Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease by Milian Carralero Romero, Alián Pérez Marrero, Liliana Espinosa Castro

“…<strong>Background:</strong> chronic diseases, such as arterial hypertension, currently constitute one of the greatest challenges facing health systems throughout the world. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to clinically and epidemiologically characterize patients with hypertensive heart disease admitted to the Internal Medicine Service of the Guillermo Domínguez López General Teaching Hospital in Las Tunas. …”
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Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern C... by María Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti, Laura Fonseca, Rochelle A. Burgess, Natalia Concha, Mónica González, Norha Vera San Juan, Mónica Carreño, Kely Johana Palacio, María Fernanda Sotto, Sandra Jovchelovitch

“…In this paper, we explore local understandings of mental health, mental illness, well-being and emotional distress building dialogical spaces that enable community perspectives to inform academic knowledge and health systems. Methods: We identified local understandings of mental health, emotional distress, and wellbeing among two conflict-affected communities in Southern Colombia, including victims of the conflict and FARC ex-combatants. …”
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Challenges faced by community health volunteers in offering sexual and reproductive health care services to young women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Khwisero and Nairobi in Keny... by Mariam F. Yusuf, Mariam F. Yusuf, Mariam F. Yusuf, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Jacinta Victoria S. Muinde, Cynthia Khamala Wangamati

“…IntroductionCommunity health volunteers (CHVs) are fundamental in many health systems across the globe. In Kenya, CHVs were essential in providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Practical insights for enhancing primary care rehabilitation services in low-resource contexts by Maria Y. Charumbira, Karina Berner, Quinette A. Louw

“…Conclusion: Implementing the identified recommendations could significantly improve the accessibility and quality of rehabilitation services in PHC, aligning with global initiatives to scale up rehabilitation in health systems. Future research should focus on evaluating the implementation and impact of these recommendations. …”
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Experimental Biomechanics of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Avulsion Injuries Using a Piglet Model by Anita Singh, Kalyani Ghuge, Yashvy Patni, Sriram Balasubramanian

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Exploring the link between Multimorbidity and direct healthcare costs in Ireland: A cross-sectional study by Sharon Walsh, Paddy Gillespie

“…Background Multimorbidity has emerged as a major challenge facing health services globally, which will place a substantial burden on health systems going forward. This paper seeks to estimate the association between multimorbidity and direct healthcare costs among older people in Ireland from a healthcare system perspective. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…Many of our certainties in the European continent were shaked by the unequivocal evidence of our vulnerability as individuals and our lack of preparedness as a society to manage a health emergency of unknown boundaries, despite having one of the most well-developed health systems across the globe. Much has been said about COVID-19, but never as I can remember, so much has been said about workers, and occupational safety and health, for once, hit the headlines. …”
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Case report: Atypical young case of MV1 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with unusually long survival by Lucie Yeongran Ahn, Mark L. Cohen, Mark L. Cohen, Ignazio Cali, Ignazio Cali, Tia Russell, Jessica Ludwig, Xun Jia, Alberto Bizzi, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Ryan A. Maddox, Rohini Paul, Tania C. Ghazarian, Jaspreet Garcha, Mostafa Hammoudi, Brian Stephen Appleby, Brian Stephen Appleby, Brian Stephen Appleby, Brian Stephen Appleby

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Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan by Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Charles Opondo, Sameen Siddiqi, Virginia Wiseman, Iqbal Azam, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rumina Hasan, Zafar Mirza, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q Siddiqi, Faisal Ziauddin, Faiza Bhutto, Natasha Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Zainab Hasan

“…Introduction Incentive-linked prescribing, which is when healthcare providers accept incentives from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing promoted medicines, is a form of bribery that harms patients and health systems globally. We developed a novel method using data collectors posing as pharmaceutical company sales representatives to evaluate private doctors’ engagement in incentive-linked prescribing and the impact of a multifaceted educational intervention on reducing this practice in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods We made a sampling frame of all doctors running for-profit, primary-care clinics and randomly allocated participants to control and intervention groups (1:1). …”
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Associations between local COVID-19 policies and anxiety in the USA: a longitudinal digital cohort study by Jeffrey E Olgin, Gregory M Marcus, Rita Hamad, John Kornak, Carmen R Isasi, Ana Sanchez-Birkhead, Mark Pletcher, Soo Park, Natasha Williams, Thomas Carton, Aaron E Cozen, Madelaine Faulkner Modrow, Amy Chiang, Matthew Brandner, Jaime H Orozco, Kristen Azar, Sylvia E K Sudat, Pelin Ozluk, Heather Kitzman, Sara J Knight

