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Factors influencing client recall of contraceptive counseling at community-based distribution events in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Clients must recall information from contraceptive counseling sessions to properly use their chosen method. Client recall in community-based settings is challenging given the public nature of these events and ...

Authors: Rebecca E. Rosenberg, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Julie H. Hernandez and Jane T. Bertrand

District health managers perspectives of introducing a new service: a qualitative study of the community-based newborn care programme in Ethiopia

The planning, resourcing, implementation and monitoring of new programmes by district health managers is integral for success and sustainability. Ethiopia introduced the Community-Based Newborn Care programme ...

Authors: Della Berhanu, Iram Hashmi, Joanna Schellenberg and Bilal Avan

Correction to: Population health management in France: specifying population groups through the DRG system

Authors: A. Malone, S. Gomez, S. Finkel, D. Chourchoulis, E. Morcos, M. A. Loko, T. Gaches, D. Laplanche and S. Sanchez

An eReferral Management & Triage System for minor Oral surgery referrals from primary care dentists: a cost-effectiveness evaluation

Oral surgery referrals from NHS dental practices are rising, increasing the pressures on available hospital resources. We assess if an electronic referral system with consultant or peer (general dental practit...

Authors: Harry Hill, Stephen Birch, Martin Tickle, Iain Petty and Joanna Goldthorpe

Quantifying Covid19-vaccine location strategies for Germany

Vaccines are an important tool to limit the health and economic damage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Several vaccine candidates already provided promising effectiveness data, but it is crucial for an effective vac...

Authors: Neele Leithäuser, Johanna Schneider, Sebastian Johann, Sven O. Krumke, Eva Schmidt, Manuel Streicher and Stefan Scholz

Pragmatic applications of implementation science frameworks to regulatory science: an assessment of FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) (2014–2018)

A Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) is a drug safety program for certain medications with serious safety concerns required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of manufacturers to implem...

Authors: Linda Huynh, Gita A. Toyserkani and Elaine H. Morrato

Incremental burden of comorbid major depressive disorder in patients with type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease: a retrospective claims analysis

The estimated prevalence of comorbid major depressive disorder (.

Authors: Anne Kangethe, Debra F. Lawrence, Maëlys Touya, Lambros Chrones, Michael Polson and Themmi Evangelatos

Empirically identified networks of healthcare providers for adults with mental illness

Policies target networks of providers who treat people with mental illnesses, but little is known about the empirical structures of these networks and related variation in patient care. The goal of this paper ...

Authors: Joshua Breslau, Beth Dana, Harold Pincus, Marcela Horvitz-Lennon and Luke Matthews

Low and unequal use of outpatient health services in public primary health care facilities in southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Outpatient department visits per individual for each year are one of the core indicators of healthcare delivery to assess accessibility or quality of services. In addition, this study aimed to assess health se...

Authors: Hiwot Abera Areru, Mesay Hailu Dangisso and Bernt Lindtjørn

Rapid Cycle Implementation and Retrospective Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Checklist in Labor and Delivery

Preparedness efforts for a COVID-19 outbreak required redesign and implementation of a perioperative workflow for the management of obstetric patients. In this report we describe factors which influenced rapid...

Authors: Liana Zucco, Nadav Levy, Yunping Li, Toni Golen, Scott A. Shainker, Philip E. Hess and Satya Krishna Ramachandran

How to improve the quality of care for people on home mechanical ventilation from the perspective of healthcare professionals: a qualitative study

The rapid increase in the use of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) for people with chronic respiratory failure poses extreme challenges for the healthcare system. People on HMV have complex care needs and requ...

Authors: Hanna Klingshirn, Laura Gerken, Katharina Hofmann, Peter Ulrich Heuschmann, Kirsten Haas, Martha Schutzmeier, Lilly Brandstetter, Jutta Ahnert, Thomas Wurmb, Maximilian Kippnich and Bernd Reuschenbach

The presence and potential impact of psychological safety in the healthcare setting: an evidence synthesis

Psychological safety is the shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. Its presence improves innovation and error prevention. This evidence synthesis had 3 objectives: explore the curre...

