The Effect of Plantar Calcaneal Spur Excision on Plantar Fascia Surgery Outcomes.

Plantar heel pain is a prevalent condition affecting 10% of the population, with plantar fasciitis being the most common cause. Plantar calcaneal spurs are frequently associated with plantar fasciitis, yet their role in the condition and surgical outcomes remains unclear. This study investigates the impact of plantar calcaneal spur excision on the outcomes of plantar fascia surgery, utilizing a radiofrequency microtenotomy and bone marrow aspiration technique.

Racial Inequities in Drug Tests Ordered by Clinicians for Pregnant People Who Disclose Prenatal Substance Use.

Objective: To measure racial inequities in drug testing among pregnant people during the first prenatal visit based on their drug use disclosure pattern.

Methods: We used data from a cohort study of patient-clinician communication patterns regarding substance use in first prenatal visits from February 2011 to August 2014. We assessed racial differences (Black-White) in the receipt of urine toxicology testing, stratifying on patients' drug use disclosure to the clinician.

Barriers, facilitators, and recommendations for childhood immunisation in Nigeria: perspectives from caregivers, community leaders, and healthcare workers.

Introduction: vaccination is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions, significantly reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. In 2019, Nigeria had almost 2.5 million unvaccinated children.

The Medial Gastrocnemius Recession, an Alternative Surgical Treatment for Isolated Gastrocnemius Contracture: A Cadaver Study With Discussion Emphasizing Variable Conjoint Tendon Anatomy.

Background: Gastrocnemius recession is a popular procedure utilized to treat chronic conditions related to isolated gastrocnemius contracture (IGC). Recent anatomical research detailing variable gastrocsoleus tendon morphology has raised important questions regarding the safety of some traditional recession procedures. Alternative gastrocnemius recession strategies may produce comparable dorsiflexion improvement results while avoiding the surgical risk related to conjoint tendon anatomical variability.

Community-engaged Processes for Restarting Federally Funded Research in a Community-based Organization during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Background: Birmingham AIDS Outreach (BAO) is one of three study sites partnering with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (Pitt Public Health) for a National Institutes of Health-funded randomized controlled trial on a financial management intervention for people with HIV who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability. After the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020, the study team used a community-engaged approach to adapt research protocols at this site. We sought to describe a community-engaged approach to restarting National Institutes of Health-funded research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investing in the Next Generation of Maternal and Child Health Leaders: The APHA Maternal and Child Health Section Student Fellows Program.

Purpose: Practical experience in maternal and child health (MCH) settings is critical for professional development and learning. In 2002, the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) formalized its inclusion of students in section activities through the establishment of the Student Fellows Program. The Program provides graduate-level students opportunities to learn about MCH and APHA, build professional networks, and develop leadership skills.

The Socioecological Model as a framework for exploring factors influencing childhood immunization uptake in Lagos state, Nigeria.

Background: Nigeria is one of the ten countries globally that account for 62% of under- and unvaccinated children worldwide. Despite several governmental and non-governmental agencies' interventions, Nigeria has yet to achieve significant gains in childhood immunization coverage. This study identifies intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy-level factors that influence childhood immunization uptake from various stakeholders' perspectives using the Socioecological Model (SEM).

Naming Silence and Inadequate Obstetric Care as Obstetric Violence is a Necessary Step for Change.

This response article addresses the questions raised in "How Gentle Must Violence Against Women be in Order to not be Violent? Rethinking the Word 'Violence; in Obstetric Settings" and concludes that naming violence is critical for describing people's experiences of such violence and for addressing the structures and contexts that create and fuel such violence, not for judgment but for accountability and change. Impact, outcome, and, at times, processes-rather than intention-should underpin applications of the term violence; naming violence does not disempower women, but rather naming structural, systemic, and institutional violence demands acknowledgment, accountability, and responsibility for its effects on both patients and clinicians; and, finally, while the unintended consequences of using such a term may present challenges, they do not outweigh the importance of naming structural violence in health-related systems to identify practices and processes that discriminate, disempower, harm, and oppress.

More Than a Means to an End: Alignment of Social Service Organizations' Missions with Representative Payee Program Goals.

Although nearly 5 million Social Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries receive entitlements through representative payee programs and approximately 5% of these receive representative payee services from social service agencies, few studies have assessed ways that these services align with their organizations' missions. We conducted nine qualitative interviews with 15 staff members of organizations in Pennsylvania that provide representative payee services in addition to other social or supportive services, with some interviews conducted with multiple representatives within an organization. The purpose of the interviews was to explore the goals of representative payee services for these organizations, whether these providers incorporated representative payee services into their organizational missions, and the extent to which organizations incorporate client-centered approaches in their representative payee services.

"Support People the Way in Which They Want to Be Supported": Best Practices for Incorporating Client-Centeredness in Representative Payee Programs.

Nearly 1 million Social Security beneficiaries have representative payees to manage their funds. Although coercion and paternalism are historically associated with payee services, a recent study showed high satisfaction in a payee program incorporating client-centered practices. Separately we reported ways organizations align payee services with their missions to empower clients and improve outcomes.

Protocol of a randomized controlled trial to test the effects of client-centered Representative Payee Services on antiretroviral therapy adherence among marginalized people living with HIV.

Background: Client-Centered Representative Payee (CCRP) is an intervention modifying implementation of a current policy of the US Social Security Administration, which appoints organizations to serve as financial payees on behalf of vulnerable individuals receiving Social Security benefits. By ensuring beneficiaries' bills are paid while supporting their self-determination, this structural intervention may mitigate the effects of economic disadvantage to improve housing and financial stability, enabling self-efficacy for health outcomes and improved antiretroviral therapy adherence. This randomized controlled trial will test the impact of CCRP on marginalized people living with HIV (PLWH).