Do Tobacco Treatment Trials Address Disparities in Smoking Outcomes Among Black and Hispanic Cancer Patients? A Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Black and Hispanic Patients Diagnosed with Cancer.

Objective: To characterize the representation of Black and Hispanic cancer patients in tobacco treatment trials, and to offer recommendations for future research.

Methods: We conducted two systematic searches of the literature (2018, 2021) using 5 databases (MEDLINE via EBSCO, Pubmed, PsycInfo, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)) to examine the prevalence of tobacco trials that included Black or Hispanic cancer patients. Two coders independently screened all articles at title, abstract, and full-text to identify eligible trials.

Every Mother Counts: listening to mothers to transform maternity care.

More than a decade ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution recognizing maternal health as a human right. Subsequently, global advocates mobilized to establish the right to respectful maternity care, which has since been formally recognized by the World Health Organization and endorsed by more than 90 international, civil society, and health professional organizations. Despite widespread acknowledgment of this right, traditional approaches to maternity care do not adequately address aspects of quality care that are highly valued by mothers and birthing people, such as respect, dignity, and shared decision-making, and high numbers of women and birthing people worldwide continue to experience disrespect and mistreatment during childbirth.

Examining respect, autonomy, and mistreatment in childbirth in the US: do provider type and place of birth matter?

Background: Analyses of factors that determine quality of perinatal care consistently rely on clinical markers, while failing to assess experiential outcomes. Understanding how model of care and birth setting influence experiences of respect, autonomy, and decision making, is essential for comprehensive assessment of quality.

Methods: We examined responses (n = 1771) to an online cross-sectional national survey capturing experiences of perinatal care in the United States.

An Unusual and Rare Presentation of Diffuse Tophaceous Gout.

Gout is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent attacks on joints from monosodium urate crystal deposition causing inflammation and severe pain. Patients at increased risk of developing gout include those with obesity, high consumption of alcohol or high-purine foods, genetic causes, and medication side effects. Typically, there are three stages of disease progression: acute, inter-critical, and chronic.