IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 588: Medical Interpreting Services for Refugees in Canada: Current State of Practice and Considerations in Promoting this Essential Human Right for All
Grace Eagan
Language barriers, specifically among refugees, pose significant challenges to delivering quality healthcare in Canada. While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the emergence and development of innovative alternatives such as telephone-based and video-conferencing medical interpreting services and AI tools, access remains uneven across Canada. This comprehensive analysis highlights the absence of a cohesive national strategy, reflected in diverse funding models employed across provinces and territories, with gaps and disparities in access to medical interpreting services. Advocating for medical interpretin...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Akshaya Neil Arya Ilene Hyman Tim Holland Carolyn Beukeboom Catherine E. Tong Rachel Talavlikar Grace Eagan Tags: Essay Source Type: research
Potential corporate uses of polygenic indexes: Starting a conversation about the associated ethics and policy issues
Despite the relative noisiness of polygenic indexes (PGIs), some commercial firms will use them. We offer a simple model, rooted in economic theory, to show how acquiring PGIs could be profitable and describe two scenarios where firms could use them. Finally, we discuss some associated ethics and policy issues. (Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics)
Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - May 2, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Michelle N. Meyer, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Erik Parens, Alan Regenberg, Jeremy Sugarman, Kevin Thom Tags: Perspective Source Type: research
Nobel-winning neuroscientist faces scrutiny for data discrepancies in more than a dozen papers
Several research articles co-authored by Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Thomas Südhof are under scrutiny after online commentators raised concerns about data duplication, discrepancies in images, and other issues.
Over the past year, journals have corrected five of the papers flagged on the postpublication peer-review site PubPeer and retracted another.
Science
has learned that journals are preparing corrections for at least three further articles. Eight more are under investigation and authors have asked journals to correct or publish updated data on another seven.
Südhof, who works at Stanfo...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - May 1, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Efficacy of verbal suggestion, verbal suggestion with a tuning fork, and verbal suggestion with a cotton swab for inducing the paroxysmal event during video-EEG recording in children with suspected psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
CONCLUSION: The efficacy of verbal suggestion alone in inducing paroxysmal nonepileptic seizures is on par with using a tuning fork or cotton swab in conjunction with verbal suggestion during STVEEG.PMID:38692021 | DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109818 (Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour)
Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - May 1, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Prateek Kumar Panda Sachendra Badal Vivek Sirolia Indar Kumar Sharawat Biswaroop Chakrabarty Prashant Jauhari Sheffali Gulati Source Type: research
Advancing Health Equity Through Artificial Intelligence: An Educational Framework for Preparing Nurses in Clinical Practice and Research
This article proposes a framework for nurses which includes AI principles, skills, competencies, and curriculum development focused on the practical use of AI, with an emphasis on care that aims to achieve health equity. By adopting this educational framework, nurses will be prepared to make substantial contributions to reducing health disparities and fostering a health-care system that is more efficient and equitable.PMID:38689433 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241249193 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - May 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Michael P Cary Jennie C De Gagne Elaine D Kauschinger Brigit M Carter Source Type: research
Use of experimental vaccines is ethically permissible during public health emergencies
Vaccine. 2024 May 1:S0264-410X(24)00504-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.065. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38692954 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.065 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - May 1, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Ignacio Mastroleo Source Type: research
Single-Session Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Postural Stability and Reduces Ataxia Symptoms in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
In conclusion, our study suggests that a single session of ctDCS, in combination with postural training, can enhance balance and alleviate ataxia symptoms in individuals with cerebellar ataxia. This study was approved by the local research ethics committee (No. 2.877.813) and registered on clinicaltrials.org (NCT04039048 - https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04039048 ) on 2019-07-28.PMID:38693314 | DOI:10.1007/s12311-024-01696-9 (Source: Cerebellum)
Source: Cerebellum - May 1, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Rodrigo Brito Jo ão Victor Fabrício Aurine Araujo Gabriel Barreto Adriana Baltar K átia Monte-Silva Source Type: research
Advancing Health Equity Through Artificial Intelligence: An Educational Framework for Preparing Nurses in Clinical Practice and Research
This article proposes a framework for nurses which includes AI principles, skills, competencies, and curriculum development focused on the practical use of AI, with an emphasis on care that aims to achieve health equity. By adopting this educational framework, nurses will be prepared to make substantial contributions to reducing health disparities and fostering a health-care system that is more efficient and equitable.PMID:38689433 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241249193 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - May 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Michael P Cary Jennie C De Gagne Elaine D Kauschinger Brigit M Carter Source Type: research
Efficacy of verbal suggestion, verbal suggestion with a tuning fork, and verbal suggestion with a cotton swab for inducing the paroxysmal event during video-EEG recording in children with suspected psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
CONCLUSION: The efficacy of verbal suggestion alone in inducing paroxysmal nonepileptic seizures is on par with using a tuning fork or cotton swab in conjunction with verbal suggestion during STVEEG.PMID:38692021 | DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109818 (Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour)
Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - May 1, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Prateek Kumar Panda Sachendra Badal Vivek Sirolia Indar Kumar Sharawat Biswaroop Chakrabarty Prashant Jauhari Sheffali Gulati Source Type: research
The standardization of a new Explicit Pornographic Picture Set (EPPS)
This study aimed to fill this gap through developing a standardized affective set of diverse pornographic pictures (masturbation, oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, group sex, paraphilia) of same-sex and opposite-sex content, offering dimensional affective ratings of valence, arousal, and dominance, as well as co-elicited discrete emotions (disgust, moral and ethical acceptance). In total, 192 pornographic pictures acquired from online pornography platforms and 24 control IAPS images have been rated by 319 participants (Mage = 22.66, SDage = 4.66) with self-reported same- and opposite-sex sexual attraction. Stimuli were repr...
