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Toomas Timpka

Researcher at Linköping University

Publications -  336
Citations -  7725

Toomas Timpka is an academic researcher from Linköping University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Population. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 316 publications receiving 6399 citations. Previous affiliations of Toomas Timpka include University of Skövde.

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Web 2.0 Systems Supporting Childhood Chronic Disease Management: Design Guidelines Based on Information Behaviour and Social Learning Theories

TL;DR: In this article, a Web 2.0 system was developed to support a community of practice and social learning structures to support building of relations between members on several levels in the community.

Simulation as decision support in pandemic influenza preparedness and response

TL;DR: The paper presents a simulator architecture and its relation to a workflow for decision support in influenza preparedness and response, and can simulate pandemic scenarios, using localized community models, in the presence of various interventions to support an evaluation of potential response strategies.
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Psychosocial factors at work and in every day life are associated with irritable bowel syndrome

TL;DR: In multivariate analyses, independent associations were found between IBS and lack of influence on work planning, a family history of IBS, anxiety, and sleeping disturbances, and there should be a special focus on investigating the psychosocial working conditions and their associations to IBS.
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Intentions to Perform Non-Pharmaceutical Protective Behaviors during Influenza Outbreaks in Sweden: A Cross-Sectional Study following a Mass Vaccination Campaign

TL;DR: Coping appraisal was the explanatory factor most frequently included in statistical models explaining self-reported intentions to carry out non-pharmaceutical health actions in the Swedish outlined context, and that variations in threat appraisal played a smaller role in these models despite scientific uncertainties surrounding a recent mass vaccination campaign.