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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Breastfeeding Outcomes: The Modifying Effects of Healthcare Access and Women’s Attitudes to FGM/C

open access: yesWomen, 2022
The prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Nigeria is on the rise, although the practice has no known medical/health benefits. This study aims to assess FGM/C’s effect on breastfeeding outcomes and to identify the role of women’s ...
Chinedu U. Obioha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Eastern Cape, South Africa: A Cohort Study

open access: yesViruses, 2023
South Africa has a dual high burden of HIV and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). We sought to understand the association of HIV and antiretroviral therapy status with TB treatment outcomes.
Brittney van de Water   +4 more
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Exploring graduate occupational and physical therapy students’ approaches to studying, self-efficacy, and positive mental health

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2021
Background Occupational and physical therapy academic programs are rigorous. Increased rates of student anxiety and depression may impact learning. Data on student study skills, self-efficacy, and mental health is limited.
Elaina DaLomba   +3 more
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Determinants of Antenatal Care Access and Utilization in Haiti

open access: yesWomen, 2023
Several pregnancy-related complications resulting in maternal mortality in low-income countries may be due to inaccessible or under-utilized antenatal healthcare services.
Chinedu U. Obioha   +6 more
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Ekbom Syndrome - A Case Report

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Ekbom Syndrome is a rare condition presenting as a uni-thematic delusional belief of parasitosis. Affected individuals are often socially isolated presenile females.
K. Keenan, C. Clarke
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Hope and Advanced Breast Cancer: Engaging with the Parish Nursing Community to Explore Hope in Women with Advanced Breast Cancer in Nigeria

open access: yesEngaged Scholar Journal, 2017
   Women with advanced breast cancer living in Nigeria face many obstacles and are very reliant on the support of faith communities, including parish nurses, who have a strong presence in Nigeria. Research with people with advanced cancer has shown the
Agatha Ogunkorode, Lorraine Holtslander
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A Faith Community Nursing Initiative

open access: yesDiversity of Research in Health Journal, 2018
Faith community nursing is introduced to students in third year of the BScN curriculum as one of the roles that nurses may have in community health. The plan to develop a faith community nursing placement was initiated when a local parish contacted the ...
Emily Donato   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Jurisdictional Boundaries in the Making: The Case of Parish Diaconal Work in Finland

open access: yesProfessions and Professionalism, 2011
Diaconal workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland have traditionally worked on the borderline between parish work and public welfare services.
Raija Pyykkö   +2 more
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An educational model for preparing Christian nurses and church congregations to offer local whole-person health programmes

open access: yesChristian Journal for Global Health, 2016
The implications of the Tübingen declarations for congregational involvement in health provide the setting for this commentary. Using an example from the United Kingdom, where government health provision has become economically challenging and largely ...
Helen Anne Wordsworth
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