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Introduction: In parallel with the obesity and diabetes epidemics, steatotic liver disease (SLD) has emerged as a major global public health concern. The mainstay of therapy is counseling on weight loss and increased exercise. However, such lifestyle modifications infrequently lead to success.

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Introduction: A repeated closed reduction ("re-reduction") of a displaced distal radius fracture is a common procedure performed to obtain satisfactory alignment and avoid surgery when the initial reduction is deemed unsatisfactory. However, the efficacy of re-reduction is unclear. Compared to a single closed reduction, does a re-reduction of a displaced distal radius fracture: (1) improve radiographic alignment at the time of fracture union and, (2) decrease the rate of operative intervention?

Materials And Methods: Retrospective cohort analysis of 99 adults aged 20-99 years with extra-articular or minimally displaced intra-articular, dorsally angulated, displaced distal radius fracture with or without an associated ulnar styloid fracture who underwent a re-reduction, compared against 99 adults matched for age and sex who were managed with a single reduction.

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Purpose: We aimed to identify subgroups of Hispanic/Latino (H/L) cancer survivors with distinct health behavior patterns and their associated sociodemographic, medical, and psychosocial characteristics.

Methods: Baseline data were used from a randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of an enhanced patient navigation intervention in H/L cancer survivors. Participants (n = 278) completed the Lifestyle Behavior Scale and validated questionnaires on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), supportive care needs, distress, and satisfaction with cancer care.

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Background: Multiresistant organisms (MROs) pose a critical threat to public health. Population-based programs for control of MROs such as carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) have emerged and evaluation is needed. We assessed the feasibility and impact of a statewide CPE surveillance and response program deployed across Victoria, Australia (population 6.

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Recent trends in invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Victoria.

Commun Dis Intell (2018)

March 2019

Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, 792 Elizabeth St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000

Background: Invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease can cause permanent disability and death. The incidence of iGAS has increased in many developed countries since the 1980s. iGAS disease is not nationally notifiable in Australia or at the state level in Victoria.

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The objectives of this systematic review were to: 1) identify evidence-based youth (i.e., infancy, pre-school age, school age, and adolescence) mental and behavioral health disorder preventive interventions conducted in or offered by primary care settings, and 2) describe these interventions' characteristics, efficacy, and clinical involvement.

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Implementation experts have recently argued for a process of "scaling out" evidence-based interventions, programs, and practices (EBPs) to improve reach to new populations and new service delivery systems. A process of planned adaptation is typically required to integrate EBPs into new service delivery systems and address the needs of targeted populations while simultaneously maintaining fidelity to core components. This process-oriented paper describes the application of an implementation science framework and coding system to the adaptation of the Family Check-Up (FCU), for a new clinical target and service delivery system-prevention of obesity and excess weight game in primary care.

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Considering the immense challenge of preventing obesity, the time has come to reconceptualise the way we study the obesity development in childhood. The developmental cascade model offers a longitudinal framework to elucidate the way cumulative consequences and spreading effects of risk and protective factors, across and within biopsychosocial spheres and phases of development, can propel individuals towards obesity. In this article, we use a theory-driven model-building approach and a scoping review that included 310 published studies to propose a developmental cascade model of paediatric obesity.

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