14263 papers
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.
In a phase IV trial involving treatment-experienced men with baseline neuropsychiatric vulnerabilities, the DRV/c-based regimen demonstrated superior longitudinal stabilization of depressive symptoms, sleep, and daytime functioning with fewer treatment discontinuations compared to the DTG-based regimen, despite both achieving comparable virological suppression at 24 weeks.
This retrospective cohort study found that the combined suture bridge–Mason-Allen technique resulted in significantly lower 12-month retear rates and superior clinical outcomes compared to the conventional suture bridge technique for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, although the non-randomized design warrants confirmation through prospective studies.
A national cross-sectional survey of 875 Australian women reveals that water immersion for labour and birth is a safe, acceptable, and valued option across diverse settings, characterized by high rates of vaginal birth, low intervention, and rare adverse events, thereby supporting the call for equitable access to this intrapartum care method.
This mixed-methods study in rural Eswatini finds that while urine-based HPV screening is highly acceptable due to its non-invasive nature, ensuring long-term adherence and community uptake requires addressing cultural stigma, misinformation, and structural barriers through the pivotal role of healthcare providers.
This study demonstrates that while airway stenting effectively alleviates dyspnea in both benign and malignant airway diseases, patients with malignant lesions face significantly higher rates of short-term complications, and repeated stent implantation is tentatively identified as an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes.