World Congress on Health and Medical Sociology September 19-20, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Biography:

McKivigan has graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic, and he obtained his Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of Montana. He began working at Touro University Nevada in 2009 where he has continued his research. Presently he has been working on a Ph.D. in Education at Northcentral University.

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Medical marijuana has a long societal history and changes in public perception for medicinal and recreational use. This presentation will explore the changing public and legislative history of marijuana in the United States and the sociological perceptions occuring in healthcare and public use of marijuana’s role in pain management. The aim of this presentation is to summarize the main sociological challenges healthcare practicioners face in both prescribing and use of marijuana. While many states may allow marijuana to be used, it is still a federal off ense. How does this contradiction in regulation affect healthcare providers who use medical marijuana or want to incorporate it into their healthcare practice?

Biography:

Asami Yamashita received her Master of Science in Nursing from University of Health and Welfare. Asami has been investigating potential hazards in the child care environment and to promote preventive actions such as environmental modifi cations and behavioral changes. She also placed greater importance in educating parents and concerned people about the injury prevention. Her recent research investigates the role of parents in preventing children from injuries at home. Her research has been funded by grants from the Special Research Program of Yokohama Soei University and Grants-in-Aid for Scientifi c Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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The top cause of death in infants has been “accidents” since 1960 in Japan, the fatalities account for about 30%. Th is study aimed to clarify how parents recognize the accidents which may happen to their infants and how they take safety measures against the accidents. Aft er obtaining approval from the ethics committee where the author belongs, a questionnaire survey (RR=45.6%) was conducted with parents having infants during a period of Dec. 2014 in May, 2015. Th e subjects include 132 fathers and 233 mothers.Forty seven fathers (35.6%) and 134 meters (57.5%) recognized the top cause of death in infants as accidents. Th e number of a daily basis safety measures taken by parents was 7.93; 6.68 by fathers and 8.63 by mothers. It was found the accidents happening to infants in their houses be recognized by less than half of the parents. Especially, only 35.6% of the fathers had the recognition. In line with the increase of women entering employment in Japan, fathers tend to cooperate in child care. However, the decrease in the capacity of home education and the change of home environment has been pointed out. In light of this.

Biography:

Eduardo Blanco Cardoso has been graduated in Medicine (1987) from the Medical School - University of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (MS-UORU), obtained the title of Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1991) by MS-UORU and Degree in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Science-UORU (1991). He performed Master degree (1996), Doctorate (2000) and Post-Doctoral (2003) in Medicine, by the Medical School - University of Sao Paulo (MS-USP); Doctor of Science (2006) the same institution and Post-Doctoral in Sociology of Education (2016), by the School of Education-USP. His areas of research are: oncologic imaging in gynecologic malignancies, and social construction of cancer.

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The cancer as a disease was set in the social imaginary. Individuals build their impressions from the contributions of doctors, media and popular discourses, making it diffi cult to prevent. The educational intervention in elementary and high school is
centralized in disseminating “biomedical” information, remaining oblivious to the social connotations. The present study aims to identify in 980 adolescents, 12 to 18 years, their perceptions of the disease. For it, a voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was
applied, which allowed a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the dice. The results indicate that the negative representations of cancer predominate in younger age groups, a fact that gradually decreases with advancing age. They are not static and change structurally in dependence of the environments and social contexts, predominating in the male sex. Basically disease is viewed from three perspectives: “destruction”, focusing the expressions on the death, especially when there is a family history or known aff ected; “incurability” whose association with the death divides equally opinions regarding the binomials: life/death and heal/sicken, and finally “resolution”, depending on the diagnosis and early treatment. Despite there is consensus on the benefi ts of early diagnosis, most of the opinions describes the disease as invasive, painful, and cruel, with potential to extend. The obscure logic of "contagion" resurfaces in lay discourse as a possible means of transmission. In the perception of the students, “traditional barriers for access” to the health system, provable in the adult world, continue to be an obstacle to the cure.

Biography:

Christine Machado-Denis is a doctoral candidate at Albizu University. She is completing a clinical psychology degree with a specialization in Behavioral Medicine. She is currently training at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System in the consultation/liaison service. She strives to expand her research of behavioral cardiology and work with cardiac transplantation. Currently, she is contributing a book chapter discussing Psychopharmacology and cardiac rehabilitation.

