The full IPHC 2023 scientific program across 3 days — keynotes, oral presentations, and posters. Talks are ordered by program prominence within each day.
Day 1
- Keynote · Virtual
Psychological impact of COVID-19 on public safety personnel
Gregory S Anderson · Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Public safety personnel (PSP), including but not limited to firefighters, paramedics, and public safety communicators (i.e., dispatch), are at increased risk of psychological injuries, heightened mental disorder…
- Keynote · Virtual
Improving the decision-making for measures in a future pandemic
Li Yin · Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Background and purpose: In combating COVID-19, different strategies led to different public health and economic outcomes of COVID-19. For instance, Sweden took mild measures, yielding poor general mortality and COVID-19…
- Oral · In-Person
Coping with public anxiety aroused by Infodemics: Reflections and recommendations
Cecilia Cheng · The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
When an unknown and novel type of coronavirus emerged in early 2020, the unprecedented outbreak of the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed severe threats to the physical as well as mental health of the general…
- Oral · In-Person
Psychological and psychosocial determinants of COVID health related behaviours (COHeRe): An evidence and gap map
Rachel Leonard · Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
We created a live, searchable and publicly available evidence and gap map (EGM) containing the existing evidence (published and unpublished) on determinants of the uptake and adherence to behaviours that can reduce the…
- Oral · In-Person
Health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. territories
Brook Lyn Mercado · Kent State University, United States
The people of the United States territories have faced healthcare inequalities for years due to ongoing, complex issues with their public health infrastructure. During the 2009 influenza pandemic, the U.S. territories…
- Oral · In-Person
Association of macro and micro nutrient intake with depression and anxiety symptoms among adolescent boys and girls (13-15 years) studying in public schools of Delhi
Preeti Khanna · University of Delhi, India
Background: Data on prevalence of mental health disorders indicates that 4.5% and 3% of the Indian population is suffering from depression and anxiety respectively. Research suggest that a poor quality diet (lacking in…
- Oral · In-Person
Awareness towards urinary schistosomiasis and its relation with active infection among primary school students in North Kordofan State, Sudan 2022
Lina Abdelrahman Osman Hemmeda · University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background : Schistosomiasis is a water-borne parasitic disease caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma. It is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) with Africa accounting for at least 90% of those…
- Oral · In-Person
BEA VEAYN BINGO©: Fun-based education for prevention of dementia, depression, and diabetes (Type 2), based on evidence and community input
Gillian Street · Bea Veayn, Isle of Man
Bea Veayn Bingo © is a game for people to enjoy in a social settings and workplaces, whilst learning of evidence-based changes they can make to prevent, delay, or even reverse symptoms of cognitive impairment, type 2…
- Oral · In-Person
Identification and characterization of bioterrorism agents through the genomic and bioinformatic analyses of wastewater
Edwin Oh · University of Nevada Las Vegas, United States
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was exacerbated by the inability to track infections in a timely manner. Testing of humans revealed new public health challenges due to the lack of test kits and perhaps…
- Oral · In-Person
The pay-period-what is means for road traffic accidents in Botswana
Mooketsi Molefi · University of Botswana, Botswana
Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) continue to claim millions of lives across the globe, including in the developing world. In several settings, there is evidence suggesting that there could be some relationship…
- Oral · In-Person
FMEA on Telemedicine clinic
Fadia Hasan Ali · Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Background: Telemedicine is the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as Telephone conversation in the clinic to access health care services remotely and manage health care of patients. Heart…
- Oral · Virtual
Best practices and challenges of COVID-19 vaccination. An experience from a tertiary care centre in India
Gopal Ashish Sharma · Indira Gandhi Medical College, India
Best Practice is defined as, “An intervention that has shown evidence of effectiveness in a particular setting and is likely to be replicable to other situations.” India launched its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination…
Day 2
- Oral · In-Person
Implementing a peer-led self-management program to slow down/ prevent progression of frailty
Patrick McGowan · University of Victoria, Canada
The Telephone Self-Management Coach Program was developed in 2014 by Self-Management BC and since then has been implemented to nearly 3,000 seniors experiencing difficulty managing chronic health conditions. Two studies…
- Oral · In-Person
