County-level factors associated with a mismatch between opioid overdose mortality and availability of opioid treatment facilities
ConclusionAssessing mismatch between treatment availability and need provides useful information to characterize counties that require greater public health investment. Interventions to reduce overdose mortality are unlikely to be effective if they do not take into account diverse upstream factors, including sociodemographics, disease burden, and geographic context of communities. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 5, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: John G. Rizk Source Type: research
Mpox Diagnosis, Behavioral Risk Modification, and Vaccination Uptake among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men, United Kingdom, 2022
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 4;30(5). doi: 10.3201/eid3005.230676. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDuring the 2022 multicountry mpox outbreak, the United Kingdom identified cases beginning in May. UK cases increased in June, peaked in July, then rapidly declined after September 2022. Public health responses included community-supported messaging and targeted mpox vaccination among eligible gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Using data from an online survey of GBMSM during November-December 2022, we examined self-reported mpox diagnoses, behavioral risk modification, and mpox vaccination offer and uptak...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Dana Ogaz Qudsia Enayat Jack R G Brown Dawn Phillips Ruth Wilkie Danielle Jayes David Reid Gwenda Hughes Catherine H Mercer John Saunders Hamish Mohammed UK Health Security Agency Sexual Health Liaison Group1 Source Type: research
Care navigation addresses issues of tele-mental health acceptability and uptake in rural and remote Australian communities
CONCLUSION: Attitudes towards telehealth have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, however although the need exists, barriers remain to uptake. Telehealth alone is not enough. Coupling telehealth with other supports such as care navigation improves acceptance and uptake.PMID:38574110 | PMC:PMC10994303 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0298655 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Olivia J Fisher Kelly McGrath Caroline Grogan Wendell Cockshaw Chez Leggatt-Cook Source Type: research
Mpox Diagnosis, Behavioral Risk Modification, and Vaccination Uptake among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men, United Kingdom, 2022
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 4;30(5). doi: 10.3201/eid3005.230676. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDuring the 2022 multicountry mpox outbreak, the United Kingdom identified cases beginning in May. UK cases increased in June, peaked in July, then rapidly declined after September 2022. Public health responses included community-supported messaging and targeted mpox vaccination among eligible gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Using data from an online survey of GBMSM during November-December 2022, we examined self-reported mpox diagnoses, behavioral risk modification, and mpox vaccination offer and uptak...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Dana Ogaz Qudsia Enayat Jack R G Brown Dawn Phillips Ruth Wilkie Danielle Jayes David Reid Gwenda Hughes Catherine H Mercer John Saunders Hamish Mohammed UK Health Security Agency Sexual Health Liaison Group1 Source Type: research
Care navigation addresses issues of tele-mental health acceptability and uptake in rural and remote Australian communities
CONCLUSION: Attitudes towards telehealth have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, however although the need exists, barriers remain to uptake. Telehealth alone is not enough. Coupling telehealth with other supports such as care navigation improves acceptance and uptake.PMID:38574110 | PMC:PMC10994303 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0298655 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Olivia J Fisher Kelly McGrath Caroline Grogan Wendell Cockshaw Chez Leggatt-Cook Source Type: research
Care navigation addresses issues of tele-mental health acceptability and uptake in rural and remote Australian communities
CONCLUSION: Attitudes towards telehealth have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, however although the need exists, barriers remain to uptake. Telehealth alone is not enough. Coupling telehealth with other supports such as care navigation improves acceptance and uptake.PMID:38574110 | PMC:PMC10994303 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0298655 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Olivia J Fisher Kelly McGrath Caroline Grogan Wendell Cockshaw Chez Leggatt-Cook Source Type: research
Examining Women's HIV Protective Behaviors in Nepal
This study uses a nationwide analysis in Nepal to examine women's autonomy, attitude toward intimate partner violence (IPV) behaviors, and HIV-related knowledge in the execution of HIV protective behaviors such as having one sexual partner or getting an HIV test to prevent HIV transmission. Secondary data analysis was conducted using the nationally represented Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (2016-2021) dataset. The sample included 9,904 women ages 15 to 49 who self-identified as ever married. Factor analysis for women's autonomy, attitude toward IPV behaviors, and HIV-related knowledge were conducted based on social d...
Source: Health and Social Work - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shambika Raut Njeri Kagotho Source Type: research
Factors associated with therapeutic non-adherence in renal transplant patients: a bicentric study in Algeria
CONCLUSION: The findings of this study highlight concerning therapeutic adherence among kidney transplant recipients, emphasizing the crucial importance of therapeutic education to improve treatment adherence and underscoring the need to integrate these factors into clinical patient management.PMID:38567520 | DOI:10.1684/ndt.2024.69 (Source: Nephrologie and Therapeutique)
Source: Nephrologie and Therapeutique - April 3, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Akli Islem Chebli Zeyneb Chelighem Emad Shalabi Younes Zebbiche Nada Boubidi Bahi Baraa Nechoia Boumalha Djihad Bouhlassa Sara Abdennour Source Type: research
