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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive Health Care Reform and Biomedical Innovation [PDF]

, 2008
Considers ways to control the costs of development, adoption, and diffusion of new technologies as part of comprehensive healthcare reform.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
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Pulmonary Dysfunction Is Associated With Sleep Study Abnormalities in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Multicenter Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, Anis Rabbani Nourani, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Dima Ezmigna, Tarig Ali‐Dinar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

California Report Card, 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
Reviews 2009 policy developments and the state of child well-being. Proposes a children-first agenda, including access to comprehensive health care, education reforms and investments, and addressing cross-system issues, such as child safety and ...

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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping cancer center priorities through Community Advisory Board collaboration

Research Involvement and Engagement
Background Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) teams at National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers are tasked with engaging communities to understand and address the burden of cancer within their catchment area.
Stephanie Evett, Megan E. Schmidt, Sarah H. Nash, Kelly Wells Sittig, University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Advisory Board, Natoshia M. Askelson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Severe Leptospirosis: Fatal Re-Emerging Disease in Latin America

Kidney and Dialysis
Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease that has had an unprecedented impact on most health systems in the world. The spectrum of symptoms is variable and usually ranges from asymptomatic cases to severe manifestations involving multiple organ ...
Elber Osorio-Rodríguez, Dairo Rodelo-Barrios, Carlos Rebolledo-Maldonado, Alberto Polo-Barranco, Jhonny Patiño-Patiño, Mauricio Aldana-Roa, Valeria Sánchez-Daza, Emily Sierra-Ordoñez, Alfonso Bettin-Martínez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analytical typology of multiprofessional primary care models

BMC Family Practice, 2018
Background There is only limited evidence to support care redefinition and role optimization processes needed for scaling up of a stronger primary care capacity.
Damien Contandriopoulos, Mélanie Perroux, Aurore Cockenpot, Arnaud Duhoux, Emmanuelle Jean   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birthweight [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines trends in low birthweight and preterm births and offers prevention strategies such as expanding access to comprehensive health care, ensuring good nutrition for pregnant women, and addressing demographic, social, and environmental risk ...
Barbara Shore, Rima Shore
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source