How can competencies in minor surgery in general practice be increased? Assessing the effect of a compact intervention in postgraduate training: a mixed-methodsstudy by Joachim Szecsenyi, Jonas D Senft, Katja Krug, Simon Schwill, Aaron Poppleton, Dorothee Reith, Sandra Stengel

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Florida Cow-Calf and Stocker Beef Safety and Quality Assurance Handbook: Quality Control Points by Todd A. Thrift, Matt J. Hersom, Max Irsik

“… AN173 includes pages 43-91 of the Florida Cow-Calf and Stocker Beef Safety and Quality Assurance Handbook, which is used for the voluntary Florida Beef Quality Producer program. It describes management approaches for five areas of quality concern: breeding and genetic selection, utilization of animal health products and practices, processing/cattle handling, nutrition, and culling management. …”
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Florida Cow-Calf and Stocker Beef Safety and Quality Assurance Handbook: Quality Control Points by Todd A. Thrift, Matt J. Hersom, Max Irsik

“… AN173 includes pages 43-91 of the Florida Cow-Calf and Stocker Beef Safety and Quality Assurance Handbook, which is used for the voluntary Florida Beef Quality Producer program. It describes management approaches for five areas of quality concern: breeding and genetic selection, utilization of animal health products and practices, processing/cattle handling, nutrition, and culling management. …”
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Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinical utility evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests in non-clinical settings for the screening of HIV an... by James Kiarie, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Jordi Casabona, Soe Soe Thwin, Massimo Mirandola, Rosanna Peeling, Ronald Ballard, Laura Fernàndez-López, Inga Upmace, Juliana Reyes-Urueña, Mara Vaselova, Mitja Ćosić, Simon Maljevac, William Mejías, Ander Pazos, Andrii Chernyshev

“…Introduction Point-of-care dual tests (POCTs) for simultaneously detecting antibodies to HIV and syphilis (dual HIV-syphilis POCTs) have been developed recently and show encouraging performance compared with the reference tests in laboratory-based studies. As community-based voluntary, counselling and testing (CBVCT) services are effective providers of HIV and syphilis testing and counselling with high acceptability among men who have sex with men (MSM), the evaluation of the utility of these dual tests in CBVCT services is a high priority. …”
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Interrogating green social prescribing in South Wales; A multi-stakeholder qualitative exploration. by Menna Brown, Katharine Sarah Aylett

“…Without resolution and positive progress across these areas the continuation of local green schemes within local communities, which build resilience and support positive change for service users' health and wellbeing, is questionable.…”
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“There’s always somebody that you can identify with”: a qualitative study of patient perspectives on buprenorphine group medical visits by Mariya Masyukova, Benjamin T. Hayes, Teresa López-Castro, Aaron D. Fox

“…Group medical visits can efficiently deliver these services in primary care, but findings also emphasize that group counseling will be best received when voluntary and group members are committed and authentic.…”
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Challenging Gender Norms: Male Physicians' Perspectives on Family Planning in Rural Islamabad by Junaid Jamshed, Rida Shakil, Muhammad Hassan Laique

“…They also emphasized the need for stronger pharmacy linkages and accessible informational materials to enhance service provision. Conclusion: In Pakistan, gender inequality in healthcare limits male physicians’ participation in FP, reinforcing traditional gender roles and restricting access to comprehensive reproductive health services. …”
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Return to Attendance: Protective and Risk Factors Identified by Workers of Chilean Higher Education Institutions by Alex Véliz Burgos, Alexis Soto Salcedo

“…<strong>Background</strong>: the pandemic associated with COVID-19 forced the search for ways to sustain processes and services. The teleworking modality became an ally to be able to cope with work from home. …”
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Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists by Marc-Antoine Lepage, Annie Lecavalier, Gabriele Baldini, Ning-Zi Sun, Amal Bessissow

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A Binational Sample-Initiated Retrospective Outbreak Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes Infections in the United States and Canada Linked to Enoki Mushrooms Imported from Chin... by Margaret Kirchner, Alexandra Palacios, Natalie Cataldo, Kate L. Allen, Allison Wellman, Asma Madad, Temesgen Jemaneh, Timothy Jackson, David T. Ingram, Victoria Wagoner, Robert Hatch, Joseph Baugher, Laurel Burall, Kenneth Nieves, Mabel Low, Grace Pederson, Lauren DiPrete, Victoria Sepcic, Deepam Thomas, Kristen Lozinak, Sinisa Urban, Kyle Shannon, Erin Kafka, Ainsley Lackey, Lauren Edwards, Hilary E. Rosen, Christian Bond, Michael Needham, Annie Locas, Austin Markell, Kelvin Chau, Adrienne Kong, Meghan Hamel, Ashley Kearney, Monique Salter, Laura Gieraltowski, Michael C. Bazaco, Stelios Viazis, Amanda Conrad

