Experiences and attitudes related to newborn feeding in central Uganda: A qualitative study.

Objective: Adequate infant nutrition is a critical cornerstone of population health, yet adherence to recommended breastfeeding practices is low in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda. This study aims to describe local attitudes, experiences and beliefs related to nutrition in early infancy in Central Uganda.

Design: We conducted 5 focus group discussions and 12 key informant interviews to gather information on local attitudes, experiences and beliefs related to feeding in early infancy.

Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda.

In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), growth impairment is common; however, the trajectory of growth over the course of the first month has not been well characterised. To describe newborn growth trajectory and predictors of growth impairment, we assessed growth frequently over the first 30 days among infants born ≥2000 g in Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda. In this cohort of 741 infants, the mean birth weight was 3036 ± 424 g.

Advances in diagnostic codes to document sexual assault in health care service.

Objective: To explore trends in documented sexual abuse/assault (SA) related episodes in California hospitals and emergency departments (ED), including the impact of a change in health care service reporting codification (from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM) that more clearly defined SA in October 2015.

Data Sources: Hospital and ED data were drawn from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD).

Study Design: Descriptive and trend analyses of SA-related hospital and ED records (including patients' demographic information) were conducted to determine whether changes in ICD codification had an impact on documented SA-related episodes.

The impact of the Great Recession on California domestic violence events, and related hospitalizations and emergency service visits.

Objective: Explore the impact of the Great Recession on domestic violence (DV) related hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits in California.

Methods: Hospital and ED data were drawn from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). DV-related hospitalizations and ED visits in California were analyzed between January 2000 and September 2015 (53,596), along with total medical costs.

The Expanding Burden of Acute Kidney Injury in California: Impact of the Epidemic of Diabetes on Kidney Injury Hospital Admissions.

Reducing the growing burden of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a real challenge. This article explores admissions and emergency visits of patients with AKI in California between 2005 and 2015. Data were drawn from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) hospital dataset.

Slowdown in the Decline of Tuberculosis Rates in California, 2000-2016.

Objectives: To determine the impact of the 2007-2009 economic crisis on tuberculosis (TB) trends among California residents.

Methods: We analyzed available data from 4 different population-representative data sets. We used time charts, trend lines, and change-point detection tests during 2000 to 2016 to describe TB trends in California.

Tuberculosis Prevalence Among US Crop-Workers, 2000 to 2012: Trends and Contributing Factors.

Objective: We intend to study tuberculosis (TB) in one of the poorest communities in the US, hired agriculture workers, for most recent years (2000 to 2012) including the last recession period.

Methods: Time-chart, simple mean differences, and logistic regressions were used to describe TB-prevalence and risk factors among US crop-workers. Data were drawn from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS).

The impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the increasing number of young psychiatric inpatients.

Background: Little is published about the impact of the 2008 economic crisis on mental health services in Spain.

Method: An interrupted time series analysis was conducted to investigate a potential short-term association between the 2008 economic crisis and the number of psychiatric hospital admissions. The timing of the intervention (April 2008) was based on observed changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Changing SNAP-Participation Trends Among Farmworker Households in the U.S., 2003-2012.

We investigated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation among citizen, documented and undocumented immigrant hired crop farmworkers for ten recent years. We analyzed population representative data from the National Agricultural Workers Survey for 2003-2012 (N = 18,243 households). Time-chart, simple mean differences, and logistic regressions described farmworker household participation in SNAP.

Participation in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program as Reported by Documented and Undocumented Farm Worker Adults in the Households.

Debate surrounds the provision of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits to undocumented immigrants. Few studies are available to estimate use of WIC services by documented and undocumented households using nationally representative data. The authors analyzed data from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) annual cross-sections from 1993 through 2009 (N = 40,896 person-years).

Changing trends in hospitalization rates associated with psychosis: Spain, 1980-2009.

Purpose: To analyze the prevalence of hospitalization attributable to psychosis in Spain over the last three decades.

Methods: Longitudinal analysis (1980-2009) of age-adjusted hospital discharges rates associated with psychosis (ICD9 290-8) in all Spanish hospitals.

Data Source: Spanish Hospital Morbidity Survey.

Discordance between two national health statistics sources (EMH and EESCRI, 1990-2009). Analysis of psychiatric morbidity.

Introduction: Two statistical sources provide data on hospital stays and discharges for all Spanish hospitals: Hospital Morbidity Survey (acronym in Spanish: EMH) and Statistics of Health Establishments providing Inpatient Care (acronym in Spanish: EESCRI). Our aim is to contrast these two statistical sources to define their accuracy and relevance in psychiatric epidemiology studies.

Material And Methodology: The analysis is based on two aspects: 1.