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January 2025
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (FST), Dan Dicko Dankoulodo University of Maradi, Maradi, Niger.
Climate change affects peri-urban agricultural systems. However, most studies on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) often focused on climate-smart villages in the Sahel region. This study investigated peri-urban farming systems in West African Sahel cities.
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January 2025
Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA , Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02130, USA.
Background: Drug use trends change rapidly among youth, leaving intervention experts struggling to respond promptly. Delays in responses can lead to preventable morbidity and mortality. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for implementation science to facilitate rapid, equitable responses using existing treatment and prevention efforts.
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January 2025
School of Public Health, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa City Administration, P.O. Box 1271, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Background: Colostrum is the first form of milk produced immediately following the delivery of a newborn. It is highly nutritious and contains antibodies to protect the newborn against disease and crucial for the newborn's health Despite its benefits, some mothers avoid giving colostrum to their newborns.
Objective: This study aims to assess the prevalence and factors associated with colostrum avoidance among postnatal mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Public Health Manag Pract
January 2025
Author Affiliations: School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University (LSU) & LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Dr Houghtaling, Ms Pradhananga, and Dr Holston); Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (Dr Houghtaling); Center for Nutrition & Health Impact, Omaha, Nebraska (Drs Houghtaling and Balis); and Agricultural and Extension Education and Evaluation, Louisiana State University (LSU) & LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Dr Cater).
Context: The National Cooperative Extension System is a leader in delivering healthy eating and active living (HEAL) policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes; however, these interventions are challenging, and technical assistance efforts often misalign with implementation science concepts.
Objective: The study objective was to understand the importance of implementation strategies and tailoring needs to support Louisiana Nutrition and Community Health (NCH) practitioners' delivery of rural HEAL PSE changes.
Design: An explanatory sequential mixed method study design was used, including a survey to rank the importance of implementation strategies for HEAL PSE changes and a follow-up interview.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol
January 2025
Speech Pathologist, Western Sydney Local Health District, North Parramatta, NSW, USA.
Purpose: This preliminary study sought to explore speech-language pathology students' perspectives of a novel placement experience embedding traditional and non-traditional placement and supervisory model-elements in a hospital setting.
Method: A mixed-method sequential explanatory design was used, incorporating an online survey comprising of 26 questions and a focus group. Descriptive statistics were obtained and a reflexive thematic approach was used to analyse the transcripts.
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