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Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study by Andrew Carson-Stevens, Maria Panagioti, Adrian Edwards, Jenny Shaw, Stephen Campbell, Carl de Wet, Kate Davies, Anthony Avery, Stuart Hellard, Melanie Jordan, Caroline Sanders, Isobel Joy McFadzean, Jane Senior, Darren M. Ashcroft, Caroline Stevenson, Tim Millar, Saied Ibrahim, Thomas Hewson, Sandra Flynn, Thomas Purchase, Florian Walter, Sioned Gwyn, Richard N. Keers, Ellie Thompson, Verity Wainwright

“…The study has been granted a favourable opinion by Wales Research Ethics Committee 3 (reference 19/WA/0291), Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (reference 2019–332) and the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) to access the medical records without individual consent under Section 251 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (reference 19/CAG/0214).…”
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Effect of Social Environment on The Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Prevention: A Case Study of Rwamucucu Sub-County Rukiga District. by Nahiwera, Edverse

“…Other respondents mentioned violence in families, accessibility of health care services, and alcohol consumption, and the study findings on challenges to effective HIV/AIDS prevention, the highest number of respondents mentioned lack of coverage and access to prevention services. the lowest number of respondents mentioned a lack of accurate evaluations, other respondents mentioned stigma among rural communities, cost of treatment, and lack of awareness and the study results on HIV/AIDS prevention measures, the highest number of respondents mentioned social marketing of condoms, the lowest number of respondents mentioned encouraging being faithful to their partners. other respondents mentioned having school-based HIV prevention programs, discouraging wife inheritance, and voluntary counseling and testing of the people. …”
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Blood absolute lymphocyte count and trajectory are important in understanding severe COVID-19 by Catharine I. Paules, Jacqueline A. Nordwall, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Judith A. Aberg, Edward M. Gardner, Anna L. Goodman, N. Kumarasamy, Shikha Vasudeva, David M. Vock, Crystal M. North, Jens Lundgren, Neil R. Aggarwal, for the STRIVE Network and TICO Trial Study Group

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The effect of spiritual counseling based on the sound heart model on resilience and parenting competence in mothers with intellectually disabled children by Arefeh Sadeghi, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Minoo Asadzandi

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Evaluation of Childhood Traumas, Depressive Symptoms, and Dissociative Experiences in Tinnitus Cases by Mustafa Altıntaş, Deniz Sarlak, Erdinç Özturk, Osman Celbiş

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Life after prostate cancer diagnosis: protocol for a UK-wide patient-reported outcomes study by David H Brewster, Victoria Cairnduff, Eila Watson, Amy Downing, Adam W Glaser, Penny Wright, William Cross, Conan Donnelly, Anna Gavin, Carol Rivas, Richard Wagland, Peter Selby, Luke Hounsome, Therese Kearney, Rebecca Mottram, Majorie Allen, Oonagh McSorley, Hugh Butcher, Paul Kind, James W H Catto, Dyfed Huws, Emma McNair, Lauren Matheson, Johana Nayoan, Mike Horton, Jessica Corner, Julia Verne

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Continuous Assessment of Labour Pain using Handgrip Force by Nadine Wickboldt, Georges Savoldelli, Benno Rehberg-Klug

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Attitudes of healthcare workers at a District in KwaZulu-Natal regarding institutionalisation of antimicrobial stewardship by Andile P. Dlungele, Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe

“…Voluntary participants were purposively recruited from hospitals and community health centres in the uMgungundlovu District, South Africa. …”
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Practice, governance, and culture characteristics of lived experience organisations, and evidence of efficacy: A scoping review protocol. by Jessica E Opie, An Vuong, Alexandra Macafee, Hanan Khalil, Natalie Pearce, Erandathie Jayakody, Christropher Maylea, Jennifer E McIntosh

“…<h4>Background</h4>Mental health policy and service design is increasingly recognizing the importance of the lived experience voice and its inclusion in all aspects of work. …”
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Evaluation of Peripartum Hysterectomy in a Tertiary Care Unit and Its Effect on Patients’ Long-Term Physical and Mental Wellbeing: Quest Is Not Over When You Save the Life by P. D. M. Pathiraja, Asanka Jayawardane

“…We invited all women who underwent PPH to complete the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) before hospital discharge and at six months after the hysterectomy date to assess their general and mental health before and after surgery. …”
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