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Heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the United States and behavioral health plays a signifi cant role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Lack of healthy behaviors and adherence with medical treatment regimens is oft en at the root of readmission rates. HF patients contribute to high hospital readmission rates nationwide. Due to the increase in hospital readmission rates, Healthcare Management is holding hospitals accountable for patients who are readmitted within thirty days. Research indicates that hospitals are not considered psychological factors contributing to readmission nor are addressing these issues while the patient is within the primary care setting. Twenty-fi ve percent of patients with heart failure experience depressive symptoms. Studies have demonstrated that patients with systolic dysfunction and depression are at higher risk for re-hospitalization. Research demonstrates that left ventricular ejection fraction in heart failure patients with depressive symptoms tends to be less than or equal to 40%. Reduced ejection fraction inherently places patients at increased risk for cognitive impairments, which in turn impairs their ability to adhere to medical regimens. Reduced ejection fraction coupled with preexisting depressive symptomatology creates greater obstacles for patients living with heart failure. Integrating health psychology and creating behavioral cardiology teams have proven to decrease hospital readmission rates and reduce hospital  fines.

Biography:

Abhijeet works as India Manager for Lifebuoy-Unilever Sustainable living plan(USLP). He leads Bihar Hand washing programme and based out of Mumbai office. He has more than 15 years experience in large scale Public health programmes in India, South Africa and United Kingdom. He has worked in various organizations such as HUL, CARE India, HIV South Africa, VSO, Unicef and NHS UK. Abhijeet has done Post graduation in Public Health and Management (PGDPHM) from Institute of Post Graduate medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), University of Brighton, UK & also an MBA in Rural Management from XISS Ranchi. He is a LDM-Packard fellow, Common Purpose UK fellow & also a fellow of Royal Society for Public Health, (FRSPH) UK.

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Geographical tagging (also written as GeoTagging) is the process of adding geographical identifi cation data to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or RSS feeds. This data consists of latitude and longitude coordinates, though they can also include altitude, distance, and place names.Geotagging can help users find a variety of location-specific information from a device. For instance, someone can find images taken near a given location by entering latitude and longitude coordinates into a suitable image search engine.Geotagging Photographs -there are two main options for geotagging photos; capturing GPS information at the time the photo is taken or "attaching" the photograph to a map after the picture is taken. Geographical Tagging as a Monitoring Tool in Large Scale Public Health Projects While Geotag provides the user with the ability to capture the location on the mobile device it also allows users to read this location for varied purposes. Various organizations are currently using the geotag technique to have a better control on field operations especially on non-static projects that are spread across geographies with limited access to electricity. This is being done as the geo location captured by a mobile device ensures that the device and consequently the user is physically present at the desired location, tracking of which can be a challenge with conventional monitoring tools like tele-calling & manual reporting. With Geo tag data authenticating the quality and reach of the programme, quantitative performance evaluation has been made possible, wherein identifi cation of strong and weak performers can be done in a well-defi ned robust framework. This is being carried out with an Android OS based application which serves the interface for the on-fi eld teams to capture data. The application has been built with various control features that ensures that only the desired users may access the data relevant for them. This is being done by way of mapping individual mobile phones via IMEI codes to Unique User IDs (Team IDs). This mapping ensures that no duplication of work is observed on the field, for one user may only access & operate upon the data pertaining to that user.

Biography:

Bouhdja Abdelwaheb has completed his doctorate at the age of 27 years from Algiers University School of Medicine. He is the Director of Management Health at Work / HSE in Sonatrach oil and gas company in Algeria. He has published more than 15 papers in Sonatrach journals and has been presenting many communications at an international meeting of health at work.

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What pushed us and encouraged to address this aspect, it's because there was a perceived need and a demand expressed felt with some issues for maintaining production, securing employment and preserving the health of the worker. To realize the investigation and ensure its durability of commitment on our side management is essential and that is the key to successful results. Its objective is improving working conditions after diagnosis & assessment. The first results from the viewpoint of the analysis job:
1. Working conditions: Physical conditions, Relations labour, Organisation training
2. Areas of intervention : Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Ergonomics, Environment, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and
statistics, Industrial safety, Activities managerial, and operational support
3. Actors involved: Doctor work, Engineers: EP XP, MN, HSE, Ergonomist, Epidemiologist,
Human Resources, Managers
Th e approach is based on:
1. Status: Analysis of working conditions at the workplace
2. Means: Study Duration 12 months, Held DP HRM and Multidisciplinary team
3. Methods: Analysis of working, conditions: Record company identifi cation: INRS expanded and adapted to Sonatrach.

