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Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm
March 2025
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Background: The primary goals of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) are to avoid pharmaceutical mistakes, facilitate accessible therapy, and encourage patients to actively participate in their health management.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine patients' perceptions of MTM services, evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of Community Health Center (CHC) pharmacists regarding MTM services, and develop strategies to improve MTM services in CHCs.
Methods: A mixed-method approach was designed in three parts.
J Public Health Manag Pract
November 2024
Author Affiliations: Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina (Ms Draper, Dr Younginer, and Mr Samin); Center for Excellence in Public Health, University of New England, Portland, Maine (Dr Rodriguez and Ms Bruno); and Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Balestracci).
Objective: The study examines: 1) impacts of COVID-19 on the work of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) implementers, 2) facilitators and barriers experienced in making adaptations, and 3) factors that would have helped with preparedness to adapt.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A purposive sample of 181 SNAP-Ed program implementers from across five states completed a survey or interview based on the study aims. Quantitative data was summarized with descriptive statistics and qualitative data was analyzed thematically.
Int J Surg
December 2024
Department of Gynecological and Breast Surgery and Oncology, Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), University Hospital, Paris, France.
Background: Unlike other medical specialties, surgery is primarily learned through apprenticeship, by observing surgeons in action during operations. However, the increasing number of medical students and work-hour restrictions limit opportunities for learning in the operating room (OR). These circumstances call for novel technologies, such as immersive video.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Res Policy Syst
January 2025
Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
During public health crises such as pandemics, governments must rapidly adopt and implement wide-reaching policies and programs ("public policy interventions"). A key takeaway from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was that although numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) focussed on drugs and vaccines, few policy experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of public policy interventions across various sectors on viral transmission and other consequences. Moreover, many quasi-experimental studies were of spurious quality, thus proving unhelpful for informing public policy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cancer Educ
January 2025
II Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Karowa 2 St, 00-315, Warsaw, Poland.
Advances in gynaecologic oncology research lead to continuous updates in clinical guidelines. However, undergraduate medical education often lacks in-depth coverage of recent developments, limiting students' preparedness for evidence-based management of gynaecological cancers. This study aimed to bridge the educational gap by integrating case-based analyses of practice-changing studies into the undergraduate obstetrics and gynaecology course.
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