Empowering Future Mothers: A School Intervention Approach to Promote Breastfeeding Awareness among Adolescent Girls in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India by Kritika Tiwari, Priya Arora

“…Implementing similar programs could enhance breastfeeding practices, thereby improving maternal and child health outcomes in resource-limited settings.…”
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Global variations in diagnostic methods and epidemiological estimates in Pompe disease: findings from a scoping review by Roberto Giugliani, Faryn Solomon, Hani Kushlaf, Erica Wright, Tmirah Haselkorn, Edmar Zanoteli, Benedikt Schoser

“…Enzyme cutoffs in dried blood spots varied from < 3% of lymphocyte mean to 2.10 μmol/L/h to ≤ 18% of the daily median. …”
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HIV status awareness and associated factors among domestic workers in Kigali, Rwanda by Everest Turatsinze, Alain Favina, Fred Mulisa, Ritah Mukashyaka, Ann Karanja, Deborah Kansiime, Louange Twahirwa Gutabarwa, Peace Kwizera, Aflodis Kagaba, Andrew Gasozi Ntwali, Dan Lutasingwa, Mark Mohan Kaggwa

“…To achieve the 2030 goal of eradicating HIV infection, programs should innovate ways to target this vulnerable group specifically.…”
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One-Side Weight Sports and the Impact of Their Load on the Feet and the Occurrence of Posture Disorders in Professional Football and Handball Players by Matúš Kozel, Gabriela Škrečková, Marina Potašová, Peter Kutiš, Lenka Ondrušková

“…These changes were more pronounced in handball players. Proper training programs should be applied in athletes’ daily routine to improve the negative effects of unilateral sports.…”
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Prevalence and associated factors of atrial fibrillation among acute stroke patients at public referral hospitals in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2024: a cross-sectional study by Elias Molla, Yihealem Yabebal Ayele, Tewodros Ayenew, Alemtsehay Mekonen, Agerye Kassa Yirdaw

“…It recommends targeted policies and screening programs to address atrial fibrillation risk factors, particularly in high-risk groups. …”
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Relationships between nurses’ perceived social support, emotional labor, presenteeism, and psychiatric distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Hossein Ebrahimi, Farnaz Rahmani, Khadijeh Ghorbani

“…Additionally, healthcare organizations should invest in workplace initiatives that promote positive mental health, such as stress management programs and team-building activities.…”
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Assessment of Nurses' Knowledge about the Care of Children with Glucose-6- Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency by Sadiq Sabhan Mosa

“…Results: The analysis of data is performed through the application of description statistic (frequency, percentage and arithmetic mean and standard deviations) and inferential statistical to present the differences between the study sample. …”
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Assessment of Risk Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Patients Attending Medical City Complex by Nabaa Wisam Sabri, Buthaina Ateyah Rashid, Raheem Saber Shwiehk, Azad H. Mahdy

“…The findings show that the highest percentage (20%) was within the age group 50–59 years old in the case study group, with a mean age of patients and controls of 47.71 ± 17.42 and 48.54 ± 17.43 years, respectively, and there were significant sociodemographic risk factors for CKD with gender and residency (p. value < 0.05). …”
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Examining the effectiveness of Prostatic hyperplasia education on the level of participant's knowledge and awareness. by Hari Krismanuel, Purnamawati Tjhin

“…Significant knowledge improvement was found post-intervention (mean increase: 8.9, p < 0.001, Cohen's d = 0.82). …”
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Feeling of loneliness and social new damages in high school students by Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh, Leila Mirhadyan, Abdolhosein Emami Sigaroudi, Ehsan KazemnejadLeili, Fatemeh Hasandoost

“…Results: Findings indicated that 16.9% of the samples have gained more score than the mean of loneliness tools. Most students used the internet for downloading music, movies or books (68%) and participation in social networking websites such as face book (%36/1), and cell phone for texting ( 31.7%) and taking picture/ film (25.8%). …”
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Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of exercise as an intervention for suicidal tendency in depressed patients by Wenli Wang, Hairong Liu, Qiangming Feng, Yuanming Peng, Yanran Si

“…ReMan 5.4.1 was used for Meta-analysis and publication bias test. Standardized mean difference, Odds Ratio, and 95% CI were used as effect statistics.ResultsA total of 5 papers (5 RCTs with 796 patients) were included in this study. …”
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Confidence in providing primary care to patients with low back pain among physiotherapists by Ron Shavit, Talma Kushnir, Yaniv Nudelman, Asaf Weisman, Shmuel Springer