Biography:

Lan Jin has been graduated from the Master’s program in the Department of Consumer Science at Purdue Univeristy. Currently she is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Consumer Science at Purdue University and an MPH student in the Public Health Program at Purdue Unviersity. Her research focuses on the mental health promotion, social support, and health-related behavior change, particularly on mental health of minorities and health disparities.

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Social support is recognized as essential for mental health, offering effective assistance to buffer negative effects of life stress. This study examines the relationships among social support message quality, support satisfaction, and depression in college students in the U.S. Th e demographic profi les of US universities have undergone a rapid change with a large increasing number of international students with the heightened risk of depression. International students who are low acculturated may be marginalized from the mainstream and receive limited support while facing academic, social, and financial difficulties. Thus the study further examines the above relationships amongst them and tests the mediating effect of acculturation on the relationship between support quality and depression. Participants were 631 undergraduate students in a Midwest university. Data was analyzed using structural equation modeling. In the overall sample, the study showed that (1) more helpful and sensitive support messages contributed to a higher level of support satisfaction, in turn, (2) more satisfaction led to fewer depressive symptoms; in the meantime, (3) higher quality of support messages (helpful and sensitive) reduced depressive symptoms. In international students, (4) more helpful and sensitive support messages were related to more satisfaction with social support and (5) associated with a lower level of depression; and (6) acculturation mediated the eff ect of support quality on depression. Intervention programs focusing on improving quality of the supportive networks and increasing support satisfaction would strengthen the protective eff ect of social support on reducing depression. Th e results call for culturally adapted interventions that would help international students negotiate depression.

Biography:

Bihan Tang is a PhD student majoring in public health from Second Military Medical University in China. She is now studying in University of California, Los Angeles as a visiting graduate researcher. She has published nine SCI papers as the fi rst or co-fi rst author in related journals.

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Earthquakes have caused widespread casualties and significant loss of assets worldwide. In order to provide robust disaster preparedness and an optimized response, the current studyidentifi edand described the exact type and distribution of earthquake injuries of victims who were transferred to hospitals based on a meta analysis of 74 research articles selected using systematic methods that encompass articles from China as well as from other countries that were published over the past 50 years. In this analysis, fractures, soft tissue and crush injuries were the three most common and most reported injury types. Extremities and the head/neck were the most common and mentioned injury locations. Being struck by an object was the major cause of earthquakeassociated mortality. In high-magnitude earthquakes compared to those in low-magnitude earthquakes observed a lower percent of soft tissue injuries and a higher percent of nerve injuries. Patients from countries with high levels of economic development suffered a higher percent of fracture and multiple injuries, but a lower percent of nerve and spine injury compared to those of patients from countries with low levels of economic development. Earthquakes will continue to strike, and healthcare responders must be prepared to overcome the resulting situations by anticipating consequences and planning accordingly.

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Rachel Jin is currently a junior at Campolindo High school in Moraga, California, USA. In 2014, she founded Artism Creativity Center, a non-profi t organization dedicated to helping children with ASD learn and develop using art techniques. Currently the center has more than 20 volunteer art teachers and 30 students. Rachel had previously worked with autistic children for 2 years at Angelove Family Support Center as a volunteer.

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This research focuses on three main learning objectives of providing art-training programs as Artism to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders(ASD). The three main learning objectives of this research on art training programs are 1) reduce parents’ stress, 2) explain how to organize an effective therapy program, and 3) build support for a community of parents. The study empirically analyzes data collected from the parents whose autistic kids take art lessons from Artism Creativity Center, a non-profit organization in Northern California and data from comparable parents whose autistic kids do not take art lessons.

This study provides evidence on whether and how art-training programs for autistic kids help reduce their parents’ stress. The study shows that children with ASD who attend Artism or a similar art and drawing program show higher levels of improvement than those who do not attend, which attests to the effectiveness that art therapy programs exert if these programs are created and organized well. The study further fi nds that one of the main factors that make Artism succeed is that unlike most art therapy courses, Artism does not just let the students “free draw,” but it develops specifi ed curriculum to each student to target their specific needs. In doing so, Artism teaches children with ASD how to use elements and principles of art and expression to communicate their moods and thoughts. This can be done for simple and straightforward reasons such as how color is used to express mood and other associations made between artwork and expression.