The state of COVID-19 contact tracing following relaxation of the national lockdown: A qualitative study among surveillance response teams in Kampala, Uganda by Andrew Kuguminkiriza Tusubira, Steven Ssendagire, Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye, Elizabeth Muhumuza, Dorothy Akong, Winnie Agwang, David Kansiime, Stella Martha Migamba, Doreen Tuhebwe, Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho

“…We used a conventional approach for content analysis to identify emergent themes. Results: We found that adjustments were made in the contact tracing system to cope with the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. …”
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Factors related to professional commitment of nursing students: a systematic review and thematic synthesis by Hengxi Chen, Yali Chen, Ai Zheng, Xin Tan, Ling Han

“…These findings highlight the need for targeted interventions in nursing education and policy to improve workforce retention and care quality. Future research should assess the long-term impact of these strategies. …”
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Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study by Benjamin Gardner, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters, Vari M Drennan, Rachael Frost, Paul Chadwick, Rebecca L Gould, Yolanda Barrado-Martin, Sarah Gibson, Rekha Elaswarapu, Rashmi Kumar, Kalpa Kharicha, Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Christina Avgerinou, Jane Hopkins, Jessica Catchpole, Claire Jowett

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From data to impact: The societal contributions of neurological and neurosurgical national registries by Tiffany Eatz, Chase DeLong, Ashley R. Metzler, Neil Patel, Ian A. Ramsay, Sai Sanikommu, Soumya Shrigiri, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Luis Guada, Michael A. Silva, Dileep R. Yavagal, Sebastian Koch, Robert M. Starke

“…While EMRs made collecting and sharing patient data feasible, the subsequent advent of patient registries provided opportunities for rapid large-scale analysis. Most recently, specialty-specific registries have enabled the biomedical workforce to focus on certain diseases, particularly neurological and neurosurgical in nature. …”
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Formando braços para a lavoura durante a Primeira República: o "Aprendizado Agrícola Borges Sampaio" em Uberaba/MG by Betânia de Oliveira Laterza Ribeiro, Marilsa Aparecida Alberto Assis Souza, José Carlos Souza Araújo

“…Its sources include messages from state governors and a piece of news published in local press. The gathering, analysis and interpretation of these sources were articulated in a dialogue between local reality and wider spaces and temporalities. …”
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Evaluation of a telehealth service to support breast cancer prevention medication uptake: a protocol of a mixed methods study by Tim Spelman, Stephanie Best, Christobel Saunders, Paul A James, Sarah Latham, Louise A Keogh, Sarah Mason, Katrina Louise West, Wanda Cui, Sabine Deij, Sandy Minck, Catherine Poliness, Greg Wheeler, Kelly Anne Phillips

“…Barriers to their use in Australia include a lack of awareness of RRMeds by women and clinicians, and a primary care workforce that reports a lack of knowledge and confidence in discussing and/or prescribing these medications. …”
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Hesitancy towards COVID-19 booster vaccine among healthcare workers in Bangladesh by Homayra Rahman Shoshi, Ahamed Khairul Basher, Ashrak Shad Pyash, Md. Kamal Hossain, Fahmida Chowdhury, Md Zakiul Hassan

“…Our multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that support staff, compared to physicians, were the most hesitant to receive any additional booster dose (aOR 4.68, 95% CI: 1.56-9.03; p=0.006). …”
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Implementation gaps in food safety interventions: evidence from a multi-vocal review focusing on animal-source foods in Ethiopia by Meseret Bekele, Meseret Bekele, Delia Grace, Delia Grace, Theodore J. D. Knight-Jones, Florence Mutua, Johanna F. Lindahl, Johanna F. Lindahl, Johanna F. Lindahl, Meena Daivadanam

“…Data consisted of 26 documents (four peer-reviewed literature from the systematic literature review and 22-grey literature) and 14 key informant interviews.ResultWe identified six specific implementation gaps based on the domains of the framework, focusing on different aspects of animal-source food safety including workforce, product value chains, technology, finance and policy. …”
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Adapting the Germ Defence Web-Based Intervention to Improve Infection Prevention and Control in Care Homes: Interview Study Among Care Home Staff by Alex Hall, Johanna Aguilera-Muñoz, Lisa McGarrigle, Charlotte Eost-Telling, James Denison-Day, Christie Cabral, Merlin Willcox, Chris Todd

“…ConclusionsMuch more work needs to be done to make Germ Defence more engaging, accessible, and relevant to the care home workforce. Our study highlights the challenges of rapidly adapting an existing intervention to a new context. …”
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Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK): A health equity undergraduate research training program by Ariel A. Arthur, Rebecca L. deLacerda Allen, Fidelis Y. Sesenu, Maxwell A. Groznik, Carrie B. Oser, Justin X. Moore, Jessica R. Thompson, Alexis N. James, Madeline N. Dunfee, Philip A. Kern, Nancy E. Schoenberg

