4 results match your criteria: "c Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health[Affiliation]"
Cannabis Use Disorder and Perioperative Outcomes in Major Elective Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
Anesthesiology
April 2020
From the Department of Anesthesiology, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (A.G., N.K.J., H.C.) Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (A.G., B.M., M.A.M.) Division of Vascular Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (B.M.) Department of Anesthesia and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (N.K.J., D.N.W., K.S.L.) Department of Anesthesia and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (D.N.W., K.S.L.) Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (M.A.M.) Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (B.T.B.) Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (L.P.K.).
Background: Although cannabis is known to have cardiovascular and psychoactive effects, the implications of its use before surgery are currently unknown. The objective of the present study was to determine whether patients with an active cannabis use disorder have an elevated risk of postoperative complications.
Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study of patients undergoing elective surgery in the United States using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2006 to 2015.
Healthcare providers' understanding of HIV serodiscordance in South Africa and Uganda: implications for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.
Afr J AIDS Res
July 2018
d Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Global Health and Division of Infectious Disease, Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
HIV transmission within stable heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples accounts for almost half the new incident infections in South Africa and Uganda. Advances in HIV prevention provide opportunities to reduce transmission risk within serodiscordant partnerships (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe health literacy dyad: the contribution of future GPs in England.
Educ Prim Care
September 2017
c Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston , MA , USA.
Background: Health literacy studies have primarily focused on the cognitive and social skills of individuals needed to gain access to, understand, and use health information. This area of study is undergoing a paradigm shift with increased attention being paid to the skills of practitioners and an examination of their contribution to the link between literacy and health outcomes. The aim of this study was to describe the health literacy related competencies of General Practice (GP) trainees who will soon be responsible for the clinical encounter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFollow YOUR Heart: development of an evidence-based campaign empowering older women with HIV to participate in a large-scale cardiovascular disease prevention trial.
HIV Clin Trials
March 2017
a Program in Nutritional Metabolism , Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston , MA , USA.
Background: Women's under-representation in HIV and cardiovascular disease (CVD) research suggests a need for novel strategies to ensure robust representation of women in HIV-associated CVD research.
Objective: To elicit perspectives on CVD research participation among a community-sample of women with or at risk for HIV, and to apply acquired insights toward the development of an evidence-based campaign empowering older women with HIV to participate in a large-scale CVD prevention trial.
Methods: In a community-based setting, we surveyed 40 women with or at risk for HIV about factors which might facilitate or impede engagement in CVD research.