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Development of a territory-wide household-based composite index for measuring relative distribution of households by economic status in individual small areas throughout Hong Kong.
BMC Public Health
December 2024
Social Statistics Division, Census and Statistics Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Background: Many countries have developed their country/nation-wide multidimensional area-based index on deprivation or socioeconomic status for resource allocation, service planning and research. However, whether each geographical unit proxied by a single index is sufficiently small to contain a relatively homogeneous population remains questionable. Globally, this is the first study that presents the distribution of domestic households by the territory-wide economic status index decile groups within each of the 2,252 small subunit groups (SSUGs) throughout Hong Kong, with a median study population of 1,300 and a median area of 42,400 m.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthcare professionals' experiences with expanded noninvasive prenatal screening: challenges and solutions.
J Community Genet
December 2024
Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Genome-wide non-invasive prenatal cell-free DNA screening (NIPT) can lead to the early detection of important health-related information for the fetus and pregnant woman. However, the expanding scope of screening heightens information complexity and creates challenges for clinical interactions. This study explored Belgian healthcare professionals' experiences to identify challenges and solutions to expanded NIPT in practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessment of Preparedness for Sport Injuries by Primary School Teachers: A Nation-Wide Survey in Saudi Arabia.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy
November 2024
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Ministry of the National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background: This study aimed to assess the level of readiness among primary school teachers to handle sports injuries in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A structured questionnaire was applied to collect information on teachers, training, knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers in managing common sports injuries. Descriptive analysis was performed for demographics and baseline information.
Leveraging local health system resources to address quality healthcare gaps in sub-Saharan African: lessons from the SafeCare quality improvement programme in Ghana.
BMC Health Serv Res
November 2024
Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Introduction: In low- and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) like Ghana, universal access to quality healthcare remains a mirage and this undermines achievement of sustainable development goal (SDG) 3. The SafeCare Quality Improvement (QI) programme is an initiative of PharmAccess Foundation, a Netherlands-based non-governmental organisation (NGO). In 2009 SafeCare QI programme was launched in Ghana to help address gaps in healthcare quality standards, leveraging existing local resources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolicy and perceptions of pregnancy during training among residents of various subspecialties.
Postgrad Med J
November 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 S. Wood Street, Chicago IL, 60612 USA.
Purpose Of The Study: Increased risk for adverse birth outcomes, long work hours, limited control over one's own schedule, and concern for making up time may color resident perceptions of their pregnancy during residency. We aimed to survey residents across four different specialties about their personal experiences with pregnancy during training.
Study Design: Using a novel, validated, anonymous web-based survey instrument, we assessed experiences around pregnancy during residency training nation-wide.
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