Identification of critical industry skills in an industrial hygiene graduate training program.

Graduates of industrial hygiene training (IH) programs must be able to meet continuously evolving health and safety needs in a wide variety of occupational settings. Therefore, academic IH graduate programs must regularly evaluate their curricula and solicit input from industry professionals to make curricular changes that will better prepare their students for professional roles in industry. The purpose of this study was to identify the training gaps that existed between industry needs and the current curriculum for a United States-accredited IH graduate training program.

Exposure to air pollutants and rheumatoid arthritis biomarkers: A scoping review.

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease with a complex and poorly understood etiology that includes genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors.

Objective: Our objective was to assess current literature that investigated the association between exposure to environmental and occupational air pollutants and RA-related biomarkers rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA).

Design: PubMed and Web of Science were used to identify epidemiological studies that measured or estimated air pollution and at least one RA biomarker.

Insights Into Provider Bias in Family Planning from a Novel Shared Decision Making Based Counseling Initiative in Rural, Indigenous Guatemala.

Race, ethnicity, and indigenous status should be considered as potential drivers of provider bias in family planning services globally. Efforts to confront provider bias in family planning counseling should include concrete strategies that promote provider recognition of biases and longitudinal curriculums that allow for sustained feedback and self-reflection.

Treatment of end-stage renal disease with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in rural Guatemala.

A 42-year-old indigenous Maya man presented to a non-profit clinic in rural Guatemala with signs, symptoms and laboratory values consistent with uncontrolled diabetes. Despite appropriate treatment, approximately 18 months after presentation, he was found to have irreversible end-stage renal disease (ESRD) of uncertain aetiology. He was referred to the national public nephrology clinic and subsequently initiated home-based continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Mixed-methods study identifies key strategies for improving infant and young child feeding practices in a highly stunted rural indigenous population in Guatemala.

Guatemala's rural indigenous population suffers from one of the highest rates of chronic child malnutrition (stunting) in the world. Successfully addressing stunting requires defining the barriers to and opportunities for new behaviour-change initiatives. We undertook a mixed-methods assessment of feeding practices and food purchasing behaviours around infants and young children aged 6-36 months in two rural indigenous Guatemalan communities.