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Am excited to share that our editorial article titled 'Emergency Medical Services Impact Evaluation Approaches in Low and Middle Income Countries', that I've written alongside Dr William Stassen of Cape Town University and Dr Sabrinah Ariane Christie of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has been accepted for publication in the journal Surgery by Elsevier! In the article we advocate strongly for the need to decolonise the way we think about M&E in the 'development' sector. We ask: 1. Does it really make sense to think of Western country ambulance and emergency response systems as models to be replicated in countries that have very different socio-econo-cultural contexts? 2. Does it make sense that 'high income' countries, many that colonised and continue to exploit their former colonies, should be leading the conversation about what counts as 'impact' in those countries? 3. How can we reimagine, in partnership with the communities themselves, how to assess the impact of EMS systems? After the article comes out next month, I will be blogging about how these ideas apply to EMS systems in Pakistan like Saving 9's Embrace Mental Health and Maseeha Ambulance systems

Recent research conducted by Harvard University scientists, published this month in EHP, suggests potential adverse effects of fluoride exposure on children’s neurodevelopment. The study underscores the importance of future research incorporating comprehensive data on prenatal exposure, neurobehavioral performance, and relevant covariates for precise adjustment. In light of these findings, ensuring the safety of your water supply is paramount. I offer complimentary water tests to guarantee water quality. To schedule your free water test, simply click the link in my bio or call today. Your peace of mind matters most to us. #HarvardResearch #FluorideImpact #BrainDevelopment #EHPStudy #ChildHealth #ResearchInsights #Neurodevelopment #ChildWellbeing #ScientificStudy #WaterSafety #FreeWaterTests #QualityWater #HealthPriority #PeaceOfMind #WaterQualityAssessment #SafetyFirst #HealthCare

Is blood pressure (BP) variability linked to cognitive decline in older patients? A recent study published in the journal of Neurology hints people with the most variation in BP often face slight cognitive decline. There is evidence to support treatment of hypertension reduces risk associated with slowed thinking ability. The data researchers used came from the Chicago Health and Aging Project. See article below for more information. #health #healthnews #healthblog #medical #medicalnews #newblogpost #publichealth #digitalhealth https://lnkd.in/e-v9ejkr

https://lnkd.in/g5dMYRCP Article title: Influence of occupational stress on interpersonal and organizational relationships: an integrative review   Author(s): Jefferson Soares da Costa; Djavan Gomes Leite; Weslley Barbosa Sales*; Márcio de Lima Coutinho   Journal: Open Journal of Pain Medicine   Journal ISSN: 2640-8104 Abstract: Objective: To investigate, through scientific literary findings, the effects of occupational stress on interpersonal relationships in the work environment. Methodology: This is an integrative literature review, with a descriptive and qualitative approach, carried out through a survey in the Scielo, Pubmed and Lilacs databases, with the words indexed in the DeCs: Psychology, Occupational Stress and Burnout Syndrome. As well as the Boolean operator ‘’AND’’ to perform the crossing between the descriptors. Articles related to the proposed theme, published between the years 2016 to 2021, available in full, with no language restriction; in addition to theses, dissertations and monographs. #OccupationalStress #BurnoutSyndrome #InterpersonalRelationships #PhysiologyOfPain #MechanismsOfPain #AcutePain #ChronicPain #TherapeuticOptions #PainControl #InterventionalProcedures #NonPharmacologicApproaches #PostoperativePain #OncologyPain #PainSyndromes #PalliativeCare #PediatricHealth #AgingHealth #Peertechz #PeertechzPublications #OpenAccess #ScientificJournals #PeerReviewedJournals #OpenAccessPublishers #Pharmacology #Addiction #Abuse #PainMedication #AdverseEvents #DrugSafety #PharmacoeconomicsResearch #QualityOfLife

