Understanding the challenges related to breastfeeding education and barriers to curricular change: a systems perspective for transforming health professions education.

Objectives: A majority of women and families wish that their babies be breastfed. However, too many still receive insufficient or inappropriate initial care from health professionals (HPs) who have limited breastfeeding (BF) competencies. We investigated barriers and potential solutions to improve the undergraduate training programs for various HPs.

Kinesiophobia and physical therapy-related pain in musculoskeletal pain: A national multicenter cohort study on patients and their general physicians.

Introduction: Physical therapy (PT) represents a major approach in musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. This study aimed to assess kinesiophobia, its impact and management, in patients with MSK pain treated by PT.

Methods: A national multicenter, prospective study was conducted in France in patients with MSK pain referred to PT.

Reasons for non-intensification of treatment in people with type 2 diabetes receiving oral monotherapy: Outcomes from the prospective DIAttitude study.

Objectives: To describe the management of glucose-lowering agents in people with type 2 diabetes initially on oral monotherapy, cared for by French general practitioners, and to identify reasons underlying treatment non-intensification.

Methods: People with type 2 diabetes on oral monotherapy were recruited by general practitioners and followed-up over 12 months. Patient characteristics, HbA1c, and glucose-lowering treatments were recorded electronically.

Type 2 diabetes treatment intensification in general practice in France in 2008-2009: the DIAttitude Study.

Aims: To evaluate the current procedures in French general practice of intensifying hypoglycaemic treatment in orally treated type 2 diabetic patients, according to the French recommendations.

Methods: Type 2 diabetic patient characteristics, HbA(1c) values, hypoglycaemic treatment and physician characteristics were collected from the electronic records of a panel of French general practitioners. Factors associated with the time until intensification of treatment were studied with the Cox model.

BIOTEX--biosensing textiles for personalised healthcare management.

Textile-based sensors offer an unobtrusive method of continually monitoring physiological parameters during daily activities. Chemical analysis of body fluids, noninvasively, is a novel and exciting area of personalized wearable healthcare systems. BIOTEX was an EU-funded project that aimed to develop textile sensors to measure physiological parameters and the chemical composition of body fluids, with a particular interest in sweat.