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Public libraries to promote public health and wellbeing: a cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults

BMC Public Health
Background Libraries in the UK have evolved from traditional book-lending institutions into dynamic community hubs, This study aims to explore the potential of libraries to act as community hubs to promote mental and physical health and wellbeing of ...
Manisha Karki, Marie Line El Asmar, Eva Riboli Sasco, Austen El-Osta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

XGBoost, A Novel Explainable AI Technique, in the Prediction of Myocardial Infarction: A UK Biobank Cohort Study

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2022
We wanted to assess if “Explainable AI” in the form of extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) could outperform traditional logistic regression in predicting myocardial infarction (MI) in a large cohort.
Alexander Moore, Max Bell
doaj   +1 more source

Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with loneliness and social capital in a large volunteer sample of adults in England

BMC Global and Public Health
Background Loneliness is a pressing public health concern with wide-ranging impacts on mental, physical and social wellbeing. Building on the Measuring Loneliness in England (INTERACT) Study which represents one of the largest volunteer-based studies of ...
Austen El-Osta, Mahmoud Al-Ammouri, Aos Alaa, Sami Altalib, Agustin Tristán-López, Azeem Majeed   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19: IMPACTOS NA SAÚDE MENTAL E NAS PRÁTICAS DE AUTOCUIDADO DE MULHERES BRASILEIRAS

Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu, 2022
Introdução: Este trabalho consiste em artigo a ser publicado, na qual tem como objetivo analisar as consequências do período de isolamento social decorrente da pandemia de COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) nas práticas de autocuidado na vida de mulheres brasileiras.
Taiza Pereira Aguiar, Elaine Silva Nascimento Vasconcelos, Clarissa Pontes Vieira Nogueira, Bárbara Hully Sousa Lunas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motivational interviewing to improve self‐care in heart failure patients (MOTIVATE‐HF): a randomized controlled trial

ESC Heart Failure, 2020
Self‐care, an essential component of heart failure (HF) treatment, is inadequate in most patients. We evaluated if motivational interviewing (MI) (i) improves patient self‐care maintenance (primary endpoint; e.g. taking medications), self‐care management
E. Vellone, P. Rebora, D. Ausili, V. Zeffiro, G. Pucciarelli, G. Caggianelli, Stefano Masci, R. Alvaro, B. Riegel   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dear Mental Health Practitioners, Take Care of Yourselves: a Literature Review on Self-Care

International journal for the advancement of counseling, 2019
Stress, burnout, and professional impairment are prevalent among mental health professionals and can have a negative impact on their clinical work, whilst engagement in self-care can help promote therapist well-being.
Kirsten Posluns, Terry Lynn Gall
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Home Care Supports Funded by the HSE 2008–2016 [PDF]

, 2016
This paper seeks to summarise the situation of publicly funded home care over the period 2008- 2016. Of particular interest is the overall change to the level of resources being directed to home care in the 2016 HSE Service Plan, in particular the actual
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