“…Health policy makers and educators could incorporate the PCCS into training and evaluation programs to assess clinicians' confidence and perceived readiness to treat LBP in primary care.…”
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Sensitivity of anti-filarial antibodies for lymphatic filariasis surveillance: Insights from a serological survey in Samoa in 2018. by Harriet L S Lawford, Benn Sartorius, Helen J Mayfield, Filipina Amosa-Lei Sam, Satupaitea Viali, Tito Kamu, Robert Thomsen, Colleen L Lau

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of 3795 participants (mean age: 20.7; 51.2% female), 1892 (49.9%) were LF-seropositive. …”
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THE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON SUBOPTIMAL HEALTH STATUSE by I. A. Кrylova, A. L. Slobodjanjuk, V. I. Kupaev, M. S. Nurdinа

“…Statistical processing was carried out by programs Microsoft Excel 2010 and Statistica 10,0.Research result. …”
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Impact of an Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Population Health Initiative on HbA1c Reduction and Value-Based Measures: A Retrospective, Single-Center Cohort Study by Savannah Nelson, Tasha A. Butler, Amanda Martinez, Jessica Bianco, Delilah Blanco, Nicholas W. Carris

“…<b>Background</b>: Studies of pharmacists’ clinical programs have demonstrated improvements in controlling chronic diseases. …”
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Preventing respiratory illness in cerebral palsy: Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial. by Ryan J Coller, Kristina Singh-Verdeflor, Jens Eickhoff, Paul J Chung, Heidi M Kloster, Christopher C Cushing, Danielle M Gerber, Barbara J Katz, Siem Ia, Teresa Wagner, Roxana Delgado-Martinez, Gemma Warner, Lorena Porras-Javier, Thomas S Klitzner, Carlos F Lerner

“…Caregiver-child pairs were recruited from complex care programs, and children had both gross motor function classification system level 4-5 CP and either pulmonologist care or daily respiratory treatments. …”
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Comparison of Parametric Indices of Anthropometric and Biomechanical Characteristics of Female Basketball Players, Volleyball Players and Handball Players by Ali Fatahi, Behshad Panjehzadeh, Zahrah Koreli‌

“…In some sports, the biomechanical factors vary due to the features of the common sport and the design of specific training programs. Every sport needs to evaluate and study the anthropometric and biomechanical aspects of individuals.…”
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Personality factors in heart transplant recipients by M. A. Simonenko, P. A. Fedotov, P. V. Shirobokova, Yu. V. Sazonova, M. A. Bortsova, A. V. Berezina, M. A. Karpenko

“…Objective: to assess the personal psychological profile of heart transplant recipients as the first stage in the development of post-transplant personalized rehabilitation programs. Materials and methods. From January 2010 to July 2019, 129 HTs were performed (mean age 46.6 ± 14.1 years; 74% (n = 95) were men, 26% (n = 34) were women). …”
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The knowledge, attitudes, and practices of thoracic surgical nurses towards postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation by Na Yin, Xiao Xiao, Xinmei Yao, Liyuan Peng, Haili Yang

“…Of these, 191 (80.25%) were female, and 169 (71.01%) had received training in perioperative pulmonary rehabilitation. The mean knowledge, attitudes and practices score were 10.45 ± 3.98 (possible range: 0–34), 33.31 ± 6.50 (possible range: 8–40), and 31.65 ± 6.52 (possible range: 8–40), respectively. …”
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Mapping the colorectal cancer patient journey in Egypt: A qualitative study of diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle perspectives. by Assem Gebreal, Karim Abdeltawab, Omar Hesham, Samr Kolkas, Somaia Khamess, Omnia Fouad, Mahmoud Ebeid, Omar Tarek, Aya Khaled, Hamza Mahmoud, Mahmoud Bassiony, Yara Adel, Muhammed Helmi, Maryam Mansour, Omnia Nahas, Barbara Hansen, Waleed Arafat, Mona N Fouad, Elabrar Ebrahim, Ahmed Ashour Badawy, Lori Brand Bateman

“…<h4>Results</h4>The participants, 12 males and 7 females with a mean age of 54.8 (±10.2) years, predominantly came from low-income backgrounds, with the majority being either unemployed (47.4%) or disabled (31.6%). …”
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