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Disaster Med Public Health Prep
January 2025
Department of Radiology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Alfred Naccache Boulevard, Beirut, Lebanon.
Objectives: The catastrophic Beirut blast on August 4, 2020 at 6:07 pm resulted in extensive damage. Our study aims to categorize the injuries of patients who were transferred to the radiology department in the first 12 hours following the blast and to evaluate the disaster preparedness of the radiology department at Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital in order to implement corrective action process.
Methods: A total of 97 patients underwent imaging examinations, comprising 77 CT scans and 20 radiographs, which were retrospectively reviewed by 4 senior radiology residents.
J Immigr Minor Health
January 2025
Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, USA.
JMIR Form Res
December 2024
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel.
Background: The prevalence of mental health disorders among children and adolescents presents a significant public health challenge. Children exposed to armed conflicts are at a particularly high risk of developing mental health problems, necessitating prompt and robust intervention. The acute need for early intervention in these situations is well recognized, as timely support can mitigate long-term negative outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFViolence Against Women
January 2025
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
In Australia, (DFV) has reached epidemic proportions. This research argues that it constitutes a form of , although the news media, governments, or public rarely refer to DFV in this way. This paper examines how Australian news media outlets- the , and reported on and at times connected DFV and terrorism, finding that DFV and terrorism were connected in several ways, and that DFV was described as terrorism by several academics, advocates, journalists, and victims.
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December 2024
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA.
Background: In cohort studies with time-to-event outcomes, covariates of interest often have values that change over time. The classical Cox regression model can handle time-dependent covariates but assumes linear effects on the log hazard function, which can be limiting in practice. Furthermore, when multiple correlated covariates are studied, it is of great interest to model their joint effects by allowing a flexible functional form and to delineate their relative contributions to survival risk.
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