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Assessment of access and outcomes of kidney transplantation through the reforms of the Swiss organ allocation system.
Front Public Health
January 2025
Transplant Immunology Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Introduction: The Swiss allocation system for kidney transplantation has evolved over time to balance medical urgency, immunological compatibility, and waiting time. Since the introduction of the transplantation law in 2007, which imposed organ allocation on a national level, the algorithm has been optimized. Initially based on waiting time, HLA compatibility, and crossmatch performed by cell complement-dependent cytotoxicity techniques, the system moved in 2012 to a score including HLA compatibility, waiting time, anti-HLA antibodies detected by the Luminex technology, and a virtual crossmatch.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe impact of the Lesotho health reform in the re-structuring of the village health workers program.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Community Health Workers locally known as Village Health Workers (VHW) in Lesotho are key members of the primary health workforce, and has been playing a significant role in building primary health systems in many countries and they can fill significant gaps in human resources as low and middle income countries work towards universal health coverage in the era of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2014 Lesotho health reform restructured the VHW program to compensate, professionalize, and integrate VHWs into primary care services. We sought to document the ways in which the VHW program changed as a result of the health reform and the perceived impact of those changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors associated with dental care utilization among Iranian adult populations based on Anderson model.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Department of Oral Public Health, Dental Research Center, Dental Research Institute, Dental School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Background: The utilization of dental care is affected by different factors. Despite the importance of dental care, there are significant disparities in its utilization among various population groups. The aim of this study was to identify the main factors of dental care utilization and the influences of the Health Transformation Plan (HTP) in Iran based on the Anderson model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow emotional contagious behavior induces PTSD susceptibility in observers and is related to the regulation of oxytocin receptor in mice.
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci
January 2025
School of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical University, 7166# Baotong West Street, Weifang, Shandong, 261053, P. R. China.
Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious psychiatric disorder that occurs after an individual has witnessed or experienced a major traumatic event. Emotional contagion seems to play an important role in witnessing trauma, highlighting the importance of understanding the neurobiological consequences of psychological or emotional stress and its impact on the individual's mental health. Therefore, understanding the relationship between emotional contagion and PTSD susceptibility and the abnormal neurobiological and behavioral changes behind it could help find effective molecular treatment targets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedical School Curriculum Evaluation to Improve Health Equity Education.
J Gen Intern Med
January 2025
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Following the birth of Black Lives Matter, USA medical students advocated for greater commitment to health equity from their schools. In response to such concerns, in 2015, the Yale School of Medicine formed a committee for diversity, inclusion, and social justice and a committee on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex affairs. Based on their efforts, our Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee commissioned a student-faculty-led task force to survey the curriculum and make recommendations toward the creation of a health equity curriculum.
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