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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is healthcare really equal for all? Assessing the horizontal and vertical equity in healthcare utilisation among older Ghanaians

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background There is a lack of focused research on the older population in Ghana and about issues pertaining to their access to healthcare services. Furthermore, information is lacking regarding the fairness in the access to these services.
Vincent Dei, Miguel San Sebastian
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
wiley   +1 more source

How equitable are community health worker programmes and which programme features influence equity of community health worker services? A systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely placed to link communities with the health system, playing a role in improving the reach of health systems and bringing health services closer to hard-to-reach and marginalised groups.
Rosalind McCollum, Woedem Gomez, Sally Theobald, Miriam Taegtmeyer   +3 more
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Equity and access to maternal and child health services in Ghana a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Inequities in the distribution of and access to maternal and child health care services is pervasive in Ghana. Understanding the drivers of inequity in maternal and child health (MCH) is important to achieving the universal health coverage ...
Samuel George Anarwat, Mubarik Salifu, Margaret Atosina Akuriba   +2 more
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Examining equity in a void of evidence - Pharmacist minor ailments services and the role of systematic reviews

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022
Pharmacist minor ailment services (PMAS) are formalised services which remunerate pharmacists for delivering care and providing medicines used to treat minor ailments such as hayfever, musculoskeletal pain, head lice and constipation.
Joanna Hikaka, Robert Haua
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Predictive Ability of Plasma p‐tau217 for β‐Amyloid Status: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 217 (p‐tau217) measured with fully automated platforms has shown high accuracy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis, but real‐world multicenter data remain limited. We aimed to validate the diagnostic performance of p‐tau217 for identifying AD pathology in a real‐world multicenter cohort ...
Miquel Massons, Nuria Guillen, Jordi Sarto, Neus Falgàs, Sergi Borrego‐Écija, Diana Esteller‐Gauxax, Magda Castellví, Adrià Tort‐Merino, Agnès Pérez‐Millan, Anna Antonell, Josep M. Augè Fradera, Gerard Piñol, Iolanda Riba, Anna Carnes‐Vendrell, Marta Cullell, Maria Teresa Osuna, Lorena Bajo, Teresa Romero, Eva Bonjoch, Joan Bello, Susana Fernández, Marta Balagué, Isabel Gómez‐Ruiz, Anuncia Boltes, Claustre Pont, Raquel Cuevas, Sara Carrillo, Laura Iglesias, Teresa Maria Casadevall Codina, Lorena Grau Guinea, Fernando Jose Espada, Raquel Sánchez‐Valle, Mircea Balasa, Albert Lladó   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity policies in health plans: accessibility and something more?

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To examine the approach adopted by the health plans of the autonomous communities of Spain, verifying the weight given to the concept of equity; to detect referenced communities or situations, as well as to distinguish the perspective of ...
Bran Barral Buceta, Ramón Bouzas Lorenzo, Andrés Cernadas Ramos, Ángela Fernández da Silva   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Factors Associated With the Rising Trend in Self‐Reported Cognitive Disability Among U.S. Adults Aged 18–39 From 2013–2024

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Building on our prior Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System analysis identifying adults aged 18–39 as the primary driver of the national increase in self‐reported cognitive disability, we examined factors associated with this rise using 2013–2024 U.S. BRFSS data. Methods We analyzed U.S.
Adam de Havenon, Ka‐Ho Wong, Mirriam Mananah, Christopher D. Anderson, Ada Fenick, Amy Arnsten, Arman Fesharaki‐Zadeh, James C. McPartland, Mary L. Adams, Kevin N. Sheth   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incident Comorbid Diabetes and Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis: An English Population‐Based Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the incidence of diabetes mellitus and its associations with hospitalisation and mortality in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) and matched controls. Methods Using English primary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, linked to hospital and mortality records, we matched adults with MS with up to 10 ...
Yolanda Lau, Sedigheh Zabihi, Morghan Hartmann, Georgina Mathlin, Sube Banerjee, Ebaa Marouf, Clare Hadley, Claudia Cooper, Ruth Dobson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source