Protecting Against Loneliness: The Mediating Role of Sense of Community.

Loneliness is a growing public health concern that impacts individual's well-being. However, mechanisms that protect against the effects of loneliness have not been examined widely. Guided by prior literature documenting that loneliness and a sense of community are related, this study sought to test the mediating role of a sense of community on loneliness and well-being and the moderating role of gender.

Utility of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation-Systems Level (LOCI-SL) strategy for a statewide substance use treatment implementation effort.

Introduction: Multi-level and cross-context implementation strategies are needed to support health systems, healthcare delivery organizations, and providers to adopt evidence-based practice (EBP) for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. However, misalignment between state oversight agencies and healthcare organizations about which services to prioritize and which outcomes are reasonable to expect can hinder implementation success and widespread access to high-quality care. This study investigated the utility of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation-System Level (LOCI-SL) strategy for supporting statewide EBP implementation for SUD treatment.

Autoimmune Disease Classification Based on PubMed Text Mining.

Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) are often co-associated, and about 25% of patients with one AID tend to develop other comorbid AIDs. Here, we employ the power of datamining to predict the comorbidity of AIDs based on their normalized co-citation in PubMed. First, we validate our technique in a test dataset using earlier-reported comorbidities of seven knowns AIDs.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education.

Background: The Global Medical Student Partnership (GMSP) is a medical student-led international initiative to promote accessible global health learning. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the GMSP program in meeting its learning objectives.

Methods: Canadian and international medical student pairs met online monthly (January-May 2018) to discuss global health-related medical cases.