Spanish-Speaking Mothers' Experiences of School-Based Speech Therapy
DISCUSSION: The results are discussed in the context of equity. Through understanding the experiences of Spanish-speaking mothers, SLPs can work to ensure service levels comparable with those of monolingual children and support bilingual acquisition.PMID:38394224 | DOI:10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00043 (Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools)
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools - February 23, 2024 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carlos D Irizarry-P érez Lindsey M Bell Monique N Rodriguez Vanessa Viramontes Source Type: research
Spanish-Speaking Mothers' Experiences of School-Based Speech Therapy
DISCUSSION: The results are discussed in the context of equity. Through understanding the experiences of Spanish-speaking mothers, SLPs can work to ensure service levels comparable with those of monolingual children and support bilingual acquisition.PMID:38394224 | DOI:10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00043 (Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools)
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools - February 23, 2024 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carlos D Irizarry-P érez Lindsey M Bell Monique N Rodriguez Vanessa Viramontes Source Type: research
Spanish-Speaking Mothers' Experiences of School-Based Speech Therapy
DISCUSSION: The results are discussed in the context of equity. Through understanding the experiences of Spanish-speaking mothers, SLPs can work to ensure service levels comparable with those of monolingual children and support bilingual acquisition.PMID:38394224 | DOI:10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00043 (Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools)
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools - February 23, 2024 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carlos D Irizarry-P érez Lindsey M Bell Monique N Rodriguez Vanessa Viramontes Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 261: Is COVID-19 as Lethal as the Spanish Flu? The Australian Experience in 1919 and 2020 and the Role of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
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We conducted a comparative historical study to interrogate Professor Peter Doherty’s warning to Australians in April 2020 that ‘COVID-19 is just as lethal as the Spanish flu’. We identified the epicentres of both pandemics, namely, metropolitan Sydney in 1919 and metropolitan Melbourne in 2020 and compared the lethality of the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 in these two cities. Lethality was measured by the number and rate of hospital admissions, death rates, age-specific death rates and age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs). Using these measures, we demonstrated the strikin...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Marika Vicziany Leon Piterman Naiyana Wattanapenpaiboon Tags: Article Source Type: research
Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 316: The Influenza A Virus Replication Cycle: A Comprehensive Review
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Influenza A virus (IAV) is the primary causative agent of influenza, colloquially called the flu. Each year, it infects up to a billion people, resulting in hundreds of thousands of human deaths, and causes devastating avian outbreaks with worldwide losses worth billions of dollars. Always present is the possibility that a highly pathogenic novel subtype capable of direct human-to-human transmission will spill over into humans, causing a pandemic as devastating if not more so than the 1918 influenza pandemic. While antiviral drugs for influenza do exist, they target very few aspects of IAV replication and risk beco...
Source: Viruses - February 19, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Toby Carter Munir Iqbal Tags: Review Source Type: research
Discrimination of Mexican Youth Linked to Mental Health, Sleep Problems
Nearly 9 in 10 Mexican-origin youth living in Northern Indiana reported experiencing discrimination, according to astudypublished in theJournal of the American Academy of Child& Adolescent Psychiatry. These findings reflect the first wave of a three-wave longitudinal study,Seguimos Avanzando, which is examining the effects of discrimination as well as family support on the mental health of Mexican-origin youth in regions experiencing new migration.“In new migration areas, Latinx individuals are often portrayed as having criminal tendencies, perpetuating negative stereotypes and increasing marginalization,” wrote Ma...
Source: Psychiatr News - February 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: depression discrimination family support immigration Indiana Mexican American poor sleep Seguimos Avanzando Source Type: research
Mental health and risk of death and hospitalization in COVID –19 patients. Results from a large-scale population-based study in Spain
This study aimed to explore the presence of mental illness in a Spanish cohort of COVID-19-infected population and to evaluate the association between the presence of specific mental health conditions an d the risk of death and hospitalization. This is a retrospective cohort study including all individuals with confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 from the PRECOVID (Prediction in COVID–19) Study (Aragon, Spain). Mental health illness was defined as the presence of schizophrenia and other psychotic di sorders, anxiety, cognitive disorders, depression and mood disorders, substance abuse, and personality and eating disorders. ...
Source: PLoS One - February 12, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Aida Moreno-Juste Source Type: research
The lingering challenge: addressing vaccine hesitancy in a post-pandemic world
This article discusses the role of anti-vaxxers and vaccine-hesitant groups, electronic social media, and politics in vaccine hesitancy among people. It describes the strategies to combat the roadblocks in the vaccination programmes and health benefits, offered by recent advances in scientific and technological developments.PMID:38309708 | DOI:10.21101/cejph.a7593 (Source: Central European Journal of Public Health)
Source: Central European Journal of Public Health - February 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ethan Ayaan Mir Source Type: research
