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Evaluation of a breastfeeding promotion film among a racially minoritized sample

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background In Los Angeles County (LAC), disparities in breastfeeding rates vary by race and region. Black persons are more affected by social and environmental factors than other racial/ethnic groups, leading to lower breast/chestfeeding rates.
Kacie C. A. Blackman, Derek S. Slama, Trevor A. Pickering, Aqueelah Russell, Wenonah Valentine, Meridith A. Merchant, Carrie Saetermoe   +6 more
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Quality and Value of Health Care in the Veterans Health Administration: A Qualitative Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background The attitudes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cardiovascular clinicians toward the VA's quality‐of‐care processes, clinical outcomes measures, and healthcare value are not well understood.
Andrea G. Segal, Keri L. Rodriguez, Judy A. Shea, Kristina L. Hruska, Lorrie Walker, Peter W. Groeneveld   +5 more
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Longitudinal genome‐wide aneuploidy measurements in circulating cell‐free DNA to predict lack of benefit from pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Many patients with urothelial cancer do not benefit from treatment with pembrolizumab, while at risk of severe side effects. Changes in the levels of circulating tumor DNA early during treatment, measured by a simple and affordable assay that can be easily implemented in the clinic, can be used as a prognostic tool to identify these patients.
Youssra Salhi, Stavros Makrodimitris, Sandra van Wilpe, Iris te Paske, Vanja de Weerd, Corine M. Beaufort, Hans M. Westgeest, Jens Voortman, Maureen J. B. Aarts, Maud Rijnders, Astrid A. M. van der Veldt, Ronald de Wit, Niven Mehra, Saskia M. Wilting, Debbie G. J. Robbrecht   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender differences in health-seeking behaviour: insights from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019

BMC Health Services Research
Background Health-seeking behaviour involves actions taken by individuals who feel unwell to seek remedies and varies based on cognitive and non-cognitive factors like sex, age, socioeconomic status, and access to healthcare.
Devi Shantini Rata Mohan, Suhana Jawahir, Adilius Manual, Nur Elina Abdul Mutalib, Sarah Nurain Mohd Noh, Iqbal Ab Rahim, Jabrullah Ab Hamid, Awatef Amer Nordin   +7 more
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Adapting the WHO BeSD COVID-19 Survey to Examine Behavioral and Social Drivers of Vaccine Uptake Among Transgender, Intersex, and Disability Communities in India

Vaccines
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people and people with disabilities in India faced disproportionate barriers to accessing vaccination services.
Eesha Lavalekar, Sharin D’souza, Harikeerthan Raghuram, Namdeo Dongare, Mohammed A. Khan, Chaitanya Likhite, Gauri Mahajan, Pabitra Chowdhury, Aqsa Shaikh, Sunita Sheel Bandewar, Satendra Singh, Anant Bhan   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why human connection is the true metric of research success

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Human‐centred mentorship can be shaped by mentor attributes, actions, intrinsic drive and career ambition. Drawing on reflections across Singapore and France, as well as workshop insights from FEBS‐IUBMB ENABLE 2024, this article shows that human‐centred mentorship creates the conditions for sustainable growth, well‐being and retention in research ...
Timothy Lin Yun Tan, Mattias Wei Ren Kon, Xavier Coumoul, Fun Man Fung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intersectionality, health equity, and EDI: What’s the difference for health researchers?

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
AbstractMany countries adopted comprehensive national initiatives to promote equity in higher education with the goal of transforming the culture of research. Major health research funders are supporting this work through calls for projects that focus on equity, resulting in a proliferation of theoretical frameworks including “intersectionality ...
Christine Kelly, Lisette Dansereau, Jennifer Sebring, Katie Aubrecht, Maggie FitzGerald, Yeonjung Lee, Allison Williams, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch   +7 more
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Cumulative social disadvantage and health-related quality of life: national health interview survey 2013–2017

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Evidence for the association between social determinants of health (SDoH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is largely based on single SDoH measures, with limited evaluation of cumulative social disadvantage.
Kobina Hagan, Zulqarnain Javed, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Adnan A. Hyder, Elias Mossialos, Tamer Yahya, Isaac Acquah, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Alan Pan, Nwabunie Nwana, Mohamad Taha, Khurram Nasir   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Prediction Models for Recurrence After Curative Treatment of Early‐Stage or Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This systematic review synthesizes prognostic models for survival and recurrence in resected non‐small cell lung cancer. While many models demonstrate moderate to good discrimination, few are externally validated and reporting quality is variable, limiting clinical applicability and highlighting the need for robust, transparent model development ...
Evangeline Samuel, S. Tissera, E. Paul, J. Zalcberg, R. G. Stirling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation Research Methodologies for Achieving Scientific Equity and Health Equity

Ethnicity & Disease, 2019
Implementation science has great potential to improve the health of communities and individuals who are not achieving health equity. However, implementation science can exacerbate health disparities if its use is biased toward entities that already have the highest capacities for delivering evidence-based interventions.
Moira McNulty, J.D. Smith, Juan Villamar, Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Wouter Vermeer, Nanette Benbow, Carlos Gallo, Uri Wilensky, Arthur Hjorth, Brian Mustanski, John Schneider, C. Hendricks Brown   +11 more
openaire   +3 more sources