A Prospective, Observational, Multicenter Study Assessing Adherence to Interferon Beta-1b Therapy and Patient Satisfaction Using the BETACONNECT Auto-Injector.

Introduction: It is important to achieve good persistence and adherence to disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) to achieve the best outcomes in chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The BETACONNECT device is an electronic auto-injector for the DMT interferon beta-1b (Betaseron), designed to improve patients' injection experience and to monitor adherence. This observational study aimed to assess patient adherence to and persistence with interferon beta-1b therapy as well as patient-reported satisfaction in a US population.

Factors Shaping the Lived Experience of Resettlement for Former Refugees in Regional Australia.

Refugees experience traumatic life events with impacts amplified in regional and rural areas due to barriers accessing services. This study examined the factors influencing the lived experience of resettlement for former refugees in regional Launceston, Australia, including environmental, social, and health-related factors. Qualitative interviews and focus groups were conducted with adult and youth community members from Burma, Bhutan, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iran, and Sudan, and essential service providers ( = 31).

The mental health of former refugees in regional Australia: A qualitative study.

Objective: To examine the resettlement experiences of former refugees living in regional Australia, focusing on mental health and mental health and support services, including barriers to access.

Design: A phenomenological approach utilising a combination of six qualitative, semi-structured, face-to-face focus groups (n = 24) and seven individual interviews. Data were analysed thematically using NVivo 10 software.

Concerns and Treatment Satisfaction in Patients Being Treated With Azelaic Acid Foam for Rosacea.

Objective: To describe patient characteristics, concerns, side effects, treatment satisfaction, and quality of life (QoL) of rosacea patients currently being treated with monotherapy azelaic acid foam based on patient-reported data. Methods: The study utilized a non-interventional, prospective, observational design. Patients were recruited in the United States and were eligible if the following criteria were met: diagnosed with rosacea by a medical professional, ≥18 years of age, currently receiving monotherapy with azelaic acid foam, and able to provide informed consent.

Six-Month Use of Droxidopa for Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension.

Background: Droxidopa is approved for adult patients with symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH); there is limited information regarding effects on symptoms, outcomes, and quality of life (QOL) beyond two weeks of treatment.

Objective: Examine the real-world experience of patients taking droxidopa after six months of treatment.

Methods: This non-interventional, US-based, prospective cohort study utilized a pharmacy hub, identifying patients who recently started droxidopa for nOH treatment.

How to use visual methods to promote health among adolescents: A qualitative study of school nursing.

Aims And Objectives: Public health nurses attended a 3-day course to learn the use of visual methods in health dialogue with adolescents. The aim of this study was to explore how to use visual methods to promote health among adolescents in a school nursing context.

Background: Photovoice is a visualising technique that enables adolescents to participate in health promotion projects in a school setting.

Ethical challenges experienced by public health nurses related to adolescents' use of visual technologies.

Background: Visual technologies are central to youth culture and are often the preferred communication means of adolescents. Although these tools can be beneficial in fostering relations, adolescents' use of visual technologies and social media also raises ethical concerns.

Aims: We explored how school public health nurses identify and resolve the ethical challenges involved in the use of visual technologies in health dialogues with adolescents.

Remote Monitoring of Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Assessing Clinical and Economic Value.

Background: For chronic kidney disease patients who progress to end-stage renal disease, survival is dependent on renal replacement therapy in the form of kidney transplantation or chronic dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis (PD), which can be performed at home, is both more convenient and less costly than hemodialysis that requires three 4-h visits per week to the dialysis facility and complicated equipment. Remote therapy management (RTM), technologies that collect medical information and transmit it to healthcare providers for patient management, has the potential to improve the outcomes of patients receiving automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) at home.

The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure.

Objectives: To estimate the economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure in Canada.

Methods: We estimate the lifetime cost of newly diagnosed lung cancer and mesothelioma cases associated with occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure for calendar year 2011 based on the societal perspective. The key cost components considered are healthcare costs, productivity and output costs, and quality of life costs.

Visual methods in health dialogues: A qualitative study of public health nurse practice in schools.

