How can a community of practice support healthcare professionals navigating new roles? a case study of genetic counsellors employed to work in medical specialities.

Background: Communities of Practice (CoPs) have been implemented in healthcare settings to enhance knowledge translation and facilitate the implementation of new practices. However, their role in supporting healthcare professionals transitioning to new environments remains under-researched. This study examines a CoP designed for genetic health professionals in Australia who were employed to support the integration of genomics in medical specialities.

Becoming agents for genomic change: genetic counsellors' views of patient care and implementation influences when genomics is mainstreamed.

Genetic counsellors (GCs) across the world are increasingly transitioning beyond clinical genetics services to meet the growing demands for genomic healthcare. This presents a unique opportunity for GCs to be 'genomic change agents' as they work in alternative models of care. Through various innovative models of mainstream care funded through a change program, we explored the views of GCs regarding their position as 'genomic change agents' and what may hinder or drive the success of their evolving roles.

Detection and assessment of risk factors associated with Newcastle disease virus infection in birds in backyard poultry in Laichau province of Vietnam.

Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly pathogenic and contagious viral infectious disease of poultry that causes a very serious problem for poultry production and economic loss worldwide. ND has been an epizootic disease in Vietnam. Information about the risk factors that are associated with virus transmission in backyard chickens in Vietnam is limited.

'They know better than we doctors do': providers' preparedness for transgender healthcare in Vietnam.

While recognition of transgender people has increased in Vietnam, this population continues to face significant stigma and discrimination within their families and in public, including in medical settings. Understanding of transgender health is limited, especially regarding the provision of care to transgender people. This paper explores providers' preparedness for delivering transgender care using data from qualitative interviews with twelve healthcare professionals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Contamination, suffering and womanhood: Lay explanations of breast cancer in Central Vietnam.

Breast cancer has become the most frequent cancer among women in Vietnam, claiming over 6000 lives a year. In this article we investigate how laypeople explain the causes of this pressing health issue based on an ethnographic study conducted in the Central region of Vietnam in 2019, including hospital observation, interviews with 33 breast cancer patients and focus groups with 21 laypeople. Our findings show that their knowledge of causation is mediated through historical social contexts of warfare, a rapacious market economy, poverty, and cultural configurations of gender roles.