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Identification of population multimorbidity patterns in 3.9 million patients from Bogota in 2018.

Glob Epidemiol

December 2024

Department of Epidemiology, UTHealth Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Center for Pediatric Population Health, Department of Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School, Houston, USA.

Background: Multimorbidity has emerged as a challenge for health systems due to its association with adverse clinical outcomes. Given the limited information available on multimorbidity, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, this study characterizes multimorbidity patterns in the population of Bogotá, Colombia in 2018.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we analyzed 16 million medical consultation records from Bogotá reported in the National Service Delivery Records in 2018.

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Background: The purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of physical activity research and the comprehensiveness of national physical activity policies and surveillance systems in Canada.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted by the Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA! ) on physical activity and health publications between 1950 and 2019. Findings from Canada were extracted and included in the present analysis.

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Article Synopsis
  • This article analyzes the growth of physical activity and health research in China from 1950 to 2019, focusing on 610 publications that included data collected in China.
  • The findings show a significant increase in publications over time, from just one per year in the 1990s to an average of 47 per year in the 2010s, with most research concentrated on correlates, determinants, and health consequences of physical activity.
  • The study also highlights that female authorship in these publications increased from 64% in the 1990s to 90% in the 2010s, while research on interventions and policy remains relatively scarce compared to other areas.
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Pregnancy termination for fetal anomaly (TFA) is a unique experience that can cause women to develop long-term complicated grief. Although a woman's experience with her healthcare providers has been previously identified as an important factor in coping, studies have shown that many women report their health care as lacking to some extent. Given the overlap in women's needs and the practice scope of a genetic counselor (GC), this study aimed to examine how genetic counseling may impact coping and explore women's expectations of GCs pre- and post-TFA.

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The individualized learning plan (ILP) is a tool that promotes self-directed learning. The aim of this pilot study was to look at the perception of the ILPs in United States senior medical school students as a way to improve their learning experience during their advanced practice clerkship. We conducted a survey of graduating medical students that contained both quantitative and open-ended questions regarding the students' experiences with the ILP during their advanced practice clerkship from July 2014 to March 2016.

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