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The concept of evidenced based practice was originated by which of the following?
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Florence Nightingale.
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Archie Cochrane.
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Bernadette Melnyx.
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None of the above.
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There is a relationship between social distance in families and burden of care giving for chronically ill adults. This is what type of hypothesis?
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Correlational hypothesis.
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Null hypothesis.
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Not enough information to determine.
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This is not a hypothesis.
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What is the function of the IRB board?
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Protection of rights and welfare of participants.
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To determine the rate of reimbursement
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To assure voluntary informed consent
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To ensure benefits exceed risks.
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In health care, the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired results is referred to as:
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The initial and one of the most significant steps in conducting the research process is:
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Defining the research variables.
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Determining the feasibility of the study
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Stating the research purpose
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Identifying the research problem.
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A nurse collects data about hours worked, age, sex and gerographical area for nursing staff over a 5 year period. What type of research is she conducting?
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Correlational
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Quasi-experiment
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Experimental
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Descriptive
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The Tuskeegee experiment, denied Afrcian American soldiers treatment for syphillis when an effective treatment was available. Which element of unethical research principal is involved?
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Fabricaltion-falsification, forging data
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Fraud research protocol violations
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Putting subjects at risk without consent
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Plagiarism.
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In the Willowbrook study, children were deliberately infected with the hepatitis virus. Which element of unethical research principal is involved?
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Fraud research protocol violations
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Fabrication-falsification, forging data
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Plagiarism
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Putting subjects at risk without consent
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Qualitative research is defined as whcih of the following:
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Important scientific methodology developed to examine the end result of patient care provided by the nurse or health care provider.
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Fromal objective systematic process used to describe variables, test relationships between them and examine cause and effect interactions among variables.
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Systematic subjective methodological approach used to describe the experiences and give them meaning.
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None of the above.
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The process of carefully examining all aspects of a study to judge its strengths, limitaions, meaning and significance is termed a:
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The first nurse researcher with studies which focused on the importance in promoting patients physical and mental well being was which of the following:
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Florence Nightengale
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Albert Ellis
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Harriet Bailey
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Madeline Leinninger
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J. S. Logan
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There is no difference between altitudes of men and women towards caring for people with dememtia. What type of hypothesis is this?
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A nurse researcher is conducting an outcome research study and would like to focus on patient care. Which outcome would be most valuable to examine?
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Assessment
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Care Planning
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Interventions
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Evaluations
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The outcome or response to a stimuli or activity initiated by the researcher will be demonstrated in the:
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Independent variable
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Extraneous variable
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Dependent variable
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Research variable
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All of the following are examples of qualitative research except:
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Phenonmenlogical
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Grounded theory
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Ethnography
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Quasi-experimental
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Explorartory Descriptive
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Historical Research
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The term research means to look or examine again.
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Random sampling means which of the following:
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Each member has fair chance of being selected
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Whoever is available is selected
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Researcher assigns participants to either a control or treatment group
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Participant decides to join a control or treatment group
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How is nursing knowledge acquired? Select all that apply
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Tradition
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Authority
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Borrowing
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Trial and Error
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Personal experience
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The AACN has published statements about the roles of nurses in research. The roles expand with advanced education, expertise, and career path. The nurse with the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is knowledgeable about the research process and has skills to: Select all that apply.
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Assist with implementation of evidence based guidelines and proposal
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Assist in identifying research problems
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Assume a major role in the conduct of research and generation of nursing knowledge in an area of interest
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Assist in collecting data for the study
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What type of study is considered strongest for testing the effectiveness of an intervention?
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The PICO format is often used in qualitative research instead of a hypothesis. The P in PICO represents whcih of the following:
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People
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Population
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Place
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Protection of privacy
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A nurse is interested in the fail rate of patients who receive epidurals for pain. What is the next step in the process.
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The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavior Research developed 3 ethical principles. The three principles include all of the following except:
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Fair and humane treatment of all lab animals.
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Respect for persons as autonomous agents.
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Beneficence. Do good. Do no harm.
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Justice. Treated fairly.
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Freedom that an individual has to determine the time, extent and general circumstances under which information will be stored or with held from others is confidentiality.
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Collecting pertinent literature to give in depth knowledge about the problem is referred to as:
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Sampling
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Literature review
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Randomization
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Consentinig process
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A researcher performs a series of pilot studies to evaluate whether a measurement tool produces consostent results. This is an evaluation of:
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Validity
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Relablity
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Accuracy
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Precision
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A stimulus or activity manipulated or varied by the researcher to cause an effect is the:
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Dependent variable
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Extraneous variable
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Independent variable
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Null variable
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Restrictions in a study that may decrease the authority and generalization of the finidings is called a:
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Limitation
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Scientific misconduct
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Plagiarism
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Bias
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A nurse conducts a study to see whether there are differences in the number of books Latino parents and African American parents read to their toddlers each week. What type of study is this?
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Correlational
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Grounded theory
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Cohort
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Comparative descriptive
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Anonymity implies that no one, not even the research knows the identity of the subjects.
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All of the following are examples of quantitative research except:
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Descriptive
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Correlational
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Experimental
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Phenomenlogical
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A study in which the researcher assigns participants to the control or experimental group increases the possibility of:
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Validity
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Reliability
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Bias
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Analysis
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A sample is larger than a population.
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The knowledge and skills of the health care professional who is providing the care is referred to as:
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Wisdom
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Education
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Clinical expertise
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None of the above
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The five human rights include which of the following. Select all that apply
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Self-determination
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Right to privacy
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Right to anonymity and confidentiality
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Right to fair treatment
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Right to protection from discomfort and harm
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Right to fair reimbursement for participation
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Right to select placement in a control or treatment group.
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Which type of research design focuses on implementation or manipulaiton of a treatment by the researcher?
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Correlational
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Descriptive
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Experimental
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Longitudinal
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HIPPA protects individually identifiable health information.
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The process of selecting subjects who are representative of the population is called:
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Sampling methods
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Cluster methods
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Recruitment methods
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Research method
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It is important to know the demographic variables among the study subjects in order to:
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Calculate central tendency
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Ensure the control and experimental sunjects are different
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Ensure that outocmes are not caused by extraenous variables
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To understand how well the sample represents the target population to enable generalization.
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All of the following are characteristics of extraneous variables except:
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May interfere with hypothetical relationships
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Occur in all research settings
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Is intentionally created by the researcher
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Can be decreased through sample size
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Informed consent requires the researcher to disclose specific information to all prospective subjects. The consent includes 4 basic elements. Select the 4 that apply from the list below.
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Disclosure of essential study information to the study participant
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Comprehension of the information by the participant
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Competence of the participant to give consent
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Voluntary consent to take part in the study
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Amount of study reimbursement
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The Nuremberg Code of 1949 ensured which of the following:
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When documenting reports that previous research has demonstrated the accuracy of a physiologic measure, the researcher is addressing the measure of?
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Validity
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Reliability
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Homogeneity
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Equivalence
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Variables are qualities, properties or characteristics of people, things, or situations that are manipulated or measured in research.
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A researcher who does not disclose that a portion of the data from the original study sample was not used in the final data analysis, could be accused of:
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Participants with diminished autonomy must be protected in research. Select all candidates or groups that would be considered as having diminished autonomy. Select all that apply.
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Obese patients
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Legally or mentally incompetent
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Terminally ill
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People confined to an institution
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Neonates and children
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Pregnant women and fetuses