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Mpox: emergence following smallpox eradication, ongoing outbreaks and strategies for prevention.
Curr Opin Infect Dis
January 2025
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Purpose Of Review: This review focuses on the temporal relationship between the discontinuation of the global smallpox eradication effort with the rise of mpox in Africa and worldwide. It also discusses the global 2022 clade II mpox epidemic and the current 2024 clade I mpox outbreak. Newer findings on viral evolution and pathogenesis, plus current and future strategies for disease prevention, are reviewed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEducational Disparities in Age-related Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use across Age, Gender, and European Region.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
January 2025
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
Objectives: Affecting one in five adults in Europe, hearing loss (HL) is linked to adverse health outcomes, including dementia. We aim to investigate educational inequalities in hearing health in Europe and how these inequalities change with age, gender, and region.
Methods: Utilizing 2004-2020 data from the Harmonised Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), a representative sample of Europeans aged 50 and above, we analyse: 1) age-standardized prevalence of HL and hearing aid (HA) use among eligible individuals; 2) educational inequalities therein using the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) across age, gender, and European regions.
Learning About Their Condition: The Gradual Path of Young People With Childhood-Onset Motor Disabilities.
Acta Paediatr
January 2025
Paediatric Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aim: Young people with childhood-onset motor disabilities face unique challenges in understanding and managing their condition. This study explored how they learnt about their condition.
Method: A descriptive qualitative study was conducted in 2023-2024 at a Swiss paediatric neurorehabilitation unit.
Supervised Toothbrushing Programmes: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
January 2025
School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Objectives: Supervised toothbrushing programmes (STPs), whereby children brush their teeth at nursery or school with a fluoride toothpaste under staff supervision, are a clinically and cost-effective intervention to reduce dental caries. However, uptake is varied, and the reasons unknown. The aim was to use an implementation science approach to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders on the barriers and facilitators at each level of implementation of STPs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPediatric Sleep Quality and Parental Stress in Neuromuscular Disorders: Descriptive Analytical Study.
Asian Pac Isl Nurs J
January 2025
Nursing Care Research Center, Clinical Sciences Institute, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Vanak Square, Tehran, Iran, 98 9127297199.
Background: Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders that affect motor neurons, neuromuscular junctions, and muscle fibers, resulting in symptoms such as muscle weakness, fatigue, and reduced mobility. These conditions significantly affect patients' quality of life and impose a substantial burden on caregivers. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a relatively common NMD in children that presents in various types with varying degrees of severity.
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