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2. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in four districts in Bangladesh: household cluster surveys of prevalence and intervention status
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Stacy L. Davlin, Alexander H. Jones, Sanya Tahmina, Abdullah Al Kawsar, Anand Joshi, Sazid I. Zaman, Muhammad M. Rahman, Bozena M. Morawski, Michael S. Deming, Rubina Imtiaz, and Mohammad J. Karim
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Soil-transmitted helminthiasis ,Epidemiology ,Integrated survey ,Preventive chemotherapy ,Water, sanitation, and hygiene ,Bangladesh ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background In 2016, after 8 years of twice-annual nationwide preventive chemotherapy (PC) administration to school-age children (SAC), the Bangladesh Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) sought improved impact and intervention monitoring data to assess progress toward the newly adopted goal of eliminating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) as a public health problem. Methods We surveyed four Bangladeshi districts between August and October 2017. We conducted a multi-stage, cluster-sample, household survey which produced equal-probability samples for preschool-age children (PSAC; 1–4 years), SAC (5–14 years), and adults (≥ 15 years). Standardized questionnaires were administered, using Android-based smart phones running an Open Data Kit application. Stool samples were collected and testing for STH prevalence and infection intensity used the Kato-Katz technique. Results In all, 4318 stool samples were collected from 7164 participants. Estimates of STH prevalence by risk group in three of the four surveyed districts ranged from 3.4 to 5.0%, all with upper, 1-sided 95% confidence limits 50% prevalence in at least one risk group. Among all tested specimens, Ascaris lumbricoides was the most common STH parasite [8.2% (n = 352)], followed by Trichuris trichiura [0.9% (n = 37)], and hookworm [0.6% (n = 27)]. In each district, PC coverage among SAC was above the 75% program target but did not exceed 45% among PSAC in any district. Improved sanitation at home, school, or work was over 90% in all districts. Conclusions In the three low-prevalence districts, the MOHFW is considering decreasing the frequency of mass drug administration, per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Also, the MOHFW will focus programmatic resources and supervisory efforts on Sirajganj District. Despite considering WHO guidance, the MOHFW will not expand PC administration to women of reproductive age partly due to the low prevalence of hookworm and T. trichiura, the STH parasites that contribute most to morbidity in that risk group. Data collected from surveys such as ours would help effectively guide future STH control efforts in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
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- 2020
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3. Pathways to Thriving among International Students
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Alexander H. Jones
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International students are critical for a flourishing U.S. higher education landscape (Younger, 2018). Since 2016, however, these students have faced significant cultural, economic, and social challenges while studying at U.S. universities (Peters & Anderson, 2021). To better understand international students' success in the current era, this study sought to identify pathways to thriving for these students. Thriving derives from positive psychology and views student success as a holistic enterprise (Schreiner et al., 2020). In the wider international student literature, success is often determined by a student's ability to acclimate and adjust to the U.S. university cultural milieu. Given this difference, in this study, I investigated whether college experiences and environments contribute to the variation in international student thriving at U.S. colleges and universities. Utilizing structural equation modeling, I specified a statistical model that explained nearly 70% of the variation in this population's thriving. Psychological Sense of Community, Institutional Integrity, faculty engagement, and spirituality were the most prominent predictors of international student thriving. Given these results, I discuss how these predictors can be best understood and developed by college leaders, scholars, and practitioners to bolster international students' success. Specifically, I suggest that leaders in the field redefine internationalization and acculturation to represent the institution's responsibility in facilitating students' thriving. I also suggest that leaders in academic affairs give serious consideration to culturally responsive pedagogy and spirituality, as these two models may support an institution's commitment to international student thriving. Finally, I suggest that institutions build structural mechanisms of success unique to these students, such as international student advising programs. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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- 2022
4. Community-wide prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and Schistosoma mansoni in two districts of Sierra Leone.
