Indigenous communities and influenza: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
The objective of this paper is to describe the protocol to be used in a review and meta-analysis of the literature on Indigenous groups and influenza. Using this protocol as a guide, a future study will provide a comprehensive historical overview of pre-COVID impact of influenza on Indigenous groups by combining data from the last five influenza pandemics and seasonal influenza up to date.Methods/principle findingsThe review will include peer-reviewed original studies published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. Records will be identified through systematic literature search in eight databases...
Source: Systematic Reviews - August 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Nurses ´ Performance: The Importance of Personal Resources for Coping with Stressors
This study highlight the role played by self-efficacy as the main personal resource in buffering the effect of stressors on nurses´ performance. Resilience only becomes crucial in individuals with low levels of self-efficacy beliefs. Managers of health institutions and hospitals are invited to invest resources in strengthening the personal resources of health staff, especially self-efficacy beliefs, and resilience to ensure that their performance remains adequate.PMID:37643368 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2023.2239908 (Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing)
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - August 29, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Mar ía Vera Laura Lorente Source Type: research
Improvements and Persisting Challenges in COVID-19 Response Compared with 1918 –19 Influenza Pandemic Response, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
J. Summers et al. (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - August 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Quality of Care for Latinx Children with Asthma: Associations with Language Concordance and Continuity of Care
Conclusion:
Overall, Latinx children regardless of COC category or language concordance were more likely to receive the influenza vaccine. English-preferring Latinx children with persistent asthma received fewer inhaled steroid prescriptions compared with non-Hispanic White children. Panel chart review and seeing a practice partner might be one way to combat these inequities. (Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine)
Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - August 10, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hodes, T., Marino, M., Lucas, J. A., Bazemore, A., Peterson, L., Trivedi, M. K., Giebultowicz, S., Heintzman, J. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Vaccine-induced and hybrid immunity to SARS-CoV-2 after three or four doses of BNT162b2 - results from 22 months follow-up of a healthcare workers cohort, Israel, 2020-2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has killed at least seven million worldwide since its emergence in China in late 2019 [1] and became the most significant global health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic [2]. In order to mitigate the spread of the pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions such as protective equipment and social distancing as well as the rapid development and mass implementation COVID-19 vaccines, have been rolled out to prevent death, reduce the spread and severity of disease, and protect healthcare systems from becoming ove...
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Michael Edelstein, Karine Wiegler Beiruti, Hila Ben-Amram, Netta Beer, Christian Sussan, Perachel Batya, Salman Zarka, Kamal Abu Jabal Source Type: research
Spanish media coverage of youth mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic
The media portrayal of mental health is relevant in shaping the population ’s attitudes towards mental disorders. However, there is little information about the representation of young mental health issues in t... (Source: BMC Psychiatry)
Source: BMC Psychiatry - August 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Juan Pablo Carrasco, Anne-Marie Saucier and Rob Whitley Tags: Research Source Type: research
Traumatic stress symptoms among Spanish healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study
CONCLUSIONS: TSSs among Spanish healthcare workers active during the COVID-19 pandemic are common and associated with various pandemic-related stressful experiences. Future research should investigate if these stressful experiences represent truly traumatic experiences and carry risk for the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.PMID:37555258 | DOI:10.1017/S2045796023000628 (Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
Source: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences - August 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ana Portillo-Van Diest Gemma Vilagut Itxaso Alayo Montse Ferrer Franco Amigo Benedikt L Amann Andr és Aragón-Peña Enric Aragon ès Ángel Asúnsolo Del Barco Mireia Campos Isabel Del Cura-Gonz ález Meritxell Espuga Ana Gonz ález-Pinto Josep M Haro Am Source Type: research
