Preferences of Integrated Care and the Influencing Factors Among Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Liu S, Zhao J, Liu N, Qin T, Wang F

“…Siqi Liu,1,* Jun Zhao,1,* Nan Liu,1 Tingting Qin,2 Fang Wang3 1Center of Health System and Policy, Institute of Medical Information & Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Science and Technology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Health Policy and Management, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fang Wang, School of Health Policy and Management, Peking Union Medical College, No. 9 Dongdan 3rd Alley, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China, Email wang.fang@imicams.ac.cnObjective: Population aging and epidemiological transition have prompted requests for integrating health and social care. …”
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Global prevalence, treatment and outcome of tuberculosis and COVID-19 coinfection: a systematic review and meta-analysis (from November 2019 to March 2021) by Qiang Sun, Hui Li, Jie Zhao, Xiaolin Wei, Quan Wang, Shasha Guo, Quanfang Dong, Ning Xu

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An international consensus panel on the potential value of Digital Surgery by Anita Patel, Giuseppe Turchetti, Guy Maddern, Ataru Igarashi, Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Anastasia Chalkidou, Jamie Erskine, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, Payam Abrishami, Richard Charter, Richard Culbertson, Jo Carol Hiatt, Matthew Lien, Joseph Soon Yau Ng, Koon Ho Rha, Scott Tackett

“…Understanding the clinical and economic value of these technologies is vital for making appropriate health policy and purchasing decisions. We explore the potential value of digital technologies in surgery and produce expert consensus on how to assess this value.Design A modified Delphi and consensus conference approach was adopted. …”
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Public Health Education and Training in Viet Nam: Adaptations Are Needed for Better Responses to New Public Health Needs by Nguyen Thanh Ha, Bui Thi Tu Quyen, Le Thi Vui, Do Thi Hanh Trang, Nguyen Thai Quynh Chi, Le Quang Cuong, Hoang Van Minh

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Protecting Public Health Rights in Yazd Province: Prioritizing Challenges and Solutions by Saeed Hosseini, Vali Bahrevar, Zahra Naqibi Nodoushan, Seyed Masood Mousavi

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Learning in the district health system: How can meetings become spaces of reflection? by O Motshweneng, S Elloker, L Gilson

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Exploring Liminal Spaces in Older Age: Navigating the Enduring State of Dual Sensory Impairment (DSI) by Moira E. Dunsmore, Julie Schneider, Heather McKenzie, James A. Gillespie

“…Despite its growing global prevalence, DSI is underexplored in extant literature and receives little attention in health policy or ageing research. This qualitative study explores the social experiences of older adults with DSI in Australia. …”
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Shaping the conflict by Alan Finlay

“…A quantitative study, conducted as a sister study to this, shows the press took a strongly critical position in relation to the government health policy on anti-retrovirals (ARVs) during the monitored periods (March-May 2002 and March-May 2003). …”
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An exact approach to calibrating infectious disease models to surveillance data: The case of HIV and HSV-2 by David J. Gerberry

“…When mathematical models of infectious diseases are used to inform health policy, an important first step is often to calibrate a model to disease surveillance data for a specific setting (or multiple settings). …”
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a physical activity intervention in adults with lymphoma undergoing treatment by Juliana V. Costa, Alexander R. Lucas, Shannon L. Mihalko, Peter H. Brubaker, Alexandra Marshall, Brianna Leitzelar, Brianna R. Wolle, Samuel Norton, R. Lee Franco, Jeremy Via, Victor Yazbeck, Rakhee Vaidya, Mary Beth Seegars, Ralph D’Agostino, Lynne Wagner, W. Gregory Hundley

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Healthcare practitioners as accomplices: a qualitative study of gender affirmation in a context of ambiguous regulation in Indonesia by Benjamin Hegarty, Alegra Wolter, Amalia Puri Handayani, Kevin Marian, Jamee Newland, Dede Oetomo, Ignatius Praptoraharjo, Angela Kelly-Hanku

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World antimicrobial resistance (AMR) awareness week by Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi

“…Many different specialists throughout the country debated on the current situation, however, no one can predict the future outlook of this ongoing issue. The health policy makers try to find the right solutions for combating the drug-resistant superbugs but they should not ignore Microbiology principles. …”
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Economic Issues in the Use of Office Spirometry for Lung Health Assessment by Murray Krahn, Kenneth R Chapman

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Battling the smoking epidemic: How Indonesia can boost its economy and health with proven global strategies by Fahlevi Mochammad, Razaki Wiky Fhalyang, Matroji Fajar Juanda, Dahlan Sahara Putri

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The Ministerial Advisory Committees and 3 years of COVID-19 expertise – is the Department of Health’s model for information-sharing pandemic-ready? by M Richter, Y Nokhepheyi

“… Effective pandemic decision-making depends on scientific expert evidence, transparency about public health policy decision-making, its rationales and the evidence on which it is based. …”
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A Review of Chemical Variability and Metal Contamination of Herbaceous Plants in Terms of Health Safety—A Case Study of <i>Tanacetum vulgare</i> L. by Anna Turek

“…The importance of environmental monitoring in herb-growing areas, as an important element of health policy, is also emphasized.…”
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Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability by Luiz Antonucci, Maria das Dores de Loreto, Amelia Bifano, Edna Miranda, Diego Procópio

“…This article studies the Brazilian public health policy – Family’s Health Strategy (ESF by its Spanish acronym) - verifying, through the analysis of daily life, its organization, functioning and social networks around it. …”
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Political economics in health and implications for neurosurgery diseases by Yi Han, Yutao Huang

“…It encompasses a diverse range of interconnected domains, including the economy, welfare, the environment, food and drug safety, pollution emissions, occupational safety, the quality of medical services, consumer rights, public health policy, healthcare policy, scientific research, and marketing management. …”
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Super Partition: fast, flexible, and interpretable large-scale data reduction in R by Katelyn J. Queen, Malcolm Barrett, Joshua Millstein

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