Initial Development of the Activity Card Sort-Advancing Inclusive Participation from a Homeless Population Perspective by Quinn P. Tyminski, Ronald R. Drummond, Claire F. Heisey, Shelby K. Evans, Audra Hendrix, Lisa A. Jaegers, Carolyn M. Baum

“…An initial construct validity study demonstrated differences between occupational participation of those who are homeless and nonhomeless in the areas of social engagement, nonsanctioned occupations, work and education, and home management. Both groups reported previous, current, or desired engagement in the occupations identified in the assessment. …”
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Dental caries characteristics in the first permanent molar in school age children. by Yoel González Beriau, Nora Sexto Delgado, Antonia Francisco Local, Ana Gloria Vázquez de León

“…</span><strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;">Conclusions</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><strong>: </strong>It was needed to perform educative tasks aimed at this age group to avoid further damage to this important tooth, central for the development of the </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">stomatognathic system</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">.…”
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Sociodemographic Characteristics, Dietary Practices, and Nutritional Status of Adults with Hypertension in a Semi-Rural Community in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Esi K. Colecraft, Matilda Asante, Aaron K. Christian, Seth Adu-Afarwuah

“…To describe the baseline characteristics of adults with hypertension who were randomized to receive either hypertension related nutrition education plus hospital-based standard of care or only the standard of care (control group) in Asesewa, a semi-rural community in the Eastern Region of Ghana. …”
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EXPLORING DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES ON ORALBIOPSIES AT BAQAI DENTAL COLLEGE, KARACHI by Samara Rais, Nauman Sheikh, Zarah Subhan, Qasim Saleem, Ayesha Azmat, Ramsha Tariq

“…This suggests that general dental practitioners (GDPs) would benefit from dental education programs focused on oral precancerous and cancer detection, as well as screening and diagnostic techniques. …”
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Knowing how, arguing why: nurse anaesthetists’ experiences of nursing when caring for the surgical patient by Aina L. Bjerkeli Lekens, Sigrunn Drageset, Britt Sætre Hansen

“…Knowledge from this study could be expected to add to the field of describing and understanding nurse anaesthetists’ practice in the perioperative context and support supervision in postgraduate education.…”
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Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study by Miguel San Sebastián, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Stefan Söderberg, Paul Zimmet, Bhushan Ori, Jaysing Heecharan, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Sudhirsen Kowlessur

“…People in the 25–34 age group (PR = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.12–2.41), those separated, divorced or widowed (PR = 1.57; 95% CI: 1.16–2.11), the ethnic groups Muslim-Mauritians (PR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.00–2.89) and Creoles (PR = 1.97; 95% CI: 1.16–3.35), and those with secondary (PR = 1.29; 95% CI: 1.00–1.67) and primary education (PR = 1.47; 95% CI: 1.10–1.98) were statistically significantly associated with daily smoking. …”
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Crime in the law enforcement agencies in 1948–1952 and its counteraction by V. A. Grechenko

“…This was influenced by the very nature of the totalitarian regime, which was based on violence and violation of the rule of law, the difficult socio-economic situation in the country, as the consequences of the post-war devastation were only beginning to be eliminated, and the low level of professional training and education of a certain number of police officers. For many of them, the perceptions of the state of legality were quite specific, formed mainly under the influence of the events of the war, combined with a tendency to be quick to punish those who were considered criminals and a relatively low level of awareness of the law. …”
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Depression, anxiety and its predictor among internally displaced person in metekel Ethiopia, 2023: using a structural equation model by Solomon Debela Bekeko, Teshome Demis Nimani, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Feyisa Shasho Bayisa

“…Structural equation modeling was employed to assess the relationship.ResultThe overall prevalence of depression and anxiety was 79.64% (95% CI: 77.02 82.03) and 74.62% (95% CI =71.83%, 77.23%) respectively. age (adjusted β = 0.0034, 95% CI: 0.0012, 0.0056), history of the death of a loved one (adjusted β = 0.132, 95% CI: 0.0803, 0.185), had formal education (β = -0.164, 95% CI: -0.229, -0.098) occupation other (adjusted β = -0.183, 95% CI: -0.261, -0.105), Not having medically confirmed mental illness (adjusted β = -0.185, 95% CI: (-0.325, -0.045), PTSD score (adjusted β = 0.0082, 95% CI: 0.0048, 0.012) associated with anxiety.ConclusionDisplacement medically confirmed mental illness, death of a loved one, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly impact anxiety. …”
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Awareness and Disposal Practices of Medicines among the Community in Hawassa City, Ethiopia by Daniel Woldamicael Bekele, Elias Dadebo, Girma Tilahun, Zinabu Gebremariam

“…A significantly high p < 0.05 percentage (76%) of the HH respondents who were well informed on how to dispose of ELU medicines had higher education, but most (95%) of them indicated that they would not be willing to be involved in “ELU-take-back” programs even if there had been such a mechanism. …”
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Incidence, mortality, and global burden of retinoblastoma in 204 countries worldwide from 1990 to 2021: Data and systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Linyan Wang, Jianing Chen, Yunhan Shen, Grace Loy Ming Hooi, Shuohan Wu, Feng Xu, Hao Pei, Jianpeng Sheng, Tiansheng Zhu, Juan Ye

