Community health workers: efficacy, taxonomy, and performance by Ballard, M

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Health economic aspects of childhood excess weight by Onyimadu, O

Subjects: “…Primary health care…”

The MR Cap: A single‐sided MRI system designed for potential point‐of‐care limited field‐of‐view brain imaging by McDaniel, Patrick C., Cooley, Clarissa Zimmerman, Stockmann, Jason P., Wald, Lawrence L.

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Nonspecific Signs and/or Symptoms of Cancer: A Retrospective, Observational Analysis from a Secondary Care, US Community Oncology Dataset by Benton, Christopher B., He, Ding, Todoroff, Karen, Coignet, Marie V., Luan, Ying, Wong, Jason C., Kurtzman, Kathryn N., Zackon, Ira

“…This study provides a real-world perspective on cancer incidence in patients with NSSS referred to a secondary care setting and highlights the unmet need for improved diagnostic tools to improve cancer outcomes.…”
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DropLab: an automated magnetic digital microfluidic platform for sample-to-answer point-of-care testing-development and application to quantitative immunodiagnostics by Hu, Xuyang, Gao, Xiangyu, Chen, Songlin, Guo, Jinhong, Zhang, Yi

“…In point-of-care testing (POCT), tests are performed near patients and results are given rapidly for timely clinical decisions. …”
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British unpaid carers’ perspectives on what impacts their resilience when providing end of life care at home- a scoping review by Gould, S, Borgstrom, E, McCallum, K, Wee, B, Garcia, R

Time to speed up scientific deliveries in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: innovative clinical trial design to improve patient care by Kawano-Dourado, L, Kulkarni, T, Ryerson, CJ, Richards, DB

“…<p><strong> Conclusion </p></strong>By using an innovative and efficient adaptive multi-interventional trial platform design, we aim to accelerate and improve care for patients with fILD. Through worldwide collaboration, novel analytical methodology and pragmatic trial delivery, REMAP-ILD aims to overcome major limitations associated with conventional randomised controlled trial approaches to rapidly improve the care of people living with fILD.…”

Developing a digital phenotype to subdivide adult immunosuppressed COVID-19 outcomes within the English Primary Care Sentinel Network by Leston, M, Kar, D, Forbes, A, Jamie, G, Wimalaratna, R, Jiwani, G, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Stewart, DE, Whitaker, H, Joy, M, Lee, LYW, Hobbs, FDR, de Lusignan, S

Evaluating machine learning for predicting youth suicidal behavior up to 1 year after contact with mental-health specialty care by O’Reilly, LM, Fazel, S, Rickert, ME, Kuja-Halkola, R, Cederlöf, M, Hellner, C, Larsson, H, Lichtenstein, P, D’Onofrio, BM

After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Maluni, J, Oluoch, D, Molyneux, S, Boga, M, Jones, C, Murila, F, English, M, Ziebland, S, Hinton, L

“…Minimal involvement in their baby’s care while in the neonatal unit appeared to contribute to the mothers’ lack of confidence in caring for their babies independently post-discharge when they no longer had the support of the clinical and nursing staff. …”

GP Workforce Sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances? by Owen, E, Burford, B, Duddy, C, Goodman, C, Lamb, L, Rapley, T, Rees, E, Vance, G, Park, SE

Developing feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care: an implementation study by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…<p><strong>Objective</strong></p> Use CFIR guidance to create comprehensive, evidence-based, feasible, and acceptable gender-affirming care PROM implementation strategies. <p><strong> Design, setting, participants</strong></p> A 3-Phase participatory process was followed to design feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating PROMs in gender-affirming care. …”

Prevalence of offering menopause hormone therapy among primary care doctors and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study by Low, Tiong Lim, Cheong, Ai Theng, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Ismail, Rohayah

“…All PCDs provided services in government primary care clinics from the three states were invited through the doctor in charge of each clinic. …”
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Development and validation of questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers related to nutrition care process among clinical dietitians in Malaysia by Bahari, Zaini

“…The introduction of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) by the American Dietetics Association (ADA) in 2003 provides a standardised framework for clinical dietitians in nutrition care delivery. …”
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Suspect screening in mussels cultured in straits of Tebrau leading to public perception and awareness survey on pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) by Yong, Zhi Yuan, Chong, Yen San, Mohamad Hanafi, Muhammad Arif Haikal, Abdul Wahab, Mohd. Firdaus, Lee, Hooi Ling, Bakar, Mohd. Bakri, Abdul Majid, Zaiton, Basar, Norazah, Chandren, Sheela, Hasbullah, Hasrinah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Chan, Wei Yee, Jaafar, Siti Nur Tahirah, Yong, Ee Ling

“…Interestingly, 7 pharmaceuticals and 4 personal care products appeared in both tides in mussel samples. …”

Highly transparent and conductive electrode based on aligned silver nanowires by Sin, Terence Jia Chern

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Associations between Clinicopathological Characteristics and Intraoperative Opioid Requirements during Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection with Monitored Anesthesia Care: A Retrospective Study by Kim, Hyun Il, Jung, Da Hyun, Lee, Sung Jin, Lee, Yong Chan, Lee, Sang Kil, Kim, Ga Hee, Nam, Ho Jae, Lee, Sihak, Byon, Hyo-Jin, Shin, Sung Kwan

“…Compared with other endoscopic procedures, it requires higher doses of opioids, leading to adverse events during monitored anesthesia care. We investigated the correlations between clinicopathological characteristics and intraprocedural opioid requirements in patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection under monitored anesthesia care. …”
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Associations between attainment of incentivised primary care indicators and incident diabetic retinopathy in England : a population-based historical cohort study by McKay, Ailsa J., Gunn, Laura H., Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu, Vamos, Eszter, Nugawela, Manjula, Majeed, Azeem, Molina, German, Sivaprasad, Sobha

“…The associations between England's incentivised primary care-based diabetes prevention activities and hard clinical endpoints remain unclear. …”
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First nosocomial cluster of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in a major acute care hospital in Singapore: investigations and outbreak response by Lim, Wei Yen, Tan, Glorijoy Shi En, Htun, Htet Lin, Phua, Hwee Pin, Kyaw, Win Mar, Guo, Huiling, Cui, Lin, Mak, Tze Minn, Poh, Bee Fong, Wong, Judith Chui Ching, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Ang, Brenda Sze Peng, Chow, Angela Li Ping

“…Objectives: The first large nosocomial cluster of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Singapore in April 2021 led to partial closure of a major acute care hospital. This study examined factors associated with infection among patients, staff and visitors; investigated the possible role of aerosol-based transmission; evaluated the effectiveness of BNT162.b2 and mRNA1273 vaccines; and described the successful containment of the cluster. …”
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Can a brief online interdisciplinary program enhance the understanding of musculoskeletal pain amongst primary care staff? A prospective study by Ng, Khim Siong, Goh, Bandy Qiuling, Tang, Woh Peng, Lee, Angela Wing Yan, Lee, Samantha, Koh, Kim Hwee, Shah, Mitesh

“…Background: Primary care staff do not provide consistent education on musculoskeletal pain management to patients in accordance with the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines. …”
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