The U.S. has a new way to mask census data in the name of privacy. How does it affect accuracy?
U.S. residents who fill out the census questionnaire every 10 years are told their answers will remain confidential. But that promise from the U.S. Census Bureau comes with a statistical caveat: The stronger the privacy shield, the less accurate the data.
That trade-off, long familiar to researchers, became a hot-button issue after the government adopted a new approach to protecting privacy for the 2020 census. Many demographers worried the new method would degrade the quality of census data, which are used not just for academic studies, but also for drawing congressional districts and allocating federal funds. But n...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - May 3, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Questionable firms tempt young doctors with 'easy' publications
Last year, physician Rupak Desai co-authored
more than three dozen conference abstracts
in
Circulation
, the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) flagship journal. The works marked a modest fraction of
his publications in 2023
, which totaled 162. But Desai, scholarly productivity notwithstanding, is not employed by a hospital, university, nor any other type of scientific institution.
Based in Atlanta, Desai runs a business that offers junior doctors from around the world a chance to beef up their CVs before applying for coveted residency or fellowship positions at hospitals or physi...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - May 3, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Health Care for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in US Communities: A Guide for Pediatric Practitioners
This article provides best-practice recommendations for pediatric practitioners caring for unaccompanied children after their release from government custody, incorporating guidance for clinical encounters as well as suggestions of processes to meet their health-related social needs and advocacy actions to improve their well-being. [Pediatr Ann. 2024;53(5):e178-e182.].PMID:38700916 | DOI:10.3928/19382359-20240306-06 (Source: Pediatric Annals)
Source: Pediatric Annals - May 3, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Karla Fredricks Source Type: research
Pediatric Support for Children Eligible for Legal Humanitarian Relief
Pediatr Ann. 2024 May;53(5):e183-e188. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20240306-04. Epub 2024 May 1.ABSTRACTMany children in immigrant families may qualify for legal protection-for themselves if unaccompanied, or as a derivative on parents' claims-on humanitarian grounds related to persecution or forced migration. Pediatric providers can offer a spectrum of multidirectional medical-legal supports to increase access to medical-legal services and support children who are undocumented or in mixed-status families. These activities can include providing trusted information, incorporating screening for health-related social needs, establi...
Source: Pediatric Annals - May 3, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Julia Rosenberg Sundes Kazmir Minal Giri Source Type: research
Deprivation of liberty and the community nurse
Br J Community Nurs. 2024 May 2;29(5):214-216. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.5.214.ABSTRACTIn this month's Policy column, Iwan Dowie discusses the 'deprivation of liberty' - which is used to safeguard patients who may be lacking sufficient mental capacity to manage their own safety. The author, through previous legal cases, shares how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)-an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005-came into being, and the importance of community nurses in knowing the DoLS.PMID:38701011 | DOI:10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.5.214 (Source: British Journal of Community Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing - May 3, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Iwan Dowie Source Type: research
Advance directives and mental disorders: a practice recommendation of the Commission for Ethics and Law of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
DISCUSSION: The DGPPN has developed an advance directive for the area of mental health and published it on its website together with detailed explanations. With the help of this advance directive, people can decide on their treatment in phases of incapacity to consent in the context of a mental crisis or illness.PMID:38700600 | DOI:10.1007/s00115-024-01662-0 (Source: Der Nervenarzt)
Source: Der Nervenarzt - May 3, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Sabine M üller Jakov Gather Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank Tanja Henking Matthias Koller Henning Sa ß Tilman Steinert Thomas Pollm ächer Source Type: research
United States marijuana legalization and opioid mortality trends before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: During the past decade, marijuana legalization in the US was associated at the jurisdiction level with a greater acceleration in opioid death rate. An even greater increase in opioid mortality occurred in recreational-legalizing jurisdictions with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marijuana legalization is correlated with worsening of the US opioid epidemic.PMID:38700393 | DOI:10.5055/jom.0829 (Source: Journal of Opioid Management)
Source: Journal of Opioid Management - May 3, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Archie Bleyer Brian Barnes Kenneth Finn Source Type: research
Predictors of MOUD referral among persons with involvement in the criminal legal system
