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Black:white inequities in infant mortality across the 69 most populous US cities, 2018-2021.
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The United States has poor birth outcomes, including high rates of infant mortality and substantial racial inequities, compared to other developed nations. However, both overall mortality rates and racial inequities in rates vary across locations, emphasizing the structural forces that shape population health. We used mortality and natality data from the National Vital Statistics System to assess racial inequities in infant mortality rates within the most populous US cities for 2018-2021.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelf-compassion in Nursing Students and Its Correlations With Moral Intelligence, and Moral Perfectionism: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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Atlantica Instituto Universitario, Gestao em Saude, Oeiras, Portugal.
Dysphagia is a high-profile dysfunction that often occurs after a stroke, with a prevalence of 50%-80%. Post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) often leads to serious complications such as pneumonia and malnutrition, reducing the quality of life and leading to poor prognosis or even death. PSD causes these adverse physical and psychological impairments to patients, which becomes a challenge for both patients and physicians.
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