Caregiver acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two districts in the Upper West region, Ghana: a cross-sectional study by Youssouf Diarra, Michael M. Opoku, Charles E. Amankwa, Raymond B. Annor, Justice Nonvignon, Harriet A. Bonful

“…Conclusion Health authorities and stakeholders can work towards bridging the gap between knowledge and SMC treatment practices of caregivers through continuous education, adherence counseling, and effective monitoring of SMC practices in malaria-endemic countries.…”
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Enhancement of Executive Functions but Not Memory by Multidomain Group Cognitive Training in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter Randomiz... by Elke Kalbe, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Anja Ophey, Carsten Eggers, Saskia Elben, Karina Dimenshteyn, Patricia Sulzer, Claudia Schulte, Nele Schmidt, Christian Schlenstedt, Daniela Berg, Karsten Witt, Lars Wojtecki, Inga Liepelt-Scarfone

“…Regression analyses revealed cognitive baseline levels, education, levodopa equivalent daily dose, motor scores, and ApoE status as significant predictors for CT success. …”
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Textbooks on the international relations theory: What they talk about, what they keep silent about, and what to do about it by N. V. Yudin

“…The first section summarizes their key advantages, which include, first of all, the fact that they all successfully perform an educational function, introducing the reader to the key approaches, schools and theories that form the ‘body’ of modern IR theory. …”
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Measuring Digital Health Literacy in Older Adults: Development and Validation Study by SungMin Kim, Choonghee Park, Sunghyeon Park, Dai-Jin Kim, Ye-Seul Bae, Jae-Heon Kang, Ji-Won Chun

“…We expect this study to contribute to the future provision of tailored education and treatment based on individual literacy levels.…”
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Perceived stress across population segments characterized by differing stressor profiles-A latent class analysis. by Finn Breinholt Larsen, Mathias Lasgaard, Morten Vejs Willert, Jes Bak Sørensen

“…Higher age increased the likelihood of belonging to Class 3. Low educational attainment increased the likelihood of belonging to Classes 5 and 6. …”
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Structural equation modeling for social capital empowerment in supporting mangrove rehabilitation by I. Listiana, D. Ariyanto

“…Increasing the social capital of communities surrounding mangrove forests has a significant influence on mangrove rehabilitation and welfare, including the fulfillment of basic needs like shelter, food, access to healthcare, and education. Community leaders oversee activities, encourage community involvement in mangrove rehabilitation, and ensure the smooth running of government programs.CONCLUSION: Social capital can be enhanced through group meetings, social gatherings, initiatives to raise awareness about tourism, and mangrove conservation groups. …”
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Visible Goiter among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Public Health Facilities of Debre Markos Town, East Gojjam, North West Ethiopia by Yihun Endalamaw, Haji Kedir, Tadesse Alemayehu

“…Therefore, due emphasis on goiter prevention and control strategies, increasing knowledge of women on the benefit of iodized salt, including low-income households in safety net programs, and nutritional education on iodine-rich diets (such as tuna, dairy products, and egg) should be emphasized to alleviate the problem.…”
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Scabies Outbreak Investigation and Risk Factors in East Badewacho District, Southern Ethiopia: Unmatched Case Control Study by Jarso Sara, Yusuf Haji, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik

“…Providing risk factors related health education on prevention and controls especially, at community level and schools, is recommended.…”
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Efficacy of an intervention to increase therapeutic adherence in patients with secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Francisco Manuel Lidón-Muñoz, José Antonio Quesada, José Antonio Quesada, José Antonio Quesada, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán

“…Furthermore, non-adherence is more pronounced in primary care.ObjectiveBased on our hypothesis that in patients undergoing cardiovascular secondary prevention, an intervention grounded in the application of the Chronic Care Model improves adherence to the three preventive drugs, this study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a health education intervention, which implements this model, to increase adherence in patients with cardiovascular disease.MethodsAn open-label randomized controlled trial will be conducted, selecting patients who meet inclusion criteria through consecutive non-probability sampling. …”
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Evolution of Spanish population well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COSMO-Spain study by Catarina Santos-Ribeiro, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Alba Ayala, María Romay-Barja, María Falcón, Maria João Forjaz

