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Does mandatory reporting legislation increase contact with child protection? – a legal doctrinal review and an analytical examination

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Within Canadian provinces over the past half-century, legislation has been enacted to increase child protection organization (CPO) involvement in situations of child maltreatment (CM).
Lil Tonmyr, Ben Mathews, Margot E. Shields, Wendy E. Hovdestad, Tracie O. Afifi   +4 more
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Analysis of state portrayals of the risks of e-cigarette use and the cause of the EVALI outbreak

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Introduction In August 2019, an outbreak of “e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury” (EVALI) prompted many states and health organizations to warn against the use of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, due to the presumed link ...
Amanda Katchmar, Paul Shafer, Michael Siegel   +2 more
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Learning how relationships work: a thematic analysis of young people and relationship professionals’ perspectives on relationships and relationship education

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Relationships in various forms are an important source of meaning in people’s lives that can benefit their health, wellbeing and happiness.
S. R. Benham-Clarke, J. Ewing, A. Barlow, T. Newlove-Delgado   +3 more
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Views on increased federal access to state and local National Syndromic Surveillance Program data: a nominal group technique study with state and local epidemiologists

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background US public health authorities use syndromic surveillance to monitor and detect public health threats, conditions, and trends in near real-time.
Cason D. Schmit, Brooke Willis, Hayleigh McCall, Alyaa Altabbaa, David Washburn   +4 more
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Development of telemedicine in the Czech Republic from patients’ and other key stakeholders’ perspective

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Telemedicine is a way to improve healthcare outcomes with greater efficiency for both patients and care providers. The great potential of digital technologies also lies in strengthening the patient-centered approach.
Jolana Kopsa Těšinová, Karolína Dobiášová, Zdeněk Dušek, Alena Tobiášová   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Health Law Reform

American Journal of Public Health, 2001
Public health law reform is necessary because existing statutes are outdated, contain multiple layers of regulation, and are inconsistent. A model law would define the mission and functions of public health agencies, provide a full range of flexible powers, specify clear criteria and procedures for activities, and provide protections for privacy and ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The consumer representation of DNA ancestry testing on YouTube

New Genetics and Society, 2021
The growth of consumer DNA ancestry testing has resulted in questions and critiques being raised in social and research contexts. This study examined individuals discussing their ancestry DNA testing results on YouTube by searching for the two most ...
Alessandro R. Marcon, Christen Rachul, Timothy Caulfield   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer patients using a methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed a cost‐effective methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex assay containing tissue‐conserved and tumor‐specific methylation markers. The assay can detect circulating tumor DNA with high accuracy in patients with localized and metastatic colorectal cancer.
Luisa Matos do Canto, Louise Raunkilde, Jan Lindebjerg, Mads Malik Aagaard, Christina Therkildsen, Jakob Kleif, Lars Henrik Jensen, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Rikke Fredslund Andersen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effective therapeutic targeting of CTNNB1‐mutant hepatoblastoma with WNTinib

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
WNTinib, a Wnt/CTNNB1 inhibitor, was tested in hepatoblastoma (HB) experimental models. It delayed tumor growth and improved survival in CTNNB1‐mutant in vivo models. In organoids, WNTinib outperformed cisplatin and showed enhanced efficacy in combination therapy, supporting its potential as a targeted treatment for CTNNB1‐mutated HB.
Ugne Balaseviciute, Júlia Huguet‐Pradell, Jordi Abril‐Fornaguera, Albert Gris‐Oliver, Alex Rialdi, Elisa Fernández‐Martínez, Carla Montironi, Vanessa Del Pozo, Peter Houghton, Laura Zanatto, Agavni Mesropian, Ieva Keraite, Swan Thung, Carolina Armengol, Pau Sancho‐Bru, Ernesto Guccione, Roser Pinyol, Josep M. Llovet   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

LDAcoop: Integrating non‐linear population dynamics into the analysis of clonogenic growth in vitro

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Limiting dilution assays (LDAs) quantify clonogenic growth by seeding serial dilutions of cells and scoring wells for colony formation. The fraction of negative wells is plotted against cells seeded and analyzed using the non‐linear modeling of LDAcoop.
Nikko Brix, Daniel Samaga, Katharina Gehr, Benedek Dankó, Mohamed Schumann, Guido Drexler, Ahmed Alnatsha, Georg Beyer, Ujjwal Mahajan, Martin Selmansberger, Julia Mayerle, Claus Belka, Horst Zitzelsberger, Kirsten Lauber   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source