General and COVID19-specific emotional stress: Religious practice as a potential coping strategy
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Jul 29;51:101284. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101284. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUsing Spanish microdata from the Survey on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic conducted in February 2021 by the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), this paper aims at identifying individual factors associated with an increased risk of mental or emotional distress arising from two different sources: a general pattern of depression or anxiety and distress specifically associated with the pandemic as measured by fears and worries about one's own or others' lives and job and income insecurity due to the COVID-19 heal...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - August 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Maite Bl ázquez Roc ío Sánchez-Mangas Source Type: research

Intermediate Respiratory Care Units: Questions and Answers
Open Respir Arch. 2022 Nov 5;4(4):100220. doi: 10.1016/j.opresp.2022.100220. eCollection 2022 Oct-Dec.ABSTRACTThe intermediate respiratory care units (UCRI) are areas of monitoring and specialized care of patients with acute or chronic-exacerbated respiratory failure, whose severity does not require admission to an intensive care unit, but which due to their complexity cannot be treated in conventional hospitalization. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has proven its usefulness in the management of critical respiratory patients, the historical trajectory of the UCRI comes from many years ago, in which its cost-effectiveness h...
Source: Respiratory Care - July 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Daniel L ópez-Padilla Marta Corral Blanco Santos Ferrer Espinosa Sof ía Romero Peralta J úlia Sampol Jos é Rafael Terán Tinedo Irene Cano Pumarega Javier Sayas Catal án Source Type: research

Engaging the community served: a U.S. Cancer Center's Facebook live cancer awareness campaign for Spanish-speaking Latinos during COVID-19
Cancer Causes Control. 2023 Jul 25. doi: 10.1007/s10552-023-01755-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCancer is the leading cause of mortality in U.S. Latino adults, a group with limited access to screening, higher rates of advanced disease, and prone to online misinformation. Our project created a Facebook Live social media video campaign on general cancer prevention, screening, risk, information, and resources, targeting Spanish-monolingual Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic. Content was delivered in Spanish by fluent, ethnically concordant topic experts and cancer center staff. Four prerecorded and three livestream inter...
Source: Cancer Control - July 25, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Javier Mora Raul Romo Sandra Dempsey Betzaida Silva Debra Nevels Gustavo W Leone Melinda Stolley Source Type: research

Engaging the community served: a U.S. Cancer Center ’s Facebook live cancer awareness campaign for Spanish-speaking Latinos during COVID-19
AbstractCancer is the leading cause of mortality in U.S. Latino adults, a group with limited access to screening, higher rates of advanced disease, and prone to online misinformation. Our project created a Facebook Live social media video campaign on general cancer prevention, screening, risk, information, and resources, targeting Spanish-monolingual Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic. Content was delivered in Spanish by fluent, ethnically concordant topic experts and cancer center staff. Four prerecorded and three livestream interview videos were produced, amassing over 161 shares, 1,000 engagements, 12,000 views, 19,00...
Source: Cancer Causes and Control - July 25, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

The global impact of COVID-19 on child protection professionals: A scoping review and thematic analysis
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the responsibility of social ecologies and organizational structures to create readiness for a rapid response in times of crisis as well as valuable evidence to inform how CPPs, children, and families may be better supported in the event of a future crisis.PMID:37479549 | DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106347 (Source: Child Abuse and Neglect)
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - July 21, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Carmit Katz Talia Glucklich Afnan Attrash-Najjar Ma'ayan Jacobson Noa Cohen Natalia Varela Sidnei Rinaldo Priolo-Filho Annie B érubé Olivia D Chang Delphine Collin-V ézina Ansie Fouch é Sadiyya Haffejee Ilan Katz Kathryn Maguire-Jack Nadia Massarweh M Source Type: research