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A randomized controlled, trial on effects of mobile phone text messaging in combination with motivational interviewing versus standard infant feeding counselling on breastfeeding and child health outcomes, among women living with HIV.
Int Breastfeed J
January 2025
Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Francie van Zijl Drive, PO Box 241, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa.
Background: Despite efforts to promote optimal breastfeeding practices, the practice of exclusive breastfeeding is low in South Africa. We conducted a trial to determine whether text messaging plus motivational interviewing prolonged exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life and improved child health outcomes.
Methods: We conducted a randomized parallel group-controlled trial between July 2022 and May 2024, at a secondary-level healthcare facility.
Implementation of Electives in Emergency Medicine for Medical Undergraduates and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness.
Indian J Crit Care Med
December 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Father Muller Medical College, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.
Aims And Background: Competency-based medical education has been widely accepted across the globe and it has been adopted in the undergraduate curriculum in India from 2019. One introduction to this curriculum is the Electives postings. Electives are chosen by the students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDr. George Papanicolaou: Inventor of the Pap Smear and Father of Modern Cytology.
Cureus
December 2024
Research, Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, Winter Garden, USA.
The Pap smear is widely recognized in medicine as the single most successful contributor to cancer screening and preventative care. Women have Dr. George Papanicolaou (1870-1962) to thank for this groundbreaking contribution to their healthcare-a discovery that, fascinatingly, was made incidentally during his study of ovulation cycles in guinea pigs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChildhood heart disease and parental emotional wellbeing: a predictive model to explain the perception of quality of life in children and adolescents.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
January 2025
Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Rome, 00193, Italy.
Background: The number of people living with congenital heart disease (CHD) in 2017 was estimated to be 12 million, which was 19% higher than that in 1990. However, their death rate declined by 35%, emphasizing the importance of monitoring their quality of life due to its impact on several patient outcomes. The main objective of this study is to analyze how parents' psychosocial factors contribute to children's and adolescents' perceptions of their QoL, focusing on their medical condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and associated factors of psychiatric problems in children aged 6-18 years with type-1 diabetes mellitus in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
BMC Endocr Disord
December 2024
Departemnt of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic illnesses in children with multiple psychosocial, economic and developmental effects. Psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, psychological distress, and eating disorders are more common in diabetic patients than the non-diabetic once. The main objective of our study was to assess Prevalence and associated factors of psychiatric problems in children aged 6-18 years with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Gondar, Ethiopia.
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