“…Effective Rb management in resource-limited areas requires international collaboration focused on health education, early diagnosis, and prenatal screening for high-risk families.…”
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Barriers and drivers to COVID-19 protective behaviours of forcibly displaced myanmar nationals (FDMN)/ rohingya refugees in Cox's bazar, Bangladesh: A scoping review by Sarah Reda, Zarah Yusuf, Basel Karo, Balwinder Singh Chawla, Andreas Jansen, Saskia Lange, Jorge Martinez, Emily Dorothee Meyer, Julia Neufeind, Aarti Shrikrishana Singh, Elisa Wulkotte, Cath Jackson

“…Most interventions focused on information, education or training (e.g. campaigns, community engagement) and environmental restructuring (e.g. increased provision of WASH facilities, COVID-19 isolation and treatment centres). …”
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Maternal and foetal risks associated with teenage pregnancy - a comparative retrospective study in Turkey by Mehmet Nuri Duran, Eren Pek, Süreyya Sarıdaş Demir, Kübra Özkan Karacaer, Bülent Demir

“…In this study, the effects of education level, smoking, and marital status on maternal and foetal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies were evaluated.Methods The records of a total of 960 pregnant women (480 pregnant adolescents aged 15–19 years and 480 pregnant adult women aged 20–26 years) were examined retrospectively. …”
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Perception of Gender Issues among Surgical Residents and their Supervisors by Syed Inamullah Shah, Muzna Iftikhar, Sajida Shah, Muhammad Salman Shafique, Mahvish Noor, Jamil Ahmad Shah

“…KEYWORDS: Surgery; Surgeons; Career choice; Education; Gender bias. …”
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Design and analysis of a photovoltaic‐powered charging station for plug‐in hybrid electric vehicles in college campus by Sureshbabu, Suresh Padmanabhan, Ganesan Subramanian, Albert Alexander Stonier, Geno Peter, Vivekananda Ganji

“…The authors investigate the feasibility of creating a charging station for plug‐in‐hybrid EVs at an educational institution, E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India (10°48.2′N, 79°50.1′E). …”
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Structural Vulnerability Factors and Gestational Weight Gain:  A Scoping Review on the Extent, Range, and Nature of the Literature by Labonté, Jocelyne M, Dumas, Alex, Clark, Emily, Savard, Claudia, Fournier, Karine, O’Connor, Sarah, Morisset, Anne-Sophie, Fontaine-Bisson, Bénédicte

“…Results: Of the 157 included articles, the eight SVFs most commonly studied in association with GWG were race/ethnicity (n=91 articles), age (n=87), parity (n=48), education (n=44), income (n=39), marital status (n=28), immigration (n=19), and abuse (n=12). …”
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Microbial Profile of Fresh and Semicooked Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Hygienic Practice of Fish Handlers in Hawassa, Ethiopia by Fasika Admasu, Abraham Mikru, Kassaye Balkew, Million Adane

“…Moreover, nearly all the fish handlers did not have any formal education. These findings call for public health intervention measures like the provision of training in good hygienic practices and certification for fish vendors in the chain.…”
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Early mobilisation in Windhoek intensive care units: Practices, attitudes and barriers by Ilse du Plessis, Savarna Francis, Brenda Morrow

“…Clinical implications: The findings highlight the need for targeted education, training programmes, standardised mobility protocols and the establishment of a dedicated mobility champion to promote EM in Windhoek ICUs.…”
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Exploration of whether socioeconomic factors affect the results of priority setting partnerships: updating the top 10 research priorities for the management of Parkinson’s in an in... by Michael Lawton, Inga Liepelt-Scarfone, Rejko Krüger, Michele T Hu, Christine Lo, Charlotte Woodward, Francesca Bowring, Jessica Welch, Patricia Sulzer, Anne-Marie Hanff

“…Factors most likely to affect prioritisation in PwP included educational level, presence of carer support and disease duration. …”
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Caregiver alignment with triage acuity levels and drivers for discrepancy between caregiver assessment and triage acuity levels: a cross-sectional questionnaire based study by Noelie Lengeler, Carl Alessandro Starvaggi, Manon Jaboyedoff, Sophie Affentranger, Kristina Keitel

“…In an univariable analysis, we found that family’s difficulties paying bills (20% vs. 12%) and low maternal education (19% vs. 10%) were associated with a higher percentage of caregiver rating their child’s severity higher than nurse’s triage. …”
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The association between life’s essential 8 and gallstones: A cross-sectional study by Yang Zhao, Xuesong Liu, Jingru Han, Bin Feng, Chowtin Yan, Jianfu Zhao

“…Stratified analysis showed a stronger association in participants under 65 (OR: 0.26, 95% CI: 0.15–0.44), females (OR: 0.44, 95% CI: 0.24–0.81), those with higher education (OR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.19–0.78), non-white individuals (OR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.13–0.60), and married participants (OR: 0.40, 95% CI: 0.20–0.80). …”
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