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April 29, 2021 -An increasing number of digital mental health interventions are designed for adolescents and young people with a range of mental health issues, but the evidence on their effectiveness is mixed, according to research by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Spark Street Advisors.
Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy was found effective for anxiety and depression in adolescents and young people holding promise for increasing access to mental health treatment for these conditions. However, the effectiveness of other digital interventions, including therapeutic video games, mobile apps, or social networking sites, and addressing a range of other mental health outcomes remain inconclusive. The findings are published online in the journal
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April 28, 2021 Using naturalistic driving data and machine learning techniques, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed highly accurate algorithms for detecting mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older drivers. Naturalistic driving data refer to data captured through in-vehicle recording devices or other technologies in the real-world setting. These data could be processed to measure driving exposure, space and performance in great detail. The findings are published in the journal
Geriatrics.
The researchers developed random forests models, a statistical technique widely used in AI for classifying disease status, that performed exceptionally well. Based on variables derived from the naturalistic driving data and basic demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race/ethnicity and education level, we could predict mild cognitive impairment an
Scientists call for wise use of natural resources
Experts term protection of environment collective responsibility
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April 24, 2021
LAHORE:
Scientists at an international seminar have called upon the need to utilise natural resources in a wise manner for existence of all living beings on earth in a healthy environment. The experts were addressing an online international seminar organised by Punjab University College of Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES) on the eve of World Earth Day with the title, “Restoration of Earth Resources for Sustainable Future”.
In this regard, four distinguished speakers shared the views for wise management of global resources. The first speaker, Dr M A K Lodhi from Texas Tech University, USA emphasised on the water conservation in Pakistan and its environmental awareness and education. The second speaker Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health former director Dr Muhammad Akram of New York, USA urged the country’s people to
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As politics grows increasingly polarized, a new global study finds people often exaggerate political differences and negative feelings of those on the opposite side of the political divide, and this misperception can be reduced by informing them of the other side s true feelings. The study replicates earlier research in the United States, finding the phenomenon to be generalizable across 25 countries.
The new study was led by Kai Ruggeri, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and replicates a 2020 study by Jeffrey Lees and Mina Cikara at Harvard University, who were also co-authors of the new study. The new findings appear in the journal
Despite global efforts, allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines are not equitable
Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine access for refugee and displaced populations, and addressing health inequities, is vital for an effective pandemic response.
Yet, vaccine allocation and distribution has been neither equitable nor inclusive, despite that global leaders have stressed this as a critical aspect to globally overcoming the pandemic, according to a paper published by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Read Leave No-one Behind: Ensuring Access to COVID-19 vaccines for Refugee and Displaced Populations in the journal
Nature Medicine.
As of April 1st, high and upper-middle-income countries received 86 percent of the vaccine doses delivered worldwide, while only 0.1 percent of doses have been delivered in low-income countries. Worldwide, over 80 percent of refugees and nearly all internally displaced persons are hosted by low and middle-income countries - nations at the