Maria Pia Fantini
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1373621 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Maria Pia Fantini |
| PRENOMES | Maria Pia |
| SOBRENOME | Fantini |
| ASSINATURA | FANTINI M P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3257-6552 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Implementing a federated regional diabetes register in a decentralized health system
Background Fragmentation of health information systems remains a major barrier to effective health system performance across Europe, particularly in decentralized settings. Federated data infrastructures have been proposed as a scalable solution, but evidence on their implementation at population level remains limited. Objectives We aimed to describe the implementation of a federated information infrastructure at regional level and assess the com…
Improving health sector coordination for resilient healthcare systems
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of integrating the concepts of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and health system resilience, emphasizing the role of coordination across sectors, which is essential for ensuring that systems can respond effectively to public health threats and manage resources efficiently. This paper aims to summarize the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic among European Union Member Stat…
Pneumococcal vaccine uptake among high-risk adults and children in Italy
Pneumococcal vaccination uptake within prioritized groups and children in Italy remains inadequate. Scarce awareness of vaccine availability and obstacles in accessing vaccinations emerge as principal barriers influencing this scenario
Rates and determinants of Rotavirus vaccine uptake among children in Italy
Consistent collection of behavioural preferences and socioeconomic characteristics of recipients of rotavirus vaccine campaigns, their epidemiological information, cost-benefit, and national policy data are crucial for designing effective vaccination strategies in Italy and other European countries with similar social profiles to reach the target uptake
The European experience with testing and surveillance during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to learn the challenges encountered by public health emergency preparedness systems, both in terms of problems encountered and adaptations during and after the first wave, as well as successful responses to them. RESULTS: This work draws on published literature, interviews with countries and institutional documents as part of a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control project t…
The Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinimetric Properties of Screening Instruments to Identify Frail Older Adults Attending Emergency Departments
Understanding whether frailty screening on presentation to EDs is accurate in identifying frailty, and predicting these outcomes is important for decision-making and targeting appropriate management
Assessing the Role of Trust in Information Sources, Adoption of Preventive Practices, Volunteering and Degree of Training on Biological Risk Prevention, on Perceived Risk of Infection and Usage of Per…
Background: During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Bologna Medical School surveyed medical students to learn more about their preparation to confront challenges posed by the pandemic and whether it affects perceptions of viral infection risk. This information could help design risk-reduction interventions with training to mitigate possible viral exposure. Method: A cross-sectional online survey examining students' ch…
Frauds in scientific research and how to possibly overcome them
Frauds and misconduct have been common in the history of science. Recent events connected to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how the risks and consequences of this are no longer acceptable. Two papers, addressing the treatment of COVID-19, have been published in two of the most prestigious medical journals; the authors declared to have analysed electronic health records from a private corporation, which apparently collected data of tens of…
Using altmetrics for detecting impactful research in quasi-zero-day time-windows
On December 31st 2019, the World Health Organization China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology detected in Wuhan City. The cause of the syndrome was a new type of coronavirus isolated on January 7th 2020 and named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since January 2020 an ever increasing number of scientific works related…
Higher 90-Day Mortality after Surgery for Hip Fractures in Patients with Covid-19
The mortality of hip fracture (HF) patients is increased by concomitant COVID-19; however, evidence is limited to only short follow-up. A retrospective matched case-control study was designed with the aim to report the 90-day mortality and determine the hazard ratio (HR) of concomitant HF and COVID-19 infection. Cases were patients hospitalized for HF and diagnosed with COVID-19. Controls were patients hospitalized for HF not meeting the criteria…
Couples living with type 1 diabetes
Impacts of type 1 diabetes and relationship factors on health and wellbeing of both persons with diabetes and partners (T1D partners) have not been investigated. Integrative review methods evaluated the evidence. From 323 titles, we included 24 studies involving 16,083 persons with diabetes and 1020 T1D partners. Studies were quantitative ( n = 13), qualitative ( n = 9) and mixed methods ( n = 2). Maintaining resilient, good quality, intimate rel…
Health equity during Covid-19
