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JAMA Netw Open
December 2024
Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education (NICHE), Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation, Hong Kong, China.
Importance: Domiciliary noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is a standard treatment for improving health outcomes among patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF). However, poor adherence substantially limits its therapeutic effectiveness.
Objective: To determine the effect of an information-motivation-behavioral (IMB) skills-based intervention (IMB-NIV program) on NIV adherence, patient-reported health outcomes, and health service use among patients with CHRF.
J Rural Health
January 2025
Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, USA.
Purpose: To estimate the rate of ambulatory care use among postpartum persons by rurality of residence and pregnancy-related conditions.
Methods: We used Maine Health Data Organization's All Payer Claims Data for persons who delivered between 2007 and 2019 (N = 121,905). We estimated rates of ambulatory care (nonemergency department outpatient health care) utilization during the first 24 months' postpartum by level of rurality (urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated rural) and by pregnancy-related conditions (prenatal depression, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and gestational diabetes).
Lancet Reg Health West Pac
January 2025
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia.
Background: Data on impact of financial penalties for non-vaccination are sparse. Australia has required full vaccination for government family assistance payment eligibility since 1998. In 2016, the No Jab, No Pay (NJNP) policy removed registered non-medical objection as exemption option and increased eligibility assessment to yearly.
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December 2024
Grupo Peruano de Investigación en Medicamentos, Políticas y Servicios Farmacéuticos (GPIMPSF), Carrera de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú.
Introduction: Shortage of medicines in Peruvian healthcare facilities is a significant public health issue that may affect patient satisfaction.
Objective: To estimate the association between access to medicines and the level of satisfaction with the received care from users of healthcare facilities in Peru during 2016.
Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2016 National Survey of User Satisfaction in Health (ENSUSALUD).
PLoS One
December 2024
Department of Zoological Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a significant public health threat. In Kenya, schools are targeted for public education to promote knowledge and attitudes towards the proper use of antimicrobials. However, there are limited studies that have investigated teachers' knowledge and attitudes on antibiotic use.
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