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Research has established the impact of paternal depression on fathering behaviors and child outcomes. Despite this, less is known about the mechanisms linking paternal depressive symptomology to paternal warmth, particularly regarding the role of parenting stress and beliefs in the centrality of the paternal role. The aim of this study was to examine factors potentially associated with paternal warmth.

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Objectives: This study aimed to identify and evaluate psychological interventions or strategies designed to reduce relocation stress in older people making the permanent transition into residential aged care.

Method: A scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was conducted. An electronic search of nine databases and the search engine google scholar was completed in December 2022.

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This study examines Sexual Homicide (SH) cases, analyzing the transition to cold cases through a non-discretionary lens. Utilizing the SH International Database, it explores the interplay between offender behavior, victim characteristics, and crime context. Advanced methodologies, including sequential logistic regression and Artificial Neural Networks, identify key predictors of case resolution.

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Introduction: Youth involvement in violence and delinquency has received widespread attention in the literature. However, little is known about youth involvement in political violence, especially among youth who live in conflict areas. The current study examined the mechanisms that underlie youth involvement in serious physical and political violence.

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Introduction: To estimate the effect of social media use in 14 year olds on risk of and inequalities in cigarette, e-cigarette, and dual use at 17 years, using the UK-representative Millennium Cohort Study (born 2000-2002).

Aims And Methods: The relationship of time spent on social media (using questionnaires [n = 8987] and time-use-diaries [n = 2520]) with cigarette, e-cigarette, and dual use was estimated using adjusted odds ratios (AORs) or relative risk ratios (ARRRs). Effect modification was examined (using parental education as an indicator for socioeconomic circumstances) by comparing adjusted risk differences within low and high-parental education groups.

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Sense of failure in end of life care: Perspectives from physicians and nurses.

Soc Sci Med

May 2024

Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address:

Limited knowledge exists regarding sensed failure resulting provision of end-of-life (EOL) care. Among medical health professionals (MHP), a sense of failure is associated with impaired patientcare and reduced worker wellbeing, including higher rates of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. As part of a larger mixed-methods study on the effects of EOL-care provision on MHP in general hospitals, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 22 physicians and nurses at three tertiary Israeli hospitals, representing a wide range of medical specialties, training, experience, and cultural backgrounds.

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Background: Cocreation has the potential to engage people with lived and living experiences in the design and evaluation of health and social services. However, guidance is needed to better include people from equity-deserving groups (EDGs), who are more likely to face barriers to participation, experience ongoing or historical harm, and benefit from accessible methods of engagement.

Objective: The aim of this international forum (CoPro2022) was to advance a collective vision for equity-based cocreation.

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Background: Substance use in adolescence is associated with multiple negative outcomes. Lesbian, gay, or bisexual or transgender or nonbinary (TNB) youth, and those who question their sexual orientation or gender, are more likely to engage in substance use than straight or cisgender youth. However, the extant literature largely considers sexual orientation and gender identity independently.

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Association of food insecurity with health, access to care, affordability of care, financial burden of care, and financial hardships among US adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public Health

May 2024

Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, 650 Charles Young Dr. S., Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. Electronic address:

Objectives: To examine the associations between food insecurity and health, access to care, affordability of care, financial burden of care, and financial hardships among US adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine whether the associations were less pronounced among adults with safety nets.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal cohort study using the 2020-2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Methods: Linear probability models were used to assess the associations between food insecurity in one year and the outcomes of interest in the following year while adjusting for baseline characteristics.

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Motives for Vaccination Against COVID-19 Among the Ultra-orthodox Jewish Community in Israel.

J Relig Health

August 2024

Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

According to official data, the ultra-Orthodox group in Israel had the highest COVID-19 infection rate yet the lowest vaccination rate compared to the general population. The present study aimed to explore the rate of vaccine uptake as well as reported reasons for vaccine avoidance. In addition, we examined whether several protection motivation theory (PMT) components are good predictors of vaccine uptake.

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Background: Preschoolers are at an increased risk of experiencing abuse, especially from caregivers. Early child abuse has adverse continuances on children's short and long-term development. The majority of previous studies were conducted in the 1990s in the United States, focusing primarily on sexual abuse.

