Birth outcomes following antiretroviral exposure during pregnancy: Initial results from a pregnancy exposure registry in South Africa by Ushma C. Mehta, Cari van Schalkwyk, Prineetha Naidoo, Arthi Ramkissoon, Otty Mhlongo, Niren R. Maharaj, Niree Naidoo, Karen Fieggen, Michael F. Urban, Shaun Krog, Alex Welte, Mukesh Dheda, Yogan Pillay, Neil F. Moran

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Novel Healthy Eating Index to Examine Daily Food Guides Adherence and Frailty in Older Taiwanese by Kian-Yuan Lim, I-Chen Chen, Yun-Chun Chan, In-Fai Cheong, Yi-Yen Wang, Zi-Rong Jian, Shyh-Dye Lee, Chi-Chun Chou, Feili Lo Yang

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Norway’s Battery Electric Vehicles and Public Health- Findings From the Literature by Olalekan John Okesanya, John Michael B Saclolo, Kristine Bernadette Presno Mia, Blaise Ntacyabukura, Victorita Corman, Attaullah Ahmadi, Ryan Rachmad Nugraha, Jiangchuan He, Joeydann M. Telin, Ugyen Utse Tshering, Ynusa Abdullahi, Jerico Bautista Ogaya, Florante E. Delos Santos, Sharon Ann Pedrajas-Mendoza, Melchor M. Magramo, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, M.B.N. Kouwenhoven

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Clinical Associations of Vascular Stiffness, Microvascular Dysfunction, and Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in a Black Cohort: The Jackson Heart Study by Leroy L. Cooper, Solomon K. Musani, Josiah A. Moore, Victoria A. Clarke, Yuichiro Yano, Keith Cobbs, Connie W. Tsao, Javed Butler, Michael E. Hall, Naomi M. Hamburg, Emelia J. Benjamin, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Gary F. Mitchell, Ervin R. Fox

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Correlation and agreement between arterial and venous blood gas analysis in patients with hypotension—an emergency department-based cross-sectional study by Hari Prasad, Nagasubramanyam Vempalli, Naman Agrawal, U. N. Ajun, Ajmal Salam, Soumya Subhra Datta, Ashutosh Singhal, Nishant Ranjan, P. P. Shabeeba Sherin, G. Sundareshan

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Healthy Eating Enhances Intrinsic Capacity, Thus Promoting Functional Ability of Retirement Home Residents in Northern Taiwan by Kian-Yuan Lim, Hui-Chen Lo, In-Fai Cheong, Yi-Yen Wang, Zi-Rong Jian, I-Chen Chen, Yun-Chun Chan, Shyh-Dye Lee, Chi-Chun Chou, Feili Lo Yang

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Barriers and enablers to health care providers assessment and treatment of knee osteoarthritis in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study using the Theoretical D... by Lauren K. King, Owen Krystia, Esther J. Waugh, Crystal MacKay, Ian Stanaitis, Jane Stretton, Alanna Weisman, Noah M. Ivers, Janet A. Parsons, Lorraine Lipscombe, Gillian A. Hawker

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Association of blood lead level with cognitive performance and general intelligence of urban school children in ten cities of India by Divas Kumar, Shally Awasthi, Shweta Singh, Girdhar G. Agarwal, Anuj Kumar Pandey, Abbas Ali Mahdi, Thekkumkara Surendran Anish, A.R. Somashekar, Sonali Kar, Suma Nair, Joseph L. Mathew, Mushtaq A. Bhat, B.N. Mahanta, Kuldeep Singh, C.M. Singh

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Rasagiline effects on glucose metabolism, cognition, and tau in Alzheimer's dementia by Dawn C. Matthews, Aaron Ritter, Ronald G. Thomas, Randolph D. Andrews, Ana S. Lukic, Carolyn Revta, Jefferson W. Kinney, Babak Tousi, James B. Leverenz, Howard Fillit, Kate Zhong, Howard H. Feldman, Jeffrey Cummings

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Expression of EGFL7 in common epithelial tumors of lacrimal gland and its correlation with angiogenesis and proliferative activity by Qi-Qi Xing, Fang Zhang, Dong Liu, Fu-Ling Liu

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Electro-acupuncture for central obesity: a patient-assessor blinded, randomized sham-controlled clinical trial by Tsz Fung Lam, Zipan Lyu, Xingyao Wu, Yi Ping Wong, Peihua Cao, Emily Yen Wong, Hung Bun Hung, Shiping Zhang, Zhaoxiang Bian, Linda L. D. Zhong

