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Cureus
November 2024
Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, USA.
Introduction Our pilot Emergency Department Discharge Center (EDDC) facilitates post-discharge appointments, and screens for social determinants of health (SDoH) with a long, paper-based tool. No criteria guide which patients to refer to EDDC for appointment-making. Patients screening positive for SDoH are texted or emailed a list of community-based organizations (CBOs) to contact; the screening tool doesn't assess patients' interest or ability to contact CBOs.
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December 2024
University of Twente, Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Technical Medical Centre, Enschede, the Netherlands; Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Department of Research and Development, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Background: Integrating outcome information into the process of shared decision-making (SDM) about post-treatment surveillance can enhance its effectiveness. The Breast Cancer Surveillance Decision Aid (BCS-PtDA) integrates risk estimations of patients' risks for recurrences as well as outcome information on fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). The SHOUT-BC study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the BCS-PtDA.
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October 2024
Institute of Global Health Innovations, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Background: The National Health Service (NHS) is suffering from a workforce crisis of mental and physical sickness and attrition following the COVID-19 pandemic. An in-depth understanding of healthcare workers' (HCWs) experiences during the pandemic is required to understand the impacts on their mental health in this challenging work environment. This qualitative study explores HCWs' concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic-expressed in real time during an active mental health crisis.
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September 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
It is well established that teachers are prone to voice-related problems. Much of existing literature focuses on grade-school teachers, and early childhood educators are an understudied demographic. This study aims to determine the burden of voice use and prevalence of voice disorders in early childhood educators in Singapore.
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May 2024
Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD9 6RJ, United Kingdom.
Pollution is a major cause of ill health globally. Low emission zones (LEZ) have been identified as effective in reducing pollution and are increasing in popularity but remain divisive. Understanding what factors help or hinder implementation is important.
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