The study revealed the importance of social factors in the management of the syndemic in reception centres. It also highlighted how the underlying causes of the impact of COVID-19 are tightly correlated to the political and social approaches of local and national institutions to migration. In order to guarantee the well-being of society as a whole and successfully control the epidemic, it is necessary to consider migration as a human reality rath…
The Contribution of Case Mix, Skill Mix and Care Processes to the Outcomes of Community Hospitals
More research is needed to study the impact of CH skill mix and care processes on patient outcomes
Patterns of Covid-19 related excess mortality in the municipalities of Northern Italy during the first wave of the pandemic
Does self-efficacy in diabetes management differ by type of diabetes and gender? Results from network analysis
This study aims to analyze the correlations and relevance of self-efficacy items in 411 patients with diabetes using network analysis. We found that the self-efficacy items structure is consistent between genders and types of diabetes. However, the strength of item correlations was significantly higher in type 2 diabetes. The items central to the network were following a regular diet in type 2 diabetes and adjusting diet when ill in type 1 diabet…
The Importance of Taking a Patient-Centered, Community-Based Approach to Preventing and Managing Frailty
Across the world, life expectancy is increasing. However, the years of life gained do not always correspond to healthy life years, potentially leading to an increase in frailty. Given the extent of population aging, the association between frailty and age and the impact of frailty on adverse outcomes for older people, frailty is increasingly being recognized to be a significant public health concern. Early identification of the condition is impor…
Measuring the quality of care in small countries
Harnessing pharmaceutical innovation for anti-cancer drugs
Neurodevelopmental Trajectories of Preterm Infants of Italian Native-Born and Migrant Mothers and Role of Neonatal Feeding
There is evidence that preterm infants of migrant mothers are at a higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes than those of native-born mothers, and that human milk feeding is beneficial to infants' neurodevelopment. Using the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) to classify mother's country of origin, we investigated whether type of neonatal feeding (human milk vs. mixed milk vs. exclusive formula milk) affected preterm newborn neurodevel…
Strengthening Routine Immunization Services in an Angolan Comuna
In May 2018, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Doctors with Africa CUAMM began to implement an intervention to strengthen Chiulo Hospital's public health section to deliver immunization services in Mucope Comuna , Ombadja District. We aimed to evaluate the effect of this intervention. During the intervention period, actions such as staff training, improvement in the monitoring of vaccine stockpile, and the involvement of Community Health Wo…
Organized screening programmes for breast and cervical cancer in 17 EU countries
In conclusion three messages: organized cancer screening programmes may reduce the socioeconomic inequalities in younger people's use of preventive services over time; socioeconomic variables are not related to participation rates; these rates do not reach a level of stability in several countries. Therefore, without effective recruitment strategies and tailored organizations, screening participation may not achieve additional gains
Measuring parents’ perspective on continuity of care in children with special health care needs
SpeNK-Q proved to be a psychometrically promising instrument. Its utilisation could improve the identification of areas for service development, the delivery of coordinated care and support policy makers in redesigning integrated services
Socio-economic factors associated with infant mortality in Italy
In Italy, a high-income country where health care is universally available, variations in IM were strongly associated with relative and absolute income and unemployment rate. These results suggest that in Italy IM is not only related to income distribution, as demonstrated for other developed countries, but also to economic factors such as absolute income and unemployment. In order to reduce IM and the existing inequalities, the challenge for Ita…
Les mots secrets des prostituées (Modène, 1580-1620)
Après le Concile de Trente on assiste, dans les cités italiennes et dans les états du pape, à une marginalisation croissante des prostituées qui sont à le fois cantonnées et taxées, écartées et intégrées. Pourtant ce ne sont pas des conduites sexuelles scandaleuses qui en font, de plus en plus, un gibier d'inquisition. En fait le Saint Office s'intéresse aux incantations, conjurations et oraisons « pour l'amour » qui semblent être un savoir spéci…
Health equity during Covid-19
The study revealed the importance of social factors in the management of the syndemic in reception centres. It also highlighted how the underlying causes of the impact of COVID-19 are tightly correlated to the political and social approaches of local and national institutions to migration. In order to guarantee the well-being of society as a whole and successfully control the epidemic, it is necessary to consider migration as a human reality rath…
Patterns of Covid-19 related excess mortality in the municipalities of Northern Italy during the first wave of the pandemic
The Contribution of Case Mix, Skill Mix and Care Processes to the Outcomes of Community Hospitals
More research is needed to study the impact of CH skill mix and care processes on patient outcomes
