Integrating Indigenous healing practices within collaborative care models in primary healthcare in Canada: a rapid scoping review by Ginny Brunton, Pierre Côté, Silvano Mior, Hainan Yu, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Melissa Corso, Astrid DeSouza, Carolina Cancelliere, Kathy MacLeod-Beaver

“…Twenty-four studies (77%) involved Indigenous leadership or collaboration at each phase of the study and, seven (23%) included consultation only or the level of engagement was unclear.Conclusions We found that collaborative and Indigenous-led strategies were more likely to facilitate and implement the integration of Indigenous healing practices. …”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Behavioral Nudges to Reduce the Phenomenon of Escape from Responsibility in Public Sector by Seyed Kamal Vaezi, Mahboubeh Hosseini

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Arab representation in Israeli healthcare professions: achievements, challenges and opportunities by Bruce Rosen, Sami Miaari

“…To build on achievements to date, and to promote continued progress, policymakers should expand access to health professional education within Israel, upgrade the skills of graduates of non-Israeli universities, promote diversity in leadership positions and key specialties, and expand specialty care services in Arab localities.…”
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Ideology and Values in Turkey's Foreign Policy by V. A. Avatkov

“…The Republic of Turkey considers itself the most democratic state in the world and contrasts itself with “Western democracies”, which, according to the Turkish leadership, are spreading hegemony rather than democracy.…”
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Co-creating and hosting PxP: a conference about patient engagement in research for and by patient partners by Dawn P. Richards, Hetty Mulhall, Joletta Belton, Savia de Souza, Trudy Flynn, Alex Haagaard, Linda Hunter, Amy Price, Sara Riggare, Janice Tufte, Rosie Twomey, Karim M. Khan

“…It’s time to elevate patients into leadership roles for conferences and events, and we encourage you to adopt the PxP ethos by using or adapting our approach and resources to support your opportunity.…”
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Participation in a pre-registration student interprofessional education (IPE) society: influence on subsequent professional practice by Christine Hirsch, Emily Audet, Emily Audet, Ekrahh Dawood, Freya Beardmore, Nafeesa Hussain, Wing Chi Wong, Robert J. Barry, Sharon Buckley

“…Six themes relating to the influence of KASE on their subsequent professional practice were identified: interprofessional communication, teamworking, patient-centered care, leadership and organizational skills, confidence and resilience. …”
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The South African Traditional Communities and Women for Rural Democracy and Land Rights by Wandile Brian Zondo

“…There is a huge legal lacuna caused by the oversights of legislatures, policymakers, and external parties: the insufficient public participation for traditional communities, the centralization of power within leadership institutions, and the perpetuation of apartheid-induced subjugations and oppressions of traditional communities by the current legislative frameworks, contrary to living customary law. …”
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The relationship between the living lab approach and successful implementation of healthcare innovations: an integrative review by Sylvia J van der Burg-Vermeulen, Nina Zipfel, Carel T J Hulshof, Angela G E M de Boer, Bedra Horreh

“…We found that in particular six success factors were mentioned for the added-value of using living lab components for healthcare innovations: leadership, involvement, timing, openness, organisational support and ownership.Conclusions The living lab approach showed to contribute to successful implementation outcomes. …”
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Universality of universal health coverage: A scoping review. by Aklilu Endalamaw, Charles F Gilks, Fentie Ambaw, Yibeltal Assefa

“…Policy and healthcare level and cross-cutting barriers of UHC were identified. Financing, leadership/governance, inequity, weak regulation and supervision mechanism, and poverty were most repeated policy level barriers. …”
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THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF ECT TREATMENTS IN FINLAND – RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY by SAANA KARTTUNEN, LAURI VIRTANEN, ANU HOLM, NIKO SEPPÄLÄ, PETRI SUMIA, ERIKA JÄÄSKELÄINEN, KAIJA JÄRVENTAUSTA

