Trends in Suspected Opioid Drug Overdose Events in Emergency Medical Service Encounters in South Carolina, 2019-2022
CONCLUSIONS: Monitoring trends in suspected opioid drug overdoses allows decision makers to adjust resources and programs for overdose response and is essential for local coordinated response. Continued monitoring of trends is needed for an equitable response to prevent opioid drug overdoses.PMID:38659370 | DOI:10.1177/00333549241238697 (Source: Public Health Reports)
Source: Public Health Reports - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marco Tori Christina Galardi Source Type: research
Evaluation of Implicit Bias Training in Continuing Medical and Nursing Education to Address Racial Bias in Maternity Health Care Settings
CONCLUSION: Additional study describing the effect of implicit bias training as part of continuing medical education should be conducted, and administrative and management changes should also be made to prevent bias and improve quality of care.PMID:38646821 | DOI:10.1177/00333549241245271 (Source: Public Health Reports)
Source: Public Health Reports - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kathryn Mishkin Chasmine Flax Source Type: research
Lessons Learned From TranslateCovid, a Multilingual Online Resource Hub for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities and Beyond
Public Health Rep. 2024 Apr 8:333549241236092. doi: 10.1177/00333549241236092. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health disparities among immigrant communities. Delivering accurate information and addressing misinformation on protective measures and vaccination to linguistically disadvantaged groups was critical for mitigating the effects of the pandemic. One group that was especially vulnerable to miscommunication about COVID-19 was non-native English-speaking immigrants. To address these disparities, the Asian American Studies Center and the Fielding School of Public Health at the University...
Source: Public Health Reports - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sheila Shea Tom Nguyen Daniel H Kim Gilbert C Gee May C Wang Karen Umemoto Source Type: research
