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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.09.021 | DOI Listing |
J Healthc Sci Humanit
January 2024
This commentary examines the formation and impact of the Macon County Community Partners Taskforce, which was established to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama's Black Belt region. Faced with limited healthcare infrastructure, the Taskforce, a collaboration between local organizations, community leaders, and Tuskegee University, addressed the severe vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemic. The Taskforce focused on public health policy, resource management, and communication, and successfully mobilized testing, PPE distribution, and community support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Intellect Dev Disabil
September 2025
Applied Health Sciences Degree Program, Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Germany.
Background: Few studies have examined how professional caregivers perceive the relocation of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities from the family home to specialised residential settings.
Method: We conducted semi-structured interviews with eight professional caregivers, exploring their experiences of admitting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities into residential care. Transcripts were analysed using Mayring's qualitative content analysis.
In the essay "An Elusive Promise: Protecting US Workers from Excessive Heat," the author (who is also the author of this commentary) addresses the ever-increasing hazard that exposure to excessive heat poses to workers, both internationally and in the United States, and details the history of federal efforts to address the problem, dating back to the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the "OSH Act") in 1970. Following years of dogged advocacy by the worker safety community, those efforts culminated in August 2024 in the publication in the Federal Register of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. A few months later, Donald Trump was elected president.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurr Med Res Opin
September 2025
International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), Tarrytown, NY, USA.
Patient engagement (PE) has evolved from an emerging concept to a fundamental ethos underpinning healthcare research and communication. In this commentary, we explore the historical evolution in medical research from patients being participants in clinical trials to becoming integral partners in communicating medical research findings. The progression from "why" to "how" PE should occur represents a fundamental shift in the medical publication landscape.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlob Health Action
December 2025
School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
This Commentary is part of the Special Issue titled . The Issue examines the Global Financing Facility (GFF) through the lens of nine papers that explore the content and development processes of GFF country documents. While the GFF achieved technical alignment with national reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health priorities, it did not consistently translate into the mobilization of increased domestic resources.
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