Prospects of risk-adjusted capitation financing for value-based healthcare in Singapore
Shalabh Srivastava · MOH office for Healthcare Transformation, Singapore
Singapore’s rapidly aging population and changing lifestyles are raising the prevalence of chronic diseases. Such progression in population health will increase healthcare costs and stress on the system. The…
- Poster · In-Person
“Help” profession students from Israel and Japan: An examination of COVID 19 impact on loneliness and other Psycho-Emotional behaviors
Alexander Reznik · Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Purpose: Prolonged, or severe loneliness due to the COVID-19 pandemic can have negative consequences for those experiencing it; and there is a dearth of empirical evidence about this condition among university students.…
- Oral · In-Person
The occupational healthcare of workers in Gig economy
Riitta Karkkainen · Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Introduction : Sustainability of gig work has been questioned due to the high incidence of occupational injuries and accidents and challenges in employee well-being (e.g., Hopkins, 2017; Hünefeld et al., 2020). Gig…
- Oral · In-Person
Utilizing immersive theatre to reduce HIV-Related stigma and discrimination among sexual minority populations
Paul Anthony Burns · University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States
Background: Despite advances in biomedical HIV prevention modalities such as pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent the transmission of HIV, racial/ethnic and sexual/gender minority populations are disproportionately…
- Oral · In-Person
Willingness to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among highrisk young men aged 10-24 years in Masese fishing community, Jinja district, Uganda
Winnie Agwang · Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda
Background: Globally, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention strategy for high-risk populations including fishing communities. However, some communities have not embraced PrEP. We therefore assessed…
- Oral · In-Person
Increasing vaccine equity among lower income countries in the Global South
Hiba Hashim · Simmons University, United States
The US and other European countries continue to develop effective vaccine technologies through both public and private funding. Due to their higher economic standing, they are able to pour money into research…
- Oral · In-Person
A qualitative assessment of high school girl's perspectives and experience of female genital mutilation in Wad Elhabashi Village, River Nile State, Sudan
Lina Abdelrahman Osman Hemmeda · University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background: female genital mutilation and cutting is a common and dangerous practice. In Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, female genital cutting (FGC) is a prevalent ritual. This study aims at discussing the…
- Oral · In-Person
Knowledge attitude and practice towards female genital mutilation among health care providers in Khartoum state, Sudan 2022
Abeer Osman Mukhtar Elabid · University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background : FGM/C (female genital mutilation and cutting) is a dangerous traditional practice that has detrimental effects on girls' and women's health and wellbeing. Therefore, in order to ensure that persons impacted…
- Oral · In-Person
Key considerations for strengthening Global Pandemic preparedness & response for future outbreaks
Ayushi Sharma · Boston Consulting Group, India
Pandemic preparedness & response (PPR) has risen to prominence as the frequency and impact of pathogen prone pandemic is escalating. The most recent COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in PPR in nearly all countries.…
- Oral · In-Person
Socio-Ecological factors characterising migrants and refugee youth’s sexual and reproductive health and rights
Michaels Aibangbee · Western Sydney University, Australia
Background: The challenges migrants and refugee youth (MRY) experience in maintaining their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) continues to be a global public health issue. Consequently, MRY are more…
- Oral · In-Person
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding monkey pox among medical doctors at Ibrahim Malik teaching hospital, Khartoum, Sudan 2022
Fathiya Awadalla Musa Abbakar · University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background : Viruses are potential biological weapons with the ability to destroy health and economic systems; COVID-19 is a living example of this, and we are all too familiar with the disasters that have resulted from…
- Oral · In-Person
The intake of ultra-processed foods, all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular mortality in the health examinees (HEXA) cohort
Anthony Kityo · Kangwon National University, Korea, Republic of
The relationship between ultra-processed food (UPF) intake and mortality is unknown despite the rise in the intake of UPF in Asian countries. This study examined the association of UPF intake with all-cause, cancer and…
- Oral · In-Person
Fitness as a vital sign and population health metric
Robert A Sloan · Kagoshima University Graduate Medical School, Japan
