Publications by authors named "S B Golden"
Unlabelled: Many organizations recommend structured communication processes, including formal shared decision making (SDM), for patients undergoing lung cancer screening (LCS) using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT). We sought to understand if concordant and shared LCS decision making was associated with decisional conflict. In this prospective, observational study, we enrolled patients from 3 medical centers (2 Veterans Health Administration, 1 academic facility) after a decision-making interaction about undergoing LCS but before receiving the LDCT.
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- * Interviews were conducted with 12 mothers from low socioeconomic backgrounds, highlighting that barriers to maternal presence are largely societal and institutional, while facilitators depend on personal and interpersonal circumstances.
- * Recommendations for hospitals include offering free or low-cost sibling support, reducing parking fees, and providing clear communication about available resources to help families during their hospital stays.
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- The study investigates how factors like race and socioeconomic status affect maternal presence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with a focus on mothers of Black infants.
- It finds that Medicaid status significantly predicts lower maternal presence rates, particularly among mothers with lower socioeconomic status.
- The authors suggest that interventions must target the resource-related challenges faced by low-SES mothers to improve their ability to be present in the NICU.
The communication of extreme weather forecasts (e.g., heatwaves and extreme precipitation) is a challenge for weather forecasters and emergency managers who are tasked with keeping residents safe during often unprecedented situations.
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