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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493680/using-simulation-modelling-to-transform-hospital-planning-and-management-to-address-health-inequalities
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Eren Demir, Usame Yakutcan, Stephen Page
Health inequalities are a perennial concern for policymakers and in service delivery to ensure fair and equitable access and outcomes. As health inequalities are socially influenced by employment, income, and education, this impacts healthcare services among socio-economically disadvantaged groups, making it a pertinent area for investigation in seeking to promote equitable access. Researchers widely acknowledge that health equity is a multi-faceted problem requiring approaches to understand the complexity and interconnections in hospital planning as a precursor to healthcare delivery...
March 14, 2024: Social Science & Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493307/alternative-pathways-to-social-work-licensure-a-critical-review-and-social-equity-policy-analysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jen Hirsch, Matthew DeCarlo, Alexandria Lewis, Cassandra Walker
PURPOSE: In August 2022, the Association of Social Work Boards released a long called for pass rate analysis that revealed significant disparities. While many states look to cease the requirement of the Bachelors, Masters, and Advanced Generalist exams in their licensure process, status quo bias leads to hesitancy to remove the requirement of the Clinical exam. METHOD: A critical review was undertaken to identify possible alternatives to the current multiple-choice competency-based exam which yielded three assessment formats (oral exams, portfolios, and performance assessment/simulations) and two alternatives (jurisprudence exams and provisional licensure)...
2024: Journal of evidence-based social work
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493236/predictors-of-health-related-quality-of-life-for-children-with-neurodevelopmental-conditions
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maryam Mahjoob, Robyn Cardy, Melanie Penner, Evdokia Anagnostou, Brendan F Andrade, Jennifer Crosbie, Elizabeth Kelley, Muhammad Ayub, Muhammad Ayub, Jessica Brian, Alana Iaboni, Russell Schachar, Stelios Georgiades, Rob Nicolson, Jessica Jones, Azadeh Kushki
Neurodevelopmental conditions can be associated with decreased health-related quality of life; however, the predictors of these outcomes remain largely unknown. We characterized the predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a sample of neurodiverse children and youth. We used a cross-sectional subsample from the Province of Ontario Neurodevelopmental Disorders Network (POND) consisting of those children and young people in the POND dataset with complete study data (total n = 615; 31% female; age: 11...
March 16, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493080/effectiveness-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-prevention-strategies-by-mapping-the-geographic-dispersion-pattern-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-prevalence-in-nanning-china
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ping Cen, Guo Xu, Jianxun Wu, Jiao Qin, Jinfeng He, Xiaofang Deng, Xi Yang, Peng Lu, Mengni Nong, Junjun Jiang, Li Ye, Hongyang Tang, Bingyu Liang, Hao Liang
BACKGROUND: The Guangxi government initiated two rounds of the Guangxi AIDS Conquering Project (GACP) in 2010 (Phase I) and 2015 (Phase II) to control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemics. However, the effectiveness of GACP in HIV prevention and treatment has rarely been reported. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the GACP implemented in Guangxi, China and provide data for strategy and praxis improvements to achieve Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 95-95 targets...
March 16, 2024: BMC Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38493020/mainstreaming-in-parallel-with-ovarian-cancer-tumor-testing-to-improve-genetic-testing-uptake
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maureen Byrne, Tiffany Y Sia, Christopher Fong, Aliya Khurram, Michele Waters, Yelena M Kemel, Qin Zhou, Megha Ranganathan, Kara Long Roche, Dennis S Chi, Sally Saban, Michelle Wu, Nancy Varice, Jada G Hamilton, Jian Carrot-Zhang, Nadeem R Abu-Rustum, Alexia Iasonos, Lora H Ellenson, Diana Mandelker, Britta Weigelt, Carol L Brown, Carol Aghajanian, Zsofia Stadler, Ying L Liu
OBJECTIVES: Although genetic testing (GT) is universally recommended for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), rates are low (34%). In 1/2019, we implemented mainstreaming-GT in parallel with tumor testing via MSK-IMPACT within oncology clinics. We sought to determine GT rates pre/post-mainstreaming and patient characteristics associated with GT. METHODS: Patients with newly diagnosed EOC seen at our institution from 7/1/2015-3/31/2022 were included. Clinical data were abstracted including social determinants of health (SDOH) variables, race/ethnicity, marital status, insurance, language, comorbidities, employment, and Yost index, a measure of socioeconomic status...
March 14, 2024: Gynecologic Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492424/monitoring-tree-canopy-dynamics-across-heterogeneous-urban-habitats-a-longitudinal-study-using-multi-source-remote-sensing-data
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yasong Guo, Wendy Y Chen
Urban trees have attracted increasing attention to serve as a green prescription for addressing various challenges facing human society like climate change and environmental deterioration. However, without healthy growth of urban trees, they cannot service any environmental, social, and economic benefits in a sustainable manner. By monitoring the canopy development, the tree growth dynamics in different urban habitats can be detected and appropriate management approaches can be executed. Using the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, as a case, this study explores how remote sensing data can help monitor and understand the impacts of heterogeneous urban habitats on tree canopy dynamics...