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Cara Tupps, Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour, Jusufu Paye, Sanjaya Dhakal, Mary H Hodges, Alexander H Jones, Stacy Davlin, Mustapha Sonnie, Sallay Manah, Rubina Imtiaz, and Yaobi Zhang
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
In Sierra Leone, nationally powered school-based surveys have documented significant progress in the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis. In order to assess the district-level prevalence and intensity of infection among key at-risk groups outside of school age children (SAC), we conducted a multi-stage, cluster-sample household survey in Bo and Kenema districts in May 2018. From both districts, we examined 1,282 pre-school age children (PSAC), 730 school age children (SAC), and 517 adults over 14 years (including 387 women of reproductive age, or WRA) for STH and Schistosoma mansoni infection using Kato Katz technique. In Bo, STH prevalence was 8.0% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 10.2%) in PSAC, 6.4% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 9.0%) in SAC, 14.1% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 17.4%) in all adults and 11.9% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 17.4%) in WRA. In Kenema, STH prevalence was 18.1% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 20.5%) in PSAC, 17.3% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 20.7%) in SAC, and 16.9% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 20.5%) in all adults and 16.9% (95% Upper Confidence Limit 22.6%) in WRA. Hookworm species were the most prevalent of STH in both districts overall. The overall prevalence of S. mansoni was
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- 2022
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5. Internationalization and Mobility
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Christopher S. Collins and Alexander H. Jones
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Globalization creates conditions for higher education institutions to collaborate, and in this chapter the authors examine the state of international collaboration. The means by which internationalization in Asia often occurs includes degree sharing, twinning agreements, franchised programs, validated programs, distance learning, and branch campuses. Beyond an encyclopedic overview of Asian higher education collaboration, the authors apply an anthropological method to ask, “Are these methods effective?” Utilizing a case study of the Tokyo Convention, which is an international effort to advance Asian higher education mobility, the authors implement Appadurai’s concepts of global scapes as one analytical tool to assess the effectiveness of mobility. Documenting the providers and methods of internationalization is vital to understanding the current era of Asian higher education, but a more acute issue is to clarify why mobility matters, what it is accomplishing, and whether or not it is worth the investment.
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- 2023
6. The Role of Academic Self-Confidence on Thriving among International College Students in the U.S. and Canada
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Alexander H. Jones and Young Hae Kim
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Self-confidence ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Thriving ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY ,Context (language use) ,Racial group ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,media_common - Abstract
Set in the context of four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, this study examined how the level of thriving differs for international students and their domestic peers, how the level of thriving differs across various subgroups within international students, and how academic self-confidence is associated with the level of thriving for international students. Using data from the 2017 Thriving Quotient, this study found that international students were less likely to thrive during their college years than their domestic peers and that Asian international students were less likely to thrive than their international peers of other racial groups. Findings also suggested that academic self-confidence was significantly and positively related to international students’ thriving during their college years.
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- 2020
7. What is an Educational Good? Theorising Education as Degrowth
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Alexander H. Jones
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Philosophy ,History ,Degrowth ,Environmental ethics ,Sociology ,Education - Published
- 2020
8. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in four districts in Bangladesh: household cluster surveys of prevalence and intervention status
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Bozena M. Morawski, Sazid Ibna Zaman, Rubina Imtiaz, Michael S. Deming, Stacy L. Davlin, Muhammad Mujibur Rahman, Abdullah Al Kawsar, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, Anand Y. Joshi, Alexander H. Jones, and Sanya Tahmina
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Male ,Soil-transmitted helminthiasis ,Epidemiology ,Water, sanitation, and hygiene ,Helminthiasis ,Soil ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Prevalence ,Medicine ,Sanitation ,Child ,Aged, 80 and over ,0303 health sciences ,Bangladesh ,Integrated survey ,biology ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Middle Aged ,Child, Preschool ,Mass Drug Administration ,Female ,Ascaris lumbricoides ,Research Article ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,030231 tropical medicine ,Disease cluster ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hookworm Infections ,Young Adult ,Environmental health ,Animals ,Humans ,030304 developmental biology ,Aged ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Trichuris trichiura ,Preventive chemotherapy ,Biostatistics ,business - Abstract
