Development and Feasibility of a Conversation Tool to Garner Mental Health and Intimate Partner Violence History from Patients Seeking Pelvic Healthcare: A Trauma-Informed Approach.

A conversation tool was developed by a clinician/researcher partnership to garner mental health and intimate partner violence histories from patients seeking pelvic healthcare. A 3-stage mixed measures approach with healthcare providers ( = 22) and victim service experts ( = 8) was utilized to meet study aims. The finalized conversation tool was found to have satisfactory face and content validity as well as to be feasible to implement in clinical settings based on constructs related to acceptability, practicality, demand, and implementation.

Outcomes Associated with Arrest for Domestic Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

This systematic review evaluated outcomes associated with arrest for domestic violence (DV), for both victims and perpetrators, considering both classic and modern research. A systematic search of 5 databases for quantitative reports resulted in 1,379 potentially relevant entries, of which 34 met the inclusion criteria. Studies were screened using prespecified criteria for the population (adults), outcomes (individual-level outcomes), study design (quantitative, including arrest for DV as a focal independent variable and a non-arrest comparator), publication type (peer-reviewed academic journal), study location (United States), language (English), and publication year (in or after 1984).

Sleep interventions in pediatric oncology: A systematic review of the evidence.

Sleep concerns are common during pediatric cancer treatment and can last into survivorship. The current systematic review sought to identify intervention studies that addressed sleep as a primary or secondary outcome during pediatric cancer treatment up to 5 years after completing treatment. Quality assessment was rated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system.

Safely gaining experience in death and dying: Simulation in palliative care and end-of-life education.

Background: Training in palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care provision represents a critical topic in health professional curricula for ensuring a workforce prepared to provide safe and person-center care at the end of one's life. This manuscript describes the incorporation of a simulation-based learning experience (SBLE) and the evolution of a professional elective course for student pharmacists related to palliative and EOL care.

Educational Activity: A SBLE was incorporated into a long-standing professional pharmacy elective course in palliative and EOL care.

Vaccines for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention in Older Adults.

Objective: This review evaluates the efficacy and safety of novel respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines approved for adults aged 60 years and older.

Data Sources: A literature search through February 27, 2024 was conducted using search terms, such as RSV, viral respiratory illness, vaccine, RSVpreF, RSVpreF3, Prefusion F, Abrysvo, and Arexvy.

Study Selection And Data Extraction: Data from primary literature and vaccine prescribing information were reviewed, encompassing evaluations of clinical pharmacology, efficacy, safety, adverse events, warnings, and precautions.

Outcomes of Head and Neck Free Tissue Transfer Requiring Vein Grafting: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To systematically review the literature to determine the prevalence of free flap failure in head and neck free flaps requiring vein grafting.

Data Sources: Search strategies created in collaboration with a medical librarian were implemented using PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar from inception to August 2022.

Review Methods: The population of interest included adult and pediatric patients undergoing reconstruction of oncologic or traumatic head and neck defects with a free flap requiring a vein graft that presents the success/failure rate.

Using simulation to introduce students and healthcare professionals to losses experienced by older adults: a pre-post analysis.

Background: To introduce students and healthcare professionals to losses experienced by older adults and instill compassion among interprofessional learners, an interactive narrative simulation activity was developed and incorporated in clinical staff orientation and student professional course work. Narrative simulation allows learners to incorporate skills of examination, exploration, sharing, and reflection applied to simulated losses and lived experience of the older adult to promote empathy and understanding.

Methods: A pre-post analysis was conducted to evaluate changes in self-reported empathy scores among nurses, pharmacists, student nurses and student pharmacists using the 20-item Jefferson Scale of Empathy©, Health Professional and Health Professional Student versions.

Challenges to decarbonizing medication prescribing and use practices: A call to action.

Climate change undeniably impacts the social and environmental determinants of one's health. The healthcare sector, encompassing medications and the pharmaceutical industry supply chain, accounts for a significant portion of global health care contributions to greenhouse gas (GHG) and waste production. Despite these realities, healthcare professionals - physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and others - may be unaware of GHG emissions and the long-term environmental effects of the medications they prescribe, dispense, and administer daily.

A Framework for Engaging Healthcare Professional Trainees as Continuing Education Activity Planners and Speakers.

Health professional education and post-graduate training programs, including residencies, fellowships, and other post-graduate training experiences, may encourage or require trainee participation in continuing education (CE) activity planning and development. Providers of CE should ensure appropriate mentorship and faculty guidance during development of the activity and provide direction on the expectations of adult learning principles (e.g.

Trends In... Librarians and Faculty Status.

Within academic libraries there are a variety of models for faculty status or classification applicable to librarians within their institutions. Some librarian positions are tenure track, some are non-tenure track, and some are classified as non-faculty administrative staff roles. This column will outline things to consider when a librarian classified as staff, professional or non-faculty is approached to take on a faculty role in an academic department outside of the library or is presented with the opportunity to pursue faculty status as a librarian.

Fertility preservation in transgender men and the need for uniform, comprehensive counseling.

Objective: To review the literature to assess best practices for counseling transgender men who desire gender-affirming surgery on fertility preservation options.

Design: A scoping review of articles published through July 2021.

Setting: None.

Tobacco/nicotine use among individuals using cannabis for therapeutic purposes.

Background And Objectives: While the relationship between recreational cannabis and nicotine use is well established, little is known about nicotine use among users of cannabis for therapeutic purposes (CTP).

Methods: Patients attending a medical marijuana dispensary (N = 697; 75.3% White; 60.

Performance Accuracy of a Laboratory-Developed Real-Time RT-PCR Method for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Self-Collected Saliva Specimens.

Objective: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has challenged diagnostic laboratories to re-examine traditional methods for collecting specimens and sample types used in molecular testing. Our goal was to demonstrate that saliva can be used for detecting SARS-CoV-2 and correlates well with established molecular methods using nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs.

Methods: We examined use of a saliva collection device in conjunction with a laboratory-developed real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (LDPCR) method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in a symptomatic population and compared results with 2 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved methods (emergency use authorization [EUA]) that use specimens from NP swabs.

The Rutgers University Libraries Open and Affordable Textbook (OAT) Program.

The Rutgers University (RU) Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Program provides $1,000 incentive awards to faculty who commit to redesigning or developing a course to use open or affordable course materials. This can include replacing a traditional textbook with open educational resources (OER), library-licensed materials, course reserves, self-developed materials, or a combination of these. It is a university-wide initiative, but this paper will focus on the impact on students in the health science programs.

Pharmacists' Perceptions and Drivers of Immunization Practices for COVID-19 Vaccines: Results of a Nationwide Survey Prior to COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization.

Background: Pharmacists play a vital role in recommending and providing vaccines to improve public health and are on the front line of mass immunization efforts.

Aim: The objective of this study is to evaluate pharmacists' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccines prior to emergency use authorization (EUA) amid a global pandemic.

Methods: A voluntary, anonymous, cross-sectional survey was conducted between September and November 2020.