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Experience of Visiting an Urban Slum: A Medical Student’s Perspective

Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Urban slums are densely populated areas characterized by inadequate housing, poor sanitation, and limited access to essential services. As part of the MBBS curriculum at Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), we visited an urban slum in Balkhu to ...
Prabuddha Bajracharya
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Frequency, inequalities and spatial distribution of oral health services utilization in Peruvian children under twelve years of age: a population-based comparative analysis of the years 2017 and 2021

BMC Oral Health, 2023
Background Oral diseases pose a significant public health challenge among Peruvian children. However, oral health services utilization among them is marked by inequalities, which may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Diego Azañedo, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Fabriccio J. Visconti-Lopez, Efrain Y. Turpo Cayo   +3 more
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Access barriers to medical facilities for people with physical disabilities: the case of Peru [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2019
: People with disabilities (PWD) face several challenges accessing medical services. However, the extent to which architectural and transportation barriers impede access to healthcare is unknown.
Miguel Moscoso-Porras, Amy Katherine Fuhs, Angela Carbone   +2 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Supporting Survivor‐Centered Care Through Digital Health Integration

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Survivors of childhood cancer face barriers to receiving guideline‐based, long‐term follow‐up care. Two digital tools, Passport for Care (PFC) and Cancer SurvivorLink (SurvivorLink), address complementary gaps by enabling tailored survivorship care plan (SCP) generation, updating, storage, and sharing.
Jordan G. Marchak, Rebecca Williamson‐Lewis, Michael O'Connor, Michael Palgon, Yu‐Ra Kim, Michael Schuckenbrock, Paula Edwards, Abraham Mendoza, Anthony Adams, Brian Arriaga‐Solis, Justin Parker, Harry Tinoco‐Giraldo, Jason King, C. Michael Fordis, Karen E. Effinger, Maria Monica Gramatges   +15 more
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Acessibilidade aos serviços de saúde: uma análise a partir da Atenção Básica em Pernambuco

Saúde em Debate
Analisou-se a acessibilidade aos serviços de saúde de Atenção Básica em Pernambuco e os aspectos que favorecem ou dificultam a entrada e a permanência do usuário no sistema de saúde.
Maria do Socorro Veloso de Albuquerque, Tereza Maciel Lyra, Sidney Feitoza Farias, Marina Ferreira de Medeiros Mendes, Petrônio José de Lima Martelli   +4 more
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Accessibility of mainstream services for Aboriginal Victorians [PDF]

, 2014
This audit assessed the accessibility of mainstream services such as hospitals, maternal and child health services, schools and kindergartens, and community and public housing for Aboriginal Victorians, and found little improvement in outcomes. Summary

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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Uremic Toxins From 1991 to 2024

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Uremic toxins are a growing area of research in nephrology, with significant implications in the progression and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the management of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). This bibliometric analysis aims to evaluate the global research trends, key contributors, and the impact of publications in ...
Yuh‐Shan Ho, Karim M. Soliman, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Wannasit Wathanavasin, Ahmed Daoud, Ahmed I. Kamal, Balázs Szamosfalvi, Tibor Fülöp   +7 more
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Improving the accessibility of health services in urban and regional settings for Indigenous people [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Even though a wide range of health services exist in most urban and regional centres, they are not necessarily accessible. Accessible health services are physically accessible, affordable, appropriate and acceptable (that is, culturally ...

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