Association of Very Low Birth Weight Infants With Parental and Sibling Mental Health Care Usage.

Background And Objectives: Parents and siblings of very low birth weight, premature infants are at risk for poor mental health outcomes with increased mental health care usage. Knowledge regarding mental health care use patterns could guide interventions.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included US families with commercial insurance coverage from a single carrier.

Animal-Assisted Interventions on a College Campus to Improve Wellness: Adventures With the Northern Michigan University Wildpups.

Background: The prevalence of anxiety and stress among university students has been well established. However, limited studies document the effects of animal-assisted interventions (AAI) on college campuses.

Method: An AAI program was created and implemented during the 2021-2022 academic year to study the effects on students' stress and anxiety.

A quantitative risk assessment for the incursion of lumpy skin disease virus into Australia via long-distance windborne dispersal of arthropod vectors.

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an infectious disease of cattle and water buffalo caused by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV). It is primarily transmitted mechanically by biting insects. LSDV has spread from Africa to the Middle-East, the Balkans, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Asia and India, suggesting that a wide variety of arthropod vectors are capable of mechanical transmission.

Goals of Care Among Parents of Children Receiving Palliative Care.

Importance: While knowing the goals of care (GOCs) for children receiving pediatric palliative care (PPC) are crucial for guiding the care they receive, how parents prioritize these goals and how their priorities may change over time is not known.

Objective: To determine parental prioritization of GOCs and patterns of change over time for parents of children receiving palliative care.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A Pediatric Palliative Care Research Network's Shared Data and Research cohort study with data collected at 0, 2, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months in hospital, outpatient, or home settings from April 10, 2017, to February 15, 2022, at 7 PPC programs based at children's hospitals across the US.

Surgical Intervention in Patients Receiving Pediatric Palliative Care Services.

Background And Objectives: Many patients receiving pediatric palliative care (PPC) present with surgically treatable problems. The role of surgery in the care of these patients, however, has not yet been defined. We conducted a cohort study of children receiving PPC to assess the incidence, type, and likely purpose of surgical interventions performed after the initiation of PPC.