CONCLUSIONS: Data highlight the need for greater connection between referral agencies and MOUD treatment providers, considering factors that may influence referral.PMID:38700390 | DOI:10.5055/jom.0831 (Source: Journal of Opioid Management)
Source: Journal of Opioid Management - May 3, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Andrew P Bontemps Sofia Mildrum Chana Elizabeth S Hawes Yoser Al Rawi Christina E Cenczyk Lindsey R Atkins Li Li Karen L Cropsey Source Type: research
Terrorist attacks against healthcare facilities involving hostages
This study shows that terrorist attacks against healthcare facilities that involve -hostage-taking have increased in frequency over the past 10 years and have global reach. Systems may still be underprepared for this potentially increasing phenomenon and require preparedness plans with education and simulated practice in place. Healthcare facilities should consider mitigation strategies such as preparedness drills and additional education.PMID:38698512 | DOI:10.5055/ajdm.0478 (Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - May 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Reed Macy Greg Jasani Reem Alfalasi Garrett Cavaliere Benjamin J Lawner Source Type: research
Changes in Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Across Retirement Transition as a Predictor of Self-Rated Health
CONCLUSIONS: This study showed a cross-sectional association between MVPA and greater odds of reporting better SRH before retirement. No longitudinal associations were observed between changes in the PA variables from before to after retirement and later changes in SRH.PMID:38702051 | DOI:10.1123/jpah.2023-0558 (Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health)
Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Andreas Fr öberg Lawrence Sacco Kristin Suorsa Tuija Leskinen Pasan Hettiarachchi Magnus Svartengren Sari Stenholm Hugo Westerlund Source Type: research
Changes in Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Across Retirement Transition as a Predictor of Self-Rated Health
CONCLUSIONS: This study showed a cross-sectional association between MVPA and greater odds of reporting better SRH before retirement. No longitudinal associations were observed between changes in the PA variables from before to after retirement and later changes in SRH.PMID:38702051 | DOI:10.1123/jpah.2023-0558 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - May 3, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Andreas Fr öberg Lawrence Sacco Kristin Suorsa Tuija Leskinen Pasan Hettiarachchi Magnus Svartengren Sari Stenholm Hugo Westerlund Source Type: research
Effects of Acute Hyperoxia on Autonomic Function and Coronary Tone in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00225.2024. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNumerous studies have shown that oxidative stress plays an important role in peripheral artery disease (PAD). Prior reports suggested autonomic dysfunction in PAD. We hypothesized that responses of the autonomic nervous system and coronary tone would be impaired in patients with PAD during exposure to acute hyperoxia, an oxidative stressor. In 20 PAD patients and 16 healthy, sex and age-matched controls, beat-by-beat heart rate (HR, from ECG) and blood pressure (BP, with Finometer) were recorded for 10 minutes durin...
Source: American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology - May 3, 2024 Category: Physiology Authors: Mami Hamaoka Urs A Leuenberger Zhaohui Gao Faisal Aziz Danielle Jin-Kwang Kim Jonathan Carter Luck Cheryl Blaha Aimee E Cauffman Lawrence I Sinoway Jian Cui Source Type: research
Syndecan-4 is required for early-stage repair responses during zebrafish heart regeneration
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support that Sdc4 is required to mediate pleiotropic repair responses in the early stage of zebrafish heart regeneration.PMID:38700644 | DOI:10.1007/s11033-024-09531-4 (Source: Molecular Biology Reports)
Source: Molecular Biology Reports - May 3, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Zih-Yin Lai Chung-Chi Yang Po-Hsun Chen Wei-Chen Chen Ting-Yu Lai Guan-Yun Lu Chiao-Yu Yang Ko-Ying Wang Wei-Cen Liu Yu-Chieh Chen Lawrence Yu-Min Liu Yung-Jen Chuang Source Type: research
Health Care for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in US Communities: A Guide for Pediatric Practitioners
This article provides best-practice recommendations for pediatric practitioners caring for unaccompanied children after their release from government custody, incorporating guidance for clinical encounters as well as suggestions of processes to meet their health-related social needs and advocacy actions to improve their well-being. [Pediatr Ann. 2024;53(5):e178-e182.].PMID:38700916 | DOI:10.3928/19382359-20240306-06 (Source: Pediatric Annals)
Source: Pediatric Annals - May 3, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Karla Fredricks Source Type: research
Pediatric Support for Children Eligible for Legal Humanitarian Relief
Pediatr Ann. 2024 May;53(5):e183-e188. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20240306-04. Epub 2024 May 1.ABSTRACTMany children in immigrant families may qualify for legal protection-for themselves if unaccompanied, or as a derivative on parents' claims-on humanitarian grounds related to persecution or forced migration. Pediatric providers can offer a spectrum of multidirectional medical-legal supports to increase access to medical-legal services and support children who are undocumented or in mixed-status families. These activities can include providing trusted information, incorporating screening for health-related social needs, establi...
Source: Pediatric Annals - May 3, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Julia Rosenberg Sundes Kazmir Minal Giri Source Type: research
