Urban reflections through home gardening, Does Gender Matter?

In the current global pandemic, actions are taken to prevent Covid-19 spread, residents are embracing small-scale gardening activities in their homes;especially in low to middle income communities, 3rd world countries as in Africa, depending on individual activities.Despite that, there is a lack provided by literature review about home gardening, the paper then shifts to the exploration of the gender influence on home gardening, poses questions;how do gender roles influence home gardening habits, and how would such activities potentially benefit the gardeners, and are the benefits equally distributed or are they potentially skewed to one gender over the other?Using an imperical quantitative approach through a survey, the results imply hypotheses and test them using WarpPLS, to verify their validity.This paper highlight effects on the connection between gender, gardening activities, and their potential benefits. The findings can help urban authorities to create a fair and inclusive environment. CO 2022 THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier BV on behalf of Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncnd/4.0/).

Investigating the structures of the health belief model following a covid-19 outbreak in Iran

Due to the novelty of COVID-19 disease and the importance of determining the most important factors related to the health behaviors of people, this study was done to determine the structures of Health Belief Model (HBM) following the COVID-19 outbreak. This was an analytical-cross sectional study conducted in 2020. The statistical population included all users of Iranian social networks, of which 385 people participated in this study. Participants were selected using convenience sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. In this study, demographic variables (being a student, age, reporting violations in health protocols (RVHP), marital status, level of education, gender, and the number of children) were independent variables and constructs of the HBM were dependent variables. Data analysis software was SPSS 16. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The mean age of participants was 30.11 years. There was a significant difference between the perceived susceptibility of being a student (p=0.02), age (p=0.01), and RVHP (p=0.005). There was also a significant difference between the perceived severity with marital status, being a student, age (P<0.001), RVHP (p=0.04), and level of education (p=0.01). There was also a significant difference between perceived benefits with marital status (p=0.04), RVHP (p=0.01), and being a student (P<0.001) and perceived barriers with gender and number of children (p=0.03). There was also self-efficacy with RVHP (p=0.005). This study demonstrated the effectiveness of HBM constructs in determining the structures of HBM following the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, the HBM seems helpful as a framework for designing interventional programs for improving health behaviors among people during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022, Mahidol University - ASEAN Institute for Health Development. All rights reserved.

Evaluation of intensified low molecular weight heparin or unfractionated heparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in critically ill patients with COVID-19

Introduction: Initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation is standard of care for severely ill patients, including coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients who may be hypercoagulable. Determining an optimal prophylactic regimen is crucial to limit the number of inhospital venous thromboembolism (VTE) and bleeding events. Research Question or Hypothesis: What is the proportion of COVID- 19 patients on a COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) VTE prophylaxis protocol who develop in-hospital VTE or bleeding events? Study Design: Retrospective cohort study Methods: Hospitalized, COVID-19 positive adult patients who were initiated on intensified and renally-adjusted heparin or enoxaparin VTE prophylaxis were included. The primary endpoint was to determine the proportion of patients on COVID-19 ICU VTE prophylaxis who had an in-hospital VTE event, and secondary endpoints assessed international society of thrombosis and hemostasis bleeding events, other ischemic outcomes including myocardial infarction and stroke, and 30-day readmissions for VTE. Institutional review board approval was obtained. Results: This study included 41 patients who were approximately 57 years old and 65.9% female. This population included 3 patients with a history of VTE and 2 with a history of cancer. The median ICU length of stay was 6 days. No patient experienced an in-hospital VTE event. The median Improve Bleed Score was a 6, and bleeding events occurred in 5 patients (12.2%) with 3 defined as major bleeds and 2 as minor bleeds. An ischemic event (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) occurred in one patient (2.4%) and readmission to a Kaleida Health facility within 30 days of discharge for a new VTE event occurred in 1 patient (2.4%). Conclusion: In patients with COVID-19 who received the Kaleida COVID-19 ICU VTE prophylaxis protocol, no in-hospital VTE events occurred, but 12.2% experienced a bleeding event. Use of this protocol in an expanded population may decrease VTE events, with a potential to increase bleeding rates.

Role of micronutrients in the management of coronavirus disease 2019.

Micronutrients play an important role in enhancing the immune system, therefore, proper nutritional support of micronutrients could have a positive impact on COVID-19 outcome.