Publications by authors named "L A Bornstein"

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  • The study assessed a California COVID-19 antigen testing program in K-12 schools, involving self-swabbing and testing by trained school personnel, from August 2021 to May 2022.
  • It included over 944,000 participants, with results showing the Abbott BinaxNOW antigen test had an 81.2% sensitivity and a 99.6% specificity compared to PCR tests.
  • The findings concluded that a school-based testing program is feasible and effective, offering a model for managing future infectious disease outbreaks.
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This article discusses how people living with schizophrenia experience, understand, and respond to their urban environment. Our study relies on experiential photo-voice data gathered with a sample of six people diagnosed with schizophrenia and living in non-institutional settings in Montréal, Canada, to identify how individuals in this community perceive the urban landscape. We adopt a therapeutic landscapes' framework that explores the urban fabric at three levels: physical, social, and symbolic.

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Background: Nutrition therapy plans (NTPs) in discharge summaries of tube-fed patients transferred from acute-care hospitals to rehabilitation centers are fundamental for continuity of care. This study examined the presence and quality of NTPs in discharge summaries of tube-fed patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on data retrieved from electronic medical records.

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Attending physicians (N = 53) at a nonprofit, university-affiliated academic children's hospital completed a survey about how key stakeholders affect timing of patient discharge beyond attending assessment of medical stability. Physicians perceived families and hospital administration as more often having an impact on discharge timing than they should and perceived members of the care team and peer physicians/consultants as less frequently having an impact than they should. All but one physician reported discharging a patient either earlier or later than they felt was appropriate due to pressure from at least one stakeholder group; almost all physicians had done so in response to pressure from families.

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