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Learning About Their Condition: The Gradual Path of Young People With Childhood-Onset Motor Disabilities.
Acta Paediatr
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Paediatric Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aim: Young people with childhood-onset motor disabilities face unique challenges in understanding and managing their condition. This study explored how they learnt about their condition.
Method: A descriptive qualitative study was conducted in 2023-2024 at a Swiss paediatric neurorehabilitation unit.
Health literacy status and associated factors among residents in Anhui Province, China: a cross-sectional study.
Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Background: Health literacy (HL) is a critical determinant of health outcomes. Improving HL stands as one of the most essential, cost-effective, and efficacious strategies for enhancing the overall health of the population. This study aims to analyze the status of HL among urban and rural residents in Anhui Province, explore the associated factors, and provide a scientific basis for the formulation of targeted health education and promotion strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessing informed consent in surgical patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi: a cross-sectional study.
Malawi Med J
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences.
Introduction: Informed consent is critical to medical practice, and a clearly outlined process that results in signing the consent form may improve the validity of the given consent. There is a paucity of studies in Malawi that have assessed the informed consent process in surgical patients.
Aim: To assess the informed consent process for patients undergoing surgery at QECH in Malawi.
Hydrocephalus, healing, and disrupted daily living: exploring maternal experiences at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
Malawi Med J
January 2025
Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
Background: Each year, nearly 400,000 new cases of paediatric hydrocephalus are estimated to occur worldwide, and almost half of these cases are expected to affect children in Africa. At Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), an urban tertiary hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, located in south-east Africa, around 200 children received neurosurgical treatment for hydrocephalus in 2023. These children require lifelong follow-up and care, which places significant demands on their caregivers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCombined associations of education and health literacy with preventive dental visits in patients with diabetes: a nationwide cross-sectional study.
Diabetol Int
January 2025
Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Japan.
Aim: Oral health is important in patients with diabetes. While health literacy may promote preventive dental visits, the evidence is sparse among them. Additionally, because education is indicated as a determinant of health literacy, none clarified whether health literacy can mitigate educational inequalities in healthcare-seeking behaviors.
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