Does self-efficacy in diabetes management differ by type of diabetes and gender? Results from network analysis
This study aims to analyze the correlations and relevance of self-efficacy items in 411 patients with diabetes using network analysis. We found that the self-efficacy items structure is consistent between genders and types of diabetes. However, the strength of item correlations was significantly higher in type 2 diabetes. The items central to the network were following a regular diet in type 2 diabetes and adjusting diet when ill in type 1 diabet…
Les mots secrets des prostituées (Modène, 1580-1620)
Après le Concile de Trente on assiste, dans les cités italiennes et dans les états du pape, à une marginalisation croissante des prostituées qui sont à le fois cantonnées et taxées, écartées et intégrées. Pourtant ce ne sont pas des conduites sexuelles scandaleuses qui en font, de plus en plus, un gibier d'inquisition. En fait le Saint Office s'intéresse aux incantations, conjurations et oraisons « pour l'amour » qui semblent être un savoir spéci…
Les mots secrets des prostituées (Modène, 1580-1620)
Après le Concile de Trente on assiste, dans les cités italiennes et dans les états du pape, à une marginalisation croissante des prostituées qui sont à le fois cantonnées et taxées, écartées et intégrées. Pourtant ce ne sont pas des conduites sexuelles scandaleuses qui en font, de plus en plus, un gibier d'inquisition. En fait le Saint Office s'intéresse aux incantations, conjurations et oraisons « pour l'amour » qui semblent être un savoir spéci…
Socio-economic factors associated with infant mortality in Italy
In Italy, a high-income country where health care is universally available, variations in IM were strongly associated with relative and absolute income and unemployment rate. These results suggest that in Italy IM is not only related to income distribution, as demonstrated for other developed countries, but also to economic factors such as absolute income and unemployment. In order to reduce IM and the existing inequalities, the challenge for Ita…
Measuring parents’ perspective on continuity of care in children with special health care needs
SpeNK-Q proved to be a psychometrically promising instrument. Its utilisation could improve the identification of areas for service development, the delivery of coordinated care and support policy makers in redesigning integrated services
Organized screening programmes for breast and cervical cancer in 17 EU countries
In conclusion three messages: organized cancer screening programmes may reduce the socioeconomic inequalities in younger people's use of preventive services over time; socioeconomic variables are not related to participation rates; these rates do not reach a level of stability in several countries. Therefore, without effective recruitment strategies and tailored organizations, screening participation may not achieve additional gains
Strengthening Routine Immunization Services in an Angolan Comuna
In May 2018, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Doctors with Africa CUAMM began to implement an intervention to strengthen Chiulo Hospital's public health section to deliver immunization services in Mucope Comuna , Ombadja District. We aimed to evaluate the effect of this intervention. During the intervention period, actions such as staff training, improvement in the monitoring of vaccine stockpile, and the involvement of Community Health Wo…
The Importance of Taking a Patient-Centered, Community-Based Approach to Preventing and Managing Frailty
Across the world, life expectancy is increasing. However, the years of life gained do not always correspond to healthy life years, potentially leading to an increase in frailty. Given the extent of population aging, the association between frailty and age and the impact of frailty on adverse outcomes for older people, frailty is increasingly being recognized to be a significant public health concern. Early identification of the condition is impor…
Measuring the quality of care in small countries
Harnessing pharmaceutical innovation for anti-cancer drugs
Neurodevelopmental Trajectories of Preterm Infants of Italian Native-Born and Migrant Mothers and Role of Neonatal Feeding
There is evidence that preterm infants of migrant mothers are at a higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes than those of native-born mothers, and that human milk feeding is beneficial to infants' neurodevelopment. Using the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) to classify mother's country of origin, we investigated whether type of neonatal feeding (human milk vs. mixed milk vs. exclusive formula milk) affected preterm newborn neurodevel…
Assessing the Role of Trust in Information Sources, Adoption of Preventive Practices, Volunteering and Degree of Training on Biological Risk Prevention, on Perceived Risk of Infection and Usage of Per…
Background: During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Bologna Medical School surveyed medical students to learn more about their preparation to confront challenges posed by the pandemic and whether it affects perceptions of viral infection risk. This information could help design risk-reduction interventions with training to mitigate possible viral exposure. Method: A cross-sectional online survey examining students' ch…
Frauds in scientific research and how to possibly overcome them
Frauds and misconduct have been common in the history of science. Recent events connected to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how the risks and consequences of this are no longer acceptable. Two papers, addressing the treatment of COVID-19, have been published in two of the most prestigious medical journals; the authors declared to have analysed electronic health records from a private corporation, which apparently collected data of tens of…