Authors: K. E. Grailey, E. Murray, T. Reader and S. J. Brett

Experiences of using a digital type 2 diabetes prevention application designed to support women with previous gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is diagnosed during pregnancy, and women with a history of GDM are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Prevention strategies focused on lifestyle...

Authors: Winifred Ekezie, Helen Dallosso, Ponnusamy Saravanan, Kamlesh Khunti and Michelle Hadjiconstantinou

“Joy of life” in nursing homes. Healthcare personnel experiences of the implementation of the national strategy. A qualitative study with content analysis of interviews

Nursing homes are under strong pressure to provide good care to the residents. In Norway, municipalities have applied the ‘Joy-of-Life-Nursing-Home’ strategy to increase a health-promoting perception that focu...

Authors: Beate André, Kjersti Grønning, Frode F. Jacobsen and Gørill Haugan

Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases in rural primary care: results from a quasi-randomized cluster trial in a district in South India

A large proportion of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are treatable within primary health care (PHC) settings in a cost-effective manner. However, the utilization of PHCs for NCD care is comparatively low in ...

Authors: Manoj Kumar Pati, Upendra Bhojani, Maya Annie Elias and Prashanth N. Srinivas

Development of targeted, theory-informed interventions to improve bronchiolitis management

Despite international guidelines providing evidence-based recommendations on appropriate management of infants with bronchiolitis, wide variation in practice occurs. This results in infants receiving care of n...

Authors: Libby Haskell, Emma J. Tavender, Catherine L. Wilson, Sharon O’Brien, Franz E. Babl, Meredith L. Borland, Elizabeth Cotterell, Nicolette Sheridan, Ed Oakley and Stuart R. Dalziel

The trend in primary health care preference in China: a cohort study of 12,508 residents from 2012 to 2018

Residents’ preference for primary health care (PHC) determined their utilization of PHC. This study aimed to assess the determinants of PHC service preference among the residents and the trend in PHC service p...

Authors: Guangsheng Wan, Xiaolin Wei, Hui Yin, Zhiwang Qian, Tingting Wang and Lina Wang

The factors influencing clinician use of hypertension guidelines in different resource settings: a qualitative study investigating clinicians’ perspectives and experiences

Hypertension accounts for the greatest burden of disease worldwide, yet hypertension awareness and control rates are suboptimal, especially within low- and middle-income countries. Guidelines can enable consis...

Authors: Amelia Kataria Golestaneh, Jonathan M Clarke, Nicholas Appelbaum, Carmen Rodriguez Gonzalvez, Arun P Jose, Richu Philip, Neil R Poulter and Thomas Beaney

Healthcare workers preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional survey

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm the capacity of a vulnerable healthcare system in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). We aimed to evaluate the availability of personal protective equipment (...

Authors: Osaid Alser, Heba Alghoul, Zahra Alkhateeb, Ayah Hamdan, Loai Albarqouni and Kiran Saini

The Association of Broadband Internet Access and Telemedicine Utilization in rural Western Tennessee: an observational study

Broadband access has been highlighted as a national policy priority to improve access to care in rural communities.

Authors: Jacob K. Quinton, Michael K. Ong, Sitaram Vangala, Anna Tetleton-Burns, Ashley Webb, Catherine Sarkisian, Alejandra Casillas, Preeti Kakani, Maria Han and Claude J. Pirtle

Does drug dispensing improve the health outcomes of patients attending community pharmacies? A systematic review

Drug dispensing is a clinical pharmacy service that promotes access to medicines and their rational use. However, there is a lack of evidence for the impact of drug dispensing on patients’ health outcomes. Thu...

Authors: Bárbara Pizetta, Lívia Gonçalves Raggi, Kérilin Stancine Santos Rocha, Sabrina Cerqueira-Santos, Divaldo Pereira de Lyra-Jr and Genival Araujo dos Santos Júnior

Physician induced demand for knee replacement surgery in Iran

The structure of the Iranian health system has raised this hypothesis that a part of the Knee Replacement Surgery (KRS) services are provided due to Physician-Induced Demand (PID).

