Support measures and demand among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey in high-workload provinces of China, 2023 by Lei Zhang, Jianzhong Zheng, Huifang Xiong, Leji Wen, Ni Hu, Weizhuo Xu, Yueting Fang, Sihang Ma, Yicihan Liu, Dongbei Guo

“…Recommendations include prioritising adequate rest, equitable resource allocation and the implementation of gender-oriented policies to ensure workforce sustainability and maintain care quality. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surgical care continuum in Ethiopia: a national survey by Amare Hailekiros Gebregzi, Berhane Redae Meshesha, Hassen Mohammed Beshir, Desalegn Bekele Taye, Fitalew Dagnew, Manuel K. Sibhatu, Amanuel Sisay Endeshaw, Fantahun Tarekegn Kumie

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The crucial role the field epidemiology training program played in preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone, January 2020 to August 2022 by Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru, Alden Keith Henderson, Adel Hussein Elduma, James Sylvester Squire, Mohamed Alex Vandi, Daphane Moffett, Monique Foster

“…These gains should be maintained and scaled up to build a strong and resilient public health workforce in Sierra Leone, which is crucial for preparedness and response to future outbreaks.…”
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Socio-Psychological Dimensions of Students Migration. A Pilot Study by George-Laurențiu Șerban-Oprescu, Liana Badea, Isabel Novo-Corti, Mihaela Roberta Stanef, Silvia Elena Iacob, Grigore Ioan Piroșcă

“…Albeit positive outcomes for migrants and their destination countries, there is a growing body of research claiming that migration of young skilled workforce has a significant impact on the structure of domestic labor market and productivity output of the country of origin. …”
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Practices and challenges of supervision and delegation in nursing in Africa: a scoping review by Amidu Alhassan, Victoria Leighton Sencherey, Christiana Bobuafor, Gifty Osei Berchie, Susanna Aba Abraham

“…In low-resource settings, such as Africa, where shortage of professional nurses has been reported, effective delegation optimises task allocation and nursing workforce use, while supervision ensures safe care and promotes skill and knowledge transfer to less experienced staff. …”
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Studying an educational intervention and its impact on health-related quality of life and fasting blood glucose levels among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural China by Shaofan Chen, Kristina Burström, Bo Burström, Dongfu Qian

“…However, continued FBG elevation signals the need for more comprehensive strategies, integrating digital tools and workforce reforms. Trial registration ISRCTN13319989 (Date: 31/07/2019).…”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Intelligent mHealth Intervention for Child Unintentional Injury Prevention: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Yang Yuan, Yuying Jing, Jiyu Li, Jieyi He, David C Schwebel, Peishan Ning, Zhenzhen Rao, Li Li, Guoqing Hu

“…In China, real-world implementation of child injury prevention efforts remains inadequate due to constrained workforce capacity and a lack of operational frameworks. …”
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Understanding hospital rehabilitation using electronic health records in patients with and without COVID-19 by Konstantin Georgiev, Dimitrios Doudesis, Joanne McPeake, Nicholas L Mills, Jacques Fleuriot, Susan D Shenkin, Atul Anand

“…A multivariate regression analysis for identifying patient characteristics associated with rehabilitation time included age, sex, comorbidities, and socioeconomic status. …”
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Gender Preferences in Healthcare: A Study of Saudi Patients’ Physician Preferences by Alhomayani KM, Bukhary HA, Aljuaid FI, Alotaibi TA, Alqurashi FS, Althobaiti KN, Althobaiti NS, Althomali OY, Althobaiti AA, Aljuaid MM, Muhyei AM

“…These findings underscore the importance of gender-sensitive workforce planning to align physician assignments with patient preferences, enhancing satisfaction and trust. …”
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Telemedicine use in rural areas of the United Kingdom to improve access to healthcare facilities: A review of current evidence by Rama K. Gobburi, David B. Olawade, Gbolahan Deji Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Nicholas Aderinto, Aanuoluwapo Clement David-Olawade

“…These disparities include restricted access, transportation challenges, and healthcare workforce shortages, resulting in delayed care and poorer health outcomes. …”
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Association of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status with risk of influenza-like illness and loss of workdays in healthcare workers by Tamara Dörr, Joanne Lacy, Tala Ballouz, Alexia Cusini, Fabian Grässli, Sarah Haile, Emina Kocan, J. Carsten Möller, Milo A. Puhan, Matthias Schlegel, Matthias von Kietzell, Markus Rütti, Reto Stocker, Danielle Vuichard Gysin, Christian R. Kahlert, Stefan P. Kuster, Philipp Kohler, for the SURPRISE+ Study Group

