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PROBLEMS OF IMPROVING MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE RUSSIAN REGIONS

Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2015
Objective: to reveal the problems in medical services rendering in the rural areas of the Russian regions and to elaborate the directions for their solutions. Methods: descriptive method and economic-statistical method.
O. K. Korobkova
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
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NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
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Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
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Cognitive Performance in Young Adults During Three Consecutive Days of Simulated Occupational Heat Stress: An Exploratory Study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Global increases in occupational heat exposure are raising concerns about worker safety and cognitive performance during prolonged and repeated shifts. At present, the cumulative effects of repeated heat exposure on cognitive performance remain unclear.
Daniel C. Moore, Sean R. Notley, Brad Aisbett, Jarrad Lum, Luana C. Main   +4 more
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Cancer Incidence Among Swedish Seafarers Between 1985 and 2020

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Several studies from different countries have shown that merchant seafarers have an increased cancer risk compared to the general population. The aim of this study was to provide updated information on cancer incidence in a cohort of Swedish seafarers.
Maria Wallin, Helena P. Eriksson, Karl Forsell, Eva Andersson   +3 more
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SEROLOGIC MARKERS OF HEPATITIS B,C,D AND E IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL WORKING IN THESE UNITS

Turkish Journal of Nephrology, 2019
Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, and medical personnel working in these units are at risk for infection with hepatitis B and C virus. Sixty-three patients and 29 medical personnel of three different hemodialysis units in Malatya province of ...
Ayşe BALAT, Bengül DURMAZ, Mehmet TURGUT, Barış OTLU, Süleyman BÜYÜKBERBER, Haluk ŞAVLI, Mustafa ESENTÜRK, Saim YOLOĞLU   +7 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life, Everyday Executive Functioning, and Eating Behavior in Adults With Bardet–Biedl Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare genetic condition with a broad phenotypic spectrum. Knowledge about quality of life, executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS remains limited. This study aimed to assess health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), everyday executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS and ...
Cecilie Fremstad Rustad, Charlotte von der Lippe, Hilde Nordgarden, Jeanette Ullmann Miller, Mina Susanne Weedon‐Fekjær, Ragnheidur Bragadottir, Solrun Sigurdardottir   +6 more
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Expanding the Utility of Exome Sequencing in Preventive and Population Genetics

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrier screening is a long‐standing genetic testing process offered to at‐risk couples, with or without a family history, who might have pregnancies affected by an autosomal recessive (AR) or X‐linked (XL) disorder. A total of 276 unrelated individuals, initially referred for rare disorder screening by clinicians, were enrolled in this study ...
Charilaos Kostoulas, Athanasia Sesse, Ioanna Bouba, Robert Najdecki, Spyridon Konitsiotis, Sofia Markoula, Ioannis Georgiou   +6 more
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