-2025
Abstract Using a cross-sectional online survey we investigated knowledge, attitudes, and risk perception about COVID-19 vaccination identified factors influencing vaccine uptake among Australian health professional students from October 2021 to January 2022. We analysed data 1114 17 universities. Most participants were enrolled in nursing programs ( n = 958, 86.8%), 91.6% 858) of the received vaccination. Approximately 27% believed was no more serious than seasonal influenza that they had...
Healthcare associated infections are the most common complication of a person's hospital stay. Contemporary infection prevention and control programs universally endorsed to prevent healthcare infections. However, western biomedical science on which contemporary is based, not only way that staff patients within settings understand disease causation and/or transmission. This results paper reports one aspect study ascertains perceptions transmission how these influence practice at Atoifi...
Using two qualitative data sources: free-text responses to an open-ended question of online survey and subsequent interviews focus groups, we explored perceptions attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination among health professional students enrolled in Australian universities during the pandemic with collected from October 2021 April 2022. Students provided (n = 313) participated or groups 17). Data analysis revealed three themes, including seriousness risk contracting virus, information...
Implementing sustainable infection prevention and control (IP&C) programs in developing countries is challenging. Many experience high burdens of disease political instability. In addition, they are affected by geographical climatic challenges, have unique social, cultural spiritual beliefs, all which contribute to a higher prevalence healthcare associated infections. The aim this integrative review identify existing solutions the challenges faced when implementing IP&C programs. An...