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The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law: Discovering Innovative Solutions for the Most Pressing Health Problems Facing the Nation and the World [PDF]

, 2010
The connection between health and an individual’s ability to function in society, as well as the importance of health to a society’s economic, political, and social wellbeing necessitates finding innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health ...
Cabrera, Oscar A., Gostin, Lawrence O., Kim, Susan C.   +2 more
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Decision-making for delivery location and quality of care among slum-dwellers: a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundIn 2013, the Government of India launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in order to better address the health needs of urban populations, including the nearly 100 million living in slums.
Barge, Sandhya, Beyeler, Naomi, Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Sudhinaraset, May   +3 more
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Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group's United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The United Kingdom relapsed Wilms tumour (UKW‐R) trial aimed to improve the historically low survival rates after relapse of Wilms tumour (WT) through a prospective national risk‐stratified protocol. The trial also evaluated efficacy and toxicity of high‐dose melphalan.
Sucheta J. Vaidya, Veronica Moroz, Juliet Hale, Vesna Pavasovic, Rachel Hobson, Patricia Sartori, Daniel Saunders, Mark Powis, Gordan M. Vujanic, Stephen Baker, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones   +10 more
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Postpartum women’s prospective acceptability of long-acting HIV prevention approaches in Kenya: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
Background New long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (LA-PrEP) options offer an alternative to daily oral PrEP, which poses difficulties for adherence, especially during pregnancy and postpartum.
Tessa Concepcion, John Kinuthia, Felix Abuna, Eunita Akim, Helen Aketch, Laurén Gómez, Grace John-Stewart, Bih Moki Suh, Emmaculate M Nzove, Nancy Ngumbau, Jerusha N Mogaka, Sarah Obatsa, Ben O Odhiambo, Caroline Omom, Marin Strong, Anjuli D Wagner, Salphine Watoyi, Jillian Pintye   +17 more
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What are the Proven Financial Benefits of Health and Wellness Programs? [PDF]

, 2014
The implementation and growth of Health & Wellness programs has become a very hot topic for companies seeking to obtain maximum returns on their health investment dollars. According to a 2011 PwC Health and Well-being Touchstone Survey of approximately 1,
Chow, Joy, Stahno, John
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Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single‐Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro, Sarah Silver, Prishi Patel, Meredith K. Reffner Collins, Kimberly S. Canter, Stephanie Fooks‐Parker, Michael Amylon, Shawna V. Hudson, Jessica L. Schleider, Melissa A. Alderfer, Katie A. Devine   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Nexus of HIV, substance abuse, and mental health among adolescents in Zambia (2021–2023)

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Adolescents in Zambia face interrelated health challenges, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), substance abuse and mental health disorders (MHDs). These issues have significant public health implications, as substance abuse and MHDs
Belia Longwe, Lushomo Hachilensa, Chipwailia Chunga, Kutha Banda, Muchindu Ng’andu, Hilda Shakwelele, Trevor Mwamba, Nsanzya Maambo, Japhet Michelo, Prudence Haimbe, Mable Mweemba   +10 more
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Impact of Lockdown on Other National Health Programs [PDF]

Healthline, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak which started by the end of 2019 in Wuhan, an emerging business hub of China killed more than eighteen hundred and infected over seventy thousand individuals within the first fifty days of the epidemic. It turned
N K Goel, Meenu Kalia, R Rohilla
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Determinants of parental vaccine hesitancy in Canada: results from the 2017 Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten leading threats to global health. Vaccine hesitancy exists when vaccination services are available and accessible, but vaccine uptake is lower than ...
Ruoke Chen, Mireille Guay, Nicolas L. Gilbert, Eve Dubé, Holly O. Witteman, Hina Hakim   +5 more
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The Impact of Health Reform on Health System Spending [PDF]

, 2010
Examines the 2010 healthcare reform law's impact on national health expenditures, through new coverage, savings in public programs, insurance exchanges, and health system modernization; the federal budget; Medicare; and premiums for private ...
David M. Cutler, Karen Davis, Kristof Stremikis   +2 more
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