Publications by authors named "C F Jamison"

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  • The World Health Organization predicts a critical global shortage of 4.5 million nurses and 0.31 million midwives by 2030, highlighting the urgency of addressing workforce planning issues, especially in the UK.
  • A study was conducted at a University School of Nursing and Midwifery with 534 survey respondents and 8 focus group participants, aiming to identify risk factors leading to student attrition.
  • The findings revealed four major themes impacting student retention: overlapping challenges, clinical placement dynamics, timely support availability, and the desire to invest in their future and that of others.
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  • The text discusses the benefits of training and technical assistance (TTA), especially in the context of violence prevention, but highlights a lack of research on how complex TTA systems are implemented and evaluated.
  • The CDC's Violence Prevention Practice and Translation Branch (VPPTB) funds various TTA providers to help develop strategies for preventing multiple forms of violence by enhancing the capabilities of program recipients.
  • The Violence Prevention Technical Assistance Center (VPTAC) aims to evaluate TTA efforts holistically by collecting data from various stakeholders, which allows for better understanding and improvement of violence prevention initiatives.
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Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide and a leading cause of cardiorenal disease and mortality. Only one-third of individuals with T2D receive care as recommended by the American Diabetes Association's clinical practice guidelines. Effective strategies are needed to accelerate the implementation of guideline concordant T2D care.

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Importance: Deep learning image analysis often depends on large, labeled datasets, which are difficult to obtain for rare diseases.

Objective: To develop a self-supervised approach for automated classification of macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) on optical coherence tomography (OCT) with limited labeled data.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This was a retrospective comparative study.

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Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are the primary source of health care for many patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Expedited partner therapy (EPT), treating the partner of patients with STIs, is an evidence-based practice for patients who might not otherwise seek care. Little is known about the use of EPT in the ED.

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