Publications by authors named "K S Kersey"
Alcohol, affective atmospheres and structures of feeling in women at midlife.
Int J Drug Policy
January 2025
Introduction: Women at midlife have increased rates of harmful drinking in many high-income countries. This cohort grew up within permissive alcohol environments that encouraged women's consumption, linking it to success, femininity, and empowerment. This research drew on notions of 'structures of feeling' and 'affective atmospheres' to explore how women at midlife describe and make sense of alcohol and drinking within their lives.
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- A New Zealand disciplinary tribunal adopted a compassionate approach in a 2023 case involving a lawyer's misconduct linked to health issues, particularly reproductive treatment impacts.
- The article highlights the lack of a dedicated health pathway in New Zealand's legal discipline framework, suggesting this as a point of comparison with health practitioners' disciplinary processes.
- It also explores alternative ways to handle cases of impaired lawyers outside the formal disciplinary system, weighing the pros and cons of mandatory reporting, and draws parallels with health-promoting strategies from other professional sectors.
Background: Pregnant people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experience higher risk for severe disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes, but no pharmacokinetic (PK) data exist to support dosing of COVID-19 therapeutics during pregnancy. We report PK and safety data for intravenous remdesivir in pregnancy.
Methods: IMPAACT 2032 was a phase 4 prospective, open-label, nonrandomized opportunistic study of hospitalized pregnant and nonpregnant women receiving intravenous remdesivir as part of clinical care.
Issues: Alcohol marketing on social media platforms is pervasive and effective, reaching wide audiences and allowing interaction with users. We know little about the gendered nature of digital alcohol marketing, including how women and men are portrayed, how different genders respond and implications for gender relations. This review aimed to identify how males, females and other genders are targeted and represented in digital alcohol marketing, and how they are encouraged to engage with digital alcohol marketing content.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSofosbuvir-velpatasvir in children 3-17 years old with hepatitis C virus infection.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
June 2024
Background: The safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir-velpatasvir in children aged 3-17 years with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of any genotype were evaluated.
Methods: In this Phase 2, multicenter, open-label study, patients received once daily for 12 weeks either sofosbuvir-velpatasvir 400/100 mg tablet (12-17 years), 200/50 mg low dose tablet or oral granules (3-11 years and ≥17 kg), or 150/37.5 mg oral granules (3-5 years and <17 kg).