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Local Responses to Limits on U.S. Public Health Authority During the COVID‐19 Emergency

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public health has become politicized in the U.S. Though research shows that limiting public health authority during emergency response puts community wellbeing and health outcomes at risk, during the COVID‐19 emergency (2020–2021), some U.S. state policymakers limited the disease‐preventing actions local public health agencies could take. This
Genevive R. Meredith, Xue Zhang, Zachary M. Batterman, Hannah M. Morris, Zhiwei Chen, Mah Liqa, Mildred E. Warner   +6 more
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COVID‐19 Infection Is Associated With Poor Outcomes in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Patients with ischemic stroke and concomitant COVID‐19 infection have worse outcomes than those without this infection, but the impact of COVID‐19 on hemorrhagic stroke remains unclear.
Daniela Renedo, Audrey C. Leasure, Rebecca Young, Cyprien A. Rivier, Brooke Alhanti, Brian Mac Grory, Steven R. Messe, Mathew J. Reeves, Ameer E. Hassan, Lee Schwamm, Adam de Havenon, Charles C. Matouk, Kevin N. Sheth, Guido J. Falcone   +13 more
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Reducing Medication Errors Through Workflow Redesign [PDF]

, 2017
Lack of medication reconciliation at the point of transitions between skilled nursing facilities/nursing homes (SNF/NHs) and acute care hospitals (ACHs) is a common point of origin for medical errors that cause harm to patients.
Blake, Rosslyn W, DNP, APRN, GNP
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Sustainable Work and Employment in Social Care: New Challenges, New Priorities

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human Resource Management (HRM) research focused on social care is sparse. This gap is surprising given the scale of the social care workforce in many countries, its vital role in meeting the increasingly complex needs of vulnerable community groups, and the persistent challenges in recruiting and retaining staff.
Ian Kessler, Aoife M. McDermott, Lander Vermeerbergen, Valeria Pulignano, Brian Harney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assisted Living for Our Parents: A Son’s Journey [PDF]

, 2007
[Excerpt] I wrote this book to help aging parents and their adult children understand the problems and risks in choosing an ALF, with the hope that they might avoid some of the experiences my mother and I had.
Baum, Daniel Jay
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Preventing respiratory viral transmission in long-term care: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare personnel [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVETo examine knowledge and attitudes about influenza vaccination and infection prevention practices among healthcare personnel (HCP) in a long-term-care (LTC) setting.DESIGNKnowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey.SETTINGAn LTC facility in
Babcock, Hilary M, Garg, Shikha, Kim, Lindsay, O\u27Neil, Caroline A, Prill, Mila M, Stone, Nimalie D, Talbot, H. Keipp   +6 more
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Low syphilis treatment rates and associated birth outcomes in pregnant women with and without HIV in Zambia: A cohort study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Syphilis and HIV in pregnancy contribute to adverse birth outcomes in Africa. Benzathine penicillin G remains an effective treatment for syphilis in pregnancy, yet gaps persist in timely treatment. The aim of this study was to compare factors associated with adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis in ...
Albert Manasyan, Anna V. Jones, Yumo Xue, Herbert Kapesa, Maureen Mzumara, Jodie A. Dionne, Mwangelwa Mubiana‐Mbewe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Like Disney For Adults: Life In Freedom Village [PDF]

, 2016
With an increasingly aging population, American society needs to more effectively address living options for the aging population in the present and future. Older adults have unique needs due to their age, physical and mental condition, varying needs for
Schuster, Janice G.
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Perinatal mortality in eastern Africa: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Every day, over 5000 stillbirths and more than 6000 newborn deaths are estimated to occur worldwide, the majority in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia. Estimates, however, rely on data that might underestimate these deaths. Further, outside major categories such as preterm birth, infection, and complications at delivery, little is ...
Yohanis Alemeshet Asefa, Assefa Tola Gemeda, Hannah Blencowe, Nega Assefa, Lars Åke Persson, Anna C. Seale   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduction in Hospitals’ Readmission Rates: Role of Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facilities

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2019
Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge is an important quality measure given that it represents a potentially preventable adverse outcome. Approximately, 20% of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted within 30 days of discharge.
Shivani Gupta PhD, Ferhat D. Zengul PhD, Ganisher K. Davlyatov PhD, Robert Weech-Maldonado PhD   +3 more
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