Nurse prescribing practices across the globe for medication-assisted treatment of the opioid use disorder (MOUD): a scoping review.

Background: Despite the dramatic increase in opioid-related deaths in recent years, global access to treatment remains poor. A major barrier to people accessing Medication-assisted treatment of the opioid use disorder (MOUD) is the lack of providers who can prescribe and monitor MOUD. According to the World Drug Report, more young people are using drugs compared with previous generations and people in need of treatment cannot get it, women most of all.

Evaluation of Vision Referral Program With School-Aged Children and Their Parents/Guardians.

Vision plays a key role in a child's development. Early detection and treatment of vision abnormalities decreases future complications. Follow-up vision care is a common problem.

Systematic review of medical home models to promote transitions to primary adult health care for adolescents living with autism spectrum disorder.

Background: There is a growing number of children diagnosed and living with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the United States. This increasing incidence and prevalence of ASDs require care coordination within a medical home model, which needs to continue into adulthood.

Aim: This paper is an evidence review of medical home models for transitioning adolescents living with ASDs from pediatric primary healthcare practices to adult primary care practices.

Systematic review of health literacy in Cochrane database studies on paediatric asthma educational interventions: searching beyond rigorous design.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate if paediatric asthma educational intervention studies included in the Cochrane Collaboration database incorporated concepts of health literacy.

Methods: Inclusion criteria were established to identify review categories in the Cochrane Collaboration database specific to paediatric asthma educational interventions. Articles that met the inclusion criteria were selected from the Cochrane Collaboration database in 2010.

Fathers' coping mechanisms related to parenting a chronically ill child: implications for advanced practice nurses.

Introduction: The presence of a father has been positively associated with outcomes in several aspects of a child's life. This descriptive study investigated coping methods used by fathers of chronically ill children, fathers' perceived severity of the child's illness, and demographic differences related to coping mechanisms.

Method: A sample of 54 fathers of chronically ill children completed measurements of demographics, coping processes, and severity levels of their child's chronic condition.

State variation in underinsurance among children with special health care needs in the United States.

Objective: National attention has focused on providing health insurance coverage for children. Less awareness has been given to underinsurance, particularly for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Defined as having inadequate benefits, underinsurance may be a particular problem for CSHCN because of their greater needs for medical care.

Maternal obesity and risk of infant death based on Florida birth records for 2004.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between pre-pregnancy maternal obesity and risk of infant death.

Methods: In March 2004, maternal height and pre-pregnancy weight were added to the data collected on the Florida birth certificate. Using birth records linked to infant deaths, these data were used to assess the relationship between pre-pregnancy maternal obesity, as measured by body mass index, and infant death.

Existing population-based health databases: useful resources for nursing research.

Important research questions, such as the prevalence of health conditions in specific groups and health disparities, can be addressed through population-based health databases. Government-funded, federal databases can provide nurse researchers with a representative sample for various levels of analyses. Population-based health databases easily accessed from federal government Web sites for analysis are identified and discussed.

Factors associated with not having a personal health care provider for children in Florida.

Objective: National recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners promote that all children obtain quality primary care through a consistent medical provider who can better assess, diagnose, and monitor a child's health. The purpose of this article was to identify characteristics of children in Florida without a personal health care provider.

Methods: Florida data (N = 2116) from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health were analyzed by using bivariate and multivariate methods.

An HIV prevalence-based model for estimating urban risk populations of injection drug users and men who have sex with men.

Issues of cost and complexity have limited the study of the population sizes of men who have sex with men (MSM) and injection drug users (IDUs), two groups at clearly increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other acute and chronic diseases. We developed a prototypical, easily applied estimation model for these populations and applied it to Miami, Florida. This model combined HIV prevalence estimates, HIV seroprevalence rates, and census data to make plausible estimates of the number and proportion of MSM and IDUs under a number of assumptions.