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Pharmacy deserts and COVID-19 risk at the census tract level in the State of Washington

Vaccine: X, 2022
Community pharmacies are a crucial component of healthcare infrastructure, including for COVID-19 pandemic prevention services like testing and vaccination. Communities that are “pharmacy deserts,” experience healthcare inequities.
Rachel Wittenauer, Parth D. Shah, Jennifer L. Bacci, Andy Stergachis   +3 more
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Sticky Categories and Their Negative Consequences: People with Learning Disabilities and ‘Behaviours that Challenge Others’

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
‘Behaviours that challenge others’ are attributed to 20% of people with learning disabilities. These behaviours are not a diagnosis, it is something people are labelled with.
Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Elizabeth Tilley, Susan Ledger, Lisa Davidson, Pam Bebbigton, Dawn Wiltshire   +6 more
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Multi-pronged complexities associated with translating mathematics texts intended for use in the Foundation Phase of schooling in South Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper reports on challenges and experiences learned from translating Foundation Phase Mathematics texts from English into isiZulu. The need to translate school texts from English into the various indigenous African languages has been fostered by ...
Celimpilo Dladla, Choice Mpanza
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Location Choice, Portfolio Choice [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
Households hold under-diversified stock portfolios concentrated in firms headquartered near the city where they reside. Theories for this local-bias puzzle assign a causal role for proximity, be it generating an informational advantage or a familiarity bias. These explanations assume that households locate randomly.
Ioannis Branikas, Harrison Hong, Jiangmin Xu   +2 more
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The treatment of infantile giant café au lait spot using golden parameter therapy with a high fluence 1064-nm Q-switched Nd: YAG laser

Journal of Dermatological Treatment
Background Infantile café au lait spot is a brown macule with various sizes (diameter: 0.5 cm–30 cm). Infantile giant café au lait spot (IGCALS) is a huge (diameter >20cm) irregular-shaped benign hyperpigmented skin disorder that arises in infants. There
Hoon Hur, Jin Ok Baek, Jae Seong Joo, Hojung Jung, Yu Ri Kim, Suk Jin Choi, Duck Taik Shim   +6 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV-Prevalence Mapping Using Small Area Estimation in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique at the First Sub-National Level

Annals of Global Health, 2021
Background: Local estimates of HIV-prevalence provide information that can be used to target interventions and consequently increase the efficiency of resources.
Enrique M. Saldarriaga
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE COST-MINIMIZATION AND BUDGET-IMPACT ANALYSIS OF FIXED-DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROID / LONG-ACTING BETAAGONIST COMBINATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA

Фармакоэкономика, 2017
Comparative pharmacoeconomic analysis of fixed-dose combinations (FDC) vilanterol / fluticasone furoate vs budesonide / formoterol was needed to identify the preferable FDC for asthma management.Study objective: to identify the preferable FDC of inhaled ...
N. L. Pogudina, E. G. Kosolapov, F. S. Kochenkov, A. V. Karaulov, N. L. Bondarenko, D. V. Blinov   +5 more
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Appraising patient preference methods for decision-making in the medical product lifecycle: an empirical comparison

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2020
Background Incorporating patient preference (PP) information into decision-making has become increasingly important to many stakeholders. However, there is little guidance on which patient preference assessment methods, including preference exploration ...
Chiara Whichello, Bennett Levitan, Juhaeri Juhaeri, Vaishali Patadia, Rachael DiSantostefano, Cathy Anne Pinto, Esther W. de Bekker-Grob   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source