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A cross-sectional study of 384 male high school students in Kathmandu revealed unsatisfactory levels of contraceptive knowledge and limited parent-adolescent communication, highlighting an urgent need for comprehensive sexual health education and improved dialogue, particularly among younger students in government schools.
This qualitative study at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda, guided by the COM-B framework, identifies key health system, individual, sociocultural, and structural facilitators and barriers—ranging from integrated services and peer support to stockouts, stigma, and poverty—that influence the elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
This study demonstrates that a YOLO v11 deep learning model utilizing multimodal MRI fusion (T1WI and T2WI) achieves superior accuracy and real-time inference speeds for the early detection of osteonecrosis of the femoral head, offering a robust tool for clinical decision support.
This scoping review of 50 studies reveals that while foundation models are increasingly applied to dementia detection and diagnosis, the field remains at a proof-of-concept stage characterized by non-comparable performance metrics, a lack of demographic diversity, and a need for larger, more rigorous validation.
This prospective observational cohort study demonstrates that the proportion of MMP8⁺ cells within peripheral blood mononuclear cells is an independent prognostic marker for 60-day mortality in sepsis patients, offering improved risk reclassification beyond standard clinical variables.
This qualitative study of 20 healthcare workers in Ghana reveals that religious beliefs shape HIV care for transgender women through a process of "moral negotiation," resulting in a practice of "conditional professional care" where workers provide respectful services while maintaining theological non-affirmation of transgender identities.
This study identifies regulatory instability, planning misalignment, and limited technical capacity as key barriers, alongside improved information systems and local adaptability as enablers, to the effective utilization of Indonesia's Physical Special Allocation Fund for Health (DAK-FH) between 2020 and 2025, ultimately recommending strengthened national-subnational coordination to optimize decentralized health financing.
While awareness of emergency contraception is high among female medical students at two Nigerian universities, its utilization remains low due to significant barriers such as high cost, limited availability, lack of information, and fear of stigma, despite married students showing a markedly higher likelihood of use.
This study evaluated the in vitro interaction between fluconazole and linezolid against 82 clinical Candida isolates using a checkerboard assay, revealing that while most interactions were indifferent, 41.5% exhibited additive or synergistic effects with no antagonism observed, supporting further investigation into this combination therapy.
This mixed-methods secondary analysis of female healthcare providers in an oncology setting reveals that post-BLS training chest compression quality gaps are consistent across professional disciplines rather than varying by role, suggesting that interprofessional CPR education should prioritize shared competencies like deliberate practice and equitable team dynamics over profession-specific assumptions.