Health Literacy predicts incident foot ulcers after 4 years - the SHELLED cohort study.

Aims/hypothesis: To determine whether health literacy is associated with an index diabetes-related foot ulcer (DFU).

Methods: The SHELLED Study is a 4-year prospective study of people with diabetes aged over 40 with no history of DFU. The primary outcome was development of a first foot ulcer.

Australian guideline on wound healing interventions to enhance healing of foot ulcers: part of the 2021 Australian evidence-based guidelines for diabetes-related foot disease.

Background: Diabetes-related foot ulceration (DFU) has a substantial burden on both individuals and healthcare systems both globally and in Australia. There is a pressing need for updated guidelines on wound healing interventions to improve outcomes for people living with DFU. A national expert panel was convened to develop new Australian evidence-based guidelines on wound healing interventions for people with DFU by adapting suitable international guidelines to the Australian context.

Cognition, educational attainment and diabetes distress predict poor health literacy in diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis of the SHELLED study.

Objectives: To identify factors that predict poor health literacy amongst people with diabetes.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a prospective study of diabetic foot disease.

Setting: Patients attending a tertiary hospital diabetes outpatient clinic in Tasmania, Australia.

The Women Before Me: My Journey Painting Honor Wall Portraits of Women Physicians.

In this article, the authors briefly review the history and status of institutional honor wall portraits at medical schools, and they highlight the implications of a lack of diversity in these portraits for current medical students and the academic medicine pipeline. The authors then describe how contemporary portrait artists have used art as a tool for advocacy. They detail the first author's empowering and intimate journey as a medical student as she identified, connected with, and painted a portrait gallery of some of her medical school's prominent alumnae of color.

SnapShot: COVID-19.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. Viral entry is mediated through viral spike protein and host ACE2 enzyme interaction. Most cases are mild; severe disease often involves cytokine storm and organ failure.

Associations of health literacy with risk factors for diabetic foot disease: a cross-sectional analysis of the Southern Tasmanian Health Literacy and Foot Ulcer Development in Diabetes Mellitus Study.

Objectives: Poor health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health outcomes in diabetes but little is known about its effects on foot disease. This study was aimed to determine the associations between HL and diabetic foot disease.

Design: This is a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a prospective study of foot disease.

Associations between Public Library Use and Reading Aloud among Families with Young Children.

Objective: To measure public library use in a sample of families with young children and examine associations with reading aloud.

Study Design: We interviewed 200 parents of 6- to 18-month-old children visiting a hospital-based pediatric clinic. We assessed public library card ownership, public library visitation, and awareness of public library programming.

Perceptions of the ankle brachial index amongst podiatrists registered in Western Australia.

Background: The ankle brachial index (ABI) is an objective diagnostic tool that is widely used for the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease. Despite its usefulness, it is evident within the literature that many practitioners forgo using this screening tool due to limiting factors such as time. There is also no recommended technique for ABI measurement.