“…To single out the effect of the vaccine and account for potential confounding, additional inverse probability weighted analysis was performed. Results In both analyses, we show that more SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations are associated with a higher risk of influenza-like respiratory illness and workdays lost. …”
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Entrepreneurial agility and organizational performance of IT firms: A mediated moderation model by Leul Girma Haylemariam, Stephen Oduro, Zewdu Lake Tegegne

“…Moreover, the mediation analysis unveils that OI plays a complementary, partial mediation role in the EA—OP nexus. …”
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Essential core competencies for scope of practice of paediatric oncology nurses in Latin America: a scoping review protocol by Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Karina de Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Courtney E Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Lorena Segovia Weber, Liliana Vásquez Ponce

“…In high-income countries, previous studies of the nurse workforce have shown an association between patient morbidity and mortality and nursing-related factors such as staffing, education and the nursing practice environment. …”
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Regional caries data availability in Saudi Arabia: Impact of socioeconomic factors and research potential by Asim Al-Ansari, Maha El Tantawi, Mohamed Mehaina, Muhanad Alhareky, Shazia Sadaf, Jehan AlHumaid, Adel AlAgl, Fahad Al-Harbi

“…Background and aims: Monitoring oral diseases is needed to allocate resources, plan health services and train dental workforce. Caries is one of the oral diseases most commonly included in oral health surveillance systems. …”
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Understanding the Phenomenon of Smuggling from the Perspective of Activists Known as “Shoti” by Ali Feizolahi, Zahra Rezaeinasab, Shabnam Yari

“…This analysis involved coding that led to the identification of 226 concepts, 43 sub-categories, and 15 main categories. …”
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Job characteristics model-based study of the intrinsic motivations for primary care practitioners by Shichao Zhao, Jing Ping, Hong Zhu, Wanting Ji, Yuyan Wang, Ying Wang

“…Background: Incentives for primary care workforce are close related to the “strengthening basic healthcare” strategy of the new health reform of China and help achieve the goals of establishing a tiered system for rational diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Adaptive Sports Exposure Impacts Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Comfort in Treating Patients With Disabilities by Charlotte F. Wahle, BA, Nora A. Galoustian, BA, Nicole J. Newman-Hung, MD, Alexander Rueda, MPH, Christina Im, BA, Eghosa Edogun, MD, Charlotte Poplawski, MD, Sharon L. Hame, MD, Rachel M. Thompson, MD

“…Survey questions assessed the comfort level of pediatric orthopaedic surgeons with treating and counseling patients with various types of disabilities, as well as their familiarity with AS. Data analysis was performed using chi-squared analysis, fisher exact test, and the Mann-Whitney U. …”
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Trauma systems: a global comparison by Theodore Miclau, MD, Zsolt J. Balogh, MD, PhD, Katherine R. Miclau, BA, Brian Bernstein, MD, Kodi Edson Kojima, MD, PhD, Taketo Kurozumi, MD, PhD, Ross K. Leighton, MD, PhD, Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, Guy Putzeys, MD, Inger B. Schipper, MD, PhD, Wim Vandesande, MD, Marcos de Camargo Leonhardt, MD, MSc, Maria Adelaide Miranda Goncalves, MD, Guilherme Pelosini Gaiarsa, MD, MSc, Hans-Christoph Pape, MD

“…Each country's analysis includes demographic context, system organization (including prehospital, hospital, and posthospital care), clinical and systemic outcomes, and future directions. …”
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Qualitative evaluation of a molecular point-of-care testing study for influenza in UK primary care by Charis Xuan Xie, Uy Hoang, Jessica Smylie, Carole Aspden, Elizabeth Button, Cecilia Okusi, Rachel Byford, Filipa Ferreira, Sneha Anand, Utkarsh Agrawal, Matthew Inada-Kim, Tristan Clark, Simon de Lusignan

“…Conclusion: General practices should demonstrate flexibility in the workflow and workforce they deploy to integrate POCT into routine clinical workflow.…”
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Palliative care burden and specialist service utilisation for individuals with cardiovascular disease in Australia: a national population-based observational study by Meng Li, Jinfeng Ding, Huiqin Liu, Yiping Lu, Xiwen Simon Qin, Minghui Tan, Hongliang Tao, Qin Xia

“…With greater investment in community-based supportive services and a skilled palliative care workforce, more individuals with advanced CVD could potentially receive palliative care in community settings.…”
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