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Social work leadership competencies in health and mental healthcare: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Leadership skills are an integral part of effective social work practice in health and mental healthcare settings. Social workers require critical leadership skills to effectively support, treat and advocate for the complex needs of those ...
Amina Hussain, Rachelle Ashcroft
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Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
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Enhancing comprehensive in primary care: results of a cross-sectional survey of primary care social workers in Ontario, Canada

BMC Primary Care
Background Social workers are key members of team-based, primary care and offer a wide range of health, mental health, and social well-being services to diverse communities. This study sought to clarify what is known about social work’s scope of practice
Rachelle Ashcroft, Nele Feryn, Simon Lam, Amina Hussain, Rumia Owaisi, Peter Sheffield, Deepy Sur, Jennifer Rayner, Catherine Donnelly, Keith Adamson, Judith Belle Brown   +10 more
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Important Food Sources of Fructose‐Containing Sugars and Incident Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Dose‐Response Meta‐Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Sugar‐sweetened beverages are associated with hypertension. We assessed the relation of important food sources of fructose‐containing sugars with incident hypertension using a systematic review and meta‐analysis of prospective cohort studies ...
Qi Liu, Sabrina Ayoub‐Charette, Tauseef Ahmad Khan, Fei Au‐Yeung, Sonia Blanco Mejia, Russell J. de Souza, Thomas M.S. Wolever, Lawrence A. Leiter, Cyril W.C. Kendall, John L. Sievenpiper   +9 more
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
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“Going vaccine hunting”: Multilevel influences on COVID-19 vaccination among racialized sexual and gender minority adults—a qualitative study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
High levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy have been reported among Black and Latinx populations, with lower vaccination coverage among racialized versus White sexual and gender minorities.
Peter A. Newman, Duy Anh Dinh, Notisha Massaquoi, Charmaine C. Williams, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Suchon Tepjan, Thabani Nyoni   +6 more
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Depression in middle and older adulthood: the role of immigration, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background Little is known about depression in middle-aged and older Canadians and how it is affected by health determinants, particularly immigrant status.
Karen M. Davison, Yu Lung, Shen (Lamson) Lin, Hongmei Tong, Karen M. Kobayashi, Esme Fuller-Thomson   +5 more
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Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu, Philip Junior Nyarko, Precious Madzimbe, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Tawagidu Mohammed, Sandra Banini   +5 more
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Sexual and reproductive health among forcibly displaced persons in urban environments in low and middle-income countries: scoping review findings

Reproductive Health
Background Most forcibly displaced persons are hosted in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). There is a growing urbanization of forcibly displaced persons, whereby most refugees and nearly half of internally displaced persons live in urban areas ...
Carmen H. Logie, Frannie MacKenzie, Kalonde Malama, Nicole Lorimer, Anoushka Lad, Michelle Zhao, Manjulaa Narasimhan, Sasha Fahme, Bülent Turan, Julia Kagunda, Kelika Konda, Aryssa Hasham, Amaya Perez-Brumer   +12 more
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