This
article
discusses
the
importance
of
incorporating
social
and
ethical
knowledge
into
engineering
education
through
a
course
in
Science,
Technology,
Society
(STS).
With
advent
Fifth
Industrial
Revolution,
it
is
crucial
for
engineers
to
be
aware
societal
needs
Sustainable
Development
Goals
outlined
by
United
Nations.
However,
curricula
often
prioritize
technical
scientific
alone,
neglecting
aspects.
We
present
description
STS
as
taught
at
University
St.
La
Salle
Bacolod,
Philippines,
during
academic
years
2020-2021
2021-2022.
Here,
we
government
course-level
guidelines
that
guided
described
culminating
learning
evidence
(CLE),
final
deliverable
course.
Examples
CLE
submissions
were
provided,
followed
evaluations
reflections
on
lessons
learned.
concluded
proposing
enhancements
design
implementation,
aiming
improve
awareness
among
students.
BMC Health Services Research,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
23(1)
Опубликована: Март 22, 2023
The
capacity
to
deliver
essential
health
services
has
been
negatively
impacted
by
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
particularly
due
lockdown
restrictions.
Telemedicine
provides
a
safe,
efficient,
and
effective
alternative
that
addresses
needs
of
patients
system.
However,
there
remain
implementation
challenges
barriers
patient
adoption
in
resource-limited
settings
as
Philippines.
This
mixed
methods
study
aimed
describe
perspectives
experiences
with
telemedicine
services,
explore
factors
influence
use
satisfaction.An
online
survey
consisting
items
adapted
from
Consumer
Assessment
Healthcare
Providers
Systems
(CAHPS)
Clinician
&
Group
Adult
Visit
Survey
4.0
(beta)
Telehealth
Usability
Questionnaire
(TUQ)
was
completed
200
participants
aged
18
65
years
residing
A
subsample
16
interviewed
provide
further
insights
on
their
experiences.
We
used
descriptive
statistics
analyze
data
thematically
analyzed
interviews
guided
principles
grounded
theory.Participants
were
generally
satisfied
telemedicine,
found
it
be
an
efficient
convenient
means
receiving
healthcare.
About
3
5
perceived
affordable,
some
finding
costs
high
comparable
in-person
consultations.
Our
results
suggest
preferred
especially
cases
where
they
feel
condition
is
not
urgent
does
need
extensive
physical
examination.
Safety
against
COVID-19,
privacy,
accessibility,
availability
multiple
communication
platforms
contributed
satisfaction
telemedicine.
Negative
perceptions
quality
care
service
related
provider,
inherent
limitations
diagnosis
management
patients,
for
mental
conditions,
poor
connectivity
other
technological
issues
satisfaction.Telemedicine
viewed
affordable
care.
Expectations
outcomes
managed
providers
increase
satisfaction.
Continued
will
require
improvements
technology
infrastructure
technical
support
training
performance
evaluation
ensure
service,
better
meet
needs,
integration
remote
areas
have
limited
access
medical
services.
Telemedicine,
realize
its
full
potential,
should
centered
equity
-
addressing
reducing
disparities
across
population
groups
settings,
providing
all.
International Journal of Telerehabilitation,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(2)
Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2025
Community-Based
Rehabilitation
(CBR)
is
a
rights-based
approach
that
aims
to
provide
equitable
health
services
and
participation
opportunities
for
people
with
disabilities.
Telerehabilitation
has
emerged
as
potential
methodology
delivering
care
within
the
CBR
framework.
However,
accessibility
of
telerehabilitation
presents
unique
challenges
children
disabilities
(CWD)
in
communities
low
socioeconomic
status.
This
phenomenological
qualitative
study
explores
barriers
facilitators
influence
families
CWD
method
urban
poor
communities.
Nine
focus
group
discussions
(FGDs)
were
conducted
involving
75
primary
caregivers
CWD.
Inductive
thematic
analysis
using
NVivo
software
was
employed
analyze
collected
data,
revealing
four
themes
impact
Telerehabilitation:
Economic
Social
Resources,
Self-Competency
Affecting
Transition,
Flexible
Service
Delivery
Mechanism,
Safety
Security
Threat
Participation.
The
findings
emphasize
intricate
interplay
factors
influencing
from
low-income
households.
Actionable
strategies
address
these
include
providing
affordable
technology
internet
access,
offering
training
support
families,
developing
culturally
sensitive
resources,
establishing
safety
protocols,
advocating
inclusive
policies
funding
mechanisms.