Source: Behavior Research Methods - May 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sabine Prantner Cristina Gim énez-García Alejandro Espino-Pay á Miguel A Escrig Elisabeth Ruiz-Padial Rafael Ballester-Arnal M Carmen Pastor Source Type: research
Evaluating the effect of a mobile-based symptom monitoring system for improving physical function in patients with cancer during chemotherapy: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial
This study is a multicentre, open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. We will recruit 372 patients at three tertiary hospitals located in Seoul, South Korea. Study participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group receiving the ePRO-CTCAE app and a control group receiving routine clinical practice only. The primary outcome is changes in physical function from commencement to completion of planned chemotherapy. A linear mixed model will be performed under the intention-to-treat principle. The secondary outcomes include physical activity level; changes in pain interference; changes in dep...
Source: Cancer Control - May 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mangyeong Lee Danbee Kang Yesol Um Bokyung Jo Jeong Rhue Sehhoon Park Yoo-Young Lee Joseph J Noh Yun-Gyoo Lee Dong-Hoe Koo Kyong-Hwa Park Soohyeon Lee Jin Seok Ahn Dongryul Oh Juhee Cho Source Type: research
Single-Session Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Postural Stability and Reduces Ataxia Symptoms in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
In conclusion, our study suggests that a single session of ctDCS, in combination with postural training, can enhance balance and alleviate ataxia symptoms in individuals with cerebellar ataxia. This study was approved by the local research ethics committee (No. 2.877.813) and registered on clinicaltrials.org (NCT04039048 - https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04039048 ) on 2019-07-28.PMID:38693314 | DOI:10.1007/s12311-024-01696-9 (Source: Cerebellum)
Source: Cerebellum - May 1, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Rodrigo Brito Jo ão Victor Fabrício Aurine Araujo Gabriel Barreto Adriana Baltar K átia Monte-Silva Source Type: research
Use of experimental vaccines is ethically permissible during public health emergencies
Vaccine. 2024 May 1:S0264-410X(24)00504-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.065. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38692954 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.065 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - May 1, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Ignacio Mastroleo Source Type: research
Harmonizing public health with individual liberties: exploring the interplay of right to health, privacy, and autonomy during recent and future pandemics
Amrit Pokhrel International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of publishing this viewpoint is to critically analyze the relationship between public health interventions and individual liberties, during recent and potential future pandemics. By exploring the interplay of the right to health, privacy, and autonomy, this viewpoint seeks to highlight the complexities and challenges faced by decision-makers in balancing collective well-being with the protection of individual rights. Through detailed discussions on lockdowns, contact tracing, and international borde...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amrit Pokhrel Source Type: research
The Association Between Religious Belief and Postoperative Psychological Status and Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Single Center Experience in Southeast China
This study aimed to investigate the association of religious belief on the postoperative psychological status and quality of life of parents of children with congenital heart disease (CHD). This was a cross-sectional study conducted at a provincial children ’s hospital in Fujian Province, China. Parents of postoperative children with CHD in the early postoperative period were included in this study between January 2020 and September 2020. The parents were divided into a religious belief group (n = 39) and a nonreligious belief group (n = 42) depending on whether they had religious beliefs. The Religious Coping Qu...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