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Background: Co-creation approaches, such as co-design and co-production, aspire to power-sharing and collaboration between service providers and service users, recognising the specific insights each group can provide to improve health and other public services. However, an intentional focus on equity-based approaches grounded in lived experience and epistemic justice is required considering entrenched structural inequities between service-users and service-providers in public and institutional spaces where co-creation happens.

Objectives: This paper presents a Charter of tenets and principles to foster a new era of 'Equity-based Co-Creation' (EqCC).

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Introduction: Supporting the health and well-being of older Australians necessitates the implementation of effective and sustainable community-based interventions. Rural settings, however, pose unique challenges to intervention implementation and sustainability, with limited research exploring strategies employed to overcome these complexities.

Objective: To identify enabling strategies that support the sustainable implementation of community-based health and well-being interventions for older adults in rural Australia.

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  • People with social anxiety face vulnerabilities related to how they see themselves, their emotions, and how they think and remember things.
  • Research on social anxiety looks at personal feelings (like emotions) and social behaviors (like getting along with others) to understand what makes it hard for people to connect.
  • To make progress, researchers from different fields need to work together and share ideas about social anxiety.
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Age-Friendly Health Systems and cultural relevancy: Exploring the geriatrics 4Ms model with Native Hawaiian Elders.

J Am Geriatr Soc

August 2024

Pacific Islands Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

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Background: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, protection and isolation measures established by the Canadian and Quebec governments have directly affected the work of health and social professionals (HSPs). These measures have added pressure on HSPs, complexified their work and added tasks to their already busy workload. However, few studies have explored in depth the impacts of the pandemic on HSPs working with people with disabilities.

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Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a significant risk factor for intimate relationship and marital quality. However, there has been limited research exploring the underlying mechanisms of this link, with most studies focusing on individuals, while not considering the dyadic context and reciprocal influences within intimate relationships. Intimate relationships entail mutual processes, where each partner's abusive experiences can affect the partner's marital quality.

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  • Parents' sensitivity in raising children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) hinges on their insightfulness and resolution regarding the child's diagnosis, with studies suggesting this applies to fathers as well.
  • The study observed 80 preschool boys with ASD and their parents, finding that more insightful fathers and resolved mothers demonstrated greater sensitivity in their interactions with their child.
  • While a connection was observed between parental insightfulness and resolution, and their positive interactions with each other, no direct correlation was found between the insights of fathers and the resolutions of mothers impacting their sensitivity levels.
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Achieving a good-quality death for children with cancer is as paramount as saving their life, given its implications for both the children's end-of-life quality and the grief journey of their parents. This study explored factors contributing to a good death for children with cancer, as perceived by bereaved parents in South Korea. A retrospective survey was conducted, involving 58 bereaved parents of a child who died of cancer.

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  • The study investigates how seasonal changes may affect the accuracy of toenail measurements of various metals and trace elements, which is important for epidemiological research on long-term health effects.
  • Conducted with participants from the Sister Study, the research analyzed toenail clippings for elements like iron, aluminum, and lead, finding significant seasonal trends, particularly peaking around mid-August for many elements.
  • The findings emphasize the need to adjust for these seasonal variations in future studies to enhance the precision of health outcome associations linked to trace element exposure.
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Background: Supported self-management interventions, which assist individuals in actively understanding and managing their own health conditions, have a robust evidence base for chronic physical illnesses, such as diabetes, but have been underused for long-term mental health conditions.

Objective: This study aims to co-design and user test a mental health supported self-management intervention, My Personal Recovery Plan (MyPREP), that could be flexibly delivered via digital and traditional paper-based mediums.

Methods: This study adopted a participatory design, user testing, and rapid prototyping methodologies, guided by 2 frameworks: the 2021 Medical Research Council framework for complex interventions and an Australian co-production framework.

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Kindergarten teachers are expected to lead the intervention process in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) in their kindergarten. This study examines the proactive role of Druze and Muslim Arab kindergarten teachers in addressing and coping with the CSA of their kindergarten students in Israel. A qualitative thematic analysis was used to investigate the semi-structured interviews conducted with eight Druze Arab and six Muslim Arab kindergarten teachers.

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