The evidence that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) predicts morbidity and mortality independent of common risk factors is indisputable. However, CRF is impractical to measure in healthcare or community health settings.…
- Poster · In-Person
The influence of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide on blood pressure change in pregnant women and birth outcomes in fetuses
Jie Hsu · Chang Gung University, Taiwan
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influences of outdoor air pollutants in the northern Taiwan area on blood pressure changes in pregnant women and their fetal birth outcomes. This study recruited the…
- Poster · In-Person
Role of HLA-C*04:01 distribution in Thai population: Contributions of the genetics marker with severity of COVID-19
Waiprib Thanmattana · Holy Innocents’ High School, Singapore
COVID-19 or Coronavirus is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus, mainly affects the respiratory system which could be spread via contact or airborne. Symptoms include fever, cough, breathlessness, sore…
- Poster · In-Person
Total and cause-specific mortality associated with meat intake in a large cohort study in Korea
Anthony Kityo · Kangwon National University, Korea, Republic of
Background: Asia has experienced a large increase in meat intake in the past decade, yet the health impact of meat intake is not well studied. Objective: We examined the association of meat intake with all-cause, cancer…
- Poster · In-Person
Psychosocial distress and inflammation: A cross-sectional and bidirectional analysis of a large population-based study
Byeong Geun Choi · Kangwon National University, Korea, Republic of
Background: Low-grade inflammation induces metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Psychosocial stress has previously been linked to inflammation, but whether psychosocial distress induces inflammation or…
- Poster · In-Person
Classification of class-imbalanced medical data using data resampling and propensity score matching
Minji Roh · Kangwon National University, Korea, Republic of
Medical data is often imbalanced, posing a challenge to classification for disease diagnosis. Researchers have reported frequent performance degradation due to class imbalance in medical data. Given that medical data is…
- Poster · In-Person
A 12-year follow-up study on lifestyle and hypertension in Korean adults
Jung Eun Lee · Kangwon National University, Korea, Republic of
Objective To investigate the sex-specific associations of lifestyle factors (smoking, drinking, physical activity), and risk of hypertension, and whether these associations differ by body mass index (BMI) and selected…
Day 3
- Keynote · Virtual
Change your genes – Change your life: Healthy aging and longevity
Kenneth R Pelletier · University of California, United States
Biology is no longer destiny. Our DNA doesn’t determine our health and disease prospects, as geneticists once believed. According to the new science of epigenetics, the vast majority of our genes are fluid and…
- Keynote · Virtual
Ferritin and Neurotoxicity: A contributor to deleterious outcomes for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Brandon Lucke Wold · University of Florida, United States
Background: Ferritin is a protein that is critical for storing iron. Ferritin has recently been shown to play a role in iron homeostasis, immunomodulation, inflammation, and antioxidation. Previously, it was believed…
- Keynote · Virtual
Hatred as a contagious disease and public health issue
Izzeldin Abuelaish · University of Toronto, Canada
Background: Hatred has been studied for centuries by philosophers and theologians, and only more recently by social psychologists, anthropologists, and evolutionary scientists. However, there is still no consensus on a…
- Keynote · Virtual
Pandemic prevention using the seven Golden Rules of Vision Zero
Mark Fullemann · Practice & Experience GmbH, Switzerland
When companies hire employees they promise them – at least implicitly – that they will stay safe and healthy at their place of work. The seven Golden Rules help management to convert this promise into reality. The Covid…
- Keynote · Virtual
How to align National Health Care Policy Goals with patient care: A Mechanism to improve population health
William J Riley · Arizona State University, United States
Background: The Arizona Medicaid program recently completed a six-year program (2016-2022) to integrate behavioral health services and primary care for patients. The overall goal is to reduce care fragmentation for…
- Oral · Virtual
Association of dual decline in gait speed and domain-specific cognition with incident dementia in Japanese older adults: An age-specific cohort study
Wen Hao · Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Background: Previous study found dual decline in gait speed and domain-specific cognition (especially memory) is related with elevated risks of dementia, however, study with a long follow-up period to examine the…
- Oral · In-Person
Discussion on the creation and feasibility of constructing a holistic monitoring and early warning system for emerging infectious diseases
Li Yuanmin · Sichuan University, China
Background: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become the most widespread global acute infectious disease in the past century, resulting in serious damages to human health, economic development and social…
- Oral · In-Person