Background In 2016, after 8 years of twice-annual nationwide preventive chemotherapy (PC) administration to school-age children (SAC), the Bangladesh Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) sought improved impact and intervention monitoring data to assess progress toward the newly adopted goal of eliminating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) as a public health problem. Methods We surveyed four Bangladeshi districts between August and October 2017. We conducted a multi-stage, cluster-sample, household survey which produced equal-probability samples for preschool-age children (PSAC; 1–4 years), SAC (5–14 years), and adults (≥ 15 years). Standardized questionnaires were administered, using Android-based smart phones running an Open Data Kit application. Stool samples were collected and testing for STH prevalence and infection intensity used the Kato-Katz technique. Results In all, 4318 stool samples were collected from 7164 participants. Estimates of STH prevalence by risk group in three of the four surveyed districts ranged from 3.4 to 5.0%, all with upper, 1-sided 95% confidence limits 50% prevalence in at least one risk group. Among all tested specimens, Ascaris lumbricoides was the most common STH parasite [8.2% (n = 352)], followed by Trichuris trichiura [0.9% (n = 37)], and hookworm [0.6% (n = 27)]. In each district, PC coverage among SAC was above the 75% program target but did not exceed 45% among PSAC in any district. Improved sanitation at home, school, or work was over 90% in all districts. Conclusions In the three low-prevalence districts, the MOHFW is considering decreasing the frequency of mass drug administration, per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Also, the MOHFW will focus programmatic resources and supervisory efforts on Sirajganj District. Despite considering WHO guidance, the MOHFW will not expand PC administration to women of reproductive age partly due to the low prevalence of hookworm and T. trichiura, the STH parasites that contribute most to morbidity in that risk group. Data collected from surveys such as ours would help effectively guide future STH control efforts in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
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- 2020
9. Re-imagining Christian Higher Education
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Alexander H. Jones
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Higher education ,business.industry ,Religious studies ,Gender studies ,Sociology ,business ,Education - Published
- 2019
10. Negotiation of Form Among the Displaced
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Alexander H. Jones
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International language ,050101 languages & linguistics ,education.field_of_study ,Refugee ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Population ,050301 education ,Negotiation ,English as a second language ,Mathematics education ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Corrective feedback ,education ,Psychology ,0503 education ,media_common - Abstract
This chapter presents a mixed-methods study of error sequences in an English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom comprised of refugees from multiple countries to answer the question: What does the negotiation of feedback look like among displaced, preliterate learners? Teacher-student dialogue at an international language learning centre was recorded and coded, totalling 12.5 hours of data. A total of 146 error sequences consisted of a learner error, followed by the teacher's feedback and the student's uptake. Results show that when content errors occurred among this population, elicitation, feedback that many scholars suggest is the most effective form, is not as effective as metalinguistic feedback. The reasons for this difference are consequently explored. Findings also indicate that certain types of feedback (metalinguistic feedback, elicitation, clarification request) lead to self-repair better than others (recast, explicit correction).
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- 2020
11. Embodying justice: Situating college student articulations of social justice in critical consciousness
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Alexander H. Jones
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Critical consciousness ,060303 religions & theology ,05 social sciences ,Social change ,Religious studies ,050301 education ,Gender studies ,06 humanities and the arts ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,Economic Justice ,Education ,Religious education ,Power structure ,Consciousness raising ,Sociology ,Philosophy of education ,0503 education ,Cultural pluralism - Abstract
Many American evangelical college students today enter into college with a new awareness of justice-related issues. However, situating student commitments to justice in a larger discourse on critical-consciousness development is necessary for educators to assist students in their justice development. This article reviews the literature on critical-consciousness development and places it in conversation with Deleuzian affect theory, suggesting that extant theory does not take into account the affective domain of critical-consciousness growth. This article also demonstrates common ways Christian college students might portray themselves as critically aware through distinctly Christian tropes that express their passion for and commitment to justice. These tropes, which commonly include human trafficking, diverse friend groups, and being globally-minded, actually have an adverse impact on social justice. By better understanding these tropes as masquerading critical consciousness and by understanding how students become critically aware through affect theory, educators and mentors can more adequately guide students in their attempts to seek justice.
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- 2018
12. The discourse of language learning strategies: towards an inclusive approach
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Alexander H. Jones
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060201 languages & linguistics ,Education theory ,Comprehension approach ,Multicultural education ,05 social sciences ,Educational technology ,050301 education ,06 humanities and the arts ,Experiential learning ,Education ,Language learning strategies ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0602 languages and literature ,Pedagogy ,Theoretical linguistics ,Language education ,Sociology ,0503 education - Abstract
This paper critiques discourse surrounding language learning strategies within Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and argues for the creation of new definitions of language lea...