Collaboration
among
healthcare
professionals,
policymakers,
essential
building
resilient
system
prioritizes
needs
living
poverty.
insights
gained
this
can
inform
development
targeted
interventions
systems
ensure
no
child
left
behind
accessing
quality
despite
digital
divides.
Frontiers in Public Health,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
12
Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025
Hyper-personalized
medicine
represents
the
cutting
edge
of
healthcare,
which
aims
to
tailor
treatment
and
prevention
strategies
uniquely
each
individual.
Unlike
traditional
approaches,
often
adopt
a
one-size-fits-all
or
even
broadly
personalized
approach
based
on
broad
genetic
categories,
hyper-personalized
considers
an
individual's
comprehensive
health
data
by
integrating
unique
biological,
genetic,
lifestyle,
environmental
influences.
This
method
goes
beyond
simple
profiling
recognizing
that
outcomes
are
influenced
complex
interactions
among
our
environment,
daily
routines,
physiological
processes
responses.Central
is
integration
lifestyle
factors.
Lifestyle
habits,
such
as
diet
(Dalwood
et
al.,
2020;
Genel
Marx
Hepsomali
&
Groeger,
2021;
Dinu
2022;
Yang
Sadler
2024),
exercise
(Chow
Qiu
Ross
D'Onofrio
2023;
Isath
Mahindru
Ashcroft
2024;
Ponzano
sleep
patterns
(Hepsomali
Baranwal
Eshera
Lim
Sletten
Uccella,
Weinberger
2023),
directly
impact
health.
Hence,
understanding
these
factors
helps
interventions
align
with
day-to-day
realities
Environmental
factors,
air
quality
(Cheek
Markandeya
Shukla
Tang
Abdul-Rahman
Bedi
Bhattacharya,
climate
(Coates
Ebi
Helldén
Reismann
Rocque
Zhang
Münzel
Palmeiro-Silva
exposure
pollutants
(Qadri
Faiq,
2019;
Petroni
Lin
Sun
Xu
Yu
Levin
Shetty
Deziel
Villanueva
Sharma
also
play
significant
roles
in
determining
outcomes.
By
continuously
monitoring
analyzing
elements,
healthcare
providers
can
create
dynamic
plans
adapt
real-time
changes.
would
allow
for
proactive
measures
optimized
care.To
enable
model
care,
advanced
technologies
like
quantum
computing,
artificial
general
intelligence
(AGI),
internet
things
(IoT),
6G
connectivity
crucial
roles.
Quantum
computing
offers
ability
process
vast
intricate
datasets,
those
required
between
markers,
exposures,
choices,
far
greater
speed
accuracy
than
classical
(Munshi
Kumar
Stefano,
Ullah
Garcia-Zapirain,
2024).
AGI,
its
adaptive
learning
capabilities,
analyze
make
sense
this
provide
precise,
evolving
recommendations
change
patient's
environment
does
(Liu
Mitchell,
Tu
IoT
devices,
including
wearables
sensors,
gather
continuous
from
individuals,
tracking
physical
activity,
biometrics,
conditions
humidity
(Puri
Islam
Mathkor
Rocha
Šajnović
Salam,
With
advent
connectivity,
seamlessly
transferred
processed
real
time,
enabling
instant
feedback
intervention
(Nayak
Patgiri,
Nguyen
Ahad
Kumar,
Kaur,
Mahmood
Mihovska
2024).Together,
form
backbone
model,
will
push
medical
practices
highly
responsive,
individual-centered
As
advancements
continue
evolve,
has
potential
fundamentally
reshape
offering
truly
support
long-term
well-being.
Nursing Reports,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(2), С. 58 - 58
Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025
Background/Objectives:
The
global
nursing
shortage
encompasses
issues
such
as
the
uneven
nurse
distribution
in
low-
and
middle-income
countries,
outflow
to
other
retirement
developed
necessitating
effective
retention
strategies.
Our
objective
was
clarify
changes
facility
selection
reasons
among
Japanese
nurses
after
changing
jobs
personal
attributes
influencing
selection.
Methods:
In
January
2023,
an
online
survey
conducted
licensed
practical
nurses,
registered
midwives,
public
health
Japan.
items
included
(age
sex),
information
on
≤five
employment
facilities,
reasons.
variations
by
number
were
analyzed
using
a
generalized
linear
model
with
binomial
distribution.
A
logistic
regression
analysis
for
workplace
independent
dependent
variables,
respectively.
Results:
total,
721
participants
included;
90.8%
selected
hospitals
their
first
place
of
employment.
As
changed
jobs,
they
increasingly
non-hospital
including
homes,
nursery
schools,
government
agencies.
