Weinberg, Dominic Stevens, Gonneke W J M Currie, Candace Delaruelle, Katrijn Dierckens, Maxim Lenzi, Michela Main, Gill Finkenauer, Catrin
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The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Adolescents with higher socioeconomic status (SES) report better mental health. The strength of the association-the "social gradient in adolescent mental health"-varies across countries, with stronger associations in countries with greater income inequality. Country-level meritocratic beliefs (beliefs that people get what they deserve) may also str...
Theys, Sofie Van Hecke, Ann Akkermans, Reinier Heinen, Maud
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Translating and psychometrically assessing the Individualised Care Scale (ICS) for patients and nurses for the Flemish and Dutch healthcare context. Individualised care interventions have positive effects on health outcomes. However, there are no valid and reliable instruments for evaluating individualised care for the Flemish and Dutch healthcare ...
Almadhi, Marwa Ali Abdulrahman, Abdulkarim Sharaf, Sayed Ali AlSaad, Dana Stevenson, Nigel J. Atkin, Stephen L. AlQahtani, Manaf M.
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has led to over 92 million cases and 1.9 million deaths worldwide since its outbreak. Public health responses have focused on identifying symptomatic individuals to halt spread. However, evidence is accruing that asymptomatic individuals are infectious and contributing to this global pandemic. Methods Observational dat...
Rayan, Rehab A. Rayan, Rehab
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Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
Waleekhachonloet, Onanong Rattanachotphanit, Thananan Limwattananon, Chulaporn Thammatacharee, Noppakun Limwattananon, Supon
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Pharmacy Practice
Objective: This study examined the effects of a national policy advocating rational drug use (RDU), namely, the ‘RDU Service Plan’, starting in fiscal year 2017 and implemented by the Thai Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), on trends in antibiotic prescribing rates for outpatients. The policy was implemented subsequent to a voluntary campaign involv...
Cherewick, Megan Lebu, Sarah Su, Christine Richards, Lisa Njau, Prosper F Dahl, Ronald E
BackgroundInequitable gender norms, beliefs and behaviors, are shaped by learning experiences during key developmental stages in an individual's life course, and can have negative impacts on health and well-being outcomes. Very early adolescence represents one stage when formative learning experiences about gender inequity can have the potential to...
Martin-Gutierrez, Geraldy Wallander, Jan L Yang, Yuzhu June Depaoli, Sarah Elliott, Marc N Coker, Tumaini R Schuster, Mark A
PurposeStressful life events (SLEs) increase allostatic load and require adaptation. Experiencing SLEs has been associated with decreased health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among adolescents. This study examined racial/ethnic and developmental differences in the relationship between SLEs and HRQOL from preadolescence to midadolescence.MethodsDa...
Quintana, Penelope JE Lopez-Galvez, Nicolas Dodder, Nathan G Hoh, Eunha Matt, Georg E Zakarian, Joy M Vyas, Mansi Chu, Linda Akins, Brittany Padilla, Samuel
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IntroductionSimple silicone wristbands (WB) hold promise for exposure assessment in children. We previously reported strong correlations between nicotine in WB worn by children and urinary cotinine (UC). Here, we investigated differences in WB chemical concentrations among children exposed to secondhand smoke from conventional cigarettes (CC) or se...
Baral, Stefan Chandler, Rebecca Prieto, Ruth Gil Gupta, Sunetra Mishra, Sharmistha Kulldorff, Martin
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Annals of epidemiology
In the response to COVID-19, countries have implemented response strategies along a continuum of population- and venue-level specificity ranging from suppression to mitigation strategies. Suppression strategies generally include population-wide shelter-in-place mandates or lockdowns, closure of nonessential physical venues, travel bans, testing and...
Demissie, Mekdes Hanlon, Charlotte Ng, Lauren Fekadu, Abebaw Mayston, Rosie
RationaleLittle is known about the specific experience people living with bipolar disorder in rural, low resource settings, where conditions that disrupt normal social interactions are often highly stigmatized and evidence-based treatments are rare.ObjectiveTo explore illness experience, coping strategies, help-seeking practices, and consequences o...
