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Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
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Health insurance for people with citizenship problems in Thailand: a case study of policy implementation.

, 2015
In 2002, Thailand achieved universal health coverage through the introduction of the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS). However, people with citizenship problems, so-called 'stateless people', were left uninsured.
Putthasri, Weerasak, Mills, Anne, Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong, Kantamaturapoj, Kanang, Pudpong, Nareerut   +4 more
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on antibiotic use and resistance among adolescents and young people in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background The studies on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and use among adolescents and young people are largely from Europe and the Asia region.
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Patricia Abu, Binyam Hailu, Tumisang Malebo Madisa, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Fatmata Bintu Kargbo, Bintu Mansaray, Pruthu Thekkur, Mariama Mustapha, Massimo Sartelli, Yahaya Ali Ahmed, George Ameh   +12 more
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A Two‐Stage Plasma Biomarker Algorithm Reduces Amyloid PET Use and the p‐Tau217 Gray Zone

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐Tau217 leaves 30%–50% of patients in an indeterminate “gray zone” often requiring Aβ‐PET. We developed GRAD (Gatekeeper‐Reflex for Alzheimer's Disease), a two‐stage Aβ‐positivity prediction model to improve classification while reserving Aβ‐PET for residual uncertainty.
Harthik Parankusham, Casey Vanderlip, Colin Birkenbihl, Eashwar Krishna, Chizobam Ugboaja, Andrew E. Budson, Brandon Frank, for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative   +7 more
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Axial Function Reflects Global Severity in Inherited Ataxias: The Upright Stability Score in Ambulatory Friedreich vs. Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Inherited ataxias are clinically diverse neurodegenerative diseases, complicating the choice of outcome measures for trials. In spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), regulatory concerns about the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) caused a shift toward functional SARA (f‐SARA), contributing to pivotal trial failure.
Christian Rummey, S. H. Subramony, David R. Lynch, Louise A. Corben, Martin B. Delatycki, Jörg B. Schulz, Kathrin Reetz, Massimo Pandolfo, Matthis Synofzik, Theresa Zesiewicz, Antoine Duquette, Matthew Burns, Martin Vyhnálek, Lucie Stovickova, Sinead M. Murphy, Petya Bogdanova‐Mihaylova, Mary Kearney, Richard Walsh, Richard H. Roxburgh, Khalaf Bushara, Marie Y. Davis, Enrico S. Bertini, Gessica Vasco, Shweta Sahni, Mohammed Faruq, Achal K. Srivastava, Bart van de Warrenburg, Elisabetta Indelicato, Sylvia Boesch, Andrew Billnitzer, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Anoopum S. Gupta, Grace Yoon, Georgios Koutsis, Chrysoula Koniari, Zofia Fleszar, Christopher M. Gomez, Andrea Martinuzzi, Gabriella Paparella, Ali G. Hamedani, Puneet Opal, Rizwan S. Akhtar, Caterina Mariotti, Henry Paulson, Peter Todd, Sharan R. Srinivasan, George Wilmot, Ludger Schöls, Susan Perlman, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Sheng‐Han Kuo, Liana S. Rosenthal, Vikram G. Shakkottai   +52 more
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Health policy, collaboration and investment in the post-COVID era: a review from UHC and health security integration perspective

Globalization and Health
Background The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in health systems globally, highlighting chronic underinvestment, fragmentation, and a lack of preparedness with catastrophic impact on public health, economies and societies.
Sohel Saikat, Sabrina Shivji, Redda Seifeldin, Yu Zhang, Archana Shah, Gerard Schmets, Rajesh Sreedharan, Stella Chungong   +7 more
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Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +7 more
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Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country [PDF]

, 2018
Malawi is a low-income country that is actively working toward achieving universal health coverage (UHC). The government is committed to provide adequate health care, commensurate with the health needs of Malawian
Collins Chansa, Chansa, Collins, Pattnaik, Anooj, Anooj Pattnaik   +3 more
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Incidence, Risk Factors and Management of Adverse Events in Contemporary Real‐World Care of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We describe the frequency, risk factors, severity, and management of actionable and serious adverse events (AAE and SAE) in children with newly diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Canada. Methods We enrolled patients within 3 months of JIA diagnosis in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry,
Bashayer Alnuaimi, Roberta A. Berard, Jean‐Philippe Proulx‐Gauthier, Heinrike Schmeling, Michelle Batthish, Gilles Boire, Adam M. Huber, Dax G. Rumsey, Jaime Guzman, Gaëlle Chédeville, The CAPRI registry Investigators   +10 more
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Does the operations of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana align with the goals of primary health care? Perspectives of key stakeholders in northern Ghana [PDF]

, 2016
In 2005, the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged member states to aim at achieving affordable universal coverage and access to key promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health interventions ...
Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Harry Nartey, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Tindana, Paulina, Akazili, James, Nartey, Harry, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Paulina Tindana, James Akazili   +9 more
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