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From wealth to health: evaluating microfinance as a complex intervention [PDF]

, 2017
Innovative interventions that address the social determinants of health are required to help reduce persistent health inequalities. We argue that microcredit can act in this way and develop a conceptual framework from which to examine this.
Biosca , Olga, Donaldson, Cam, McHugh, Neil   +2 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Please, see me’; Informal and professional support of students with relatives with addiction problems: a three-year longitudinal qualitative study

BMC Public Health
Background and aim Addiction problems also affect the lives of family members. This study aims to examine: (1) young adult family members’ experiences with informal and professional support in coping with the impact of relatives’ addiction problems and ...
Dorine M. van Namen, Sander R. Hilberink, Hein de Vries, Gera E. Nagelhout, AnneLoes van Staa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teaching Population Health: Innovations in the integration of the healthcare and public health systems [PDF]

, 2018
Population health is a critical concept in healthcare delivery today. Many healthcare administrators are struggling to adapt their organization from fee-for-service to value delivery.
Carmalt, Julie H., Caron, Rosemary M., Hewitt, Anne M., Hooker, Edmond A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Process Improvement for Maximized Therapeutic Innovation Outcome. [PDF]

, 2017
Deconvoluting key biological mechanisms forms the framework for therapeutic discovery. Strategies that enable effective translation of those insights along the development and regulatory path ultimately drive validated clinical application in patients ...
Terzic, Andre, Waldman, Scott A.
core   +2 more sources

A novel approach to detecting microduplication in split hand/foot malformation type 3 at the single-cell level: SHFM as a case study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) is a congenital limb deficiency characterized by missing or shortened central digits. Several gene loci have been associated with SHFM.
Yaqian Wang, Yang Li, Lidong Zeng, Wenbo Li, Xin Dong, Jia Guo, Xiangrui Meng, Jiacheng Lu, Jiawei Xu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of type 2 diabetes in chronic kidney disease

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2021
The management of patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) encompasses lifestyle modifications, glycemic control with individualized HbA1c targets, and cardiovascular disease risk reduction.
Salim S Virani, Sankar D Navaneethan, Jefferson L Triozzi, L Parker Gregg   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diffusion of e-health innovations in ‘post-conflict’ settings: a qualitative study on the personal experiences of health workers [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Technological innovations have the potential to strengthen human resources for health and improve access and quality of care in challenging 'post-conflict' contexts.
Alexander Finlayson, Andrew Leather, Aniek Woodward, Brian Godman, Jibril Handuleh, Molly Fyfe, Preeti Patel   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing and validating a comprehensive measure of coordination in patient aligned care teams

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background/Objective Despite numerous extant measures assessing context-specific elements of care coordination, we are unaware of any comprehensive, team-based instrument that measures the requisite mechanisms and conditions required to coordinate ...
Amber B. Amspoker, Houston F. Lester, Christiane Spitzmueller, Candice L. Thomas, Sylvia J. Hysong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source