Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria by Kelechi Kenneth Odinaka, Emeka Charles Nwolisa, Francis Mbanefo, Alfreda Chinekwu Iheakaram, Seline Okolo

“…Our aim was to determine the prevalence and pattern of soil-transmitted helminthic infection among primary school children in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria. Method. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 284 primary school children in a rural community. …”
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Poverty associated with anxiety, personality and depression disorders in adults at the "Sarita Colonia" Community Mental Health Center in Callao 2017–2022 by Pedro Martínez Valera, Ada Lucía Gallegos Ruiz Cornejo, Jackeline Valencia, Mauricio Renato Bouroncle Velásquez, Doris Esenarro Vargas, Luis Vega-Mori, Ana Sánchez Medina

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Health professionals’ experience of implementing and delivering a ‘Community Care’ programme in metropolitan Melbourne: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis by Cylie Williams, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Brendan Shannon, Hollie Shannon, Nadine Andrew, Julia Morphet

“…Objectives To explore the experiences of health professionals involved in delivering a multidisciplinary Community Care programme that provides a transitional care coordination service for patients visiting a tertiary hospital service in Melbourne, Australia.Design Reflexive thematic analysis was used to identify themes from descriptions of delivering the programme, including its perceived strengths and challenges.Participants 12 healthcare professionals from four disciplines working in the Community Care programme were interviewed.Results Four themes were identified: (1) ‘increasingly complex’, depicts the experience of delivering care to patients with increasingly complex health needs; (2) ‘plugging unexpected gaps’, describes meeting patient’s healthcare needs; (3) ‘disconnected’, explains system-based issues which made participants feel disconnected from the wider health service; (4) ‘a misunderstood programme’, illustrates that a poor understanding of the programme within the health service is a barrier to patient enrolment which may have been exacerbated by a service name change.Conclusions The healthcare professionals involved in this study described the experience of providing care to patients as challenging, but felt they made a positive difference. …”
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Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol by Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Nelson Allen, Abhishek Roshan, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Nigel Bolster, Mohd Javed, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa, John Tlhakanelo

“…We will disseminate our findings through local community advisory boards, national eye screening meetings, in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences.…”
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Effectiveness of Ai Chi as Aquatic Intervention for Balance Impairments in Community-dwelling Older Adults in India: A Randomised Controlled Study by Purnima Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarma

“…Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of Ai Chi in improving balance among community-dwelling older adults compared to conventional aquatic therapy. …”
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Effects of different wet distillers’ grains ratios on fermentation quality, nitrogen fractions and bacterial communities of total mixed ration silage by Ermei Du, Ning Mao, Shihao Liu, Hanyu Zhang, Meiling Fan, Hong Sun, Yulong Zheng, Qiming Cheng, Chunmei Wang, Ping Li, Yixiao Xie

Subjects: “…Bacterial community…”
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Therapeutic Community (TC) pada Residen Penyalah Guna Narkoba di Panti Social Marsudiputra Dharmapala Inderalaya Sumatera Selatan by Syarifuddin Gani

“…Terapi dan rehalibitasi korban penyalahgunaan narkoba, merupakan sistem pelayanan terpadu dengan menggunakan Therapeutic Community (TC)  merupakan treatment yang menggunakan pendekatan psikososial, yaitu bersama-sama dengan mantan pengguna narkoba lainnya mereka hidup dalam satu lingkungan dan saling membantu untuk mencapai kesembuhan. …”
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Outcomes, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs of Overall, Community-Acquired, and Hospital-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Patients by Jay L. Koyner, Rachel H. Mackey, Ning A. Rosenthal, Leslie A. Carabuena, J. Patrick Kampf, Paul McPherson, Toni Rodriguez, Aarti Sanghani, Julien Textoris

“…**Background:** In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with higher mortality, but data are lacking on healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs related to AKI, community-acquired AKI (CA-AKI), and hospital-acquired AKI (HA-AKI). …”
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Characterizing Stream Condition with Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Southeastern Minnesota, USA: Agriculture, Channelization, and Karst Geology Impact Lotic Habitats and Communities by Neal D. Mundahl

