Platelet parameters as biomarker for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight neonates in the first two weeks of life.

Background: The pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is attributed to the arrested lung development in premature infants. Studies showed the negative impact of inflammatory markers on the developing lung with higher levels of IL1, 6 and 8. Platelets contribute to the acute phase response of inflammation and are a direct source of IL-1β.

Knowledge and Perceptions of Speech-Language Pathology Students Participating in a Feeding Training Program: A Pilot Study.

This study examined the knowledge and perceptions of speech-language pathology students working with older adults before and after their participation in a feeding training program. A secondary objective evaluated the feeding training program in terms of improving students' knowledge and skills. A repeated measures design was used to assess changes in perceptions and knowledge over time of students participating in a feeding training program assisting older adults at a skilled nursing facility.

Source of Information on Intentions to Adopt Protective Behaviours During COVID-19 in China.

: COVID-19 spread across China and other countries in a matter of weeks. Yet, it is uncertain how people have responded to protective behaviours in this pandemic. This study aims to evaluate how trust in different types of information sources influences the intention to adopt protective behaviours.

Spaced Retrieval Using Static and Dynamic Images to Improve Face-Name Recognition: Alzheimer's Dementia and Vascular Dementia.

Purpose The primary objective of this study examined whether spaced retrieval (SR) using dynamic images (video clips without audio) is more effective than SR using static images to improve face-name recognition in persons with dementia. A secondary objective examined the length of time associations were retained after participants reached criterion. A final objective sought to determine if there is a relationship between SR training and dementia diagnosis.

Adaptation of an alcohol and HIV school-based prevention program for teens.

Given the current status of HIV infection in youth in India, developing and implementing HIV education and prevention interventions is critical. The goal for School-based Teenage Education Program (STEP) was to demonstrate that a HIV/AIDS and alcohol abuse educational program built with specific cultural, linguistic, and community-specific characteristics could be effective. Utilizing the Train-the-Trainer model, the instructors (17-21 years) were trained to present the 10 session manualized program to primarily rural and tribal youth aged 13-16 years in 23 schools (N = 1,421) in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh in India.

Do medical students know enough about smoking to help their future patients? Assessment of New York City fourth-year medical students' knowledge of tobacco cessation and treatment for nicotine addiction.

Purpose: Practicing physicians underutilize U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence-based approaches to nicotine addiction and treatment.

A study of knowledge, attitude, and sensitivity about HIV/AIDS among school teachers in northwestern Himalayas.

North India is considered a low knowledge and low prevalence setting according to the recent National AIDS Control Organization survey regarding HIV/AIDS. As more than one third of the population in India is young adults and adolescents, reaching and educating them is key for prevention programs and a healthier future. School systems provide an ideal situation to impart this awareness and reach adolescents and young adults.

Differences among male/female adolescents participating in a School-based Teenage Education Program (STEP) focusing on HIV prevention in India.

Introduction: With the rising threat of HIV in India, youth are an important group to reach for prevention education. This pilot study tested the efficacy of STEP (School-based Teenage Education Program focusing on HIV Prevention) for school children.

Method: This pilot study randomized 25 schools in Mumbai to receive STEP (N = 1846).

Tobacco use and readiness to quit smoking in low-income HIV-infected persons.

The study aim was to identify covariates of smoking status and readiness to quit that encompassed key sociodemographic and health status variables, health-related quality of life, drug use and unprotected sex, and tobacco use variables in a cohort of low-income persons living with HIV. We also examined the impact of HIV diagnosis on smoking cessation. The sample (N = 428) was mostly male (59%) and Black (53%) or Hispanic (30%), and had a high school education or less (87%).

The "Demon Plague" and access to care among Asian undocumented immigrants living with HIV disease in New York City.

Access to and utilization of care for HIV-positive Asians (A) and Pacific Islanders (PI) have been largely unaddressed despite the rising influx of immigrants from Asia and the Pacific to the United States and the growing HIV prevalence in these regions. This paper describes the cultural attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions that affect access to and utilization of care among Asian undocumented noncitizens living with HIV/AIDS (UNWHA) in New York City. Sixteen semistructured interviews with HIV-positive UNWHAs revealed that their access to care was influenced by community misperceptions of HIV transmission, discriminatory attitudes towards persons living with HIV, competing immigration related stressors, and difficulty navigating service systems.