Lived experiences and perspectives of women who had undergone perinatal loss in Nairobi county, Kenya: a qualitative study by Emily Wanja Kaburu, Christopher O Aimakhu, Thomas Matenjwa Kamau, Michael Omondi Owor

“…Existing research works have established that perinatal loss often comes with a significant psychosocial burden, which has been made worse by negative cultural beliefs and practices. Despite this, perinatal loss grieving is rarely recognised or socially legitimated in many countries. …”
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Describing team development within a novel GP-led urgent care centre model: a qualitative study by Azeem Majeed, Geva Greenfield, Sarah Morton, Shamini Gnani, Agnieszka Igantowicz

“…Hierarchy within the UCC setting has diminished with time, although some residual hierarchical beliefs do appear to remain. Staff appreciated interdisciplinary collaboration was likely to improve patient care. …”
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Neuromodulation of risk and reward processing during decision making in individuals with general anxiety disorder (GAD) by Vahid Nejati, Jamal Amani Rad, Amir Hosein Hadian Rasanan

“…Moreover, for anodal dlPFC (F3)/cathodal vmPFC (Fp2), anodal vmPFC (Fp2)/cathodal dlPFC (F3), and anodal vmPFC (Fp2)/cathodal left shoulder stimulations we have observed an improvement in prior beliefs about the explosion. Also, for anodal dlPFC (F3)/cathodal vmPFC (Fp2), anodal dlPFC (F3)/cathodal right shoulder, anodal vmPFC (Fp2)/cathodal left shoulder we have observed more stable choice pattern. the DDT, exponential discounting rate and randomness were improved during anodal dlPFC and anodal vmPFC stimulation with extracranial return electrodes. …”
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Family Self-Support in Managing Down Syndrome Children: A Qualitative Study by Farzaneh Noroozi, Zohreh Farrar, Tayebeh Gharibi, Roqayeh Gashmard

“…The subthemes were seven including “trying to find information-support resources,” “Giving importance to child’s health,” “religious beliefs of the family,” “child moral education, helping to child’s relative self-support,” “developing familial support,” and “developing child’s social interactions.” …”
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Moral distress, ethical climate, and compassion fatigue among oncology nurses: the mediating role of moral distress by Akbar Zare-Kaseb, Fariba Borhani, Abbas Abbaszadeh, Amir Mohamad Nazari

“…Nurses experience moral distress when work conflicts with personal beliefs, leading to inappropriate responses or uncertainty about ethics. …”
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The acceptability of a novel seismocardiography device for measuring VO2 max in a workplace setting: a mixed methods approach by Anouska M Carter, Liam Humphreys, Alison Beswick, Sue Kesterton, Alex Bugg, Katharine Platts

“…This study suggests that practitioners delivering such services have a critical role to play in acceptability of health interventions at work, as employees will be heavily influenced by practitioner beliefs around coherence and effectiveness. Comprehensive delivery training is important for the adoption of new health-related technologies such as seismocardiography into workplace health screening.…”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Provider Attitudes About Children with Medical Complexity and Neurologic Impairment: A Qualitative Study by Elizabeth J. Bleed, Leonardo Barrera, Mickayla Jones, Seema K. Shah, Megan Crowley-Matoka, Carolyn C. Foster

“…(1) Background: Children with medical complexity (CMC) and neurologic impairment (NI) are a growing population in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). (2) Objective: Our aim was to explore and describe the experiences and beliefs of PICU providers caring for CMC with NI. (3) Methods: A qualitative interview-based study was conducted. …”
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Music Activities for Language Learning in the Spanish Classroom by Manuel Vidal, Christine Ericsdotter Nordgren

“…This high level of use suggests a smaller gap between teachers' beliefs and practices compared to previous studies, possibly indicating that music has a more prominent place in the Spanish classroom than in other foreign language classrooms. …”
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Perceived stress and coping strategies used by undergraduate dental students: An observational study. by Saira Atif, Nilofar Mustafa, Sarah Ghafoor

“…Mean stress scores were higher in year 4 students for "workload", "self-efficacy beliefs", "faculty and administration", "clinical training", and "social stresses" compared to other years. …”
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Interventions to prevent violence against women and girls globally: a global systematic review of reviews to update the RESPECT women framework by Avni Amin, Mary Ellsberg, Chelsea Ullman, Angela Bourassa, Shikha Chandarana, Flávia Dutra

