Delivering Patient-Centered Care with Respect to Patient Education and Health Literacy in Athletic Training Job Settings.

Context: A patient-centered care (PCC) environment allows athletic trainers (ATs) to develop trusting relationships with patients, enabling them to make the most informed care decisions. To provide PCC, the AT should assess health literacy and deliver quality patient education.

Objective: To explore the lived experiences of ATs from different job settings to identify how they deliver PCC specific to health literacy and patient education.

Common Bean Suppresses Hepatic Ceramide Metabolism in a Mouse Model of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.

The incidence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a condition linked to the ongoing obesity pandemic, is rapidly increasing worldwide. In turn, its multifactorial etiology is consistently associated with low dietary quality. Changing dietary macronutrient and phytochemical quality via incorporating cooked common bean into an obesogenic diet formulation has measurable health benefits on the occurrence of both obesity and hepatic steatosis in C57BL/6 mice.

Impact of a Pulse-Enriched Human Cuisine on Functional Attributes of the Gut Microbiome Using a Preclinical Model of Dietary-Induced Chronic Diseases.

Introducing grain legumes, i.e., pulses, into any food pattern effectively increases dietary fiber and other bioactive food components of public health concern; however, the impact depends on the amount consumed.

Exploring Secondary School Athletic Trainers' Perspectives in Managing Mental Health Situations.

Background: Most people believe that student-athletes experience fewer difficulties related to mental health than non-sport participants. However, several studies have shown high depression levels or emotional difficulties in adolescent athletes. Most secondary school students have access to athletic trainers in their schools.

Athletic Trainers' Beliefs Regarding Professionalism.

Context: Limited research exists regarding athletic trainers' (ATs') perceptions of professionalism.

Objective: To explore the lived experiences of ATs and their perceptions of professionalism.

Design: Qualitative study.

Organizational Expectations Regarding Documentation Practices in Athletic Training.

Context: Although guidance is available, no nationally recognized standard exists for medical documentation in athletic training, leaving individual organizations responsible for setting expectations and enforcing policies. Previous research has examined clinician documentation behaviors; however, the supervisor's role in creating policy and procedures, communicating expectations, and ensuring accountability has not been investigated.

Objective: To investigate supervisor practices regarding support, hindrance, and enforcement of medical documentation standards at an individual organization level.

Consumption of Common Bean Suppresses the Obesogenic Increase in Adipose Depot Mass: Impact of Dose and Biological Sex.

Obesity prevention is stated as a simple objective in the public health guidelines of most countries: avoid adult weight gain. However, the success of the global population in accomplishing this goal is limited as reflected in the persisting pandemic of overweight and obesity. While many intervention strategies have been proposed, most are directed at mitigating the consequences of obesity.

Interprofessional Team Collaboration for Routine and Emergent Mental Health Concerns Among Collegiate Student-Athletes: A Case Series from the Association for Athletic Training Education Research Network.

Collegiate student-athletes experience an increasing number of mental health concerns. To help address these concerns and provide high-quality health care for student-athletes, institutions of higher education are being encouraged to create interprofessional health care teams that are specifically dedicated to managing mental health. We interviewed 3 interprofessional health care teams who collaborate to manage routine and emergency mental health conditions in collegiate student-athletes.

Caregiver survey in glioblastoma focused on cognitive dysfunction: development and results from a multicenter study.

To develop a cognitive dysfunction (CD) focused questionnaire to evaluate caregiver burden in glioblastoma. The survey was developed from stakeholder consultations and a pilot study, and disseminated at eight US academic cancer centers. Caregivers self-reported caring for an adult with glioblastoma and CD.

Thwarting Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) with Common Bean: Dose- and Sex-Dependent Protection against Hepatic Steatosis.

Hepatic steatosis signifies onset of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) caused by disrupted metabolic homeostasis compromising liver function. Regular consumption of common beans reduces the risk of metabolic impairment, but its effective dose, the impact of biological sex, and underlying mechanisms of action are unknown. We fed female and male C57BL6/J mice with obesogenic yet isocaloric diets containing 0%, 17.

Athletic trainers' viewpoints of patient-centered care: Preliminary findings.

The core competency of patient-centered care (PCC) states that for positive patient outcomes, the provider must respect the patient's views and recognize their experiences. The Athletic Training Strategic Alliance Research Agenda Task Force identified a profession-wide belief that examining the extent to which athletic trainers (ATs) provide PCC in their clinical practice would benefit the profession. To first address this line of inquiry, we must study the subjectivity of how ATs view PCC.

