Primary health care service utilisation before and after entry into long-term care in Australia.

Objectives: To examine utilisation of primary health care services (subsidised by the Australian Government, Medicare Benefits Schedule, MBS) before and after entry into long-term care (LTC) in Australia.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of older people (aged ≥65 years) who entered LTC in Australia between 2012 and 2016 using the Historical Cohort of the Registry of Senior Australians. MBS-subsidised general attendances (general practitioner (GP), medical and nurse practitioners), health assessment and management plans, allied health, mental health services and selected specialist attendances accessed in 91-day periods 12 months before and after LTC entry were examined.

Newly graduated nurses' commitment to the nursing profession and their workplace during their first year of employment: A focused ethnography.

Background: The commitment of nurses to their profession and workplace is closely linked to the delivery of high-quality patient care. Existing literature highlights the positive impact of commitment on care quality and patient outcomes. Conversely, a lack of commitment can lead to nurse burnout and disengagement.

An integrated review: connecting Covid-era hospital visiting policies to family engagement.

Introduction: Family engagement and patient-family-centered care are vitally important to improve outcomes for patients, families, providers, hospitals, and communities. Both constructs prioritize providers forming partnerships with patients and their families. The domains of family-engaged care include presence, communication, shared-decision making, family needs, contribution to care, and collaboration at the institutional level.

Uptake of Nanoplastic particles by zebrafish embryos triggers the macrophage response at early developmental stage.

Plastic pollution continues to erupt as a global ecological concern. As plastic debris is degraded into nanoscale and microscale particles via biodegradation, UV-irradiation, and mechanical processes, nanoplastic pollution arises as a threat to virtually every biological and ecological system on the planet. In this study, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to fluorescently labeled plastic particles at nanoscales (30 nm and 100 nm).

A scoping review protocol of the lived experiences of doing a PhD in Africa.

Objective: This scoping review aims to investigate the available literature on the lived experiences of doing a PhD in African Universities.

Introduction: The continent of Africa still contributes a minimal amount of research towards global research outputs. The need for increased research capacity and outputs have been identified as priority for growth and development.

Perceptions of primary health care nurses and general practitioners in the care of older people with urinary incontinence.

Aims: To identify the challenges and opportunities among primary health care nurses and general practitioners (GPs) in the care of older people with urinary incontinence (UI) and other chronic conditions in China.

Background: UI is highly prevalent among community-dwelling older people with chronic conditions but is underreported and poorly managed. Understanding the factors that affect primary health care professionals' practices in their care for this population is imperative to foster nurse-led UI care services.

Supportive care needs of patients who had a stroke: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: Incidences of stroke are on the rise and approximately 80 million stroke survivors worldwide live with disabilities. Supportive care needs of stroke survivors are not adequately defined, and the assessment tools to help care service providers identify these needs are unclear. The overall aim of this scoping review will be to map the supportive care needs of stroke survivors against the Supportive Care Needs Framework.

Factors Affecting Physical and Technical Performance in Australian Football.

Wing, C, Hart, NH, Ma'ayah, F, and Nosaka, K. Factors affecting physical and technical performance in Australian football. J Strength Cond Res 37(9): 1844-1851, 2023-This study assessed player (i.

The Affordable Care Act and child asthma: Lowering health care barriers by raising our voices.

Background: This policy discussion addresses the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that impact children with asthma.

Purpose: The purpose of this policy paper is to inform health care professionals and lawmakers about ACA provisions affecting pediatric asthma care and provide recommendations for policy changes that can improve equitable care for children with asthma.

Methods: The issues addressed involve discrimination, Medicaid policy oversight, quality improvement stategy, data collection, school-based health care funding, accountable care organization reimbursement, and the extension of dependent coverage.

Netnography: A novel methodology for nursing research.

Aim: The aim of this paper is to critically reflect on our team's experience of using netnography to explore vaccine-hesitant parents and pregnant women, a group who have traditionally been difficult to recruit to research studies and a methodology that is underutilized in nursing research.

Design: This paper takes the form of a discussion paper that will utilize data obtained from a qualitative netnographic study. Relevant literature was searched including 2015-2023.

New graduate nurses' delivery of patient care: A focused ethnography.

Aim: To explore factors influencing newly graduated nurses' delivery of direct care in acute care hospital settings.

Design: Qualitative study using focused ethnography.

Methods: During the period from March to June 2022, a total of ten newly graduated nurses were purposively sampled, and data were collected through 96 h of participant observation as well as ten semi-structured interviews.

Pushed to the Fringe - The Impact of Vaccine Hesitancy on Children and Families.

Vaccine hesitancy has been described as any delay or refusal of vaccines despite their availability and is increasing in Australia and other middle to high-income countries. The aim of this study is to gain a deep understanding of the experiences and influences on vaccine hesitant children and their families. A qualitative interview approach was undertaken with vaccine hesitant parents and pregnant women ( = 12).

