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Health Aff Sch
December 2024
The de Beaumont Foundation, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States.
The arrival of bird flu (H5N1) is a poignant reminder of the need for public health leaders to understand Americans' evolving perspectives on pandemic mitigation policies. To guide response efforts, we conducted a nationally representative opinion survey among 1017 U.S.
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December 2024
Behavioral Health, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan; Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan.
Background: Weight and shape overvaluation (WSO; undue influence of weight and shape on self-evaluation) is common among individuals undergoing bariatric surgery. Little is known about how WSO relates to poorer outcomes for patients remote from surgery.
Objectives: To examine associations between WSO with anxiety and depression symptoms and various maladaptive eating behaviors in patients up to 4 years post-bariatric surgery.
BMC Health Serv Res
December 2024
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
Introduction: Maternal death rates in Ghana have decreased overall but remain high in rural areas. The Maternal Death Surveillance and Response System (MDSR) aims to eliminate preventable maternal deaths effectively. However, its effectiveness is less pronounced at district and subdistrict levels than at national and regional levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Geriatr Psychiatry
November 2024
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (K.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Electronic address:
An increase in will challenges on the grounds of lack of capacity and undue influence is anticipated in the face of an imminent transfer of generational wealth by a growing elderly population with a high prevalence of cognitive impairment. Medical experts will be a necessary element of litigation to help the courts make the best legal determinations involving cognitive and psychiatric functions that may affect mental capacity and vulnerability to influence. We conducted the first systematic literature review using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses ("PRISMA") guidelines in order to identify articles that addressed a comprehensive medico-legal approach to the assessment of testamentary capacity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPediatr Neurol
October 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address:
Background: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a common cause of premature death in children and adults with epilepsy. People with epilepsy and their caregivers prefer the risk of SUDEP to be disclosed by their clinicians; however, few tools exist to support these conversations.
Methods: We aimed to (1) characterize SUDEP communication preferences of clinicians and caregivers of children with epilepsy, and (2) leverage these preferences to develop a conversation guide to support the discussion of SUDEP risk.
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