Proposed framework for the integration of refractive error services into the eye health ecosystem in Kenya via social enterprise by Shadrack Muma, Kovin Shunmugam Naidoo, Rekha Hansraj

“…This was an exploratory study which entailed a scoping review of current models used by social enterprises and development of a framework for the integration of refractive error services into the eye health ecosystem via social enterprises, through expert opinion. …”
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Economic impact of medication non-adherence by disease groups: a systematic review by Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Rachelle Louise Cutler, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Michael Frommer, Charlie Benrimoj

“…Relevant information was extracted and quality assessed using the Drummond checklist.Results Seventy-nine individual studies assessing the cost of medication non-adherence across 14 disease groups were included. Wide-scoping cost variations were reported, with lower levels of adherence generally associated with higher total costs. …”
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Developing a set of key principles for care planning within older adult care homes: study protocol for a modified Delphi survey by Madalina Toma, Jonathan Taylor, Nick Smith, Sarah Jasim, Jacqueline Damant, Yuri Hamashima, Thais Caprioli

“…In the first round, panellists will be asked to provide feedback on a draft document whose contents have been informed by a systematic scoping review and consultations with care home staff. …”
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Poly-skilling and advanced practice roles in perioperative care: protocol for a realist synthesis of evidence by David Walker, Ann Griffin, Carolina Britton, Della Freeth

“…Thus, drawing causal inferences for policy-making that is both evidence based and rooted in theory is challenging. A scoping review, reported within this protocol, confirmed that ‘poly-skilling’ and ‘advanced practice roles’ are critical to this workforce transformation, but the mechanisms through which interventions in this area may work are not understood. …”
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Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review by Claire Goodman, Tom Dening, Neil H Chadborn, Maria Zubair, Lídia Sousa, John R F Gladman, Adam, L Gordon

“…We used realist review to develop a theory-driven account of how CGA works in care homes.Design Realist review.Setting Care homes.Methods The review had three stages: first, interviews with expert stakeholders and scoping of the literature to develop programme theories for CGA; second, iterative searches with structured retrieval and extraction of the literature; third, synthesis to refine the programme theory of how CGA works in care homes.We used the following databases: Medline, CINAHL, Scopus, PsychInfo, PubMed, Google Scholar, Greylit, Cochrane Library and Joanna Briggs Institute.Results 130 articles informed a programme theory which suggested CGA had three main components: structured comprehensive assessment, developing a care plan and working towards patient-centred goals. …”
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Role of Government Projects and Youth Employment in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Youth Livelihood Program. by Zaninka, Esther

“…The study recommends that it is of significant importance that the Ministry of Gender, labor, and Social Development develops mechanisms that will enhance youth access to YLP by scrapping business registration costs, and business licensing costs, Equally, the age bracket for registration of businesses should be flexible from 17 years to 35 years old to ensure youth are encouraged early enough to venture into entrepreneurship, and also accessing YLP.…”
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First assessment of biofouling assemblages in the northern Red Sea, an important region for marine non-indigenous species transfer by Juan Sempere-Valverde, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Eva Aylagas, Vitaly Syomin, Vitaly Syomin, Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Sofía Ruiz-Velasco, Sahar Chebaane, Arthur Anker, João Curdia, Ronald Cadiz, Dylan M. Cottrell, Andrea Desiderato, Luiz F. Andrade, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Carolina Bocanegra-Castano, Matilde Marzucchi, Angelo Poliseno, Doaa Baker, Basmah Alabdulaziz, Flor Torres, Ameer A. Eweida, Ameer A. Eweida, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho

“…Panels were analysed with photo quadrat analysis (PhQd), examined to manually collect sessile macroinvertebrate specimens for taxonomic identification using morphological and DNA barcoding analysis, and scraped for bulk DNA analyses using DNA metabarcoding. …”
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Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach by Anita Lazurko, Michele-Lee Moore, L. Jamila Haider, Simon West, Daniel D. P. McCarthy

“…We developed and refined the framework through a rapid scoping review of literature on transdisciplinarity, transformation, and reflexivity, and reflection on a scenario study in the Red River Basin (US, Canada). …”
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Oral health improvement for nursing home residents through delegated remotivation and reinstruction (MundZaRR Study): study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Falk Schwendicke, Peter Schlattmann, Gabriele Meyer, Katrin Hertrampf, Georg Gassmann, Jens Abraham, Volker Hammen

“…We hypothesise that such intervention will significantly improve OHrQL, daily oral hygiene/care behaviour and is cost-effective.Methods and analysis A scoping review will be used to identify possible intervention components. …”
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The adaptation process of a safety planning intervention to promote connectedness and reduce distress in Diné adolescents and adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Joshuaa Dominic Allison-Burbank, Vanessa Begaye, Kyann Dedman-Cisco, Lisa Jim, Shannon Archuleta, Renae Begay, Lacey Howe, Emily E. Haroz