Authors: Cyrus Alinia, Amirhossein Takian, Nasser Saravi, Hasan Yusefzadeh, Bakhtiar Piroozi and Alireza Olyaeemanesh

Positive attitudes to advance care planning – a Norwegian general population survey

Authorities recommend advance care planning and public acceptance of it is a prerequisite for widespread implementation. Therefore, we did the first study of the Norwegian public with an aim of getting knowled...

Authors: Trygve Johannes L. Sævareid, Reidar Pedersen and Morten Magelssen

Health insurance enrollment and vision health in rural China: an epidemiological survey

Vision health is an important aspect of health worldwide. Visual impairment (VI) is associated with poor quality of life and is usually more prevalent in rural areas. To help rural populations obtain vision ca...

Authors: Xiaochang Yan, Baoqun Yao, Xi Chen, Shaoye Bo, Xuezheng Qin and Hua Yan

Health status and health care utilization after discharge from geriatric in-hospital stay – description of a register-based study

This study is the first part of a register-based research program with the overall aim to increase the knowledge of the health status among geriatric patients and to identify risk factors for readmission in th...

Authors: E. Rydwik, R. Lindqvist, C. Willers, L. Carlsson, G. H. Nilsson, A. Lager, M. Dreilich, A. Lindh Mazya, T. Karlsson, H. Alinaghizadeh and A-M Boström

Balancing adaptation and innovation for resilience in healthcare – a metasynthesis of narratives

Adaptation and innovation are both described as instrumental for resilience in healthcare. However, the relatedness between these dimensions of resilience in healthcare has not yet been studied. This study see...

Authors: Hilda Bø Lyng, Carl Macrae, Veslemøy Guise, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Birte Fagerdal, Lene Schibevaag, Janne Gro Alsvik and Siri Wiig

Validity of an algorithm to identify cardiovascular deaths from administrative health records: a multi-database population-based cohort study

Cardiovascular death is a common outcome in population-based studies about new healthcare interventions or treatments, such as new prescription medications. Vital statistics registration systems are often the ...

Authors: Lisa M. Lix, Shamsia Sobhan, Audray St-Jean, Jean-Marc Daigle, Anat Fisher, Oriana H. Y. Yu, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Nianping Hu, Shawn C. Bugden, Baiju R. Shah, Paul E. Ronksley, Silvia Alessi-Severini, Antonios Douros, Pierre Ernst and Kristian B. Filion

Preparedness of primary and secondary health facilities in India to address major noncommunicable diseases: results of a National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS)

The monitoring framework for evaluating health system response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) include indicators to assess availability of affordable basic technologies and essential medicines to treat the...

Authors: Anand Krishnan, Prashant Mathur, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Harshal Ramesh Salve, Sravya Leburu, Ritvik Amarchand, Baridalyne Nongkynrih, Himanshu Kumar Chaturvedi, P. Ganeshkumar, Vinay Urs K S, Avula Laxmaiah, Manjit Boruah, Sanjeev Kumar, Binod Kumar Patro, Pankaja Ravi Raghav, Prabu Rajkumar…

Five regions, five retinopathy screening programmes: a systematic review of how Portugal addresses the challenge

The implementation of a population-based screening programme for diabetic retinopathy involves several challenges, often leading to postponements and setbacks at high human and material costs. Thus, it is of t...

Authors: Andreia Marisa Penso Pereira, Raul Manuel da Silva Laureano and Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto

A pilot study of patient satisfaction with a self-completed tablet-based digital questionnaire for collecting the patient’s medical history in an emergency department

The increasing popularity and availability of tablet computers raises questions regarding clinical scenarios. This pilot study examined the patient’s satisfaction when using a tablet-based digital questionnair...

