Elsevier,
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 35, July 2024
This Article supports SDG 3 by evaluating a hepatitis B screening programme in which members of the West African community in the Bronx were offered hepatitis B testing when they attended a blood pressure clinic visit following an educational intervention about hypertension. Almost all participants accepted to have hepatitis B screening, showing the effectiveness of its being linked to blood pressure testing.
Elsevier,
Women and Birth, Volume 37, July 2024
The aim of the paper is to understand the culture around birth and indigenous people. This study aimed to understand First Nations women’s perceptions of placenta burial and a dedicated placenta garden in supporting connection to their culture.
Elsevier,
Australian Critical Care, Volume 37, July 2024
Although Indigenous Australians critically ill with sepsis have similar short and long-term mortality rates, they present to hospital, die in-hospital, and die post-discharge significantly younger. Unique cohort characteristics may explain these outcomes, and assist clinicians, researchers and policy-makers in targeting interventions to these characteristics to best reduce the burden of sepsis in this cohort and improve their healthcare outcomes.
Elsevier,
Quaternary Environments and Humans, Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2024, 100016
The study of the sedimentary record at the mouth of the Sabarmati River in the Gulf of Khambhat provides insights into how changes in climate, sea level, and sedimentation patterns over the Holocene period impacted the environment and ancient human settlements in the region, which is relevant for understanding climate change and its effects.
Elsevier,
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Volume 24, 1 July 2024
This study, which involved 1,344 sexually active cisgender women (aged 18–57), suggests that sexual communication plays a crucial role in the development of a positive sexual experience, both in single women and those in stable relationships. According to the results obtained, if there is a basic inability to regulate one's emotions, maturity and experience do not improve this association.
Elsevier,
Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 155, July 2024
The study proposes a causal fairness algorithm to assess fairness in clinical decision-making. Our algorithm accounts for the heterogeneity of patient populations and identifies potential unfairness in treatment allocation by conditioning on patients who have the same likelihood to benefit from the treatment.
