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Book review: The Criminalisation and Exploitation of Children in Care Multi-Agency Perspectives By Julie Shaw and Sarah Greenhow

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2022
The Criminalisation and Exploitation of Children in Care focuses on responses to children and young people in residential and foster care who are at risk of criminalisation and/or exploitation and abuse.
Dan Johnson
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Training of workplace-based clinical trainers in family medicine, South Africa: Before-and-after evaluation

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2018
Background: The training of family physicians is a relatively new phenomenon in the district health services of South Africa. There are concerns about the quality of clinical training and the low pass rate in the national examination. Aim: To assess the
Robert Mash, Julia Blitz, Jill Edwards, Steve Mowle   +3 more
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The pros and cons of the implementation of a chronic care model in European rural primary care: the points of view of European rural general practitioners

Rural and Remote Health, 2021
Introduction: This article describes the views of European rural general practitioners regarding the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the implementation of a chronic care model (CCM) in European rural primary care.
Donata Kurpas, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Katarzyna Szwamel, Jane Randall-Smith, Beata Blahova, Gindrovel Dumitra, Kateřina Javorská, András Mohos, José Simões , Victoria Tkachenko , Jean-Baptiste Kern, Carol Holland, Holly Gwyther   +12 more
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Time lapses between distribution of influenza vaccines to health authorities and their administration by General Practitioners (GPs) to older adults: a retrospective study over five influenza seasons in Italy

Expert Review of Vaccines
Background Delays in influenza vaccine delivery and administration can hinder vaccine coverage and protection. This study examines the differentials in distributing and administering adjuvanted trivalent (aTIV) and quadrivalent influenza vaccines (aQIV ...
Francesco Lapi, Ettore Marconi, Elettra Fallani, Marco Salvatore, Maura Cambiaggi, Alessandro Rossi, Claudio Cricelli   +6 more
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Self-Reported Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in Primary Care Using the TARGET Antibiotics Self-Assessment Tool

Antibiotics, 2020
The self-assessment tool (SAT) is a 16-question self-report of antimicrobial stewardship practices in primary care, available in the TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly, Guidance Education and Tools) Antibiotics Toolkit.
Leah Ffion Jones, Neville Quinton Verlander, Donna Marie Lecky, Sabeen Altaf, Dirk Pilat, Cliodna McNulty   +5 more
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Examiner perceptions of the MRCGP recorded consultation assessment for general practice licensing during COVID-19: cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Background The Recorded Consultation Assessment (RCA) was developed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic to replace the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) for UK general practice licensing. Our aim was to evaluate examiner perceptions of the RCA.
Vanessa Botan, Despina Laparidou, Viet-Hai Phung, Peter Cheung, Adrian Freeman, Richard Wakeford, Meiling Denney, Graham R. Law, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena   +8 more
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Frailty detection among primary care older patients through the Primary Care Frailty Index (PC-FI)

Scientific Reports, 2023
The prompt identification of frailty in primary care is the first step to offer personalized care to older individuals. We aimed to detect and quantify frailty among primary care older patients, by developing and validating a primary care frailty index ...
Davide Liborio Vetrano, Alberto Zucchelli, Graziano Onder, Laura Fratiglioni, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Alessandra Marengoni, Ettore Marconi, Iacopo Cricelli, Pierangelo Lora Aprile, Roberto Bernabei, Claudio Cricelli, Francesco Lapi   +11 more
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Systemic dysregulation of apolipoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages motor neurons. This study found that people with ALS show significant changes in blood fats and the proteins that carry them. Several apolipoproteins were higher, lipid balances were altered, and normal protein–lipid relationships were disrupted.
Finula I. Isik, Russell Pickford, Hannah C. Timmins, Olivier Piguet, Glenda M. Halliday, Matthew C. Kiernan, Woojin Scott Kim   +6 more
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Feasibility, quality and added value of unsupervised at-home spirometry in primary care

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
At-home spirometry could provide added value for the diagnosis and monitoring of obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care. However, it is unknown whether implementation in a real-world setting is practicable and produces good quality spirometry.
T. A. le Rütte, M. Kerkhof, Y. H. Gerritsma, M. M. G. Driessen-Roelfszema, L. van den Bemt, J. W. M. Muris, R. A. Riemersma, H. Sandelowsky, B. Stridh, J. W. H. Kocks   +9 more
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Artificial Intelligence and Mental Well‐Being in Adult Education: Implications for Practice and Professional Responsibility

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mental well‐being is central to adult learner success, yet many adult education institutions lack capacity to provide timely and accessible support. This article examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen mental health–adjacent supports in adult and continuing higher education, with attention to professional practice and ...
Adam L. McClain, Thomas Wade
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