“…Six (3%) reviews focused on interventions that aim to strengthen relationship skills, 14 (8%) focused on empowerment of women and girls, 79 (44%) on services for survivors, 5 (3%) on poverty reduction, 16 (9%) on creating safe environments, 36 (20%) on preventing child and adolescent abuse and 22 (12%) on transforming gender attitudes, beliefs and norms. Little new evidence has emerged to meaningfully change the nature and strength of evidence for interventions related to relationship skills strengthening and poverty reduction. …”
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Lived experiences of people with chronic kidney disease on maintenance dialysis: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies by Maya Annie Elias, Wim Van Damme, Grace Marie V Ku, Mahesh Kadammanavar, Edwin Wouters

“…The key internal factors influencing the lived experiences were personal beliefs and misconceptions about CKD, feelings of shame and guilt, financial constraints, and spirituality. …”
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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Conclusion: Efforts directed toward reducing the prevalence of girl-child marriage in Nigeria should focus on tackling entrenched cultural norms that differ among ethnic groups and religious beliefs. The public health implications encompass gender-based violence, abuse, and the breakdown of marriages.…”
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Kořeny teorie spravedlivé války: od Platóna ke Grotiovi by Jiří Hutečka

“…Then, with little pause made for Roman “utilitarian turn” in the just war thinking, the text focuses its attention at Christian attitudes towards warfare, their efforts to accommodate it in their system of beliefs (as with Tertullian, Origen, or Ambrose), and their success in creating a suitable just war theory based on ideas of former ancient authors as well as on Christian teachings (as with St. …”
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Promoting Wellness Among Orthopaedic Surgeons by Phara P. Ross, BS, Lauren C. Okafor, MD, Mia V. Rumps, MS, Mary K. Mulcahey, MD

“…Moral injury occurs when physicians are forced to act against their moral beliefs due to systemic flaws, leading to inner conflict. …”
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Stakeholder Engagement and Quality of Roads in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kamuganguzi Sub-County. by Kyomugisha, Scarlet

“…This implies that most respondents were men due to the societal beliefs that males are hardworking and hence capable of stakeholder involvement and engagement of roads. …”
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The Effect of Parents’ Socio-Economic Status on Girl Child Dropout in Selected Primary Schools in Ntungamo Municipality by Annah, Turinawe

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Strengthening the Resilience of Objective-Oriented Health System Reforms. Analysis of the Left-Turn in the Health Reform Proposals in Mexico (2019) and Colombia (2023) by Laura Flamand, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Natalia Losada-Trujillo, Diana Pinto, Edson Serván-Mori, Diego Cerecero-García, Thomas Hone, Sumit Mazumdar

“…In both countries, we found that a combination of policy feedback effects (political ideology beliefs, and policy legacies that shape public perceptions and expectations) and veto points (the perceived strength of the president vis-à-vis reform opponents) help explain the decisions to propose such significant changes to the health care systems. …”
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Experiences of ‘traditional’ and ‘one-stop’ MRI-based prostate cancer diagnostic pathways in England: a qualitative study with patients and GPs by Fiona M Walter, Stephanie Archer, Willie Hamilton, Samuel William David Merriel, John McGrath, Alice S Forster, Hashim Uddin Ahmed, David Eldred-Evans

“…Patients described three key themes: cancer beliefs in relation to patient’s attitudes towards prostate cancer; communication with their GP and specialist having a significant impact on experience of the pathway and pathway experience being influenced by appointment and test burden. …”
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Teachers’ responses to racism and racist bullying in Dutch primary schools by Karen M. A. Sieben-Aduful, Roy A. Willems, Trijntje Völlink, Nico van der Wiel, Maria Sapouna, Pieter de Bruijn, Gemma Blok, Gemma Blok, Arjan E. R. Bos, Arjan E. R. Bos, Giel van Lankveld

“…Data was analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsThe results show that teachers emphasize a safe class climate but find it challenging addressing racist incidents, for instance determining its severity, or coping with the external influences on pupils’ racist beliefs. Most teachers also expressed to not make a distinction between racist and interpersonal bullying. …”
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State of the literature discussing smoke-free policies globally: A narrative review by Jacqueline A. Teed, Meagan O. Robichaud, Michelle Duren, Hebe N. Gouda, Ryan David Kennedy

“…Enforcement officials’ awareness and training, stakeholders’ attitudes and beliefs, and understanding social norms were identified as relevant determinants of effective smoke-free policies. …”
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