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Am J Community Psychol
January 2025
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Illinois Department of Central Management and Triton College, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Immigrants and refugees in the United States often face significant barriers in accessing social services, including mental health support, legal assistance, ESL or related education, housing, vocational training, workforce resources, transportation, and citizenship support. This article explores the strengths and challenges of community-based organizations welcoming centers (CBO WC) in Illinois that serve these populations, including people with disabilities, in culturally appropriate and inclusive ways. The Immigrant and Refugee-Led Capacity Development Network of Illinois, based at the University of Illinois Chicago, collaborated with the state's Office of Welcoming Centers to explore the service capacities of 17 CBO grantees.
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January 2025
University of Health Sciences, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey.
Background: Asthma is one of the most common causes of chronic respiratory disease, and countries with low socioeconomic status have both a high prevalence of asthma and asthma-related death.
Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine socioeconomic levels of asthmatic patients according to a national database and investigate the effects of social markers on disease control in our region.
Methods: This is an analysis of data from 2053 adult asthma patients from a multicentre chart study in Turkey.
Appl Nurs Res
February 2025
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Nursing Research Center, Tukholmankatu 8F, P.O. Box 442, FIN-00029 HUS, Finland; Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address:
Aims: This study aims to describe how newly hired nurses assess the quality of the orientation in acute care settings in a university hospital.
Background: Orientation for newly hired nurses in acute care settings, where special competence, ability to collaborate with different professional groups, and wide technical and technological skills are required, is crucial to ensure patient safety and high-quality standards in nursing care.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design was applied.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Family physician program is one of the effective reforms of the health system in Iran, but despite the implementation of this program in rural areas and the passage of ten years since its implementation in two provinces of Fars and Mazandaran, its implementation has faced problems. The aim of this study is to identify and prioritize implementation solutions related to the challenges of the family physician program in Iran.
Methods: This is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 22 snowball-sampled experts and managers of basic health insurers to extract problems and executive solutions through coding and data analysis using Atlas Ti software and content analysis in the first stage.
Sci Data
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
As the occurrence of human diseases and conditions increase, questions continue to arise about their linkages to chemical exposure, especially for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Currently, many chemicals of concern have limited experimental information available for their use in analytical assessments. Here, we aim to increase this knowledge by providing the scientific community with multidimensional characteristics for 175 PFAS and their resulting 281 ion types.
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