A5000616284- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Social Media in Health Education
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Historical Turkish Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Public Administration and Governance
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Belt and Road Initiative
- Diverse Cultural and Social Studies
- Education Practices and Challenges
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
Queen's University Belfast
2022-2024
Istanbul Medipol University
2019-2024
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
2021
Twitter is a useful source for detecting anti-vaccine content due to the increasing prevalence of these arguments on social media. We aimed identify prominent themes about vaccine hesitancy and refusal media posts in Turkish during COVID-19 pandemic. In this qualitative study, we collected public tweets (n = 551,245) that contained vaccine-related keyword had been published between 9 December 2020 8 January 2021 through API. A random sample 1041) was selected analyzed by four researchers...
Heat waves are one of the most common direct impacts anthropogenic climate change and excess mortality their apparent impact. While Turkey has experienced an increase in heat wave episodes between 1971 2016, no epidemiological studies have examined potential on public health so far. In this study Istanbul attributable to extreme 2013 2017 is presented. Total deaths were calculated using rates across different categories, including age, sex, cause death. The analysis shows that three summer...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Türkiye implemented a distinctive contact tracing approach involving in-person home visits by medical professionals to individuals who tested positive for virus. This study examines experiences of health involved in tracing, exploring how they reappropriated their professional subjectivity and agency during deployment this role. It is an interpretive phenomenological qualitative study. We conducted 21 semi-structured in-depth interviews, subsequently carried out...
As useful tools for clinical decision-making, diagnostic tests require careful interpretation in order to prevent underdiagnosis, overdiagnosis or misdiagnosis. The aim of this study was explore primary care practitioners' understanding and the probability disease before after test results six common scenarios.
Abstract Background Vaccine hesitation, which is defined as one of the most important global health threats by World Health Organization, maintains its universal importance during COVID-19 period. Due to increasing appearance anti-vaccine arguments on social media, Twitter a useful resource in detecting these contents. In this study, we aimed identify prominent themes about vaccine hesitancy and refusal media pandemic. Methods qualitative study collected contents contain vaccine-related...
This study aims to compare the level of burnout syndrome in medical residents before and during COVID-19 pandemic identify potential risk factors.This cross-sectional was conducted on from three different university hospitals Turkey March 2021, one year after hit Turkey. Burnout is measured by Maslach Inventory which assesses dimensions it: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment. Collected data were combined compared with a previous held same December 2019, months...
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to compare the level of burnout syndrome in medical residents before and during COVID-19 pandemic identify potential risk factors. Methods cross-sectional was conducted on from three different university hospitals Turkey March 2021, one year after hit Turkey. Burnout is measured by Maslach Inventory which assesses dimensions it: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment. Collected data were combined compared with a previous held same...
Abstract Objectives This study explores the spatial disparities in COVID-19 incidence across neighborhoods Uskudar, Istanbul, and examines relationship between these neighborhood-level socioeconomic status. Methods ecological analyzed cumulative case data for 33 collected up to 31 December 2020. Socioeconomic status was assessed using Development Index (SEDI) scores from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Spatial analysis included Moran’s I statistics Local Indicators of Association (LISA)...
Abstract Introduction Tobacco companies use social media to bypass marketing restrictions. Studies show that exposure tobacco promotion on influences subsequent smoking behavior, yet it is challenging monitor such content. We developed an artificial intelligence can automatically identify tobacco-promoting content media. Methods In this mixed methods study, 177,684 tobacco-related tweets published Twitter in Turkish were collected. Through inductive analysis of a sample 200 tweets, the main...
Maintaining cognitive health in later life is a global priority. Encouraging individuals to make behaviour changes, such as regular physical activity, and providing supportive urban environments can help maintain health, thereby preventing or delaying the progress of dementia decline. However, mechanistic pathways by which environmental exposome influences outcomes are poorly understood. The aim this study use granular measures environment (encompassing built, natural social environment)...
Abstract Background Most of the studies regarding relationship between socioeconomic status and occurrence COVID-19 are usually ecological have limitations due to fallacy. The aim this study is investigate individual-level risk developing COVID-19. Methods We conducted a community-based, age gender matched, case-control in district Istanbul. case group was defined as all confirmed cases (n=232) that were reported health directorate week August 2020. Control people who matched with terms...
Objective: Residency has become a vulnerable period for burnout among physicians because many common and specific stress factors in healthcare. Our study aims to evaluate the level medical residents three tertiary care hospitals identify relationship between socio-demographic occupational with level. Methods: We conducted cross-sectional December 2019. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires from 490 (64.2% of 763 eligible) who work at oriented universities Istanbul,...
Objective: The objective of our study is to evaluate the individual health literacy level among patients who received servicesfrom different types hospitals in Istanbul.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted inpatients a public, private university hospital inIstanbul. Data were collected by application questionnaire 1500 adult discharged between February-July2017. included questions determine competency sociodemographic characteristicsof patients. Rapid Estimate Adult...
Community pharmacists have been on the frontlines during 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Although mental health and anxiety levels of many other workers are studied in this period, literature is very limited to understand experience pharmacists. This study aims define level community Istanbul COVID-19 pandemic identify possible influencing factors. The population from pharmacies Istanbul. In cross-sectional study, 348 selected by simple random sampling. Participants approached...
Population Medicine considers the following types of articles:• Research Papers -reports data from original research or secondary dataset analyses.• Review -comprehensive, authoritative, reviews within journal's scope.These include both systematic and narrative reviews.• Short Reports -brief reports research.• Policy Case Studies articles on policy development at a regional national level.• Study Protocols -articles describing protocol study.• Methodology -papers that present different...
Aim: To investigate the levels of dementia and stroke in cancer patients a European population to differences treatment mortality for with without stroke.Methods: The Northern Ireland (NI) Cancer Registry provided anonymised data on 41,380 diagnosed 2014-18 including diagnoses obtained via hospital coding GP prescription data. All-cause specific were assessed, survival analysis undertaken utilising Cox proportional hazards regression Kaplan-Meier plots taking account age, gender, year stage...
<h3>Background</h3> Syndemics (synergistic epidemics) have traditionally been studied using a mixed methods approach in which qualitative analysis precedes quantitative analysis. Typically, scholars first develop hypotheses about interactions between two or more health problems and the social conditions they exist via fieldwork. Subsequently, synergistic interaction may be validated quantitatively. However, studies are time-consuming, opportunistic offer limited guidance on probabilities...
Objective: The infant mortality rate is one of the most important indicators providing information on maternal and health. It can be affected by changes social environmental factors. aim this study to evaluate in 2019 2020 years at local level, considering beginning pandemic period. Methods: population cross-sectional are infants registered a district Istanbul 2020. Infant rates before during COVID-19 were calculated. Antenatal healthcare delivery practices addition underlying risk factors...
Abstract Syndemic Theory is a relatively new theory developed first within the field of medical anthropology and later adopted by social epidemiology public health. The term “syndemic” stands for “synergistic epidemics” where two or more health (related) problems (1) co-occur (2) synergistically interact with each other (3) specific socioenvironmental context which itself also problems. These deleterious interactions result in an increased burden. example literature was SAVA syndemic...