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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators to HPV vaccination in primary care practices: A mixed methods study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research [PDF]

, 2018
Background In the United States, the effective, safe huma papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is underused and opportunities to prevent cancer continue to be missed.
Dodd, Sherry, Garbutt, Jane M, Kulka, Katharine, Lee, Amanda A, Lobb, Rebecca, Walling, Emily   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Missed opportunities for improving practice performance in adult immunizations: a meta-narrative review of the literature

BMC Family Practice, 2017
Background We sought to characterize how the term “missed opportunities” is reported in the literature in the context of immunization rates and to assess how missed opportunities can be operationalized.
Natalia Loskutova, Craig Smail, Brian Webster, Kemi Ajayi, Julie Wood, Jennifer Carroll   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Missed opportunities for pneumococcal vaccinations in high-risk and older adults in the United States

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020
Pneumococcal vaccination rates remain sub-optimal in high-risk adult populations. This analysis quantified “missed opportunities,” defined as number of healthcare encounters in unvaccinated patients who are recommended to be vaccinated. The 2015 National
Omotola Olasupo, Richard Segal, Joshua Brown   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contextualising missed opportunities for children’s vaccination: A theory-informed qualitative study in primary care settings in Cape Town, South Africa

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
This study aimed to explore the contextual factors that may be associated with missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) from the perspectives of healthcare providers and caregivers attending primary healthcare facilities in the Cape Town Metro Health ...
Chukwudi A. Nnaji, Charles S. Wiysonge, Sara Cooper, Asanda Mayeye, Lucy Luphondo, Thobile Mabuya, Ntomboxolo Kalui, Maia Lesosky, Duduzile Ndwandwe   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Household experience and costs of seeking measles vaccination in rural Guinea-Bissau. [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVES: Children younger than 12 months of age are eligible for childhood vaccines through the public health system in Guinea-Bissau. To limit open vial wastage, a restrictive vial opening policy has been implemented; 10-dose measles vaccine vials ...
Aaby, P, Balde, I, Benn, CS, Byberg, S, Enemark, U, Fisker, AB, Griffiths, UK, Rodrigues, A   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Systematic review on reducing missed opportunities for vaccinations in Latin America

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022
Objectives. To estimate the prevalence of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) in Latin America and the effect of interventions targeting health systems, health workers, patients, and communities on MOV. Methods. Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and LILACS electronic databases and relevant organizations were contacted ...
Malavika Tampi, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Kelly K. O’Brien, Martha Velandia-González, Romina Brignardello-Petersen   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Organised and opportunistic prevention in primary health care: estimation of missed opportunities by population based health interview surveys in Hungary

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background Improvement of preventive services for adults can be achieved by opportunistic or organised methods in primary care. The unexploited opportunities of these approaches were estimated by our investigation.
János Sándor, Ildikó Tokaji, Nouh Harsha, Magor Papp, Róza Ádány, Árpád Czifra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Missed Opportunities for Influenza Vaccination in Children With Chronic Medical Conditions [PDF]

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2005
To assess the frequency and characteristics of missed opportunities for influenza immunization in children with chronic medical conditions and, among unimmunized children in that group, to explore parent-reported reasons for not vaccinating their child.Prospective cohort study.
Matthew F, Daley, Brenda L, Beaty, Jennifer, Barrow, Kellyn, Pearson, Lori A, Crane, Stephen, Berman, Allison, Kempe   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

"It's a can of worms": understanding primary care practitioners' behaviours in relation to HPV using the Theoretical Domains Framework [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The relationship between infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer is transforming cervical cancer prevention. HPV tests and vaccinations have recently become available.
A Songthap, A Vijayaraghavan, B Duval, C Abraham, C Pope, Cara M Martin, D Bonetti, DL Dell, DM Harper, DM Harper, FX Bosch, FX Bosch, G Agarwal, G Koliopoulos, G McCarthy, G Ronco, G Sroczynski, H Defty, I Ajzen, J Cuzick, J Murphy, J Murphy, J Murphy, J Ritchie, J Waller, JA Kahn, Jill J Francis, JJ Francis, JJ Francis, JM Riedesel, John J O’Leary, Judith Murphy, K McCaffery, KJ McCaffery, L Gething, Linda Sharp, Lisa A McSherry, M Byrne, M Pitts, M Schiffman, Medical Research Council, N Jain, National Cancer Screening Service, National Immunisation Office Ireland, NM Askelson, P Craig, P Naucler, R Anhang, S Franceschi, S Michie, Stephan U Dombrowski, TC Wright, WHO IARC, Z Philips   +53 more
core   +3 more sources