Publications by authors named "S K Hatcher"

Objective: Self-harm is common in adolescents and a major public health concern. Evidence for effective interventions that stop repetition is lacking. This individual-participant-data (IPD) meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) aimed to provide robust estimates of therapeutic intervention effects and explore which treatments are best suited to different subgroups.

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Background: Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy improves human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outcomes. However, achieving earlier treatment initiation is challenging for many reasons including provider awareness and clinic barriers; this study sought to understand perceptions of an early initiation program.

Methods: We interviewed 10 providers from 3 HIV clinics in North Carolina (October-November 2020).

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Concentrated solar power (CSP) is one of the few sustainable energy technologies that offers day-to-night energy storage. Recent development of the supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton cycle has made CSP a potentially cost-competitive energy source. However, as CSP plants are most efficient in desert regions, where there is high solar irradiance and low land cost, careful design of a dry cooling system is crucial to make CSP practical.

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The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on global mental health and well-being, including across the Asia-Pacific. Efforts to mitigate virus spread led to far-reaching disruption in the delivery of health and social services. In response, there was a rapid shift to the use of digital mental health (DMH) approaches.

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