Calling all Osteopaths across Australia! Here 5 reasons why you should participate in the ORION project survey 2024:   1. Contribute your unique practice characteristics and experiences to the largest national practice-based study of osteopathy worldwide   2. Be able to promote your personal role in building the research base for osteopathy to your patients, community and professional colleagues (we know from our previous experience that practitioners report strong recognition amongst their patients regarding their ORION involvement)   3. Help grow the ORION research evidence-base to support your practice and wider profession   4. Co-build a practice database to help promote osteopathy to governments, other professions, policymakers and the general public   5. Help ensure ORION database is robust and ORION results are of maximum impact Osteopathy Australia University College of Osteopathy Victoria University Sydney Southern Cross University University of Melbourne Antony Nicholas Gopi Anne McLeod PhD Visiting Research Fellow UTS Jack Feehan michael michaelfleischman Nicholas Tripodi Brett Vaughan SOLAR_ARCCIM University of Technology Sydney INSIGHT UTS Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for Well-being and Health UTS School of Public Health UTS Faculty of Health Amie Steel David Sibbritt Debra Anderson Chris Turney

Love this. My fave book about this from the last few years is Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran Setiya. Recently wrote about Setiya because he helped me consider: what do you do after you realize your profession’s dream? Setiya says that this question occurs for most of us in midlife. When you reach midlife, he observes, you look back at your travels, surveying the paths you took, the paths you did not take, and the paths you ruined. This can be distressing, as you realize that fewer choices are available to you at midlife. Some options have permanently expired, and there is no objective way to tell if you traveled the best path. And you can find yourself thinking unanswerable questions. Physicians find themselves asking questions like: -was cardiology really the right field for me? -should I have skipped med school entirely? -what would it have been like to be a poet? -to have followed Virgil instead of Hippocrates? When asking these midlife questions, you can become bored by past accomplishments but feel unable to set out toward radically new ones. Setiya’s advice is to seek the value you receive from being immersed in the activity of daily life. He calls it the atelic life instead of the telic life. The paradox of a medical career is that medical training is about pursuing accomplishments, the hero work, the telic life but the actual practice of medicine is about caring for the sick, the atelic life. When you care for patients day in and day out, the value comes from being immersed, day after day, in the care of the people you meet as patients. It’s not heroic, like in medical dramas, but endurance in the daily acts, much like the parenting and partnering.

Here is the first published article of four on my PhD project outcomes on OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine - Issue: Mind-Body Approaches that are Revolutionising the Health Field https://lnkd.in/e42jrz8E

WOHW Day 3 Research and evidence-based practices There are more and more osteopathic professionals pursuing academic degrees and involvement in research in the last ten years. Students are growing into research and evidence-based practice as a vital part of their education as in all healthcare studies. This prepares the students into inter-professional working and research. In the United States osteopathic physicians are easily involved in the academic research due to the nature of their education. Outside the U.S. there are several PhD’s specifically directed for osteopathic professionals but usually osteopaths pursue PhD's in various specialties such as neurology, psychology, person-centered care and so on. #WOHW2024 #OIA #osteopathy #osteopathichealthcareweek #health #healthcare #research #evidencebase #evidence #osteopathyeurope

New! This study aims to shape gerontological practice by providing insights on how to improve support of the integration and the well-being of German retirees in Turkey. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine's link: https://ow.ly/qHJG50RfCA1.

Adolescent medicine, also known as adolescent and young adult medicine, is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development. This period begins at puberty and lasts until growth has stopped at which time adulthood begins. The psychosocial period of adolescence is extended both by an earlier start, as the onset of puberty begins earlier, and a later end, as patients require more years of education or training before they reach economic independence from the parents. Journal of Internal Medicine and Emergency Research (ISSN-2582-7367) is accepting submissions for the upcoming issue. Visit us: https://lnkd.in/g2YUP2sr Manuscript can be submitted to: internalmedicine@maplesjournals.com [Source: Internet] #adolescent #medicine #young #adult #adulthood #psychosocial #growth