Elsevier, Heliyon, Volume 9, March 2023
Purpose: The mental health situation among adolescents in Malaysia has reached a worrying state with the rising number of cases. Despite a significant increase in the literature on mental health, there is a lack of studies that focused on mental health awareness. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the factors affecting Malaysian youth's mental health awareness as well as the mediating roles of knowledge on mental health, knowledge on professional help, and attitude towards mental health.
The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Volume 7, March 2023
Shaquita Bell, who is both Black and Indigenous, recently became the 33rd Native-identifying full professor of medicine in the USA. Bell's work questions the idea of race as a driver of health outcomes, and aims to improve understanding of race as a social rather than a biological construct.
Elsevier,
eClinicalMedicine, Volume 57, March 2023
This Article supports SDG 3 by examining inequities of care between disabled and non-disabled children in Africa, focusing on common childhood illnesses. Absolute differences were small, although higher odds of some illnesses were observed in disabled children. Children with disabilities should be considered in efforts to address social determinants of health.
Elsevier,
Journal of Communication Disorders, Volume 102, 1 March 2023
This study seeks to describe the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of community-dwelling older adults experiencing difficulties with understanding others or being understand when communicating in their usual language.
Elsevier,
Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 7, March 2023
The authors of this paper conclude that training food service staff and other food service staff may be beneficial to improve meal quality in the Early Care and Education (ECE) programs but point out that positive changes did not last, perhaps indicating a need for longer and rigorous trainings.
