Children With Medical Complexity in the Canadian Maritimes: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Sydney Breneol, Janet A Curran, Marilyn Macdonald, William Montelpare, Samuel A Stewart, Ruth Martin-Misener, Jocelyn Vine

“…Two cases will be developed in each of the 3 provinces. Cases will be developed through semistructured interviews with families and their health care providers and health resource journaling. …”
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Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Aasim

“…Results The pooled sample of nine studies was 27,034 (126 – 12,450) pregnant women, of any gestational age, from all four provinces of Pakistan. Overall pooled estimate of GDM was 16.7% (95% CI 13.1 – 21.1). …”
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Public health impact and harm reduction implications of xylazine-involved overdoses: a narrative review by David T. Zhu

“…During this time, xylazine-involved overdoses also surged in Canada, particularly in Western provinces (British Columbia and Alberta) and Ontario with established IMF-dominated unregulated drug markets. …”
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Occupational and geographical differentials in financial protection against healthcare out-of-pocket payments in Nepal: Evidence for universal health coverage. by Vishnu Prasad Sapkota, Umesh Prasad Bhusal, Govinda Prasad Adhikari

“…In rural areas, we found a CHE of 11.5% at 10% threshold and a high impoverishment impact. Across provinces, CHE was 12% in Madhesh and 14.3% in Lumbini at 10% threshold, and impoverishment impact was 1.9% in Madhesh, Karnali and Sudurpachim at US $1.90 a day poverty line.…”
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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on self-reported levels of depression during the pandemic relative to pre-pandemic among Canadian adults by Rasha Elamoshy, Marwa Farag, Nigatu Geda, Cindy Feng

“…Young adults, females, patients with pre-existing depression, and residents of certain provinces reported higher levels of depression during COVID-19. …”
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Gendered risk factors associated with selfharm mortality among youth in South Africa 2006 2014 by N de Wet

“…The probability of self-harm mortality for males increased according to certain provinces of residence. For females the odds were higher for those who were pregnant (odds ratio (OR) 1.3; p<0.05) and non-South African (OR 1.7; p<0.05) and had secondary education (OR 1.4; p<0.05).Conclusions. …”
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Estimation of Biological Age of Women Based on Physical Fitness Tests by Zainab Rafei, Vahid Zolaktaf, Gholam Ali Ghasemi

“…This study could be more reliable, if the same data were collected from other provinces of the country. Keywords: Biological age, Physical fitness factors, Estimation of biological age…”
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Hypertension and type 2 diabetes: What family physicians can do to improve control of blood pressure - an observational study by Sketris Ingrid, Natarajan Nandini, Burge Frederick I, MacDonald Ian, Hall Jennifer, Lacey Kendrick, Goodine Rose, Goodfellow Mary, Buhariwalla Farokh, Lawson Beverley, Putnam Wayne, Mann Beth, Dunbar Peggy, Van Aarsen Kristine, Godwin Marshall S

“…The setting was the practices of 27 family physicians and nurse practitioners in 3 eastern provinces in Canada. The participants were all patients with type 2 diabetes who could understand English, were able to give consent, and would be available for follow-up for more than one year. …”
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Pre-dental treatment screening in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a questionnaire survey of dental practitioners by Armelia Sari Widyarman, Moehamad Orliando Roeslan, Iwan Dewanto

“…The participants worked in facilities in 32 provinces in Indonesia. In total, there were 5,323 participants (males: n = 829; females: n = 4,494). …”
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IDENTIFIKASI TINGKAT KERAPUHAN BATUAN (B-VALUE) DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE LIKELIHOOD DI WILAYAH SUMATERA UTARA PERIODE 1990-2021 by Ummi Khairani Siregar, Ratni Sirait, Lailatul Husna Lubis

“…Kata kunci : b-value, indeks seismisitas, probabilitas, periode ulang   ABSTRACT   North Sumatera is one of the provinces on the island of Sumatera that is most vulnerable to earthquake. …”
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Characterizing Root Morphological Traits in 65 Genotypes of Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i> L.) from Four Different Ecological Regions in China by Xiaoxia Yang, Qiaoyan Tian, Jiakun Yan, Yinglong Chen

“…The present study characterized the variability of the root morphological traits at the seedling stage of 65 millet genotypes selected from four ecological regions across seven provinces in China. The plants were assessed after 21 days of growth in the germination pouches, and 48 root and shoot traits were measured. …”
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Validation of the person-centered maternity care scale at governmental health facilities in Cambodia. by Yuko Takahashi Naito, Rieko Fukuzawa, Togoobaatar Ganchimeg, Patience A Afulani, Hirotsugu Aiga, Rattana Kim, Asako Takekuma Katsumata

“…However, dynamic changes in and diverse differences of cultural context over time across provinces in Cambodia require the Kh-PCMC scale to be regularly reexamined and, when needed, to be further adjusted.…”
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Mumps treatment by quacks in Pakistan: A neglected danger to public health by Areeba Mustafa, Faiz Rasool, Khubaib Samdani

“…From 1 January to 31 December 2022, a total of 19,444 mumps cases had been recorded from all provinces of the country. [1] Mumps is a common childhood respiratory infection caused by a paramyxovirus. …”
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Trades and handicraft's activity in Kosovo and Metohia in Roman period by Savić Marija M.

“…The economic development conditioned by the development of mining led to economic one, which resulted in the population number increase whose needs could not be met only by import but handicraft local production appeared (pottery, glass, granite, metal, bone) in which skilful artisans work probably settled from Italy or Western provinces. In this period in Kosovo and Metohia, besides domestic production there were imports from adjacent developed provincial centres. …”
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Supply Management: Problems, Politics and Possibilities by Martha Hall Findlay

“…With lucrative free trade agreements being considered, and in particular the prospect of joining (or being refused access to) the Trans-Pacific Partnership, now is the time for the Harper government to reach out to the provinces and farmers, and move away from supply management for the good of all Canadians. …”
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Should Canada Worry About a Resource Curse? by Alan Gelb

“…But Canada — and especially resource-rich provinces, such as Alberta — cannot take these factors for granted. …”
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Time, Spatial and Component Characteristics of Agricultural Carbon Emissions of China by Shulong Li, Zhizhang Wang

“…According to the annually provincial panel data set with the 31 provinces from 1996 to 2019, the time trend, regional distribution and component characteristics are empirically discussed. …”
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Household financial burden associated with healthcare for older people in Viet Nam: a cross-sectional survey by Nguyen Hoang Giang, Nguyen The Vinh, Hoang Thi Phuong, Nguyen Thi Thang, Tran Thi Mai Oanh

“…Methods A cross-sectional household survey was conducted among a sample of 1536 older people living in 1477 households in three provinces representing the North, Central and South regions of Viet Nam during 2019–2020. …”
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Historiography of the Samara Zemstvo in the context of Russian and foreign zemstvo historiography by O. V. Turganova, M. N. Matveev

“…The purpose of this study was a historiographic analysis of scientific works on the history of zemstvos of the Middle Volga region, which contained assessments of the organization and activities of zemstvos of the provinces of the Middle Volga region, which, along with city councils, performed the functions of local governments in the second half of the XIX and early XX centuries. …”
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Evaluation of interventions to improve inpatient hospital documentation within electronic health records: A Systematic Review by Natalie Wiebe, Lucia Otero Varela, Daniel Niven, Paul E Ronksley, Nicolas Iraggori, Helen Lee Robertson, Hude Quan

“…Emphasis should be placed on this novel area of research to improve communication between healthcare providers, enhance continuity of care, reduce the burden in health information management, and to facilitate data sharing between centers, provinces, and countries.…”
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