“…Trainees complete didactic coursework on health equity, study design and proposal development, data analysis, and ethics. Students receive a stipend and research expenses, and multiple mentors guide them in creating original research projects for which they serve as Principal Investigator. …”
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Community pharmacy and general practice collaborative and integrated working: a realist review protocol by Ruth Abrams, Sophie Park, Cate Whittlesea, Julia Hamer-Hunt, Geoff Wong, Fran Husson, Margaret Ogden, Deborah Swinglehurst, Nina Fudge, Claire Duddy, Malcolm Turner, Emily Claire Owen, Ziyue Cai

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Staying afloat on a realm of shifting sands: carers navigating palliative care in their rural settings by Bonnie Zhu, Peter Lin, Heidi Bevan, Anne Croker, Karin Fisher

“…Interpretations were iterative, involving cyclical phases of analysis, moving between individual and collective engagement with data, participant quotes and whole transcripts (hermeneutic circle). …”
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Konsekuensi Hukum terhadap Perusahaan dan Tenaga Kerja Akibat Ketidakpatuhan dalam Pembayaran Iuran BPJS Ketenagakerjaan by Farizh Maulana Yusuf, Ahmad Ahsin Thohari

“…This research presents facts and information using descriptive data analysis methodology, and then draws many conclusions as research findings. …”
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Health Service‐Related Determinants of Health‐Seeking Behavior during Malaria Fever in a High‐Risk Region of Nepal by Ashok Kumar Paudel, Muni Raj Chhetri, Prem Prasad Panta, Nibha Rani Pandey

“…Face‐to‐face interviews with household heads were conducted after obtaining written informed consent and ethical approval from the Nepal Health Research Council. Data analysis, employing statistical measures such as percentages, frequency, mean, and the Chi‐square test, was performed using SPSS version 20. …”
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What do Patients Know About Pneumococcal Vaccine? by Fatma Çiftci, Elif Șen, Nalan Demir, Oya Kayacan

“…The vaccinated patients had significantly higher rates of considering that the vaccine is beneficial (OR, 3.75; CI, 2.61-6.34, p<0.001), and workforce loss (OR, 2.27; CI, 1.38-4.52, p<0.001). …”
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Exploring the Use of an Augmented Reality Device Learning Tool for Multidisciplinary Staff Training on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence: Postintervention Qualitative Evaluation by Dilroshini Karunaratne, Jessica Whittock, Amber Moore, Krishna Dasigan, Jasmine Chevolleau, Brent Bartholomew, Nikki Kelly, Charlotte E Cohen

“…A post-intervention evaluation research model was used to explore the feasibility and functionality of the HP as an educational tool. ResultsThematic analysis described the HP as a “realistic,” “adjustable” tool that “creates a safe learning environment.” …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of NIDUS-Professional, a training and support intervention for homecare workers caring for clients living with dementia: a cluster-randomised feasibil... by Iain Lang, Victoria Vickerstaff, Kenneth Rockwood, Jill Manthorpe, Daniel Kelleher, Kathryn Lord, Penny Rapaport, Claudia Cooper, Kate Walters, Julie A Barber, Sara Banks, Larisa Duffy, Sedigheh Zabihi, Ayesha Dar, Freya Koutsoubelis, Clare Mason, Sandra Duggan, Helen Kales

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Updated Assessment of State Food Safety Laws for Norovirus Outbreak Prevention in the United States by Anita K. Kambhampati, E. Rickamer Hoover, Lisa A. Landsman, Beth C. Wittry, Laura G. Brown, Sara A. Mirza

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A national perspective: integrating medical humanities to address burnout and stress in Chinese medical education by Huiwen Zhai, Jiaolong Xue, Haotan Wu, Shuang Liao, Christopher Lavender, Yangludan Lv, Wanfei Xie, Di Wang, Yu Cheng

“…To investigate the relationships among all the constructs, PLS-SEM analysis was conducted by using the SmartPLS 3.3.9 software in this study. …”
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Structural disadvantage and HIV risk – comparing risk factors between trans women’s partnerships with cis men and trans women sexual partners by Erin C. Wilson, Bow Suprasert, Dillon Trujillo, Sofia Sicro, Christopher J. Hernandez, Caitlin M. Turner, Willi McFarland, Sean Arayasirikul

“…Interventions focused on economic stability, workforce development and post incarceration re-entry housing and employment support for trans women and their cisgender men partners may have the most impact on reducing HIV risk and incidence.…”
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