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BMC Public Health 2022 Jul 1;22(1):1281. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Background: HIV/AIDS remains a major public health problem globally. The majority of people living with HIV are from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15-24 years. HIV testing is crucial as it is the gateway to HIV prevention, treatment, and care; therefore this study determined the prevalence and factors associated with self-reported HIV testing among AGYW in Rwanda. Read More

Anat Sci Educ 2022 Jul 1. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia.

Anatomy laboratories can provide rich opportunities for outreach to K-12 and college students interested in pursuing careers in health, medicine, or science. At the University of Missouri, the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences has designed flexible, one-hour interactive sessions that typically cover basic anatomical concepts using whole-body donors. In order to evaluate whether short-duration programs were impactful in increasing enthusiasm for anatomy and the health professions sciences, we used mixed methods to study participant experience covering three topics: (1) enthusiasm for anatomy, (2) interest in pursuing a career in healthcare professions, and (3) perception of the importance of whole-body donation. Read More

J Adv Nurs 2022 Jun 30. Epub 2022 Jun 30.

Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Lector Serra Húnter, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.

Aim: To define the competencies of nurse anaesthetists in the hospitals of Catalonia on the basis of their clinical practice through a consensus-building process.

Design: We used the Delphi method to determine consensus among a group of 16 nurse anaesthetists.

Methods: Between February and June 2020, we administered a questionnaire of 142 questions distributed among seven domains: expert, communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar and professional. Read More

Int J STD AIDS 2022 Jun 30:9564624221106535. Epub 2022 Jun 30.

Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 156178Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a valuable HIV prevention strategy, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM); however, PrEP uptake is below the threshold needed to curb the HIV epidemic among this group, especially in settings like Malaysia, where same-sex sexual behavior is illegal.

Methods: A sample of 355 participants completed an online survey between June and July 2020, recruited through geosocial networking apps for MSM and social networking websites (e.g. Read More

Korean J Transplant 2021 Sep;35(3):143-148

Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital and Renal Transplant Unit, SingHealth Duke-NUS Transplant Centre, Singapore.

Asia is now the new epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, yet mortality rates remain among the lowest in the world. This review paper summarizes key findings from the literature in Asia on how healthcare systems, including transplant programs, have developed innovative solutions and countermeasures to mitigate the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of literature using PubMed was performed, where only publications addressing COVID-19 and healthcare systems from Asia were selected. Read More