“…CBPR was the primary approach used to engage with Navajo Nation communities and the adaptation process was guided by a scoping study of frameworks for adapting public health evidence-based interventions (EBI) and was guided by the cultural adaptation process. …”
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Healthy Kai (Food) Checker Web-Based Tool to Support Healthy Food Policy Implementation: Development and Usability Study by Magda Rosin, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Elaine Umali, Sally Mackay

“…Findings from our previous research, such as (1) systematic review of barriers and facilitators to workplace healthy food policy implementation; (2) scoping review of current tools and resources available in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada; (3) interviews with food providers and public health nutrition professionals; and (4) food and drink availability audit results in New Zealand hospitals were used in the “Discover” (understanding of current gaps) and “Define” (prioritizing functions and features) phases. …”
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Optimizing risk in action: Differences between fixated aim points and movement outcomes in throwing by Stephan Zahno, Damian Beck, Ralf Kredel, André Klostermann, Ernst-Joachim Hossner

“…Mechanisms for handling uncertainty in sensorimotor control in sports: A scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2023.2280899 Trommershäuser, J., Maloney, L. …”
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Improving NGOs’ participation in implementing HIV preventive interventions: a case of adolescents with high-risk behaviors in Iran by Haniye Sadat Sajadi, Laleh Ghadirian, Azadeh Sayarifard, Fatemeh Rajabi, Maryam Nazari, Narges Rostamigooran, Nina Loori, Haniyeh Haji Abolhasan Memar, Mojgan Farshadi, Parvin Afsar Kazerooni, Maryam Sargolzaeemoghaddam, Reza Majdzadeh

“…Data from interviews and FGDs were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using an inductive content analysis. Second, a scoping review was performed, utilizing databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Google Scholar. …”
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Enseñanza del parto instrumental con fórceps basado en simulación: una revisión sistemática exploratoria by Álvaro Herrera Alcaíno, Diego Berrezueta Ocaranza, Pablo Celis Rubio, Nicolás Cruz González, Rosario Acuña Quiñones, Catalina Larraín

“…Material y métodos: Revisión sistemática de la literatura mediante el protocolo PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews en la base de datos de WOS y SCOPUS. …”
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Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction With Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in a Middle-Aged Population With Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sundh J, Ekström M, Blomberg A, Lindberg E, Malinovschi A, Olin AC, Sköld CM, Torén K, Wollmer P, Östgren CJ, Jernberg T

“…Secondary objectives were to explore these research questions stratified by sex and by smoking history.Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of the population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) of people aged 50– 64 years. CAL was defined as a post-bronchodilator ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity below 0.70. …”
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Use of Digital Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Bibliometric Analysis and Report by Hebatullah Abdulazeem, Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Ishanka Weerasekara, Amin Sharifan, Victor Grandi Bianco, Ciara Cunningham, Indunil Kularathne, Genevieve Deeken, Jerome de Barros, Brijesh Sathian, Lasse Østengaard, Frederique Lamontagne-Godwin, Joost van Hoof, Ledia Lazeri, Cassie Redlich, Hannah R Marston, Ryan Alistair Dos Santos, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Yongjie Yon, David Novillo-Ortiz

“…MethodsA bibliometric analysis was performed as part of a systematic review protocol using MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Epistemonikos, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Google Scholar for systematic and scoping reviews on DHTs and dementia up to February 21, 2024. …”
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Identification and Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation Pathways of Chemical Components in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula of Jiuwei Decoction by Jia-yu ZHAO, Yue-guang LYU, Tong XIN, Qian-qian GUO, Wen-ying ZHANG, Jin-hong LI, Hong-yu XUE, Qiang MA

“…Nonetheless, it is crucial to acknowledge the inherent limitations and scopes of various analytical methods and instruments. …”
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Epidemiological Distribution of Major Ectoparasites Species of Small Ruminant in the Case of Chemical Control Campaign in Welkait District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Berhe Leul, Afera Berihun, Kebede Etsay

“…Significant variation (p<0.05) in C. canis prevalence among different agroecology (x2 = 10.264; p=0.006) in goats and between adult and young age (x2 = 5.052; p=0.025) in sheep and (x2 = 21.267; p=0.001) in goats was obtained in the present study. Sarcoptes scapie var. caprea with a prevalence of 0 (0.00%) in sheep and 4 (1.23%) in goats had no significant association (p>0.05) in all the risk factors considered. …”
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Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation by Holly Walton, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Donna Gipson, Lucy Wainwright, Paula Harriott, Pei Li Ng, Stephen Riley, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop

“…Methods A rapid mixed-methods study, including a rapid systematic scoping review (n = 70 papers), a documentary analysis of 102 His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons reports, and a multisite study of implementation and experience. …”
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