Authors: Leander Melms, Juergen R. Schaefer, Andreas Jerrentrup and Tobias Mueller

Evaluating preferences for colorectal cancer screening in individuals under age 50 using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

In 2021, the United States Preventive Services Task Force updated their recommendation, stating that individuals ages 45-49 should initiate screening for colorectal cancer. Since several screening strategies a...

Authors: Travis Hyams, Bruce Golden, John Sammarco, Shahnaz Sultan, Evelyn King-Marshall, Min Qi Wang and Barbara Curbow

Engaging young people in the design of a sexual reproductive health intervention: Lessons learnt from the Yathu Yathu (“For us, by us”) formative study in Zambia

Meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents and young people (AYP) requires their meaningful engagement in intervention design. We describe an iterative process of engaging AYP to fin...

Authors: Melvin Simuyaba, Bernadette Hensen, Mwelwa Phiri, Chisanga Mwansa, Lawrence Mwenge, Mutale Kabumbu, Steve Belemu, Kwame Shanaube, Ab Schaap, Sian Floyd, Sarah Fidler, Richard Hayes, Helen Ayles and Musonda Simwinga

The scope of carer effects and their inclusion in decision-making: a UK-based Delphi study

Health and social care may affect unpaid (family) carers’ health and wellbeing in addition to patients’ lives. It is recommended that such impacts (carer effects) are considered in decision-making. However, th...

Authors: Hareth Al-Janabi, Nikolaos Efstathiou, Carol McLoughlin, Melanie Calvert and Jan Oyebode

Timing of physical therapy for individuals with patellofemoral pain and the influence on healthcare use, costs and recurrence rates: an observational study

Early physical therapy has been shown to decrease downstream healthcare use, costs and recurrence rates in some musculoskeletal conditions, but it has not been investigated in individuals with patellofemoral p...

Authors: Jodi L. Young, Suzanne J. Snodgrass, Joshua A. Cleland and Daniel I. Rhon

Intra- and inter-rater reliability of an electronic health record audit used in a chiropractic teaching clinic system: an observational study

There is a dearth of information about health education clinical file audits in the context of completeness of records and demonstrating program-wide competency achievement. We report on the reliability of an ...

Authors: H. Stephen Injeyan, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Sean Abdulla, Ngai Chow, Jocelyn Cox, Anthony Ridding and Craig Jacobs

Barriers and facilitators to recognize and discuss depression and anxiety experienced by adults with vision impairment or blindness: a qualitative study

Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent, but often unrecognized in adults with vision impairment (VI) or blindness. The purpose of this study was to explore visually impaired and blind adults’ views on fac...

Authors: Edine P. J. van Munster, Hilde P. A. van der Aa, Peter Verstraten and Ruth M. A. van Nispen

Development of a competency for professional oral hygiene care of endotracheally-intubated patients in the intensive care unit: development and validity evidence

Professional oral care in the intensive care unit may reduce the incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, which increases the patient’s mortality rate. This study aimed to develop a competency for profess...

Authors: Eun-Sil Choi, Hie-Jin Noh, Won-Gyun Chung and So-Jung Mun

Lack of recognition at the societal level heightens turnover considerations among Nordic eldercare workers: a quantitative analysis of survey data

Recruiting and retaining staff are standing challenges in eldercare. Low pay, difficult working conditions, and social relations at the workplace impact on turnover intentions. Few studies have used quantitati...

Authors: Jon Ivar Elstad and Mia Vabø

Reallocations in acne healthcare: exploring the possible roles and added value of non-physicians by a mixed-methods study design

A highly promoted opportunity for optimizing healthcare services is to expand the role of non-physician care providers by care reallocation. Reallocating care from physicians to non-physicians can play an impo...

Authors: Femke de Vries, Marlies Welbie, Esther Tjin, Rieke Driessen and Peter van de Kerkhof

Delivering an efficient and effective support group for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs): patient perspectives of key concerns and predictors of inclination to attend

A subset of patients experience psychological distress following insertion of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and ICD support groups are recommended, however access to these groups is limited. ...