“…It is expected that benthic invertebrate communities should improve as more riparian buffers are added along all streams. …”
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Association between Serum Uric Acid Level and Metabolic Syndrome and Its Sex Difference in a Chinese Community Elderly Population by Miao Liu, Yao He, Bin Jiang, Lei Wu, Shanshan Yang, Yiyan Wang, Xiaoying Li

“…This study aimed to evaluate the association between serum uric acid (SUA) levels within a normal to high range and the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among community elderly and explore the sex difference. Design and Methods. …”
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Nutritional Properties, Antioxidant and Antihaemolytic Activities of the Dry Fruiting Bodies of Wild Edible Mushrooms Consumed by Ethnic Communities of Northeast India by Merilin Kakoti, Dibya Jyoti Hazarika, Assma Parveen, Samim Dullah, Alokesh Ghosh, Dipankar Saha, Madhumita Barooah, Robin Chandra Boro

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Analysis of selected factors influencing mortality of patients with COVID-19 treated in a community hospital in a rural region of Poland by Marek Kos, Renata Hatalska-Żerebiec, Małgorzata Jurczyk-Stachyra, Karol Paciura, Justyna Janeczko, Robert Podsiadły, Piotr Sobolewski

Subjects: “…community hospital…”
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Peer-assisted telemedicine hepatitis-C treatment for people who use drugs in rural communities: a mixed methods study by Kim Hoffman, Gillian Leichtling, Sarah Shin, Andrew Seaman, Tonhi Gailey, Hunter C. Spencer, P. Todd Korthuis

“…Peer Support Specialists (peers) conducted HCV screening in the community, facilitated pretreatment evaluation and linkage to telemedicine HCV treatment clinicians, and supported Peer TeleHCV study participants in HCV medication adherence. …”
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Community Acquired, Nursing Home Acquired and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia: A Five-Year Review of the Clinical, Bacteriological and Radiological Characteristics by CW Chow, LR Lee-Pack, N Senathiragah, M Rawji, M Chan, CK Chan

“…Purpose: To assess the contemporary clinical, bacteriological and radiographic features of hospitalized patients with community acquired (ca), nursing home acquired (na) and hospital acquired pneumonia (ha) and to examine patient outcome.…”
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Exploring the Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Connection to Microbial Communities in Industrial-Scale Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure by Juan Hu, Yurui Zeng, Aibin Hu, Xiaofeng Wang

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Integrated people-centered eye care: A scoping review on engaging communities in eye care in low- and middle-income settings. by Ling Lee, Elise Moo, Tiffany Angelopoulos, Aryati Yashadhana

“…<h4>Background</h4>Community engagement has been endorsed as a key strategy to achieving integrated people-centered eye care that enables people and communities to receive a full spectrum of eye care across their life-course. …”
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HEALTH WORKERS PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING NUTRITION BEHAVIOURS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN SABO TASHA COMMUNITY by JAMILA MUSA, AYODELE BABATUNDE JOSEPH

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Evaluating the mental and emotional effects of Sahand Bonab thermal power plant greenhouse on rural communities, Case study: Rurlas in Bonab by Mohamad Zaheri, Ali Majnouni-Toutakhane

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Volcanic disaster mitigation based on local wisdom: A case study from a local community in the Mount Galunggung, Indonesia by Mutolib Abdul, Rahmat Ali, Harefa Darmawan, Nugraha Satriya, Handoko Lukman, Sululing Siswadi, Laxmi, Nurhayati Siti

“…This study aims to identify the disaster mitigation implemented by local communities in response volcanic disaster. The research was conducted between August and November 2023 and employed an ethnographic approach to assess community preparedness and disaster mitigation strategies. …”
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Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Access by Nursing versus Resident Staff in a Community Based Teaching Hospital: A “Noninferiority” Trial by Thomas Carter, Chris Conrad, J. Link Wilson, Godwin Dogbey

“…However, no studies have directly compared the success rate of emergency medicine (EM) residents and nurses at using this technique especially in community hospital settings. This prospective “noninferiority” study sought to demonstrate that nursing staff are at least as successful as EM residents at placing US guided IVs. …”
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