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Epidemiol Serv Saude
January 2025
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Objective: To describe the sociodemographic profile and access to social assistance and health services among trans people and travestis experiencing homelessness in Salvador, the capital city of Bahia state.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 24 (4.5%) participants who identified as trans people or travestis out of a total of 529 people, aged 18 or older, living in public spaces or institutional shelters included in the survey.
Rev Bras Enferm
January 2025
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objectives: To identify in the scientific literature the prevalence, diagnostic methods, and exposure variables of latent infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthcare workers.
Methods: An integrative review of the scientific literature based on the following review question: What are the available scientific evidence in the literature that address the prevalence of latent infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthcare workers and its association with possible risk factors among these workers?
Results: Being a physician or nurse, being older, and being male were generally associated with higher prevalences. The study also showed that interferon-gamma release assays were more commonly used as a diagnostic method compared to skin tests.
Iowa Orthop J
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Background: There is a currently limited data regarding cancer risk in Orthopaedic Surgeons. This study summarizes a survey on cancer prevalence in orthopaedic surgeons.
Methods: A cancer prevalence survey was emailed to all 23,370 members of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
J Mot Behav
January 2025
Department of Physical Therapy, Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Adopting a postural configuration may be regarded as preparation for the performance of an upcoming movement. However, it is unclear how different postural configurations affect motor performance. The aim of the current study was to examine how body posture - sitting versus standing - influences fast and accurate planar point-to-point hand movements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Occup Environ Med
November 2024
Objectives: Chronic skin diseases (CSD) may lead to productivity losses. This mixed-methods study investigated symptom severity, social challenges, need for workplace accommodation, sick leave and their association with perceived impaired work performance (IWP) among workers with CSD.
Methods: Data were collected from April to June 2023.
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