Ciencia, Genética, y ¿Desinformación?: A content analysis of genetic testing coverage from US Spanish-language news media.

Genetic testing (GT) has become ubiquitous in the United States, either in clinical or direct-to-consumer markets. White and English-speaking populations have primarily benefited from this new technology, leaving other groups, like Hispanic populations, behind. Explanations for this disparity has cited a lack of awareness and knowledge of genetic testing purposes.

"Where do I go? Who do I go to?": BRCA Previvors, genetic counselors and family planning.

Objective: We sought to understand previvors' perceptions of communication with genetic counselors and other healthcare providers.

Methods: We conducted 16 qualitative interviews and utilized thematic analysis to develop patterns present in the narratives of previvors.

Results: Interviews with previvors suggest genetic counselors and other providers often make assumptions about previvors' family planning and treatment needs based on perceived gender, age, and sexual orientation.

Use of pharmacy services in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults; findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).

Introduction: The role of community pharmacists has evolved in recent years with expansion in pharmacy services offered. The extent to which patients utilise such services in community pharmacies in Ireland is unclear.

Objective: To assess pharmacy services use among adults aged ≥56 years in Ireland, and determine the demographic and clinical factors associated with pharmacy services use.

Medication safety incidents associated with the remote delivery of primary care: a rapid review.

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered rapid, fundamental changes, notably increased remote delivery of primary care. While the impact of these changes on medication safety is not yet fully understood, research conducted before the pandemic may provide evidence for possible consequences. To examine the published literature on medication safety incidents associated with the remote delivery of primary care, with a focus on telemedicine and electronic prescribing.

Applying Patient and Public Involvement in preclinical research: A co-created scoping review.

Background: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research aims to improve the quality, relevance and appropriateness of research. PPI has an established role in clinical research where there is evidence of benefit, and where policymakers and funders place continued emphasis on its inclusion. However, for preclinical research, PPI has not yet achieved the same level of integration.

Changes to primary care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic and perceived impact on medication safety: A survey study.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the delivery of primary care around the world. In Ireland, the use of technologies such as virtual consultations and the electronic transfer of prescriptions became widespread in order to deliver care to patients while minimising infection risk. The impact of these changes on medication safety is not yet known.

Previvorship Posting: Why Breast Cancer Previvors Share Their Stories on Social Media.

Research on previvors, individuals with a genetic predisposition to develop hereditary breast and ovarian cancer but who have not yet been diagnosed with breast or other cancers, examines online information gathering and community support to alleviate uncertainty. However, research exploring online content published by previvors themselves is limited. We examined content published to Instagram and TikTok to explore how breast cancer previvors discussed their lived experience which included, but was not limited to, genetic testing, diagnosis with a pathogenic (i.

Instructor facilitation mediates students' negative perceptions of active learning instruction.

Studies have demonstrated students' resistance to active learning, despite evidence illustrating that their learning is improved relative to students in lectures. Specifically, while active learning and group work are effective at engaging students in their learning process, studies report that students' perceptions of active learning approaches are not always positive. What remains underexplored is whether students' perceptions of active learning improve with effective instructor facilitation and whether there exists differential perceptions between racially minoritized students and represented students.

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in preclinical research: A scoping review protocol.

Patient and public involvement (PPI) aims to improve the quality, relevance, and appropriateness of research and ensure that it meets the needs and expectations of those affected by particular conditions to the greatest possible degree. The evidence base for the positive impact of PPI on clinical research continues to grow, but the role of PPI in preclinical research (an umbrella term encompassing 'basic', 'fundamental', 'translational' or 'lab-based' research) remains limited. As funding bodies and policymakers continue to increase emphasis on the relevance of PPI to preclinical research, it is timely to map the PPI literature to support preclinical researchers involving the public, patients, or other service users in their research.

Non-operatively managed blunt and penetrating renal trauma: Does early follow up CT scan change management? A systematic review.

Background: Renal injury accounts for 1-5% of all traumatic injuries. Non-operative management (NOM) of renal trauma has demonstrated higher renal salvage rates and reduced morbidity.

Aims: The aim of this review is to clarify the indications of early follow up CT scan for adult patients, with NOM, renal trauma, with a view to avoiding unnecessary CT scanning and radiation exposure in this cohort of patients.

Research methods from human-centered design: Potential applications in pharmacy and health services research.

Challenges faced by health systems have become increasingly complex, and expanding the range of methodological options available via interdisciplinary collaboration is important to enable researchers to address them. As complexity increases, it can be more difficult to ensure solutions remain patient-centered. Human-centered design is an approach that focuses on engaging with and understanding the needs of all services users while retaining a systems perspective.

Addressing anemia among women in India-an informed intervention using Facebook Ad Manager.

Background: Women in India continue to have high rates of anemia, especially in critical periods of adolescence and pregnancy. Anemia persists despite decades of government programs aimed at combatting anemia, including through the provision of iron folic acid tablets (IFA). With growing access to mobile phones and social media, even among women, mobile interventions hold potential for influencing knowledge and behaviors.

Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Misinformation on Pinterest, 2018.

To quantify and describe the incidence of misinformation about breast cancer on the social media platform Pinterest, a leading source of women's health (e.g., breast cancer) information.

Prevalence of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in older adults in a community pharmacy setting: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Previous prevalence estimates of POtentially Serious Alcohol-Medication INteractions in Older adults (POSAMINO) are based on in-home inventories of medications; however, this method is associated with under-reporting of medications when compared with dispensing records. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of POSAMINO among community-dwelling older adults using drug dispensing data from the community pharmacy setting.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Family Sense-Making After a Down Syndrome Diagnosis.

The script of parenting shifts when parents learn of their child's Down syndrome diagnosis. To build a theory of the diagnostic experience and early family sense-making process, we interviewed 33 parents and nine grandparents living in the United States who learned prenatally or neonatally of their child's diagnosis. The core category of for the future encompassed the social process of sense-making over time as parents managed their sorrow, shock, and grief and amassed meaningful messages that anchored them as they looked toward the future.

Facebook Powered Measurement and Evaluation for Iron Folic Acid Health Intervention in India.

As the media landscape changes and billions of people around the world turn to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other social media platforms for information and social interactions, the need to develop effective methods of leveraging social media for social behavior change communication (SBCC) becomes increasingly important. Yet, in order for the public health sector to embrace social media for SBCC, we must have methods for measuring the impact of social media-based SBCC. In this letter, we share a new approach for measurement and evaluation of social media-based SBCC campaigns.

Potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions and falls in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: To investigate the association between potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions (POSAMINO criteria), hypothesised to increase the risk of falls in older adults, and falls in community-dwelling older adults at two and 4 years follow-up.

Design: A prospective cohort study.

Setting: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

Enemies and friends in high-tech places: the development and validation of the Online Social Experiences Measure.

Background: Interpersonal positivity and negativity are separable dimensions both recognized as having important effects on health. Though online social interactions and research examining them are increasingly common, no validated instrument has heretofore been developed to examine social support and social negativity specifically in online contexts. The present studies describe the development and validation of the Online Social Experiences Measure (OSEM) to allow for assessment of online social positivity and negativity simultaneously.

The aetiology of posterior glenohumeral dislocations and occurrence of associated injuries: a systematic review.

Aims: The glenohumeral joint is the most frequently dislocated articulation, but possibly due to the lower prevalence of posterior shoulder dislocations, approximately 50% to 79% of posterior glenohumeral dislocations are missed at initial presentation. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the most recent evidence involving the aetiology of posterior glenohumeral dislocations, as well as the diagnosis and treatment.

Materials And Methods: A systematic search was conducted using PubMed (MEDLINE), Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane (January 1997 to September 2017), with references from articles also evaluated.

Longitudinal prevalence of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: This study aims to estimate (i) the prevalence of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in a nationally representative sample of older adults using the Potentially Serious Alcohol-Medication Interactions in Older adults (POSAMINO) criteria, and (ii) whether POSAMINO prevalence changes over time.

Methods: A prospective cohort study of adults aged ≥ 65 years, using data from the first three waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). All 38 POSAMINO criteria were applied at each wave using respondents' information on regular medications and alcohol consumption.

Life Course Transitions and Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among Older Irish Adults: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).

The objective of this study was to determine whether trajectories of older adults' alcohol consumption are influenced by the following life course transitions, relationship status, employment status, and self-rated health. Volume and frequency of drinking were harmonized across first three waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA; = 4,295). Multilevel regression models were used to model frequency, average weekly consumption, and heavy episodic drinking.

Structurating Expanded Genetic Carrier Screening: A Longitudinal Analysis of Online News Coverage.

Expanded carrier screening (ECS) is a genetic test that is designed to assess the risk of a healthy person passing down a genetic disorder, such as spinal muscular atrophy, to future children. ECS screens for up to several hundred disorders in one test, expanding on traditional carrier screening tests that target one or a few genetic disorders. However, little is known about how this health technology is being presented to the public in media coverage.

Consensus validation of the POSAMINO (POtentially Serious Alcohol-Medication INteractions in Older adults) criteria.

Objectives: Older adults are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects from concurrent alcohol and medication use. However, there is limited evidence regarding the prevalence of these adverse outcomes among older adults, and there is a lack of consensus regarding what constitutes an alcohol-interactive medicine. The objective of this study was to develop an explicit list of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions for use in older adults.

Concurrent use of alcohol interactive medications and alcohol in older adults: a systematic review of prevalence and associated adverse outcomes.

Background: Older adults are susceptible to adverse effects from the concurrent use of medications and alcohol. The aim of this study was to systematically review the prevalence of concurrent use of alcohol and alcohol-interactive (AI) medicines in older adults and associated adverse outcomes.

Methods: A systematic search was performed using MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, Scopus and Web of Science (January 1990 to June 2016), and hand searching references of retrieved articles.