Authors: Kathryn Murray, Kelly Buttigieg, Michelle Todd and Vicky McKechnie

Developing and implementing a model of equitable distribution of mentorship in districts with spatial inequities and maldistribution of human resources for maternal and newborn care in Rwanda

The shortage of health care providers (HCPs) and inequity in their distribution along with the lack of sufficient and equal professional development opportunities in low-income countries contribute to the high...

Authors: Anaclet Ngabonzima, Cynthia Kenyon, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Isaac Luginaah, Gisele Mukunde, Celestin Hategeka and David F. Cechetto

Attitudes and opinions of Oral healthcare professionals on screening for Type-2 diabetes

As part of a larger study on the identification of undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes (T2D), and prediabetes patients in dental settings, this study explored oral healthcare professionals’ (OHP) attitudes with respec...

Authors: Rodrigo Mariño, Andre Priede, Michelle King, Geoffrey G. Adams and Diego Lopez

Illness experience and coping styles of young and middle-aged patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a qualitative study

The incidence of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) is increasing and tends to occur at a young age. The patient’s disease experience during treatment is related to their physical and mental health. Eff...

Authors: Yang Yuan, Hong Wang, Qiuyun Chen, Congyan Xie, Haixia Li, Lu Lin and Li Tian

Impacts of English language proficiency on healthcare access, use, and outcomes among immigrants: a qualitative study

Immigrants from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse countries face many challenges during the resettlement phase, which influence their access to healthcare services and health outcomes. The “He...

Authors: Mamata Pandey, R. Geoffrey Maina, Jonathan Amoyaw, Yiyan Li, Rejina Kamrul, C. Rocha Michaels and Razawa Maroof

Indirect health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a mixed methods assessment

The COVID-19 pandemic and country measures to control it can lead to negative indirect health effects. Understanding these indirect health effects is important in informing strategies to mitigate against them....

Authors: Edwine Barasa, Jacob Kazungu, Stacey Orangi, Evelyn Kabia, Morris Ogero and Kadondi Kasera

Experiences and perceptions of perinatal depression among new immigrant Chinese parents: a qualitative study

Immigrant status, acculturation level, race and ethnicity have been found to contribute to the utilization of mental health services in the perinatal period. This study explored perinatal experiences and perce...

Authors: Qiao Li, Wenqing Xue, Wenjie Gong, Xin Quan, Quanlei Li, Lina Xiao, Dong (Roman) Xu, Eric D. Caine and Ellen L. Poleshuck

Health economic evidence in clinical guidelines in South Africa: a mixed-methods study

Evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are useful tools to inform transparent healthcare decision-making. Consideration of health economic evidence (HEE) during CPG development in a structured m...

Authors: Maryke Wilkinson, Karen J. Hofman, Taryn Young, Bey-Marrié Schmidt and Tamara Kredo

A mixed-method service evaluation of health information exchange in England: technology acceptance and barriers and facilitators to adoption

The need for information exchange and integrated care has stimulated the development of interoperability solutions that bring together patient data across the health and care system to enable effective informa...

Authors: Fiona Watkinson, Kanika I. Dharmayat and Nikolaos Mastellos

Patients’ and professionals’ perspectives on implementation of opportunistic salpingectomy: a mixed-method study

To prevent ovarian cancer, several international societies have issued guidelines which recommend to discuss opportunistic salpingectomy with women undergoing pelvic surgery after completion of childbearing. T...

Authors: Malou E. Gelderblom, Laura A. M. Van Lieshout, Jurgen M. J. Piek, Joanne A. De Hullu and Rosella P. M. G. Hermens

Population health management in France: specifying population groups through the DRG system

Population health management (PHM) by hospital groups is not yet defined nor implemented in France. However, in 2019, the French Hospitals Federation launched a pilot program to experiment PHM in five territor...

Authors: A. Malone, S. Gomez, S. Finkel, D. Chourchoulis, E. Morcos, M. A. Loko, T. Gaches, D. Laplanche and S. Sanchez