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J Public Health Manag Pract
November 2024
Author Affiliations: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Decatur, Georgia (Dr Lankau, Mss Dudley, Miller, and Shields, Dr Alongi, Ms Macchi, and Dr Hohman); and Public Health Associate Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Ms Chiang).
Objective: The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is a nonprofit organization that supports state and territorial chronic disease prevention and health promotion efforts through capacity building and technical assistance. Each year, NACDD surveys health department leaders who oversee chronic disease prevention and health promotion (hereafter, Chronic Disease Directors). We have previously used the annual survey results to inform strategic planning and resource allocation but have not historically published key findings in the peer-reviewed literature.
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January 2025
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Separate structural unit "Russian Gerontology Research and Clinical Centre", 16 1st Leonova Street, Moscow, Russia, 129226.
Introduction: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) defines sarcopenia as a muscle disease (muscle failure) rooted in adverse muscle changes that accrue across a lifetime; sarcopenia is common among adults of older age. New findings on the hormonal and metabolic characteristics of patients with sarcopenia have aided in developing more targeted therapeutic strategies. However, treating older patients with sarcopenia still poses a number of challenges.
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January 2025
School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
This study investigated the success rate of Phase 1 clinical trial entry and the factors influencing it in oncology projects involving academia-industry collaboration during the discovery and preclinical stages. A total of 344 oncology projects in the discovery stage and 360 in the preclinical stage, initiated through collaborations with universities or hospitals between 2015 and 2019, were analyzed. The Phase 1 clinical trial entry success rates for oncology collaborative projects were 9.
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January 2025
Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
Background: Scotland currently has amongst the highest rates of drug-related deaths in Europe, leading to increased advocacy for safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) to be piloted in the country. In response to concerns about drug-related harms in Edinburgh, elected officials have considered introducing SDCFs in the city. This paper presents key findings from a feasibility study commissioned by City of Edinburgh Council to support these deliberations.
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January 2025
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, Level 5, deLacy Building, St. Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, 2010, New South Wales, Australia.
Background: Despite evidence supporting interventions that improve outcomes for patients with stroke, their implementation remains suboptimal. Facilitation can support implementation of research into clinical practice by helping people develop the strategies to implement change. However, variability in the amount (dose) and type of facilitation activities/facilitator roles that make up the facilitation strategies (content), may affect the effectiveness of facilitation.
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