Publications by authors named "L Gale"

Stay interviews can strengthen employee engagement and increase retention. This quality improvement project aimed to determine nurses' motivations for staying on their current unit by conducting peer-led stay interviews. Participants responded positively to the stay interview process.

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Sub-zero (°C) additive manufacturing (AM) systems present a promising solution for the fabrication of hydrogel structures with complex external geometry or a heterogeneous internal structure. Polyvinyl alcohol cryogels (PVA-C) are promising tissue-mimicking materials, with mechanical properties that can be designed to satisfy a wide variety of soft tissues. However, the design of more complex mechanical properties into additively manufactured PVA-C samples, which can be enabled using the toolpath, is a largely unstudied area.

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Purpose: Limited research has examined adolescents' pathways to gender-affirming medical care.

Methods: Enrollment in Trans Youth CAN! was at an initial appointment for hormone suppression or gender-affirming hormones, if pubertal or postpubertal, and < 16 years old. Adolescent/parent surveys and clinical records were obtained for 174 adolescents and 160 matched parents at 10 medical clinics across Canada.

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Background: Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor (ETI) modulator therapy is often associated with increased body mass index (BMI) in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). This is thought to reflect improved clinical stability and increased appetite and nutritional intake. We explored the change in BMI and nutritional intake following ETI modulator therapy in adults with CF.

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Physical therapists are uniquely positioned through their knowledge and skills to help people become more physically active, which may reduce the consequences of physical inactivity for health-related quality of life and the global economy. The "Exercise Is Medicine" campaign was introduced in 2007. It holds that exercise may be prescribed like a medicine.

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