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Serious Bacterial Infections in Hospitalized Neonates in Eastern Ethiopia: Investigating the Emerging Pathogen Pantoea dispersa Compared With Klebsiella pneumoniae

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Serious bacterial infections (SBIs) are major contributors to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low‐income countries. We describe the aetiology and risk factors for neonatal bacteraemia and in‐hospital mortality in eastern Ethiopia, focusing on Pantoea dispersa, a rarely studied pathogen, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Yunus Edris, Faisel A. Hassen, Desalegn A. Ayana, Fami Ahmed, Haleluya Leulseged, Dadi Marami, Jabir Aliye, Belete G. Alem, Zelalem T. Mariam, Gezahang Mengesha, Nega Assefa, Alexander M. Aiken, J. Anthony G. Scott, Lola Madrid   +13 more
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“There Are Places Full of Beauty”: Desettling High School Students' Scientific Writing

Science Education, Volume 110, Issue 4, Page 1018-1042, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study contributes to desettling and expanding expectations about the forms of scientific language that belong in students' scientific writing. The primary empirical focus is the analysis of 52 high school student abstracts articulating community‐based investigations, submitted as part of their participation in a student conference in a ...
Alejandra Frausto Aceves
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Handwashing knowledge and practices among caregivers of pre-school children in underprivileged areas of Nelson Mandela Bay

The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022
Objectives: To explore and describe caregivers’ handwashing knowledge and practices in the context of underprivileged urban communities. Design: A qualitative descriptive and exploratory study was conducted during August and September 2017, through five ...
L Steenkamp, M Williams, J Ronaasen, A Feeley, I Truter, P Melariri   +5 more
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Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Brucellosis Among High‐Risk Occupational Groups

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2026.
Four hundred thirty‐five participants (135 butchers, 133 dairy workers and 147 livestock handlers) took part in this survey from five districts in Bangladesh. The survey was conducted through face‐to‐face interviews generated by KoboToolbox. Following the collection, the data were cleaned and scored by Microsoft Excel.
Md. Abdur Nur Sakib, Tajul Islam Mamun, Sumayae Binta Khaiat, Prity Ranjan Talukdar, Mahfuzur Rahman, Raisa Islam, Shabbir Ahmed, Fahmida Yesmin Oishee, Milton Roy, Md. Mukter Hossain   +9 more
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Observation Results of Handwashing by Health Care Workers in A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 2019
Purpose: This research was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the status of handwashing, which is important and an effective method of preventing and controlling hospital infections, by health care workers in a neonatal intensive care unit ...
Seda ÇAĞLAR, Suzan YILDIZ, Sevim SAVAŞER   +2 more
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Handwashing with soap and influencing factors in crisis-affected refugee populations in Kenya and Uganda

Conflict and Health
Background Crisis-affected populations such as refugees are exposed to a greater risk of communicable diseases due to poor living conditions and limited access to basic services, such as water, sanitation and hygiene services.
Innocent Kamara Tumwebaze, Dennis Akeyo, Vishna Shah, Naomi Ng’ang’a, Sheillah Simiyu   +4 more
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Considerations for the clinical use of teplizumab in stage 2 Type 1 diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) and the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD)

Diabetic Medicine, Volume 43, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Introduction In 2025, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved the use of teplizumab (a monoclonal anti‐CD3 antibody) to delay progression from Stage 2 to Stage 3 Type 1 diabetes in the UK. Methods To address the need for clear guidance on managing patients eligible for teplizumab therapy, the British Society of ...
Renuka P. Dias, M. Loredana Marcovecchio, Ruben H. Willemsen, Fiona Campbell, Ahmad Ashour, Philip Newland‐Jones, Jennifer Cooper, Parth Narendran, Neil P. Wright   +8 more
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Nutrition as the Foundation of Human Capital: Pathways to Holistic Development

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Human capital is widely recognized as central to economic growth and social progress. However, commonly used development measurements often assess outcomes achieved in adolescence or adulthood. These approaches overlook the formative biological processes that shape lifelong capability.
Demeke Mekonnen Hassen
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Barriers to and motivators of handwashing behavior among mothers of neonates in rural Bangladesh

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background To design a maternal handwashing intervention for the newborn period, this qualitative study explored drivers of handwashing among mothers and other caregivers of neonates and infants in two rural areas of Bangladesh.
Shahana Parveen, Sharifa Nasreen, Jelena V. Allen, Kelly B. Kamm, Shifat Khan, Shirina Akter, Tajnin Marin Lopa, K. Zaman, Shams El Arifeen, Stephen P. Luby, Pavani K. Ram   +10 more
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Effect of Small‐Quantity Lipid‐Based Nutrient Supplementation on Children's Cortisol Concentration

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the role of early‐life nutrition supplementation in regulating the development of hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis activity, as evidenced by hair cortisol concentration (HCC), in the iLiNS‐DYAD randomized controlled trial in Ghana.
Helena Nti, Paul D. Hastings, Seth Adu‐Afarwuah, Ebenezer Adjetey, Benjamin Amponsah, Charles D. Arnold, Lois M. D. Aryee, Fatimah B. Ayete Labi, Helena J. Bentil, Kathryn G. Dewey, Amanda E. Guyer, Adom Manu, Mavis O. Mensah, Elizabeth L. Prado, Elizabeth Shirtcliff, Xiuping Tan, Brietta M. Oaks   +16 more
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