Evaluation of the National Unified Health Research Agenda 2017- 2022
Reneepearl Kim Sales · Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes, Philippines
Background Health systems are under increasing pressure to implement interventions that will improve population health. The 58th World Health Assembly in 2004 and the 2008 Bamaka Call to Action emphasized the use of…
- Poster · Virtual
Influenza viruses: Detection in domestic animals, Thailand
Duanghathai Saipinta · Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Respiratory virus infections in domestic animals are a significant issue for the veterinary, livestock industries and public health. Influenza is one of the major viral diseases that affect humans and animals. With the…
- Oral
Role of AI in healthcare
Pooja M R · Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, India
Intelligence has been an integral component of every aspect in all most all arenas of life. In the healthcare industry, the degree to which it has been impacted is comparatively low and the progress is in smaller steps…
- Poster · Virtual
The impact of emotional intelligence to dental undergraduates' leadership behaviour
Azizah Ahmad Fauzi · Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Leadership, the art of motivating oneself and others towards achieving a common goal, is an inseparable part of dentistry and has been proven essential in all aspects of dentistry where a dentist is obliged to work in…
- Oral · In-Person
Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices among adults in Almusalamyah, 2022-2023
Tayseer Ahmed Hassan Mohamed · University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background: In Sudan, malaria is a major public health issue and a leading cause of death. It results in more than 400,000 fatalities annually throughout the world. The majority of fatalities affected infants and other…
- Oral · Virtual
The role played by phytomedicines in the fight against COVID-19 in Cameroon and Africa
Vincent P K Titanji · University of Buea, Cameroon
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 that erupted in Wuhan China in 2019 has now been reduced greatly in many counties around the World (excepting China where a surge is ongoing) thanks to the development and…
- Oral · In-Person
Relation between computer vision syndrome and objective binocular tests in Italian office workers
Natalia Canto Sancho · University of Alicante, Spain
The prolonged use of video display units (VDU) in occupational activities can affect the visual health of workers, who can suffer from ocular and/or visual symptoms that are grouped into computer vision syndrome (CVS).…
- Oral · In-Person
Female masturbation practices among different populations and age groups
Markus van Niekerk · Riga Stradins University, Latvia
Aim: This study was to assess efficacy of sexual education in schools, the inclusion of female masturbation in such and its sufficiency regarding the preparation of adolescents for safe and consensual sexual activities.…
- Oral · In-Person
Women's perspectives of childbirth in Kiboga, Uganda
Ofra Halperin · Max Stern Academic College of Emek-Yezreel, Israel
Objective: To gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of women who gave birth at the Kiboga District Hospital in Uganda through analysis of their childbirth stories. Method: A qualitative interpretive description…
- Oral · In-Person
Incorporating social determinants of health in quality projects
Vanita Ahuja · Yale School of Medicine, United States
Objective: To propose a new framework to design and implement quality improvement within research projects. Backgrounds: The design and implementation of resident-driven clinical research quality improvement projects…
- Oral · In-Person
Therapeutic approaches to working with perinatal loss clients: A grounded theory study
Heather Olivier · Southeastern Louisiana University, United States
Perinatal loss (i.e., miscarriage, stillbirth, termination, and infant death) is commonly referred to in the literature as an invisible loss, non-loss, and even medical event. It is an ambiguous loss exhibiting the…
- Oral · In-Person
Vaccines and the human right to health: Health as a Global Public Good
Roberta De Freitas Campos · Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil
It is understandable that the covid-19 pandemic is treated as a matter of medicine, public health and economics, even public safety. But it should be noted that this is, above all, a question of human rights.…
- Oral · In-Person
Assessment of community awareness for colorectal cancer screening and prevention in North and Central Asian countries: A scoping review
Rebecca Pratiti · McLaren Health Care, United States
Objectives: Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) including North and Central Asian Countries (NCAC). Colorectal cancer (CRC) is preventable by…
- Poster · Virtual
Health-related lifestyles on overweight/obesity status of women in Japan
Rupa Singh · University of Tsukuba, Japan
Lifestyle behaviors influence our weight and general health and are influenced by different social factors. Westernization, which includes unhealthy eating habits, dietary changes, and decreased physical activity, has…
- Poster · Virtual
Temporal distribution and forecasting recreational sport injuries
Preetha Menon Karuveetil · United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