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- 2016
13. Logistics of Guinea Worm Disease Eradication in South Sudan
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P. Craig Withers, Steven Becknell, Donald R. Hopkins, David Stobbelaar, Samuel Yibi Makoy, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, and Alexander H. Jones
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Economic growth ,Staffing ,Perspective Piece ,Sudan ,Environmental protection ,Virology ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Disease Eradication ,Program Development ,Mass drug administration ,Disease surveillance ,Dracunculiasis ,business.industry ,Drinking Water ,Public health ,medicine.disease ,Intervention (law) ,Infectious Diseases ,Neglected tropical diseases ,Parasitology ,business - Abstract
From 2006 to 2012, the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program reduced new Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) cases by over 90%, despite substantial programmatic challenges. Program logistics have played a key role in program achievements to date. The program uses disease surveillance and program performance data and integrated technical-logistical staffing to maintain flexible and effective logistical support for active community-based surveillance and intervention delivery in thousands of remote communities. Lessons learned from logistical design and management can resonate across similar complex surveillance and public health intervention delivery programs, such as mass drug administration for the control of neglected tropical diseases and other disease eradication programs. Logistical challenges in various public health scenarios and the pivotal contribution of logistics to Guinea worm case reductions in South Sudan underscore the need for additional inquiry into the role of logistics in public health programming in low-income countries.
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- 2014
14. Sentinel surveillance for influenza among severe acute respiratory infection and acute febrile illness inpatients at three hospitals in Ghana
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Richard Akuffo, Prince Agbenohevi, Joseph Amankwa, Charity Sarpong, George Armah, Alexander H. Jones, Naiki Puplampu, Christopher A. Duplessis, Kwadwo A. Koram, Samuel Bel-Nono, Ken Sagoe, Edward Nyarko, Brooke Doman, EricaL. Dueger, and William Ampofo
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0301 basic medicine ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Referral ,Adolescent ,Fever ,Epidemiology ,030106 microbiology ,030231 tropical medicine ,sentinel surveillance ,Ghana ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,Severe acute respiratory infection ,Internal medicine ,Nasopharynx ,Influenza, Human ,medicine ,Humans ,Influenza epidemiology ,human ,Young adult ,Intensive care medicine ,Child ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Inpatients ,Respiratory tract infections ,business.industry ,Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Febrile illness ,virus diseases ,Influenza transmission ,Original Articles ,Middle Aged ,Hospitalization ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Acute Disease ,Female ,Original Article ,Epidemiologic data ,business ,influenza - Abstract
Background Influenza epidemiology in Africa is generally not well understood. Using syndrome definitions to screen patients for laboratory confirmation of infection is an established means to effectively conduct influenza surveillance. Methods To compare influenza-related epidemiologic data, from October 2010 through March 2013, we enrolled hospitalized severe acute respiratory infection (SARI; fever with respiratory symptoms) and acute febrile illness (AFI; fever without respiratory or other localizing symptoms) patients from three referral hospitals in Ghana. Demographic and epidemiologic data were obtained from enrolled patients after which nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were collected, and processed by molecular methods for the presence of influenza viruses. Results Of 730 SARI patients, 59 (8%) were influenza positive; of 543 AFI patients, 34 (6%) were positive for influenza. Both SARI and AFI surveillance yielded influenza A(H3N2) (3% versus 1%), A(H1N1)pdm09 (2% versus 1%), and influenza B (3% versus 4%) in similar proportions. Data from both syndromes show year-round influenza transmission but with increased caseloads associated with the rainy seasons. Conclusions As an appreciable percentage of influenza cases (37%) presented without defined respiratory symptoms, and thus met the AFI but not the SARI definition, it is important to consider broader screening criteria (i.e., AFI) to identify all laboratory-confirmed influenza. The identified influenza transmission seasonality has important implications for the timing of related public health interventions.
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- 2016
15. Use of surveillance in disease eradication efforts: PART 2: Lessons learned in Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) eradication
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Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Steven Becknell, Donald R. Hopkins, Gabriel Waat, Samuel Yibi Makoy, and Alexander H. Jones
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Veterinary medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Dracunculiasis ,Disease Eradication ,business.industry ,medicine ,Disease ,Intensive care medicine ,medicine.disease ,business - Published
- 2013
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