Ridde, Valéry Gautier, Lara Dagenais, Christian Chabrol, Fanny Hou, Renyou Bonnet, Emmanuel David, Pierre-Marie Cloos, Patrick Duhoux, Arnaud Lucet, Jean-Christophe
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Health Research Policy and Systems
BackgroundAll prevention efforts currently being implemented for COVID-19 are aimed at reducing the burden on strained health systems and human resources. There has been little research conducted to understand how SARS-CoV-2 has affected health care systems and professionals in terms of their work. Finding effective ways to share the knowledge and ...
Dagenais, Christian Proulx, Michelle Mc Sween-Cadieux, Esther Nikiema, Aude Bonnet, Emmanuel Ridde, Valéry Somé, Paul-André
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Health Research Policy and Systems
In this commentary, we present a follow-up of two articles published in 2017 and 2018 about road traffic crashes, which is an important public health issue in Africa and Burkina Faso. The first article reported on a research project, conducted in partnership with local actors involved in road safety, carried out in Ouagadougou in 2015. Its aim was ...
Le Daré, Brendan Degremont, Adeline Couty, Clémence Baert, Alain Bouvet, Renaud Morel, Isabelle Gicquel, Thomas
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Preventive Medicine Reports
The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the frequency of positive tests for alcohol and drugs during roadside testing or after road accidents among drivers in the Brittany region of France. The study’s secondary objective was to describe the blood concentrations of the substances found during these tests, in order to provide a sc...
Marmamula, Srinivas Barrenakala, Navya Rekha Challa, Rajesh Kumbham, Thirupathi Reddy Modepalli, Satya Brahmanandam Yellapragada, Ratnakar Bhakki, Madhuri Reddy, Jagadesh C Friedman, David S Khanna, Rohit C
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The British journal of ophthalmology
To report visual outcomes and factors associated with good visual outcomes after cataract surgery among the elderly residents in 'homes for the aged' in Hyderabad, India. Individuals aged ≥60 years were recruited from 41 'homes for the aged'. All participants had a detailed eye examinations including visual acuity (VA) assessment , refraction, slit...
Spagnolello, Ornella Reed, Matthew J
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Internal and emergency medicine
Despite considerable improvement in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) knowledge and treatment in the last 3 decades, the overall number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) is still rising with up to one quarter being unaware of their HIV status. Early HIV diagnosis and treatment prolongs life, reduces transmission, improves quality of life, and is a...
Kaiser, Ulrike Petzke, Frank Nagel, Bernd Marschall, Ursula Casser, Hans-Raimund Isenberg, Thomas Kohlmann, Thomas Lindena, Gabriele
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Schmerz (Berlin, Germany)
Die Versorgung von Patienten mit Schmerzen und Chronifizierungsrisiko ist nach wie vor gekennzeichnet durch Über‑, Fehl- und Unterversorgung. Das Projekt PAIN2020 (Innovationsfonds 01NVF17049) hat zum Ziel, durch die Einführung eines frühzeitigen, auf Schmerz spezialisierten interdisziplinären diagnostischen Ansatzes die ambulante Versorgung von Pa...
Oldenburg, Catherine E Aragie, Solomon Amza, Abdou Solomon, Anthony W Brogdon, Jessica Arnold, Benjamin F Keenan, Jeremy D Lietman, Thomas M
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The British journal of ophthalmology
Although tremendous progress towards the 2020 goal of global elimination of trachoma as a public health problem has been made, it will not be achieved. Future targets are now being considered. One option is changing the goal to eradication. We surveyed trachoma experts to assess beliefs related to trachoma eradication and determine perceived obstac...
Karras, Elizabeth Arriola, Nora McCarten, Janet M Britton, Peter C Besterman-Dahan, Karen Stecker, Tracy A
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Community mental health journal
The objective of this paper is to characterize barriers and facilitators reported by U.S. military veterans related to campaigns promoting help seeking during suicidal crisis. Individual telephone interviews (N = 40) were conducted from August 2018-April 2019 with a sample of veterans who had a recent non-fatal suicide attempt. Interview transcript...
Jumbe, Sandra Milner, Adrienne Clinch, Megan Kennedy, Jonathan Pinder, Richard J. Sharpe, Carolyn A. Fenton, Kevin
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundOver recent years there have been several major terror attacks in cities across Europe. These attacks result in deaths, physical injuries, and pose long-term threats to mental health and wellbeing of large populations. Although psychologists have completed important work on mental health responses to disaster exposure including terrorist ...
Hanson, Coral Oliver, Emily Buckley, Benjamin Dodd-Reynolds, Caroline Downey, John Henderson, Hannah Hawkins, Jemma Steele, James Wade, Matthew Watson, Paula
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Despite widespread use, community-based physical activity prescription is controversial. Data limitations have resulted in a lack of clarity about what works, under what circumstances, and for whom, reflected in conservative policy recommendations. In this commentary we challenge a predominantly negative discourse, using contemporary research to hi...
