Core curriculum elements on substance use disorder for early academic career medical and health professions education programs - U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration..
Government estimates indicate the nation's behavioral health workforce, including those who treat patients with substance use disorders (SUD), will continue to experience staffing shortages and that it is imperative to address future workforce needs for se... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Family-based education and follow-up program for patients with burns: a mixed assessment study - Ahmadi H, Mirza Aghazadeh Attari A, Ajoudani F, Lotfi M.
BACKGROUND: Burn injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, affecting not only the patients but also their families. Family-based education and follow-up program are interventions that aim to improve the quality of life and psychosoci... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
The burden of burns: an analysis of public health measures - Ivanko A, Garbuzov AE, Schoen JE, Kearns R, Phillips B, Murata E, Danos D, Phelan HA, Carter JE.
Accurate analysis of injuries is paramount when allocating resources for prevention, research, education, and legislation. As burn mortality has improved over recent decades, the societal burden of burn injuries has grown ambiguous to the public while a sc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
The Hamas massacre of Oct 7, 2023, and its aftermath, medical crimes, and the Lancet commission report on medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust - Reis SP, Wald HS.
BACKGROUND: The report of the Lancet Commission on medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust, released in November 2023, calls for this history to be required for all health professions education, to foster morally courageous health professionals who speak up wh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions - Pennock K, Tamminen K, McKenzie B, Mainwaring L.
BACKGROUND: Sport-related concussions leave youth vulnerable to significant health, physical, social, and educational disruptions. Many youth athletes under-report concussions, but the scope of the issue for this population is not well understood, nor are ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A national 20-year analysis of weight lifting-related injuries and fractures among adolescents - Gupta R, Quintana JO, Reddy N, Ayotte S, Lawrence JTR.
BACKGROUND: Increasing strength through weightlifting has become a core component of competitive sports training, recreational exercise programs, and school physical education classes. Although many health benefits exist, there is concern for injury, espec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Behavior problems, social relationships, and adolescents' future orientation: links from middle to late adolescence - Rydell AM, Brocki KC.
INTRODUCTION: As adolescents leave high school, plans for the future are of great importance. Future orientation reflects positive thoughts regarding further education, employment, and family life. While future orientation has been found to affect behavior... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Does childhood maltreatment influence Chinese preschool education college students' depression and anxiety? Evidence from a latent class analysis - Ji S, Chen C.
INTRODUCTION: Preschool teachers' mental health may be a critical factor in their job performance, which in turn can influence the quality of early childhood education. However, little is known about its development. Childhood maltreatment, as a chronic fo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Face-to-face bullying in and outside of schools and cyberbullying are associated with suicidality in Kenyan high school students: a public health issue - Ndetei DM, Mutiso V, Shanley JR, Musyimi C, Nyamai P, Munyua T, Osborn TL, Johnson NE, Gilbert S, Abio A, Javed A, Sourander A.
BACKGROUND: Childhood bullying has been classified as a major public health concern by WHO, with negative effects on the health education and social outcomes of both bullies and victims. There is no current Kenyan data on the prevalence of face-to-face bul... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
What is the Dose-Response for Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation in Lactating Mothers?
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Vitamin D is an important vitamin for bone formation and mineral homeostasis. Hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, osteomalacia, rickets and tetany can all result because of Vitamin D deficiency. Deficiency is caused by inadequate dietary intakes of Vitamin D, inadequate exposure to sunlight or patients with fat malabsorption or renal disease. Even in high sun exposure areas of the world, Vitamin D deficiency can occur because of inadequate exposure due to clothing or cultural practices. Sunscreen blocks sunlight and an SPF (sun protection factor) of 8 blocks 95% of the sun, so there needs to be a careful balance bet...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 15, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
World ’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
Meeting at London ’s Royal Society will scrutinise basic model first formulated in 1922 that universe is a vast, even expanse with no notable featuresIf you zoomed out on the universe, well beyond the level of planets, stars or galaxies, you would eventually see a vast, evenly speckled expanse with no notable features. At least, that has been the conventional view.The principle that everything looks the same everywhere is a fundamental pillar of the standard model of cosmology, which aims to explain the big bang and how the universe has evolved in the 13.7bn years since.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Space Science Research Education Higher education Source Type: news
Viagogo boss Cris Miller: Carrying on ticketing, despite the controversy
Cris Miller is confident that his musical hero, Bob Marley, would have approved of how his company makes its profits. “I think after some education, yeah, he would,” says the global managing director of Viagogo, who has flown from New York to London as part of a mission to dispel what he sees as…#crismiller #bobmarley #edsheeran #trustpilot #labour #keirstarmer #viagogo #delaware #stubhub #nme (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How 17-year-old Ukrainian Valeriia escaped a Russian re-education camp
17-year-old Ukrainian Valeriia was abducted to a Russian re-education camp in Crimea. She tells Euronews how she made it back to Ukraine on her own. Before the full-scale invasion, 17-year-old Valeriia lived an ordinary life as a 10th-grade student, preparing for exams and taking part in…#russian #crimea #ukraine #novakakhovka #khersonoblast #crimean #ministryofeducation #science #oleksandramatviichuk #ukrainians (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US high schoolers want financial education, but many schools don't offer it: survey
A recent survey by Intuit found that U.S. high school students want to learn about personal finance in schools but that many lack access to such courses at school, while parents may be reluctant to teach their children about . Intuit's Financial Education survey found that 85% of U.S. high school…#intuit #financialeducation #davezasada #vp #inuit #zasada #original (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden takes another stab at forgiving student loan debt. Here's how to know if you qualify for his latest $7.4 billion package
The White House has announced a new $7.4 billion round of student loan cancellations, relieving nearly 277,000 borrowers of their debt. The latest attempt to chip away at the amount owed for education means President Joe Biden has now erased a grand total of $153 billion in debt, impacting 4.3…#save #federalstudentaid #supremecourt #democrats #elizabethwarren #chuckschumer #madison (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
