Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tammy Worth
Summary: Treating mothers for opioid addiction during pregnancy reduces complications during delivery and beyond.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Wenqi Fu, Jufang Shi, Xin Zhang, Chengcheng Liu, Chengyao Sun, Yupeng Du, Hong Wang, Chaojie Liu, Li Lan, Min Zhao, Li Yang, Burenbatu Bao, Sumei Cao, Yongzhen Zhang, DeBin Wang, Ni Li, Wanqing Chen, Min Dai, Guoxiang Liu, Jie He
Summary: The study found that 5.89% to 12.94% of households in China fell into poverty after paying for cancer treatment. Older patients, those living in central regions, and those with lower income had a higher risk of experiencing post-treatment household impoverishment. Patients without social health insurance were more likely to experience household impoverishment after treatment compared to those with urban employee insurance coverage.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Suzanne Nielsen, Rachelle Buchbinder, Christopher Pearce, Dan Lubman, Samanta Lalic, Romi Haas, Louisa Picco, Monica Jung, Helena Cangadis-Douglass, Jenni Ilomaki, J. Simon Bell, Ting Xia
Summary: The OPPICO cohort is a population-based cohort created to understand opioid prescribing, policy impacts, and clinical outcomes. This paper provides a profile of the study cohort by summarizing available demographic, clinical, and prescribing characteristics.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Gemma Scott, Sophie Turner, Natalie Lowry, Annette Hodge, Waniya Ashraf, Katie McClean, Mike Kelleher, Luke Mitcheson, John Marsden
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, addiction treatment services were advised to limit in-person contact with patients and provide flexible prescriptions for opioid agonist treatment (OAT) medication. The study found that most patients preferred self-administration at home and receiving increased supplies of medication.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Kalpita Shringarpure, Meera Gurumurthy, Karuna D. Sagili, Melissa Taylor, Paul Garner, Jamie Tonsing, Raghuram Rao, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva
Summary: This study synthesized qualitative studies from the Indian subcontinent to understand the factors influencing adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment. The findings showed that personal factors, healthcare provider interactions, and social, economic, and cultural factors all influence treatment adherence. Therefore, TB programs need to adopt more flexible and people-centered approaches to improve adherence and treatment outcomes.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Qiutong Yu, Genyong Zuo
Summary: This study aims to examine the impact of urbanisation on the prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypertension among the elderly in China. The results suggest that urbanisation level is associated with hypertension prevalence, awareness, and treatment, with variations across different regions.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Yashika Chugh, Madhumita Premkumar, Gagandeep Singh Grover, Radha K. Dhiman, Yot Teerawattananon, Shankar Prinja
Summary: The study suggests that implementing a one-time universal screening followed by treatment for HCV infected individuals in Punjab, India, is a cost-effective strategy when compared to no screening policy. However, the budget impact of screening all individuals >= 18 years old may be unsustainable. Therefore, the recommendation is to start with screening the age cohort of 40-45 years old with rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) based on both cost-effectiveness and budget impact findings.
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dominique Bulgin, Stephen W. W. Patrick, Tamarra McElroy, Elizabeth McNeer, William D. D. Dupont, Velma McBride Murry
Summary: This study aims to examine the factors that affect access to treatment for women with opioid use disorder, including race and ethnicity, community characteristics, and pregnancy status. The analysis of secondary data from a simulated patient caller study in 10 U.S. states reveals that community race and ethnicity distribution and clinic type are associated with the likelihood of securing an appointment for treatment.
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Devi Sridhar
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us the importance of preparing for future outbreaks and responding more effectively.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Chloe Zabrina Tuck, Robert Akparibo, Laura A. Gray, Richmond Nii Okai Aryeetey, Richard Cooper
Summary: This research reviews qualitative and quantitative evidence to assess the barriers to accessing cancer treatment services in Ghana. The findings suggest that multiple factors at different levels, including individual, community, organizational, and policy levels, influence access to and acceptance of cancer treatment. The study also highlights the need to overcome methodological limitations in researching the determinants of accessing treatment in vulnerable populations.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lise Jamieson, Sydney Rosen, Bevis Phiri, Anna Grimsrud, Muya Mwansa, Hilda Shakwelele, Prudence Haimbe, Mpande Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya, Priscilla Lumano-Mulenga, Innocent Chiboma, Brooke E. Nichols
Summary: This study compared loss to follow-up between patients enrolling in the differentiated service delivery (DSD) models early and those enrolled according to guidelines. The findings showed that patients who enrolled in DSD after less than 6 months of antiretroviral therapy (ART) were more likely to be retained.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Roman Gabrhelik, Marte Handal, Viktor Mravcik, Blanka Nechanska, Christian Tjagvad, Birgitte Thylstrup, Morten Hesse, Jakub Minarik, Jiri Jarkovsky, Anne Bukten, Thomas Clausen, Svetlana Skurtveit
Summary: This study aims to investigate OMT adherence trajectories and factors associated with improved outcomes for OMT patients across the Czech Republic, Norway, and Denmark using nationwide health and population registers. A total of approximately 21500 OMT patients over the last two decades in all three countries will be included in the study, with outcomes from country-specific analyses pooled for further understanding and improvement of OMT treatment success.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mohammad Tasavon Gholamhoseini, Heidar Sharafi, Helena H. L. Borba, Seyed Moayed Alavian, Asma Sabermahani, Behzad Hajarizadeh
Summary: This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of different treatment scenarios for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Iran, a resource-limited setting. The results show that a pan-genotypic generic direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimen, such as SOF/VEL, is cost-effective and potentially cost-saving compared to scenarios that require pretreatment HCV genotype tests.
Article
Political Science
Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Michael Hankinson
Summary: This study demonstrates through experiments that the depiction of substance users' racial identity in news media has an impact on public support for policies addressing the opioid crisis. The study shows that people tend to display biases in favor of their own racial identity group, which manifest in their support for treatment-based policies and punitive policies. These biases may be influenced by the initial drug used by substance users and the perceived level of blame. However, no similar biases were found based on gender and residential context identities.
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Courtney L. McNamara, Ronald Labonte, Ashley Schram, Belinda Townsend
Summary: The global trading system is shifting from multilateral trade negotiations to regional and bilateral free trade agreements, posing new challenges for public health. Key terms are introduced and explained to highlight the impact of FTA provisions and the current political context along with the COVID-19 pandemic on contemporary trade environment.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2021)