“…Women (standardized b coefficient (b) = -0.10), youth or people with lower socioeconomic status (worsened financial situation (b = −0.10) or unemployed/furloughs (b = −0.04)) reported lower well-being levels, whereas having a university-level education showed the opposite (b = 0.11). Feeling less depressed was associated with higher well-being (b = 0.31). …”
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Application of machine learning algorithms in predicting new onset hypertension: a study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey by Manhui Zhang, Xian Xia, Qiqi Wang, Yue Pan, Guanyi Zhang, Zhigang Wang

“…Additionally, key features selected based on the AMFormer, such as age, province, waist circumference, urban or rural location, education level, employment status, weight, WHR, and BMI, played significant roles. …”
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Association of early menopause with indoor air pollution: A multilevel modelling analysis of the nationally representative cross-sectional study in India by Pritam Halder, Anamika Soni, Ashwani Seth, Dheenadahayalan Vijayakumar, Anamika Das, Sujata Sankhyan, Anshul Mamgai, Saumyarup Pal, Jaya Tiwari, Aparna Baranwal, CM Chaitra

“…Results: The study identified a significant correlation between early menopause and body mass index (BMI), educational status, marital status, occupation, physical activity, self-rated health, and smoking status. …”
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Statistical exploration of factors associated with birth of children having sickle cell traits among reproductive-age women in Nigeria by Gabriel Ogunde, Ayodele Shabi, Joshua O. Akinyemi

“…Result Nearly 62% of the mothers lived in rural areas, 38.2% had no formal education and 37.4% had ever given birth to at least five children. …”
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Relationship between social capital and medication adherence among frail and pre-frail older people: a cross-sectional study from China by Zixuan Hong, Ying Guo, Wenwen Cao, Chenglin Cao, Zhi Hu, Jing Yan, Ren Chen, Zhongliang Bai

“…Conclusion By enhancing the relationship between social capital and medication adherence in this challenging community and offering educational programs that promote medication adherence from the perspective of social capital, our findings emphasize the relevance of social capital in improving medication adherence in later life, especially for frail and pre-frail older adults.…”
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Non-support from the immediate boss is associated with stress and unsafety at work by Fredrik Iredahl, Elvar Theodorsson, Mike Jones, Tomas Faresjö, Åshild Faresjö

“…Those with support or not did not differ in terms of age, education, civil status, smoking, or ethnicity. Those with non-support reported a higher extent (p < 0.001) of lower perceived health. …”
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A conceptual mechanistic model of amino acid fluxes in the small intestine, taking the example of pig by C.J.J. Garçon, N. Le Floc’h, Y. Mercier, J. van Milgen

“…This model can be a valuable tool for research and education to simulate the impact of nutrition on intestinal AA metabolism.…”
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Scientific support of small fruit growing in Russia and prospects for its development by I. M. Kulikov, S. M. Evdokimenko, T. A. Tumaeva, A. V. Kelina, F. F. Sazonov, N. V. Andronova, M. A. Podgaetsky

“…An analysis of the achievements in small fruit growing in research institutions under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation revealed a huge scientific potential (genetic collections, hybrid funds) for creating competitive commercial varieties and technologies for their cultivation by establishing plantations with certified planting material in accordance with international requirements. …”
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RESULTS OF THE FIRST STAGE OF CLINICAL AUDIT IN THE UROLOGY DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN LVIV by Taras Gutor, Andriy Zimenkovsky

“…The focus-group of such persons was singled out: patients of active working age, financially - able, mainly with higher education, most often with diagnosis of urolithiasis, who suffered from pain syndrome, with late appealing for medical care (more than 24 hours), they were operated on and waited for the quick results of treatment, even despite the positive final result of treatment. …”
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Best practice guidelines for professional nurses to provide self-management support to adults with tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: A scoping review. by Eric Tornu, Portia Jordan, Michael McCaul

“…Twenty-five practice, education and organisational/policy recommendations were extracted from the high-quality guideline. …”
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Exploring self-experience practices in dementia care: A scoping review. by Janina Wittmann, Anja Bieber, Joanne Carroll, Kealan Forristal, Louise Hopper, Niels Janssen, Gabriele Meyer, Marianna Riello, Marjolein de Vugt, Dorothee Bauernschmidt

“…We identified passive, interactive, immersive, and multicomponent self-experience interventions in dementia education and training. Learning outcomes based on Kirkpatrick's model were fairly distributed across all identified modalities. …”
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