Aims: We aimed to explore how using visual methods might improve or complicate the dynamics of the health dialogue between public health nurses (PHNs) and school pupils. This was done from the perspective of PHNs, specifically examining how they understood their role and practice as a PHN and the application of visual methods in this practice.

Background: The health dialogue is a method used by PHNs in school nursing in Norway.

A giant planet undergoing extreme-ultraviolet irradiation by its hot massive-star host.

The amount of ultraviolet irradiation and ablation experienced by a planet depends strongly on the temperature of its host star. Of the thousands of extrasolar planets now known, only six have been found that transit hot, A-type stars (with temperatures of 7,300-10,000 kelvin), and no planets are known to transit the even hotter B-type stars. For example, WASP-33 is an A-type star with a temperature of about 7,430 kelvin, which hosts the hottest known transiting planet, WASP-33b (ref.

Maximising students' use of purpose-built shade in secondary schools: quantitative and qualitative results of a built-environment intervention.

A trial installing shade sails at secondary schools found increased students' use of newly shaded areas, but relatively low use overall. We examined site features and weather related to use of these shaded areas. Tables with seats and temperatures ≥27°C increased student use of shaded areas, presence of grass decreased use.

Making news: the appearance of tobacco control organizations in newspaper coverage of tobacco control issues.

Purpose: To characterize the presence of advocacy groups in media coverage about tobacco issues.

Design: A content analysis of tobacco-related newspaper articles.

Setting: Australia.

How do friends influence smoking uptake? Findings from qualitative interviews with identical twins.

The smoking behavior of friends is a major risk factor for adolescent smoking uptake. To explore the social context of smoking experimentation and consolidation with a particular focus on friends, the authors interviewed both members of 14 young adult identical twin pairs who were discordant for smoking. The different smoking status of twins was connected to their different friendship groups and development of different identities.

Portrayal of tanning, clothing fashion and shade use in Australian women's magazines, 1987-2005.

To examine modelling of outcomes relevant to sun protection in Australian women's magazines, content analysis was performed on 538 spring and summer issues of popular women's magazines from 1987 to 2005. A total of 4949 full-colour images of Caucasian females were coded for depth of tan, extent of clothing cover, use of shade and setting. Logistic regression using robust standard errors to adjust for clustering on magazine was used to assess the relationship between these outcomes and year, setting and model's physical characteristics.

"Stay away from them until you're old enough to make a decision": tobacco company testimony about youth smoking initiation.

Objective: To determine common themes used by US tobacco industry witnesses pertaining to youth smoking initiation during litigation in the United States.

Methods: Qualitative thematic analysis of transcripts from 29 tobacco litigation cases dating from 1992 to 2002.

Results: Youth smoking is portrayed by the tobacco industry as a source of great concern to them.

Australian letters to the editor on tobacco: triggers, rhetoric, and claims of legitimate voice.

News coverage of tobacco issues influences both individual behavior change and policy progression. Thus, media advocacy is increasingly recognized as important for promoting public health. Letters to the editor (LTE) are a basic form of media advocacy, serving to demonstrate community sentiment on a given issue.

Impact of news of celebrity illness on breast cancer screening: Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis.

Objectives: To describe the main media narratives in the reportage of singer Kylie Minogue's illness with breast cancer; and to assess the impact of this coverage on bookings for screening for breast cancer by mammography in four Australian states.

Setting: Government sponsored BreastScreen programs in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Main Outcome Measures: Narratives on breast cancer in television news programs 17-27 May 2005; initial and re-screening bookings for mammograms.

Individual versus corporate responsibility for smoking-related illness: Australian press coverage of the Rolah McCabe trial.

This paper provides a thematic frame analysis of Australian newspaper reporting of the outcome and implications of the trial of Rolah McCabe versus British American Tobacco Australasia (BATA). In this trial, a Melbourne woman was awarded A$700,000 damages for smoking-attributable lung cancer when the defendant, BATA, had its case dismissed due to document destruction. In 60 commentaries from Australian national or capital city newspapers between 12 April and 9 May 2002, a total of 79 instances of eight tobacco-related frames were identified.