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J Rural Health
January 2025
Department of Health Disparities Research, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Purpose: This qualitative study assessed internet access and use, barriers and facilitators to participating in digital health interventions or programs, and the engagement experience in virtual versus in-person health interventions among rural adults and rural cancer survivors.
Methods: Rural adults (n = 10) and rural cancer survivors (n = 10) were recruited from previous studies to participate in an in-depth interview. The interview guide contained eight open-ended questions related to participation in technology-based programs.
J Eval Clin Pract
February 2025
School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Background: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are moving toward greater consideration of population-level differences, like health inequities, when creating management recommendations. CPGs have the potential to reduce or perpetuate health inequities. The intrinsic design factors of electronic interfaces that contain CPGs are known barriers to guideline use.
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January 2025
Psychiatric University Clinic of Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Berlin, Germany.
Background: Migrant female sex workers (MFSWs) can be exposed to various health risks due to their occupation, including mental and physical health, substance use, and experience of violence. However, they face substantial barriers to accessing healthcare services. The inadequate access to medical care for migrant female sex workers poses a challenge to the German healthcare system.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences.
Introduction: Informed consent is critical to medical practice, and a clearly outlined process that results in signing the consent form may improve the validity of the given consent. There is a paucity of studies in Malawi that have assessed the informed consent process in surgical patients.
Aim: To assess the informed consent process for patients undergoing surgery at QECH in Malawi.
Malawi Med J
January 2025
Department of Health Systems and Policy, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
Background: Each year, nearly 400,000 new cases of paediatric hydrocephalus are estimated to occur worldwide, and almost half of these cases are expected to affect children in Africa. At Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), an urban tertiary hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, located in south-east Africa, around 200 children received neurosurgical treatment for hydrocephalus in 2023. These children require lifelong follow-up and care, which places significant demands on their caregivers.
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