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The shared genetic architecture of suicidal behaviour and psychiatric disorders: A genomic structural equation modelling study by Tahira Kootbodien, Leslie London, Lorna J. Martin, Joel Defo, Raj Ramesar

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Barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening among under-screened women in Cuenca, Ecuador: the perspectives of women and health professionals by Bernardo Vega Crespo, Vivian Alejandra Neira, José Ortíz Segarra, Andrés Andrade, Gabriela Guerra, Stalin Ortiz, Antonieta Flores, Lorena Mora, Veronique Verhoeven, Ana Gama, Sónia Dias, Bo Verberckmoes, Heleen Vermandere, Kristien Michelsen, Olivier Degomme

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National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program in Lithuania: Description of the 5-Year Performance on Population Level by Audrius Dulskas, Tomas Poskus, Inga Kildusiene, Ausvydas Patasius, Rokas Stulpinas, Arvydas Laurinavičius, Laura Mašalaitė, Gabrielė Milaknytė, Ieva Stundienė, Lina Venceviciene, Kestutis Strupas, Narimantas E. Samalavicius, Giedre Smailyte

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Childhood obesity diagnosis and management remains a challenge despite the use of electronic health records: A retrospective study by Jean‐Sébastien Paquette, Laurence Théorêt, Laurence Veilleux, Johann Graham, Marie‐Pier Paradis, Nathalie Chamberland, Gabrielle Lanctôt, Pascale Breault, Mathieu Pelletier, Samuel Boudreault

“…Objectives The aim of the study was to assess the diagnosis and management of CO in a Canadian academic family medicine group unit (FMG‐U) that uses EHR with an integrated CO diagnosis tool. …”
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Piloting an ICU follow-up clinic to improve health-related quality of life in ICU survivors after a prolonged intensive care stay (PINA): feasibility of a pragmatic randomised cont... by Karl Philipp Drewitz, Claudia Hasenpusch, Christine Bernardi, Susanne Brandstetter, Christoph Fisser, Katharina Pielmeier, Magdalena Rohr, Vreni Brunnthaler, Konrad Schmidt, Maximilian V. Malfertheiner, Christian J. Apfelbacher

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Infusing intellectual and Developmental disability training into Medical School curriculum: a Pilot intervention by Joanne Siegel, Kathleen McGrath, Elisa Muniz, Vincent Siasoco, Priya Chandan, Emily Noonan, Karen Bonuck

“…The didactic session, covering  health and assessment of PWIDDs, history of IDD, stigma, etc., was co-taught by a developmental pediatrician, family medicine physician and social worker.  A panel of 3 adult self-advocates (SAs) with DD and a parent of a child with DD spoke about their lived experiences.  …”
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Impact of a peer-support programme to improve loneliness and social isolation due to COVID-19: does adding a secure, user friendly video-conference solution work better than teleph... by Louise Rose, Judy Lowthian, Samir K Sinha, Alex Kiss, Shelley L McLeod, Bjug Borgundvaag, Jacques Simon Lee, Donald Melady, Rohit Mohindra, Virginia Wesson, Lesley Wiesenfeld, Sabrina Kolker

“…We will recruit 141 participants ≥70 years of age discharged from two participating emergency departments or referred from hospital family medicine, geriatric or geriatric psychiatry clinics. …”
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Medical, Dental, and Nursing Students’ Experience with Virtual Practical Sessions: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Developing Country by Al Bashir S, Al-Azzam N, Elsalem L, Al Smerat A, Haddad HK, Alsulaiman J, Kheirallah KA, Alzoubi KH

“…Samir Al Bashir,1 Nosayba Al-Azzam,2 Lina Elsalem,3 Aya Al Smerat,2 Husam K Haddad,4 Jomana Alsulaiman,5 Khalid A Kheirallah,6 Karem H Alzoubi7,8 1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 2Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan; 5Department of Pediatrics, Medical School of Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan; 6Department of Public Health, Community Medicine and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 7Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; 8Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanCorrespondence: Samir Al Bashir, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan, Email smalbashir9@just.edu.joBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the scope of healthcare education and shifted the teaching methods from on-campus to virtual. …”
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Undergraduate Medical Education Reform in Viet Nam for a Primary Health Care Workforce by David B. Duong, Tuan A. Nguyen, Kristen Goodell, Nora Y. Osman, Tam M. Nguyen, Van-Anh T. Pham, Loan T. Vu, Hong-Anh T. Vu, Lisa A. Cosimi, Todd Pollack, Barbara Gottlieb

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