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Occupational therapy synergy between Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania and Heifer International to reduce poverty

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2013
Background: This article describes a partnership between a community-based rehabilitation organisation and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Tanzania.
Anne Marie W. Hansen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Academic-Community Partnerships: Effectiveness Evaluated Beyond the Ivory Walls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has furthered our understanding of the working principles required for academic-community partnerships to address persistent public health problems.
Caron, Rosemary M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Development Foundations: Emerging Partnerships. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This report examines the emerging picture of local institutions that exist solely to support the civil society sector by building their operational and financial capacity.
Joyce Malombe
core  

Adaptation of a culturally relevant nutrition and physical activity program for low-income, Mexican-origin parents with young children. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Latino children experience higher rates of obesity than do non-Latino white children. Family-centered nutrition interventions can slow the rate of weight gain in this population.
Aguilera, Alberto   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Community-Based Partnership to Identify Keys to Biospecimen Research Participation [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cancer Education, 2012
Reported barriers to participation in biospecimen banking include unwillingness to undergo blood-draw procedures and concerns about confidentiality breaches, privacy, and discrimination. The study identified key factors and influential perspectives to address these barriers and inform methods to improve recruitment and research participation among ...
Deborah O, Erwin   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promising Practices: Advanced Referral System - Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services, BPA&O Project Human Services Center [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Changes in disability policy at the state and federal level have presented many new opportunities for meaningful systems change and services delivery for people with disabilities. Since 2000, the Social Security Administration, the U.S.
Boyle, Mike   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

KLK7 overexpression promotes an aggressive phenotype and facilitates peritoneal dissemination in colorectal cancer cells

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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