The College of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A View From Vietnam
(2020-04-27)Vietnam can be considered a success story in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 27, 2020, the country has had 270 cases (225 recovered), no deaths, and no new cases for the past 10 days (since April 18). ... -
The density of bone marrow mononuclear cells and CD34+ cells in patients with three neurologic conditions
(2023)Background: This study aimed to identify the density of mononuclear cells (MNCs) and CD34+ cells in the bone marrow of patients with three neurologic conditions. Methods: The study included 88 patients with three ... -
The development and professionalization of nursing in Vietnam
(2022-02-02)This article provides a snapshot of the development of nursing education and practice in Vietnam and the impact of historical and socioeconomic factors of the last few decades. The Vietnamese government has played an ... -
The injury incidence and treatment experience among elite and beginner Thailand bodybuilders
(2023-02-28)Background. Bodybuilding is a sport where a person should do a lot of weight training while in the same time having a strict diet control. Due to this, they are believed to have higher chances of getting injured. However, ... -
The perceptions and practices of Thai health professionals providing maternity care for migrant Burmese women: An ethnographic study
(2021-07-06)Background: Across the globe, many women including economic and humanitarian migrants receive inadequate antenatal care. Understanding the difficulties that migrant women encounter when accessing maternity care, including ... -
Photovoice method and social inclusion
(2022)Muay Thai fighting has been embedded in traditional Thai sport for generations. However, little is known about the lives of these nak muay Thai (muay Thai fighters). This chapter discusses the study with nak muay Thai using ... -
Photo-elicitation for inclusive research on sensitive topics
(2022)Research into sensitive issues such as sexuality requires inclusive research methods if the experiences of women from diverse sociocultural backgrounds are to be included. Photo-elicitation is one of the visual methods ... -
Photo elicitation method and young refugees’ social participation in community
(2022)This chapter discusses the use of the photo elicitation method to examine the social experiences of young people with refugee backgrounds in regional Australia. In the study on which this chapter is based, the authors ... -
The role of acupuncture in pain and swelling control for postoperative tibial fracture treatment
(2022-09-01)Background: Currently, intramedullary nailing for tibial fractures has very good postoperative treatment results. Combining the advantages of traditional medicine and modern medicine is a comprehensive treatment method ... -
Photo elicitation and drawing methods in research with people with physical disabilities
(2022)Researching people with disabilities and a sensitive topic can be a great challenge for any researcher. An Nguyen, the first author, lives with a physical disability. She is also a social researcher. She has been researching ...
