Evaluating family-centred care at BC Children's Hospital: Healthcare providers' perspectives.

Background: Family-centred care (FCC) emphasizes a partnership approach to care between healthcare providers (HCPs), patients, and families. FCC provides significant benefits to both children and families; however, challenges exist in implementing FCC into practice. This study aimed to explore HCPs' FCC behaviours in multidisciplinary specialty clinics at a tertiary pediatric health care center in Canada.

The Clinician-reported Genetic Testing Utility Index (C-GUIDE) for Prenatal Care: Initial evidence of content and construct validity.

Purpose: To develop and assess the face and construct validity of the Clinician-reported Genetic Testing Utility Index (C-GUIDE) for genetic testing in prenatal care.

Methods: After a literature review and consultation with clinical experts, a preliminary draft of C-GUIDE Prenatal was developed. Its face and content validity were then assessed by 19 prenatal genetics' providers using interviews and surveys.

Oak tree-ring carbon stable isotopes from eastern Europe reveal significant drought signals along elevational gradients.

The importance of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree-ring-based climate reconstructions is increasingly recognized, especially in regions where traditional dendrochronological parameters, such as tree-ring width, usually fail. However, the effects of elevation and other site conditions on climate signals in tree-ring stable isotope (TRSI) chronologies remain unclear. Here, we assess the sensitivities to precipitation and drought of tree-ring width (TRW) and δC and δO TRSI chronologies of 136 living oaks (Quercus spp.

Complex imprint of air pollution in the basal area increments of three European tree species.

The impact of atmospheric pollution on the growth of European forest tree species, particularly European beech, Silver fir and Norway spruce, is examined in five mesic forests in the Czech Republic. Analyzing of basal area increment (BAI) patterns using linear mixed effect models reveals a complex interplay between atmospheric nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) deposition, climatic variables and changing CO concentrations. Beech BAI responds positively to N deposition (in tandem with air CO concentration), with soil phosphorus (P) availability emerging as a significant factor influencing overall growth rates.