Personal responsibility with health in Cuba: Mapping and play of actors for its promotion by Isabel Pilar Luis Gonzálvez, Yusdanys Torres Jiménez, Adolfo Gerardo Álvarez Pérez

“…The actor with the greatest power are the citizens; Meanwhile, the strategic objective with the greatest mobilization is to transcend the paternalistic paradigm of health care practice in Cuba. The possibility of working intersectorally to develop lasting alliances between all the actors involved was demonstrated and that if there are contradictions these will not have an antagonistic nature. …”
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Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Affective Disorders: An Updated Review by Mengelkoch S, Afshar K, Slavich GM

“…Looking forward, research, and funding for this research, is needed to elucidate the mechanistic pathways through which the use of different contraceptives impacts mood in different women to allow for a precision medicine approach to contraceptive treatment. In the meantime, health care providers should adopt patient-centered, “mindful prescribing” approaches to contraceptive counseling.Keywords: women’s health, hormonal contraception, depression, affective disorders, premenstrual disorders, mechanisms…”
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Migrant women’s perception toward cervical and breast cancer screening in Türkiye: a qualitative analysis by Zeynep Meva Altaş, Mehmet Akif Sezerol

“…Methods The women were recruited from Extended Migrant Health Centre, which is a primary health care institution in Istanbul. In August 2024, face-to-face interviews were conducted using an open-ended, semi-structured question form administered by a nurse experienced in qualitative research. …”
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Risk Factor to Chronic Disease no Transmitted In Cienfuegos, Cuba 2010. Preliminaries results of CARMEN II by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni, Alfredo Dario Espinosa Brito, Orestes Orlando Landrove Rodríguez, Dania Peraza Alejo, Pedro Ovidio Orduñez García

“…Chronic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Cuba, the monitoring of them is an important element to alert health care system on its evolution. <br />The <strong>aim</strong> of this study was to describe the prevalence of four of the most important risk factors for these diseases during the preliminary data of the second survey of Cienfuegos CARMEN project, with emphasis on the differences with the first survey results. …”
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Three-Dimensional Electrical Impedance Imaging During Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Patients With Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure: A Pilot Study by Nilton Barbosa da Rosa, Jr, MS, Tzu-Jen Kao, MD, PhD, John Brinton, PhD, Patrick J. Offner, Ellen L. Burnham, MD, Jennifer L. Mueller, PhD

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Intensive care nurses’ experiences of teamwork during the covid-19 pandemic. a qualitative study. by Jeanette Eckerblad, Åsa Dorell, Helen Conte

“…Abstract Background Teamwork is a core competence for all health care professionals and quality of care is a vital outcome. …”
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Medical Education and Social Accountability by İskender Sayek, A. Hilal Batı

“…The social responsibility of medical education is the willingness and ability to adapt to the needs of patients and health care systems, both nationally and globally. It is important for institutions and countries to initiate their obligations to society with an accreditation system that adopts standards based on social responsibility. …”
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Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study by Bernadette Bartlam, Trishna Rathod, Gillian Rowlands, Joanne Protheroe

“…Set in a deprived area in the UK, this research explores patient and health care practitioner (HCP) views on whether a structured interview between a patient and a Lay Health Trainer (LHT), for the purpose of developing a tailored self-management plan for patients, is acceptable and likely to change health behaviours. …”
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Modern Contraceptive Use in District : Crossectional Study by Yanna Wari Harahap, Arinil Hidayah, Febrina Angraini Simamora

“…The sample was woman sexual active respondents and health care has chosen using two stages stratified random sampling. …”
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Presentations to Emergency Departments for COPD: A Time Series Analysis by Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Erik Youngson, Brian H. Rowe

“…The SARIMA models quantified the temporal patterns and can help planning future health care service needs.…”
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The Burden of Cost in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome: Predictions for the Next Decade by Christopher A. Jones, David G. Chapman, Peter Weimersheimer, Luca Fernandez, Oscar Alejandro Mesa, Christian Peters, Bart M. Vanaudenaerde, Mitchell C. Norotsky, Robin Vos

“…Direct costs tend to consist of medical costs, which are those directly attributed to health care interventions (e.g., hospitalizations, pharmaceuticals, devices), and non-medical direct costs such as monitoring and professional caregiving. …”
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Legal interventions for perinatal depression in India: a qualitative study with clinical specialists having expertise in perinatal mental health by Ritika Behl, Vivek Nemane, Shashikala Gurpur

“…All invited participants either had a background in perinatal psychiatry or were experienced in working with the perinatal population and had undertaken evidence-based research regarding perinatal mental health (PMH), in the Indian setting.Results Five themes emerged from the collected data including (1) the epidemiology of PND in the Indian context, (2) the management of PND in India and the efficacy of the existing legal frameworks, (3) the need for legal interventions for addressing and managing PND in India, (4) role of legislative instruments, globally, in managing maternal PND and (5) advocacy for PMH by lawyers, and advocates in India.Conclusions The existing policy gap is associated with the violation of women’s rights. The Mental Health Care Act (MHCA), 2017 should be amended to recognise perinatal women as a vulnerable group and to prioritise their PMH needs. …”
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A study of maternal and perinatal outcomes in primigravida and multigravida by comparing their partogram in labor by Umadevi Vavaldas, K. S. Midhuna, Sarada Kandhichetty

“…Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of partograph during labor and delivery, with objectives to improve health care and reduce maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Partial Replacement with Menhaden Oil Improves Peripheral Neuropathy in High-Fat-Fed Low-Dose Streptozotocin Type 2 Diabetic Rat by Lawrence J. Coppey, Amey Holmes, Eric P. Davidson, Mark A. Yorek

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Low Compliance to Handwashing Program and High Nosocomial Infection in a Brazilian Hospital by Lizandra Ferreira de Almeida e Borges, Lilian Alves Rocha, Maria José Nunes, Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho

“…Compliance to hand hygiene was evaluated in a hospital by direct observation and measured of health care-associated infections, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, before and after an educational intervention, using visual poster, colorful stamps, and feedback of the results. …”
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Poverty and Child Trafficking in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Tusingwire, Angella

“…The study findings also indicated that the majority of respondents strongly agreed that traffickers receive huge amounts of money from potential victims and their families, trafficked children are forced into a difficult and exploitative condition of labor, and health care is the main challenge for trafficked children, due to physical and emotional abuse, depression and symptoms of anxiety are some of the signs of the physical and psychological trauma of victims trafficked and children are trafficked for domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. …”
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The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss by Tracy L. Tylka, Rachel A. Annunziato, Deb Burgard, Sigrún Daníelsdóttir, Ellen Shuman, Chad Davis, Rachel M. Calogero

“…Its predominant focus on weight may also foster stigma in health care and society, and data show that weight stigma is also linked to adverse health and well-being. …”
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Types of Road Traffic Accidents and Emergency Medical Care by Basri Lenjani, Agron Dogjani, Luljeta Abdullahu, Arlind Zeqiri, Dardan Lenjani, Bujar Imeri

“…To design clinical guidelines, algorithms, and triage protocols at the three levels of health care, all healthcare professionals should be educated and trained with continuing courses in triage, communication, and Basic Life Support -AED, ACLS, PHTLS, BTLS, and ATLS. …”
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Evidence-Based Practice in Primary Care Occupational Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Sweden by Ann-Charlotte Lindström, Susanne Bernhardsson

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