Relationship Between Criminal and Status Offense Behaviors, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Cape Town, South Africa.

This study aimed to examine the relationship between externalizing behaviors, substance use, and sexual risk among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Cape Town, South Africa, who experience social disadvantage characterized by poverty and school dropout. We analyzed baseline data from 500 AGYW in a cluster-randomized trial who had dropped out of school. Multivariate logistic regression models explored associations between self-reported criminal behaviors and other status offenses, heavy episodic drinking, polydrug use, and condomless sex.

Evaluating the use of 3D skin models as simulation-based educational tools among nursing students: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Teaching dermatology is challenging because of its' highly visible and tactile nature. While images improve visual memory and are valuable teaching aids, even high-quality photographs have limitations in what they can convey.

Aim: Our aim is to validate the use of silicone-based 3D skin models as simulation-based educational tools by assessing their impact on recognition of various skin conditions among nursing students.

Participant experiences with a text message and contingency management intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation in Cape Town, South Africa.

Background: The Western Cape region of South Africa has one of the highest global rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), underscoring the urgent need for effective interventions. This qualitative study explores pregnant and lactating participants' perceptions and experiences of a text message and contingency management (CM) intervention.

Methods: The study involved post-intervention interviews with 10 pregnant participants and 10 post-partum lactating participants.

The impact of a novel color additive for disinfectant wipes on room cleanliness and turnover time.

Background: Contaminated environmental surfaces in the health care setting put patients at risk of acquiring health care-associated infections. Highlight (Kinnos) is a novel color-additive technology for disinfectant wipes that helps users visualize surfaces that have been cleaned by producing a transient color on wiped surfaces that fades off after effective cleaning.

Methods: To quantify the impact of real-time visual feedback on room cleanliness and efficiency, a pre-post quasi-experimental study was conducted by comparing Replicate Organism Detection and Counting (RODAC) plate counts and room turnaround times with and without the use of the color additive.