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Analyzing community resilience as an emergent property of dynamic social-ecological systems

Ecology and Society, 2018
Community resilience is widely promoted so that communities can respond positively to a range of risks, including shocks, extreme events, and other changes.
Lucy Faulkner, Katrina Brown, Tara Quinn
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Co-developing patient and family engagement indicators for health system improvement with healthcare system stakeholders: a consensus study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To develop a set of patient and family engagement indicators (PFE-Is) for measuring engagement in health system improvement for a Canadian provincial health delivery system through an evidence-based consensus approach.Design This mixed-method ...
Maria-Jose Santana, Sadia Ahmed, Sandra Zelinsky, Tracy Wasylak, Paul Fairie, Gloria Wilkinson, Tamara Lynne McCarron, Mikie Mork, Jatin Patel   +8 more
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Health and self-care among garbage collectors: work experiences in a recyclable garbage cooperative Salud y autocuidado entre minadores de basura: vivencias en el trabajo en una cooperativa de basura reciclable Saúde e autocuidado entre catadores de lixo: vivências no trabalho em uma cooperativa de lixo reciclável

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2007
Study performed with garbage pickers who organized a cooperative to sort recyclable garbage in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in a shed loaned by the city administration.
Clarice Maria Dall'Agnol, Fernanda dos Santos Fernandes   +1 more
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The Importance of Community-Based and Community-Partnered COVID-19 Testing for Reducing Disparities Among African American Populations

Health Equity
Background: Health inequalities in African American communities have been further exacerbated by COVID-19. Public health departments and other safety-net providers across the United States have partnered with community-based organizations to address ...
Chavon Hamilton-Burgess, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Jenifer Allsworth, Carole Bowe Thompson, Frank E. Thompson, Tacia Burgin, Eric D. Williams, Kathryn P. Derose   +7 more
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Simulation of communications networks [PDF]

Proceedings of the 24th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '92, 1992
This paper discusses how simulation is used to design and analyze communications networks. Topics discussed include: network issues addressed by simulation, simulation software for network modeling, techniques for building valid and credible models, and statistical considerations. A comprehensive example is also given.
Averill M. Law, Michael G. McComas
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The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
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Disempowering socioeconomic and political structures to empower people

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
The “social determinants of health model” is a way to explain inequalities in health. It places socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions at the highest level, which means that people have more difficulty to impact on them, although those ...
Ines Urieta Guijarro, Amaia Ajuria Lekerika   +1 more
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The primary care COVID-19 integrated pathway: a rapid response to health and social impacts of COVID-19

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background The first wave of COVID-19 in Calgary, Alberta accelerated the integration of primary care with the province’s centrally managed health system.
Fariba Aghajafari, Brian Hansen, Kerry McBrien, Myles Leslie, Alexandra Chiew, Rick Ward, Bing Li, Jia Hu   +7 more
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Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Jun Yamanishi, Masahiro Yoshitomi, Junji Ikeda, Shin‐Ichi Tsujimoto, Yasuteru Yamaguchi, Norio Shiba, Dhroov Pathare, Ayumi Kato, Masahiko Hara   +10 more
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Survival by Race and Ethnicity in Children and Adolescents/Young Adults With Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Pooled Analysis of Children's Oncology Group Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Despite 5‐year survival rates of over 90% among children and adolescents/young adults (CAYAs) with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), 15%–20% relapse after frontline therapy. Prior analysis of frontline Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials demonstrated that, despite similar rates of relapse, non‐Hispanic Black (NHB) and ...
Mallorie B. Heneghan, Lindsay A. Renfro, Yue Wu, Katia M. Crisler, Erin Marcotte, Tanya Trippett, Terzah Horton, Bradford S. Hoppe, Frank G. Keller, Chris Forlenza, Cindy Schwartz, Kara M. Kelly, Peter D. Cole, Sharon M. Castellino, Justine M. Kahn   +14 more
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