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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…Many of our certainties in the European continent were shaked by the unequivocal evidence of our vulnerability as individuals and our lack of preparedness as a society to manage a health emergency of unknown boundaries, despite having one of the most well-developed health systems across the globe. Much has been said about COVID-19, but never as I can remember, so much has been said about workers, and occupational safety and health, for once, hit the headlines. …”
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Development and validation of a food-related quality of life questionnaire (CANUT-QVA) for cancer patients by Kenza Drareni, Catherine Mercier, Reisya Rizki Riantiningtyas, Anestis Dougkas, Benjamin Riche, Pascale Roux, Chantal Fingal, Hélène Labrosse, Fadila Farsi, David Dayde, Mélanie Roche, Julie Anne Nazare, Arnaud Fournel, Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Moustafa Bensafi, Véronique Mourier, Amandine Bruyas, Agnès Giboreau

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Mental health risk communication and community participation among an Indigenous people in Colombia by Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Lizeth Paola Coral-Vela, Luz Helena Pabuena-Yepes

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Brief Coping Scale TCS-9: Optimising the Assessment of Coping Strategies. The case of Health Care Workers. by Basant K. Puri, Anastasia Miari, Maria Theodoratou

“… # Contribution By enabling quicker and more efficient evaluations, the TCS-9 enhances the practicality of assessing coping mechanisms in healthcare settings, thereby contributing to the sustenance of health systems and the promotion of health equity.…”
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Impacts of Floods on the Indoor Air Microbial Burden by Akila Muthalagu, Yang Lian, Rekha M Ravindran, Asif Qureshi

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Effect of Decellularization Protocol on the Mechanical Behavior of Porcine Descending Aorta by John C. Fitzpatrick, Peter M. Clark, Franco M. Capaldi

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On the road to universal coverage of postnatal care: considerations for a targeted postnatal care approach for at-risk mother–baby dyads in low-income and middle-income countries i... by Joseph de Graft-Johnson, Preston Izulla, Angela Muriuki, Melanie Yahner, Michael Kiragu

“…Even with rising coverage of facility delivery, targeted postnatal home visits still complement facility-based PNC.Conclusion Risk-stratified PNC efforts must be considered within broader health systems strengthening efforts. Implementation research at the country level is needed to understand feasibility and practicality of clinical and non-clinical risk factors and identify unintended consequences.…”
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Organization of the fight against COVID-19 in a hospital institution. Cienfuegos Province, 2020-2021 by Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez, Helvia Manuela Reyes Cabrera, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a research was carried out on health systems and services that describe the stages of hospital reconversion for the care of suspected and confirmed patients, the number of admitted patients, the extension to a nearby school center and the maintenance of other vital services. …”
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Nurse management of minor problems in primary care emergencies: a non-randomized controlled trial by Jordi Estarlich-Corominas, Neus Soler-Abril, Anna Casanellas-Chuecos, Sara Becerra-Corzo, Andrea Sofia Bianco, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Rosa García-Sierra

“…Abstract Background Health systems must implement strategies to adapt to the high demand in primary care caused by social changes. …”
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Estimating the global cost of vision impairment and its major causes: protocol for a systematic review by Nathan Congdon, Thomas Butt, Peng Tee Khaw, Andrew Bastawrous, Tasanee Braithwaite, Rupert R A Bourne, Matthew J Burton, Serge Resnikoff, Jacqueline Ramke, Kevin Frick, Hugh Taylor, Iris Gordon, Ana Patricia Marques, John Cairns, Justine H Zhang, Hannah B Faal, Iain Jones, Marty Jovic, Allyala Nandakumar

“…Introduction Vision impairment (VI) places a burden on individuals, health systems and society in general. In order to support the case for investing in eye health services, an updated cost of illness study that measures the global impact of VI is necessary. …”
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