Infertility counseling for women after genital fistula repair presents unique medical, emotional, and social challenges. This study aims to explore the counseling strategies employed by fistula care providers in Uganda, the challenges they face, and to identify implications for practice.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govUnsolicited peer review requests have increased with the expansion of academic publishing, raising concerns about reviewer fatigue. Peer review is a critical component in disseminating scientific discovery requiring time and expertise, often uncompensated.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govThe COVID-19 pandemic led to significant societal disruptions, including changes in gambling availability, gambling behaviours, and demand for support services. Although gambling support services play a crucial role in aiding individuals experiencing gambling-related harm, research regarding how help providers themselves perceived the pandemic's impact on their work and callers is lacking.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govNo studies have evaluated Crohn's disease-related video quality on short video platforms. This study assesses the quality, reliability, and audience engagement of such videos on Douyin and Xiaohongshu to guide patients and healthcare professionals.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govRare diseases (RDs) pose a significant public health concern, particularly in Poland, where awareness among healthcare professionals, educators, and the general public remains low. Rare disease patient advocacy groups (RDPAGs), often led by caregivers, play a vital yet under recognized role in addressing these gaps through informal education and advocacy. This study explores how RDPAGs help fill systemic gaps in RD-related education.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govCommunity development is a vital area of practice in occupational therapy, aligned with a recent shift in focus from individual-level interventions to community and societal issues. Despite its growing significance, knowledge and understanding of community development in occupational therapy remain fragmented. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive map of how community development is researched, discussed, and conceptualised within the field of occupational therapy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govInformed consent in obstetric anesthesia often takes place under urgent and emotionally intense conditions. For patients with limited English proficiency (LEP), language barriers further compromise the ability to engage in informed, value-aligned decisions. Obstetric anesthesiologists must navigate these challenges while delivering safe and patient-centered care. This study explored clinician perspectives on how language barriers affect the informed consent process in obstetric anesthesia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govTo explore experienced nursing staff's perceptions of essential nursing care in the emergency department (ED).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govSmoking during pregnancy remains a major public health issue and a leading preventable cause of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In France, midwives play a central role in antenatal care and are key actors in smoking cessation support. However, little is known about how smoking cessation is managed in routine maternity care and how organizational and professional factors shape these practices.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govThe development of skilled and motivated research-active radiographers is a means to improve patient care and service delivery. For this to be realised, embedding a culture of enquiry, critical thinking, and research-based activities by radiographers is essential. This study aimed to provide an analysis of the Radiography research culture internationally and identify the current barriers, facilitators and potential future solutions to promote radiography research career pathways.
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