GammaTile® brachytherapy in the treatment of recurrent glioblastomas.

Background: GammaTile® (GT) is a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared brachytherapy platform.

Building a Foundation for Precision Onco-Nutrition: Docosahexaenoic Acid and Breast Cancer.

In vivo evidence of heterogeneous effects of n-3 fatty acids (N3FA) on cell signaling pathways associated with the reduced growth of breast cancer has been reported and is consistent with the expectation that N3FA will not exert uniform effects on all molecular subtypes of the disease. Similarly, available evidence indicates that many metabolites of N3FA are synthesized by mammalian cells and that they exert metabolite-specific biological activities. To begin to unravel the complex relationships among molecular subtypes and effects exerted by specific N3FA metabolites on those pathways, proof-of-concept experiments were conducted using cell lines representative of common molecular subtypes of human breast cancer.

Rapid Interval Recurrence of Glioblastoma Following Gross Total Resection: A Possible Indication for GammaTileⓇ Brachytherapy.

Glioblastoma recurrence between initial resection and standard-of-care adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is a negative prognostic factor in an already highly aggressive disease. Re-resection with GammaTileⓇ(GT Medical Technologies Inc., Tempe, AZ) placement affords expedited adjuvant radiation to mitigate the likelihood of such growth.

Compositional Changes of the High-Fat Diet-Induced Gut Microbiota upon Consumption of Common Pulses.

The gut microbiome is involved in the host's metabolism, development, and immunity, which translates to measurable impacts on disease risk and overall health. Emerging evidence supports pulses, i.e.

Pre-Clinical Insights into the Iron and Breast Cancer Hypothesis.

Population studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses have revealed no relationship between iron status and breast cancer, a weak positive association, or a small protective effect of low iron status. However, in those studies, the authors concluded that further investigation was merited. The set of experiments reported here used preclinical models to assess the likely value of further investigation.

Ethics consultations in neuro-oncology.

Background: Management of patients with brain tumors can lead to ethical and decisional dilemmas. The aim of this study was to characterize ethical conflicts encountered in neuro-oncologic patients.

Methods: Retrospective review of ethics consultations performed upon patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors at a tertiary cancer center.

Athletic Trainers' Perceptions of Accessibility to Necessary Resources for Those Working Per Diem Services.

Context: As the demand for athletic training services has grown, the per diem athletic training setting has expanded to fulfill this need. Per diem services are provided by athletic trainers (ATs) who are hired as independent contractors for short time periods. These service opportunities help to increase access to care for medically underserved populations; however, due to the transient nature of the work, the quality of care may be compromised.

Preparedness, Confidence, and Best Practices in Preventing, Recognizing, Managing Mental Health Cases in NCAA Institutions.

Context: Currently, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recommends written policies and procedures that outline steps to support student athletes facing a mental health challenge and the referral processes for emergency and non-emergency mental health situations.

Objective: To assess the mental health policies and procedures implemented and athletic trainers' perceived confidence in preventing, recognizing and managing routine and crisis mental health cases across all three divisions of NCAA athletics.

Design: Cross-sectional survey design and chart review.

Patient Care Documentation in the Secondary School Setting: Unique Challenges and Needs.

Context: Athletic trainers (ATs) recognize patient care documentation as an important part of clinical practice. However, ATs using 1 electronic medical record (EMR) platform reported low accountability and lack of time as barriers to documentation. Whether ATs using paper, other EMRs, or a combined paper-electronic system exhibit similar behaviors or experience similar challenges is unclear.

The Role of Dual-Phase FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Brain Tumors.

FDG PET/CT of brain tumors is limited by background activity. Dual-phase FDG PET/CT can eliminate this limitation and allow discernment of viable tumors. Our aim was to assess the diagnostic capability of dual-phase FDG PET/CT qualitatively and quantitatively and to determine cutoff values for dual-phase FDG PET/CT in brain tumor imaging.

Aspects of Technology That Influence Athletic Trainers' Current Patient Care Documentation Strategies in the Secondary School.

Context: Previous research on athletic trainers' (ATs) documentation practices in the secondary school setting has focused on users of 1 electronic medical record (EMR) platform. These studies have identified that ATs use multiple platforms for documentation, including paper, even when an EMR is available.

Objective: To examine the documentation practices of ATs who use various forms of patient care documentation, including paper, EMRs, or both.