March 15, 2024: Journal of Environmental Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492265/social-class-stigma-and-poorer-health-behaviors-evidence-from-the-eating-in-america-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David G Figueroa, Jordan E Parker, Jeffrey M Hunger, Michael W Kraus, Keely A Muscatell, A Janet Tomiyama
Although the association between objective markers of low socioeconomic status (SES) and poor health is well established, one underexamined possibility is that over and above objective SES, social class stigma-experiences and anticipation of discrimination based on social class-might undermine people's ability to engage in healthy behaviors. Participants (N = 2022) were recruited between December 2019 and January 2020 via a national Qualtrics panel that was census-matched to the U.S. population in age, gender, income, race/ethnicity, and census region...
March 12, 2024: Social Science & Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492172/the-influence-of-socioeconomic-status-and-gender-on-incidence-and-survival-in-bladder-cancer-a-longitudinal-study-based-on-the-hamburg-cancer-registry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Clemens M Rosenbaum, Simon Filmar, Andreas J Gross, Niklas Jobst, Annemarie Schultz
BACKGROUND: To investigate the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and gender on the incidence and survival of patients with bladder cancer on a small scale within the city of Hamburg, Germany. METHODS: Patients documented in the Hamburg Cancer Registry aged ≥ 18 years with primary bladder carcinoma (ICD-10: C67, D09.0), diagnosed in the period 2004-2020 (follow-up until 31.12.2021), and residing in Hamburg were included. The patients were divided into three groups (low, intermediate, and high SES) based on the socioeconomic situation at the district level, defined by the proportion of unemployed individuals, social housing, benefit recipients according to law, etc...
March 16, 2024: World Journal of Urology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491866/socioeconomic-status-based-disrespect-discrimination-exclusion-and-shaming-a-potential-source-of-health-inequalities
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bruce G Link, San Juanita García, Rengin Firat, Shayna La Scalla, Jo C Phelan
Observing an association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health reliably leads to the question, "What are the pathways involved?" Despite enormous investment in research on the characteristics, behaviors, and traits of people disadvantaged with respect to health inequalities, the issue remains unresolved. We turn our attention to actions of more advantaged groups by asking people to self-report their exposure to disrespect, discrimination, exclusion, and shaming (DDES) from people above them in the SES hierarchy...
March 16, 2024: Journal of Health and Social Behavior
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491504/female-genital-mutilation-cutting-among-girls-aged-0-14-evidence-from-the-2018-mali-demographic-and-health-survey-data
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Collins Adu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Sanni Yaya
BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is considered a social norm in many African societies, with varying prevalence among countries. Mali is one of the eight countries with very high prevalence of FGM/C in Africa. This study assessed the individual and contextual factors associated with female FGM/C among girls aged 0-14 years in Mali. METHODS: We obtained data from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey. The prevalence of FGM/C in girls was presented using percentages while a multilevel binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess the predictors of FGM/C and the results were presented using adjusted odds ratios with associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs)...
March 15, 2024: BMC Women's Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491402/the-relationship-between-internalised-weight-bias-and-biopsychosocial-outcomes-in-children-and-youth-a-systematic-review
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REVIEW
Tiarna Foster, Melissa Eaton, Yasmine Probst
OBJECTIVE: To synthesise the evidence on the relationships between internalised weight bias (IWB) and biopsychosocial health outcomes in individuals ≤ 25 years. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted by searching five scientific databases up to May 2022 to retrieve studies that investigated associations between IWB and biopsychosocial outcomes. Articles with participants ≤ 25 years, at least one validated measure of IWB, one measure of a biopsychosocial outcome, and were observational were included...
March 15, 2024: Journal of Eating Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491251/disparities-exist-in-the-experience-of-financial-burden-among-orthopedic-trauma-patients-a-systematic-review
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REVIEW
Stephen J DeMartini, Daniel E Pereira, Christopher J Dy
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There are substantial costs associated with orthopedic injury and management. These costs are likely not experienced equally among patients. At the level of the healthcare and hospital systems, disparities in financial burden and patient demographics have already been identified among orthopedic trauma patients. Accordingly, disparities may also arise at the level of the patient and how they experience the cost of their care. We sought to determine (1) how patient demographics are associated with financial burden/toxicity and (2) if patients experience disproportionate financial burden/toxicity and social support secondary to their economic standing...
March 16, 2024: Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491133/early-exposure-to-sugar-sweetened-beverages-or-fruit-juice-differentially-influences-adult-adiposity
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David Benton, Hayley A Young
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between different types of sweet drinks consumed in early life and adult adiposity. DESIGN: The analysis involved the secondary analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children which followed children from birth to 24 years. Adiposity was measured using Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry while food frequency questionnaires and diaries monitored diet. 'Early exposure' to sweet drinks was defined as giving a sugar-sweetened beverage or 100% fruit juice (FJ), before two years of age...