Using altmetrics for detecting impactful research in quasi-zero-day time-windows
On December 31st 2019, the World Health Organization China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology detected in Wuhan City. The cause of the syndrome was a new type of coronavirus isolated on January 7th 2020 and named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since January 2020 an ever increasing number of scientific works related…
Higher 90-Day Mortality after Surgery for Hip Fractures in Patients with Covid-19
The mortality of hip fracture (HF) patients is increased by concomitant COVID-19; however, evidence is limited to only short follow-up. A retrospective matched case-control study was designed with the aim to report the 90-day mortality and determine the hazard ratio (HR) of concomitant HF and COVID-19 infection. Cases were patients hospitalized for HF and diagnosed with COVID-19. Controls were patients hospitalized for HF not meeting the criteria…
Couples living with type 1 diabetes
Impacts of type 1 diabetes and relationship factors on health and wellbeing of both persons with diabetes and partners (T1D partners) have not been investigated. Integrative review methods evaluated the evidence. From 323 titles, we included 24 studies involving 16,083 persons with diabetes and 1020 T1D partners. Studies were quantitative ( n = 13), qualitative ( n = 9) and mixed methods ( n = 2). Maintaining resilient, good quality, intimate rel…
Health equity during Covid-19
The study revealed the importance of social factors in the management of the syndemic in reception centres. It also highlighted how the underlying causes of the impact of COVID-19 are tightly correlated to the political and social approaches of local and national institutions to migration. In order to guarantee the well-being of society as a whole and successfully control the epidemic, it is necessary to consider migration as a human reality rath…
The Contribution of Case Mix, Skill Mix and Care Processes to the Outcomes of Community Hospitals
More research is needed to study the impact of CH skill mix and care processes on patient outcomes
Patterns of Covid-19 related excess mortality in the municipalities of Northern Italy during the first wave of the pandemic
Does self-efficacy in diabetes management differ by type of diabetes and gender? Results from network analysis
This study aims to analyze the correlations and relevance of self-efficacy items in 411 patients with diabetes using network analysis. We found that the self-efficacy items structure is consistent between genders and types of diabetes. However, the strength of item correlations was significantly higher in type 2 diabetes. The items central to the network were following a regular diet in type 2 diabetes and adjusting diet when ill in type 1 diabet…
The Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinimetric Properties of Screening Instruments to Identify Frail Older Adults Attending Emergency Departments
Understanding whether frailty screening on presentation to EDs is accurate in identifying frailty, and predicting these outcomes is important for decision-making and targeting appropriate management
The European experience with testing and surveillance during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to learn the challenges encountered by public health emergency preparedness systems, both in terms of problems encountered and adaptations during and after the first wave, as well as successful responses to them. RESULTS: This work draws on published literature, interviews with countries and institutional documents as part of a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control project t…
Pneumococcal vaccine uptake among high-risk adults and children in Italy
Pneumococcal vaccination uptake within prioritized groups and children in Italy remains inadequate. Scarce awareness of vaccine availability and obstacles in accessing vaccinations emerge as principal barriers influencing this scenario
Rates and determinants of Rotavirus vaccine uptake among children in Italy
Consistent collection of behavioural preferences and socioeconomic characteristics of recipients of rotavirus vaccine campaigns, their epidemiological information, cost-benefit, and national policy data are crucial for designing effective vaccination strategies in Italy and other European countries with similar social profiles to reach the target uptake
Implementing a federated regional diabetes register in a decentralized health system
Background Fragmentation of health information systems remains a major barrier to effective health system performance across Europe, particularly in decentralized settings. Federated data infrastructures have been proposed as a scalable solution, but evidence on their implementation at population level remains limited. Objectives We aimed to describe the implementation of a federated information infrastructure at regional level and assess the com…
Improving health sector coordination for resilient healthcare systems
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of integrating the concepts of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and health system resilience, emphasizing the role of coordination across sectors, which is essential for ensuring that systems can respond effectively to public health threats and manage resources efficiently. This paper aims to summarize the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic among European Union Member Stat…
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