"Head of the Class": equity discourses related to department head appointments at one Canadian medical school.

Purpose: Equitable appointments of departmental leaders in medical schools have lagged behind other Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) advancements. The purpose of this research was to 1) analyze how policy documents communicate changing ideas of EDI, employment equity, and departmental leadership; and 2) investigate department heads' (DH) perspectives on EDI policies and practices.

Methods: We conducted a critical discourse analysis to examine underlying assumptions shaping EDI and departmental leadership in one Canadian medical school.

Improving comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care in Tanzania: A qualitative study.

Aim: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how health care professionals, managers and community members experienced the implementation of a training program in comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care training in rural Tanzania.

Background: Given the high rates of maternal and newborn mortality in Tanzania, the government committed to improving maternal health by increasing access to health care; improving reproductive, maternal, newborn health; reducing maternal and neonate mortality; and increasing the number of public health centers with emergency obstetric and neonatal care. To address the gap in emergency obstetric and neonatal care amongst the health workforce, five health care facilities in rural Tanzania participated in a 3-month specialized training program.

Healthcare providers and caregivers' perspectives on factors responsible for persistent malnutrition of under 5 children in Buhweju district, South Western Uganda; a phenomenological qualitative study.

Background: Unacceptably high levels of childhood malnutrition have been registered in all regions of Uganda over the years. Buhweju district alone contributed 46% prevalence of childhood malnutrition to the 47.8% estimated national prevalence for the whole of western Uganda in 2014.

Human Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Orally Administered Δ-Tetrahydrocannabinol Capsules Are Altered by Fed Versus Fasted Conditions and Sex Differences.

There is variability in the reported Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and 11-hydroxy-tetrahydrocannabinol (11-OH-THC) pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) parameters between studies and there is limited investigation into how the presence of food or sex affect these parameters. In this study, we examined the PK and PD parameters of an encapsulated THC extract and its major active metabolite, 11-OH-THC, under different fed states. The study was a single-dose, randomized, double-blinded, four-way crossover investigation.

Providing postpartum care with limited resources: Experiences of nurse-midwives and obstetricians in urban Tanzania.

Background: Tanzania has high maternal and neonatal mortality rates. Comprehensive guidelines for postpartum care have been developed by the government as a means to improve health outcomes during the perinatal period. Despite the creation of these guidelines and the government's commitment to universal perinatal care for women and neonates, there is concern that the delivery of postpartum services may not be meeting the needs of mothers and neonates.