March 15, 2024: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491130/exploring-trajectories-of-functional-decline-and-recovery-among-older-adults-a-data-driven-approach
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ghazal Khalili, Manaf Zargoush, Kai Huang, Somayeh Ghazalbash
Independently performing activities of daily living (ADLs) is vital for maintaining one's quality of life. Losing this ability can significantly impact an individual's overall health status, including their mental health and social well-being. Aging is an important factor contributing to the loss of ADL abilities, and our study focuses on investigating the trajectories of functional decline and recovery in older adults. Employing trajectory analytics methodologies, this research delves into the intricate dynamics of ADL pathways, unveiling their complexity, diversity, and inherent characteristics...
March 15, 2024: Scientific Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491021/math-items-about-real-world-content-lower-test-scores-of-students-from-families-with-low-socioeconomic-status
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marjolein Muskens, Willem E Frankenhuis, Lex Borghans
In many countries, standardized math tests are important for achieving academic success. Here, we examine whether content of items, the story that explains a mathematical question, biases performance of low-SES students. In a large-scale cohort study of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS)-including data from 58 countries from students in grades 4 and 8 (N = 5501,165)-we examine whether item content that is more likely related to challenges for low-SES students (money, food, social relationships) improves their performance, compared with their average math performance...
March 15, 2024: NPJ Science of Learning
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490911/the-socioeconomic-consequences-of-loneliness-evidence-from-a-nationally-representative-longitudinal-study-of-young-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bridget T Bryan, Katherine N Thompson, Sidra Goldman-Mellor, Terrie E Moffitt, Candice L Odgers, Sincere Long Shin So, Momtahena Uddin Rahman, Jasmin Wertz, Timothy Matthews, Louise Arseneault
The negative health consequences of loneliness have led to increasing concern about the economic cost of loneliness in recent years. Loneliness may also incur an economic burden more directly, by impacting socioeconomic position. Much of the research to date has focused on employment status which may not fully capture socioeconomic position and has relied on cross-sectional data, leaving questions around the robustness of the association and reverse causation. The present study used longitudinal data to test prospective associations between loneliness and multiple indicators of social position in young adulthood, specifically, whether participants who were lonelier at age 12 were more likely to be out of employment, education and training (NEET) and lower on employability and subjective social status as young adults...
February 22, 2024: Social Science & Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490845/corrigendum-to-functional-maturation-in-visual-pathways-predicts-attention-to-the-eyes-in-infant-rhesus-macaques-effects-of-social-status-dev-%C3%A2-cogn-%C3%A2-neurosci-60%C3%A2-c-2023-101213
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Aiden Ford, Zsofia A Kovacs-Balint, Arick Wang, Eric Feczko, Eric Earl, Óscar Miranda-Domínguez, Longchuan Li, Martin Styner, Damien Fair, Warren Jones, Jocelyne Bachevalier, Mar M Sánchez
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March 15, 2024: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490828/a-gap-in-perceived-accessibility-to-play-spaces-for-physical-activity-in-arizona-elementary-schools
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marissa Schulke, Kylie Wilson, Kelly Ramella, Pamela Hodges Kulinna, Allison Poulos
BACKGROUND: The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans states all children should be provided with various physical activity opportunities; however, school play spaces are often unaccommodating to students with disabilities and this limitation may be exacerbated in lower-income schools. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to compare elementary school play space accessibility among children with and without disabilities at lower- and higher-income schools...
March 6, 2024: Disability and Health Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490821/identifying-trusted-local-sources-and-predicting-behavior-change-pathways-according-to-covid-19-vaccination-status-results-of-a-2022-statewide-survey-of-alaskan-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Drew B Cameron, Laura Grage, Rebecca Van Wyck, Alexandra Edwards, Joy Chavez Mapaye, Ann Cheng, Gabriel Garcia
BACKGROUND: Low rates of COVID-19 vaccination remain a substantial public health challenge. Despite early successes, vaccinations of Alaskans trail the US average, drawing attention to the need for better-designed and targeted vaccine confidence interventions. Our objective was to assess levels of community trust and theory-driven predictors of vaccination status to inform the design of future programs. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional, telephone-based survey of 940 Alaskan adults between May and June 2022...
March 14, 2024: Vaccine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490794/the-mediation-effect-of-health-literacy-on-social-support-and-health-lifestyle-of-patients-with-chronic-diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xuemin Zhang, Cuiyun Li, Min Liu, Junfang Sun, Heng Yue, Hugejiletu Bao
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified the antecedents of the lifestyle of many patients with chronic diseases. However, the mechanism of social support affecting the lifestyle of patients with chronic diseases is unclear, and the role of health literacy in social support affecting the lifestyle of patients with chronic diseases has not been found. Therefore, this study aims to explore the status quo of social support, health literacy and healthy lifestyle of patients with chronic diseases in China and the relationship among them...
February 2024: Applied Nursing Research: ANR
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