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Poverty and health: [PDF]

, 2017
This chapter presents an overview of the relationships of poverty and social exclusion to health. Inequalities in health are investigated across poverty definitions and different health measures, including general health, limiting long term illness, mental state and longstanding mental conditions.
Prior, Lucy, Manley, David
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Socioeconomic and clinical determinants of mental health service use: a population-based cohort study exploring frailty as a potential mediator

Scientific Reports
This population-based cohort study aimed at evaluating the association between clinical and socio-demographic characteristics and recorded access to mental health care. We included over 750,000 adult residents in central Italy, followed from January 2020
Valeria Fano, Martina Pacifici, Claudio Rosini, Roberta Ciampichini, Martina Ventura, Anteo Di Napoli, Fabio Voller, Alberto Zucchi, Massimiliano Aragona, Christian Napoli, Alessio Petrelli   +10 more
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
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Trends and geographic variability in gender inequalities in child mortality and stunting in India, 2006–2016

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
Gender disparities in child undernutrition and mortality in India have been a topic of interest for a long time, but little is known on trends or geographic variability in recent periods.
Harold Alderman, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Purnima Menon   +3 more
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Referral Patterns and Diagnostic Timeliness in Pediatric Cancer: A Hospital‐Based Study in Indonesia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Timely diagnosis and treatment are critical for improving survival among children with cancer. In low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), delays are common and may be influenced by fragmented referral pathways and diagnostic limitations.
Nur Melani Sari, Regina Hadi Putri, Fatimah Assyifa, Judith Spijkerman, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Susi Susanah   +5 more
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Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders: results from the multicentre study on the Italian population “COVID-19 and Mental Health” (CoMeH)

BMC Psychiatry
Aim To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders, with a focus on the patients’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and/or the diagnostic group and type of admission.
Massimiliano Aragona, Martina Ventura, Roberta Ciampichini, Anteo Di Napoli, Valeria Fano, Sara Leone, Martina Pacifici, Claudio Rosini, Caterina Silvestri, Fabio Voller, Alberto Zucchi, Christian Napoli, Alessio Petrelli   +12 more
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Use of a mobile application for Ebola contact tracing and monitoring in northern Sierra Leone: a proof-of-concept study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background The 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was the largest Ebola epidemic to date. Contact tracing was a core surveillance activity. Challenges with paper-based contact tracing systems include incomplete identification of contacts, delays in ...
Lisa O. Danquah, Nadia Hasham, Matthew MacFarlane, Fatu E. Conteh, Fatoma Momoh, Andrew A. Tedesco, Amara Jambai, David A. Ross, Helen A. Weiss   +8 more
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Equity, poverty, and health for all [PDF]

BMJ, 1997
The concept of “health for all” provides a vision of what might be achieved if the potential for improving health is realised. It is about having a life with meaning–one that is particularly relevant when poverty is discussed. Many of the issues that really matter in improving the public's health come under this heading.
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