“…The survey was part of the first author’s development assignment for a leadership training course for psychiatrists organized by the University of Lapland and the Finnish psychiatric association. …”
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Practice of balanced scorecard implementation and its contributing factors among public primary hospital professionals in Central Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia by Seid Yeshaw, Seid Yeshaw, Geta Asrade, Asebe Hagos, Muluken Genetu Chanie, Nigusu Worku

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Evaluation of choices and time spent on an open online elective course by undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Z Mfeka, A Turner, J E Wolvaardt, D Muganhiri

“…All the students had one compulsory inclusion in the elective (Management and Leadership Short Course for Undergraduate Healthcare Students). …”
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Comparação entre os Critérios GLIM, o Consenso de Caquexia do Câncer e a ASG-PPP VR para o Diagnóstico Nutricional de Pacientes com Câncer Avançado em Cuidados Paliativos by Emanuelly Varea Maria Wiegert, Gabriella da Costa Cunha, Larissa Calixto-Lima

“…Objetivo: Avaliar a concordância dos critérios do Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) e do consenso de caquexia do câncer com avaliação subjetiva global produzida pelo paciente versão reduzida (ASG-PPP VR) para diagnóstico nutricional de pacientes com câncer avançado em cuidados paliativos. …”
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Effects of Job Stress on Teachers Productivity in Primary Schools of Katuna Town Council in Kabale District. by Faida, Elias

“…The study findings showed that the different forms of job stressors such as excessive workload, lacking instructional resources, disruptive student behaviors, school's administrative pressure, parents and community members' high academic expectations, balancing work with personal life, limited access to opportunities for professionalism, job instability with uncertain salary and frequent staff changes and lack of school leadership support affected teachers productivity in Primary schools of Katuna Town Council of Kabale District. …”
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Factors Associated with Stunting in Children Under Five Years of Age: A Case of Buhara Sub County, Kabale District. by Namanya, Oliver

“…The study recommended that, Kabale District local government in conjunction with Buhara Sub County leadership should come up with ordinances and byelaws on how to improve community sanitation and hygiene practices especially improving toilet coverage, hand washing and proper disposal of the wastes to avoid stunting as they pose great risk to diarrheal diseases leading to mal-absorption food. …”
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Improving education for incarcerated children and young people: policy recommendations from three transnational projects in Europe by Adeela ahmed Shafi

“…Much of this success will depend on the skills of educators and the willingness of the leadership. Practical implications – The programmes and interventions in this policy piece can be used in a range of contexts and settings as shown by the wide range of sites they were piloted in. …”
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The Acute VertEbRal AugmentaTion (AVERT) study: protocol for a randomised controlled, feasibility trial of spinal medial branch nerve block in hospitalised older patients with vert... by Avril Drummond, Opinder Sahota, Simon Bishop, Dritan Pasku, Apostolos Fakis, Anastasios Bastounis, Chia Wei Tan, Maribel Cameron, Yuriy Arlachov, Michal Czernicki

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Editorial by Editor

“…The authors highlight how community radio has become an empowering tool for rural women, allowing them to take leadership roles, voice their concerns, and drive social change. …”
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Using the WHO building blocks to examine cross-border public health surveillance in MENA by Laura Buback, Shayanne Martin, Esbeydy Pardo, Farah Massoud, Jesus Formigo, Atousa Bonyani, Noha H. Farag, Zayid K. Almayahi, Kenta Ishii, Susie Welty, Dana Schneider

“…Recommendations emphasize strengthened governance and leadership to facilitate regional cooperation and information sharing, sustainable financing for implementing a One Health approach, utilizing innovative information systems, workforce development to enhance data collection and analysis, and secure supply chains for medicines and vaccines and equitable service delivery for all mobile populations. …”
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Non-communicable airway disease and air pollution in three African Countries: Benin, Cameroon and The Gambia by B. Awokola, H. Lawin, O. Johnson, A. Humphrey, D. Nzogo, L. Zubar, G. Okello, S. Semple, E. Awokola, G. Amusa, N. Mohammed, C. Jewell, A. Erhart, K. Mortimer, G. Devereux, B.H. Mbatchou-Ngahane

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