In it for the long haul: the complexities of managing overweight in family practice: qualitative thematic analysis from the Health eLiteracy for Prevention in General Practice (HeLP-GP) trial.

Background: Australia has one of the highest rates of overweight and obesity in the developed world, and this increasing prevalence and associated chronic disease morbidity reinforces the importance of understanding the attitudes, views, and experiences of patients and health providers towards weight management interventions and programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate patients, family practitioners and family practice nurses' perceptions and views regarding the receipt or delivery of weight management within the context of the HeLP-GP intervention.

Methods: A nested qualitative study design including semi-structured interviews with family practitioners (n = 8), family practice nurses (n = 4), and patients (n = 25) attending family practices in New South Wales (n = 2) and South Australia (n = 2).

Anxiety subtypes in rural ischaemic stroke survivors: A latent profile analysis.

Aim: To determine the potential profile classes of anxiety reported by ischaemic stroke survivors in rural China, and to explore the characteristics of patients having different types of post-stroke anxiety.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by using convenience sampling to collect data from 661 ischaemic stroke survivors in rural Anyang city, Henan Province, China, from July 2021 to September 2021.

Development and evaluation of a co-designed website for delivering interactive self-directed cardiac rehabilitation.

Aims: The aim of this study is to report on the development and evaluation of the co-designed website for delivering interactive self-directed cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

Methods And Results: Multi-method user experience design framework was used to co-design the web application and complete usability testing. Participants were recruited based on their eligibility for CR.

Factors influencing the delivery of nutritional care by nurses for hospitalised medical patients with malnutrition; a qualitative study.

Objectives: To describe an insight into nursing nutritional care delivery in the hospital from the perspectives of observed nursing care and an exploration of multidisciplinary attitudes and experiences with patient participation in nutritional care.

Background: The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalised patients continues to be high. Nurses' essential role in the identification and treatment of malnutrition is an important aspect of the fundamentals of care.

Preseason Body Composition Is Associated With In-season Player Availability in Elite Male Australian Footballers.

McCaskie, CJ, Sim, M, Newton, RU, Heasman, J, Rogalski, B, and Hart, NH. Preseason body composition is associated with in-season player availability in elite male Australian footballers. J Strength Cond Res 37(5): 1089-1095, 2023-The purpose of this study was to examine whether end of preseason body composition characteristics was associated with in-season match availability and injury.

Exploration of Ward-Based Nurses' Perspectives on Their Preparedness to Recognize Clinical Deterioration: A Scoping Review.

Background: Despite initiatives in the early recognition of clinical deterioration, the incidence of failure to recognize clinical deterioration in patients continues to occur contributing to the ongoing rise of in-hospital mortality and morbidity.

Objective: The aim of the study was to explore and appraise the research evidence that related to ward-based nurses' preparedness to recognize the clinically deteriorating patient.

Methods: A scoping review was undertaken as this approach enabled the researchers to investigate the breadth of the available evidence through broad inclusion criteria.

Replicating Maximum Periods of Play in Australian Football Matches Through Position-Specific Drills.

Wing, C, Hart, NH, Ma'ayah, F, and Nosaka, K. Replicating maximum periods of play in Australian football matches through position-specific drills. J Strength Cond Res 37(8): 1628-1633, 2023-This study evaluated whether a position-specific drill replicates the running intensities of maximum ball in play (BiP) phases in competitive matches of Australian football (AF).

Clinical practice guideline recommendations for the management of challenging behaviours after traumatic brain injury in acute hospital and inpatient rehabilitation settings: a systematic review.

Purpose: Clinical practice guideline (CPG) recommendations for the management of challenging behaviours after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in hospital and inpatient rehabilitation settings are sparse. This systematic review aims to identify and appraise CPGs, and report high-quality recommendations for challenging behaviours after TBI in hospital and rehabilitation settings.

Materials And Methods: A three-step search strategy was conducted to identify CPGs that met inclusion criteria.

Impact of Early COVID-19 Waves on Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery in Australia: A National Survey.

Background: The novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly disrupted health care, especially outpatient services such as cardiac rehabilitation (CR). We investigated the impact of early COVID-19 waves on the delivery of Australian CR programs, comparing this time period with usual practice prior to the pandemic (2019) and current practice (2021) once the early waves had subsided. Specifically, we aimed to understand how the delivery of programs during COVID-19 compared to usual practice.

The Benefits to Bone Health in Children and Pre-School Children with Additional Exercise Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: Determine if exercise interventions, beyond what is already provided to children and preschool children, improve bone health and reduce fracture incidence.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis reported using the PRISMA guidelines. Certainty of evidence was assessed using GRADE recommendations.