With
multiple
job
changes,
“good
location
commuting”,
salary”,
“convenient
working
style”.
Among
attributes,
“age”,
“sex”,
“age
at
facility”,
“educational
background”,
“number
children”,
“living
alone”
influenced
choice
Conclusions:
Considering
study
results,
country-specific
demographic
trends,
medical
policy
nursing-shortage-related
causes,
managers
policymakers
should
devise
appropriate
conditions
develop
recruitment
strategies,
especially
situations
severe
shortages.
Nurses
can
learn
from
career
choices
others
manage
own
careers.
Introduction
Chronic
heart
failure
(HF)
is
a
global
health
issue,
with
telemonitoring
emerging
as
key
strategy
for
elderly
patient
management,
aligning
the
Universal
Health
Care
Law.
Objective
To
assess
impact
of
on
quality
life,
hospitalization
rate,
and
mortality
rate
among
patients
chronic
HF.
Methods
A
rapid
review
11
studies,
including
randomized
controlled
trials,
quasi-experimental,
prospective,
retrospective
studies
from
2013
to
2023,
was
performed
using
CINAHL.
The
encompassed
14,993
HF
hospital
homecare
settings.
Results
hospitalization,
readmission,
varies
widely
across
studies.
Three
reported
life
improvements
in
intervention
group,
one
showed
no
significant
change,
most
revealed
difference
all-cause
hospitalizations
readmissions
between
control
groups.
Mortality
comparisons
also
differences.
Discussion
conducted
2020
primarily
high-income
regions,
highlight
telemonitoring's
growing
role
managing
(CHF)
patients,
yet
its
applicability
remains
limited
by
lack
research
Asia
Africa.
While
systems
promise
improving
adherence,
engagement,
potentially
reducing
mortality,
their
effectiveness
readmission
rates
inconsistent,
likely
influenced
variability
system
design
characteristics.
Limitations
such
reliance
single
database,
small
number
underrepresentation
data
further
constrain
generalizability
conclusiveness
findings.
Conclusion
Telemonitoring
complex,
promising
tool
CHF
management.
enhance
care
fulfill
universal
healthcare
goals,
policymakers
practitioners
should
consider
these
insights
create
precise,
effective
strategies.
Background
Telehealth
adoption
for
HIV
care
continuum
accelerated
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
This
study
explored
telehealth
usage,
motivators
and
barriers
to
adoption,
implementation
challenges
pandemic
among
people
living
with
HIV,
individuals
at
risk
community-based
organisations
(CBOs)
in
Asia.
Methods
cross-sectional
was
conducted
June
December
2022
using
an
online
quantitative
survey
(n
=
787)
744),
semi-structured
qualitative
interviews
CBOs
across
nine
countries/territories
Responses
from
were
reported
descriptively,
narratives
used
identify
main
themes
associated
engagement
configurations
by
CBOs.
Results
Regionally,
HIV-related
services
56.8%
of
66.5%
risk,
53.6–55.9%
increasing
their
usage
2021.
Phone
consultations,
health
information
sharing
video
communications
most
commonly
accessed
users.
users
trusted
mobile
applications
or
software
provided
clinics/healthcare
providers/local
uptake
included
saving
travelling
time,
improved
access
prevention
outside
medical
appointments;
data
privacy
concerns
lack
technology
accessibility,
which
similarly
acknowledged
local
Lack
resources
support
services,
policies
on
treatment
impeded
adequately
delivering
through
telehealth.
Conclusions
highlights
potential
while
identifying
critical
its
sustained
integration.
Addressing
these
issues
(e.g.
privacy,
infrastructure)
would
be
essential
optimise
improve
outcomes
region.
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
10
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
This
study
investigated
the
behavioral
intention
of
Filipino
older
adults
toward
using
telemedicine
and
pivotal
role
initial
trust
in
influencing
this
intention.
A
cross-sectional
method
was
employed,
involving
a
questionnaire
administered
to
180
participants
convenience
sampling.
The
structural
model
test
results
indicate
that
subjective
norm,
attitude,
notably,
positively
impact
use
telemedicine,
whereas
perceived
control
does
not
significantly
affect
underscores
significance
norm
attitude
shaping
intention,
consistent
with
Theory
Planned
Behavior
(TPB),
while
extended
construct
played
crucial
adults,
highlighting
its
importance
technology
adoption.
aligns
trend
increased
adoption
during
COVID-19
pandemic,
emphasizing
need
for
sensitive
healthcare
contexts.
Establishing
is
vital
successful
implementation
among
enhancing
accessibility
well-being.
