"I Am Not Just a Prisoner": the effects of social identification on well-being in Italy.

Recent research on social cures has posited that one's social identity associated with group membership can promote adjustment and affect well-being, especially for vulnerable individuals. In this study, we argue that, although the negative consequences of group-based stigma affect prisoners' well-being, having multiple social identities can protect them and mitigate the detrimental effects of stigma. The results of this cross-sectional study reveal that group identification with prisoners ( = 52) was negatively associated with well-being and anticipated discrimination.

Five-Year Outcomes of Measured and Predicted Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Data on the long-term outcomes of prosthesis patient mismatch (PPM) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remain controversial. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and clinical outcomes of measured PPM (PPM) and predicted PPM (PPM) in patients who underwent TAVI. This is a retrospective analysis of 3,016 patients who underwent TAVI at a large health care system between 2012 and 2021.

Preventing the re-establishment of malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka: implications for health security.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic-with its first reported case in Sri Lanka in March 2020-had the potential to impact the risk of re-establishing malaria, a disease which was eliminated from Sri Lanka in 2012. Post-elimination, the country remains highly vulnerable to a return of malaria on account of high vector mosquito densities and the inflow of imported malaria cases.

Methods: Parallels between COVID-19 and malaria after its elimination as health security threats were drawn, and the many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the prevention of re-establishment of malaria programmes in the country in 2020 were examined.

Initial response to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak in Sri Lanka; views of public health specialists through an International Health Regulations lens.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected Sri Lanka despite having developed an International Health Regulations (IHR) steering committee in 2016 and a national action plan for health security following the Joint External Evaluation in 2018. Many steps were taken to improve the disaster management skills of healthcare workers even before the COVID-19 outbreak. We interviewed seven public health specialists to obtain their views on the country's response to the pandemic.

Availability of rehabilitation services for communication disorders in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey.

Objectives: To describe the rehabilitation services available for communication disorders in Sri Lanka and to estimate the adequacy of the services in provinces and districts of the country.

Setting: The study considered government and private institutions, which provide rehabilitation services for communication disorders in Sri Lanka.

Participants: Institutions providing services of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and audiology technicians in Sri Lanka.