BACKGROUND Quadbikes are all-terrain four-wheeled vehicles used extensively as desert recreational vehicles in Dubai, UAE. We tried to assess the trend and temporal distribution of quadbike injuries based on Electronic…
- Poster · Virtual
Patient’s attitude and preference towards medical students involvement in their health care in Tabuk region in Saudi Arabia
Sarah Faisal Almutairi · King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Introduction: Medical students are the future health professionals. To fulfill this role, they should be involved in patient care during their training years. Encounters with patients can promote contextual and clinical…
- Poster · Virtual
Promoting health among older adults during COVID-19: Examining past and present functional factors
Ortal Cohen Elimelech · University of Haifa, Israel
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic posed multiple challenges for the older adults' population, including physical and mental health issues. A pandemic that continues to affect older adults worldwide presented a…
- Poster · Virtual
Global analysis of botulism cases demonstrates underreporting in larger European nations
Tristan Learoyd · Emergent BioSolutions UK Ltd, United Kingdom
Background : Botulism is a rare illness caused by Clostridium botulinum toxin, causing death in 15% of hospitalised infected individuals. There is no coordinated collective worldwide reporting on cases with few reliable…
- Poster · Virtual
Assessing family medicine residents' knowledge, awareness, and comfort levels with consent and confidentiality in adolescent healthcare
Kehinde Eniola · Cone Health Family Medicine Residency Program, United States
Introduction: Adolescents (ages 10–19) are generally healthy and at unique stages of psychosocial, cognitive, and physical development that affect decision-making and overall health. Despite these potential risks…
- Poster · Virtual
The effectiveness of educational intervention in improving Healthcare Professionals’ knowledge and recognition towards elder abuse: Systematic review and Meta-Analysis of randomized controlled trials
Bonnie Wing Yan Wong · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Elder abuse is widespread but underreported. Frontline health workers are lack of sufficient protocols or experience to identify, handle, and report elder abuse. Developing new curriculum using published literature as a…
- Poster · Virtual
Rapid antigenic diagnostic tests: The added value for SARS-CoV2 case detection in Senegal
Jerlie C Loko Roka · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Senegal
Senegal detected its first case of SARS-CoV-2 in March 2020. As of November 1, 2021, the country confirmed 73,920 cases and 1,878 deaths. When the country faced a third wave of the epidemic, resulting in the highest…
- Poster · Virtual
Polio eradication in Afghanistan: The impact of the regime change on polio eradication initiatives
William J Riley · Arizona State University, United States
Background: Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two remaining polio-endemic countries in the world. In Afghanistan, steady progress has been made to control polio over the past two decades, however, there has been…
- Poster · Virtual
Risk of COVID-19 infections among people with Asthma: A scoping review
Chukwudi S Ubah · East Carolina University, United States
Background: From 2019 to 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in approximately 676,504,785 cases and 6,773,773 deaths in 229 countries, areas, and territories worldwide. COVID-19 is primarily transmitted through…
- Poster · Virtual
Exploring the potential of game-based virtual reality training for enhancing motor function in Cerebral Palsy: A pilot study
Wijittra Prasatkaew · Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract: This pilot study investigated the effectiveness of a game-based virtual reality training program on cerebral palsy patients' motor function. Ten patients, aged between 7 to 13 years, completed the 4-week…
- Oral · In-Person
Assessment of work-related low back pain disorders among heavy equipment operators at Ghana Ports and Harbours Authourity (GPHA) Tema Port
Emmanuel Mintah Benyin · University of Ghana, Ghana
Introduction: Among working-class people between the ages of 25 and 49, low back pain (LBP) ranks as the fourth most common cause of disease burden. Acute or chronic forms of low back pain usually results in worker poor…
- Poster · Virtual
Creation of a system of social prescriptions that can maintain good physical and mental health among expectant and nursing mothers
Shinobu Ishii · Kitasato University, Japan
Objective: The objective of this project study is to establish a referral route for social prescriptions that enable pregnant and postpartum mothers to participate in health classes where they can improve their own…
- Oral · Virtual
New step towards higher quality health education of primary hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Asjed Ibrahim Adlan El sayed · University of Khartoum, Sudan
Introduction: Hypertension, is a condition in which blood vessels have persistently raised pressure. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the body's resistance to insulin. “Setting an example” is health education principle…
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