Fix, Gemmae M Kim, Bo Ruben, Mollie McCullough, Megan B
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PEC innovation
To provide health research teams with a practical, methodologically rigorous guide on how to conduct direct observation. Synthesis of authors' observation-based teaching and research experiences in social sciences and health services research. This article serves as a guide for making key decisions in studies involving direct observation. Study dev...
Dewidar, Omar Lotfi, Tamara Langendam, Miranda Parmelli, Elena Saz Parkinson, Zuleika Solo, Karla Chu, Derek K Mathew, Joseph L Akl, Elie A Brignardello-Petersen, Romina
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BMJ evidence-based medicine
To evaluate the development and quality of actionable statements that qualify as good practice statements (GPS) reported in COVID-19 guidelines. Systematic review . We searched MEDLINE, MedSci, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), databases of Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Guidelines, NICE, WHO...
Herranz, Carme González-Colom, Rubèn Baltaxe, Erik Seijas, Nuria Asenjo, Maria Hoedemakers, Maaike Nicolas, David Coloma, Emmanuel Fernandez, Joaquim Vela, Emili
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BMC health services research
Applicability of comprehensive assessment of integrated care services in real world settings is an unmet need. To this end, a Triple Aim evaluation of Hospital at Home (HaH), as use case, was done. As ancillary aim, we explored use of the approach for monitoring the impact of adoption of integrated care at health system level in Catalonia (Spain). ...
Grimes, Lorraine O'Shaughnessy, Aideen Roth, Rachel Carnegie, Anna Duffy, Deirdre Niamh
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BMJ sexual & reproductive health
In 2018, the Irish government enacted a liberalised abortion law permitting expanded access to abortion from January 2019. A dedicated information and support service - MyOptions - was established to provide non-directive counselling and clinical advice about unplanned pregnancy. MyOptions provides contact details for abortion providers but does no...
Herbert, Carly Broach, John P. Gerber, Ben S. Fahey, Nisha Orvek, Elizabeth Aaker Lazar, Peter Ferranto, Julia M. Noorishirazi, Kamran Valpady, Shivakumar Shi, Qiming
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BACKGROUND: Serial testing for SARS-CoV-2 is recommended to reduce spread of the virus; however, little is known about adherence to recommended testing schedules and reporting practices to health departments. OBJECTIVE: The Self-Testing for Our Protection from COVID-19 (STOP COVID-19) study aims to examine adherence to a risk-based COVID-19 testing...
Hoque, Shushmita Luther, Janki Mizrahi, Raphael Gerald, Lynn B. Phipatanakul, Wanda Lemon, Stephenie C. Rosal, Milagros C. Byatt, Nancy Pbert, Lori Trivedi, Michelle K.
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Background: School-supervised asthma therapy improves asthma outcomes for children, yet this strategy is not widely utilized. School nurses play a vital role in this intervention, yet their perspectives on school-supervised asthma therapy have not been thoroughly examined. Objectives: To examine the perspectives of school nurses participating in sc...
Casanova, Nicole L. LeClair, Amy M. Xiao, Victoria Mullikin, Katelyn R. Lemon, Stephenie C. Freund, Karen M. Haas, Jennifer S. Freedman, Rachel A. Battaglia, Tracy A.
BACKGROUND: Implementing city-wide patient navigation processes that support patients across the continuum of cancer care is impeded by a lack of standardized tools to integrate workflows and reduce gaps in care. The authors present an actionable workflow process mapping protocol for navigation process planning and improvement based on methods deve...
Martin, Matthew P. McEntee, Mindy L. Mullin, Daniel J. Suri, Yash van Eeghen, Constance
PURPOSE: Although many primary care clinics screen for behavioral health (BH) conditions using validated tools, it is not clear whether adult BH screening leads to better patient outcomes. Our objective was to determine the evidence base by reviewing effectiveness research for multiple strategies of BH screening in adult primary care identified in ...
Hamp-Adams, Sarah
In many cultures, menstruation is surrounded by silence and shame instead of being celebrated as a sign of health and vitality. Globally, challenges, including stigma surrounding menstruation, create barriers for menstruators (White, 2013; Crawford, 2014; Garg, 2015). It proves to be difficult for young menstruators to navigate menarche due to the ...
Vajravelu, Ravy K Shapiro, Jordan M Ni, Josephine Thanawala, Shivani U Lewis, James D El-Serag, Hashem B
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Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Laboratory studies have demonstrated that antibiotic use in conjunction with bowel purgatives causes alterations to the gut microbiota. Because gut microbiota changes may be a trigger for the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), we sought to assess whether individuals who undergo bowel cleansing for colonoscopy and have concurrent antibio...