Comprehensive Evidence-based Health Maintenance
The potential of primary prevention to prevent, delay, or ameliorate disease is immense. However, the total spending on preventive services in the US remains astoundingly small and represents a meager 3.5% of total health care spending. Moreover, training focused on prevention in medical schools is often neglected, and time-constrained primary providers frequently omit effective preventive and early detection measures, or perform them perfunctorily. Indeed, preventable conditions of serious consequences including ‘premature’ mortality, cardiovascular events, and major organ failure are ubiquitous with the global obesit...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ami Schattner Tags: Review Source Type: research
Socioeconomic inequalities in psychosocial well-being among adolescents under the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-regional comparative analysis in Hong Kong, mainland China, and the Netherlands
ConclusionSocioeconomic inequalities in psychosocial well-being were evident among adolescents under the pandemic, with learning difficulty and resilience of students as the key mediators. Differences in the social contexts should be considered to better understand the variations in inequalities and mediating pathways across regions. (Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - April 4, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Balancing benefits and potential harms of stock inhaler policies in schools
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Apr;132(4):417-418. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38569754 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018 (Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 3, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alexandra E Conway Marylee Verdi John Oppenheimer S Shahzad Mustafa Marcus Shaker Source Type: research
Balancing benefits and potential harms of stock inhaler policies in schools
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Apr;132(4):417-418. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38569754 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018 (Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 3, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alexandra E Conway Marylee Verdi John Oppenheimer S Shahzad Mustafa Marcus Shaker Source Type: research
Balancing benefits and potential harms of stock inhaler policies in schools
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Apr;132(4):417-418. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38569754 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018 (Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 3, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alexandra E Conway Marylee Verdi John Oppenheimer S Shahzad Mustafa Marcus Shaker Source Type: research
Balancing benefits and potential harms of stock inhaler policies in schools
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Apr;132(4):417-418. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38569754 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2023.12.018 (Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 3, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alexandra E Conway Marylee Verdi John Oppenheimer S Shahzad Mustafa Marcus Shaker Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 437: New Jersey Leaves No Bite Behind: A Climate Change and Food Waste Curriculum Intervention for Adolescents in the United States
ginia Quick
Food waste is a major contributor to climate change. Schools offer a unique opportunity to educate on this issue while also reducing food waste generation; however, few climate-change education curricula that include a food waste component have been developed and tested with fidelity. Thus, the purpose of this cluster randomized controlled study was to assess the effectiveness of a climate change and food waste education program called NJ Leaves No Bite Behind (NJLNBB) among fifth-grade students. Lessons on food waste and sustainable food behaviors were developed that aligned with NJ Student Learning Standa...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Sara Elnakib Sabrina Subhit Jennifer Shukaitis Amy Rowe Jeanine Cava Virginia Quick Tags: Article Source Type: research
Maturity model for assessing the medical humanities: a Delphi study
Becoming a first-level discipline in China means access to more educational resources. The development of medical humanities in China has been going on for more than 40 years, and some medical schools have set... (Source: BMC Medical Education)
Source: BMC Medical Education - April 3, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Xin Zhang and Zhiguang Duan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Changes in the number and outcome of takeaway food outlet planning applications in response to adoption of management zones around schools in England: A time series analysis
Health Place. 2024 Apr 1;87:103237. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103237. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPhysical exposure to takeaway food outlets ("takeaways") is associated with poor diet and excess weight, which are leading causes of excess morbidity and mortality. At the end of 2017, 35 local authorities (LAs) in England had adopted takeaway management zones (or "exclusion zones"), which is an urban planning intervention designed to reduce physical exposure to takeaways around schools. In this nationwide, natural experimental study, we used interrupted time series analyses to estimate the impact of this intervention ...
Source: Health and Place - April 2, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: John Rahilly Alexandra Williams Michael Chang Steven Cummins Daniel Derbyshire Suzan Hassan Yuru Huang Matthew Keeble Bochu Liu Antonieta Medina-Lara Oliver Mytton Bea Savory Annie Schiff Stephen J Sharp Richard Smith Claire Thompson Martin White Jean Ada Source Type: research
Changes in the number and outcome of takeaway food outlet planning applications in response to adoption of management zones around schools in England: A time series analysis
Health Place. 2024 Apr 1;87:103237. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103237. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPhysical exposure to takeaway food outlets ("takeaways") is associated with poor diet and excess weight, which are leading causes of excess morbidity and mortality. At the end of 2017, 35 local authorities (LAs) in England had adopted takeaway management zones (or "exclusion zones"), which is an urban planning intervention designed to reduce physical exposure to takeaways around schools. In this nationwide, natural experimental study, we used interrupted time series analyses to estimate the impact of this intervention ...
Source: Health and Place - April 2, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: John Rahilly Alexandra Williams Michael Chang Steven Cummins Daniel Derbyshire Suzan Hassan Yuru Huang Matthew Keeble Bochu Liu Antonieta Medina-Lara Oliver Mytton Bea Savory Annie Schiff Stephen J Sharp Richard Smith Claire Thompson Martin White Jean Ada Source Type: research
The effect of 10 weeks of karate training on the development of motor skills in children who are new to karate
In conclusion, the study shows that the 10-week karate training program positively affected the motor development of the participating children. (Source: Frontiers in Physiology)
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 2, 2024 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
A cross-sectional survey on university students ’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding organ, tissue, and body donation
ConclusionThe findings of our research indicate that knowledge about organ tissue and body donation, as well as the inclination to donate, increased as medical education progressed into clinical practice. Additionally, the level of knowledge among university students on this subject was found to be correlated with whether they had received prior training on the topic. It was observed that there is a need to provide more education for students to understand the importance of organ and body donation. (Source: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy)
Source: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy - April 2, 2024 Category: Anatomy Source Type: research
Program Factors Associated With Improved American Board of Surgery Examination Pass Rates
CONCLUSION: Board certification serves as the capstone for surgeons after completing general surgery residency. Multiple program factors demonstrate a significant correlation to board performance.PMID:38557331 | DOI:10.1177/00031348241241655 (Source: The American Surgeon)
Source: The American Surgeon - April 1, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: David Ray Velez Source Type: research
Bacterial community assessment of drinking water and downstream distribution systems in highland localities of Ecuador
J Water Health. 2024 Mar;22(3):536-549. doi: 10.2166/wh.2024.290. Epub 2024 Feb 8.ABSTRACTBacterial communities in drinking water provide a gauge to measure quality and confer insights into public health. In contrast to urban systems, water treatment in rural areas is not adequately monitored and could become a health risk. We performed 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to analyze the microbiome present in the water treatment plants at two rural communities, one city, and the downstream water for human consumption in schools and reservoirs in the Andean highlands of Ecuador. We tested the effect of water treatment on the divers...
Source: Journal of Water and Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: C Alfonso Molina Cristian Quiroz-Moreno Pablo Jarr ín-V Magdalena D íaz Elizabeth Yugsi Jorge P érez-Galarza Lucy Balde ón-Rojas Source Type: research
