Introduction Caregivers of children with neurodiversity, particularly autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit ...

Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening reduces cancer incidence and mortality, but participation rates are suboptimal ...

Introduction Self-management is a key component of effective chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management and is ...

Objectives To identify the latent profiles of health behaviour abilities among patients with haematological malignancies and ...

Objective To evaluate the association between use of newer glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs; semaglutide, ...

Objective Antenatal care (ANC) visits play a vital role in protecting women’s health and their unborn babies. This study ...

Introduction Compassion is a core value in person-centred nursing and is essential in the care of patients with cancer.

Introduction Stroke remains a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide, with an urgent need for novel therapeutic strategies to improve recovery. Bupropion hydrochloride, a ...

Objectives Local public health organisations require information about local variations in healthy life expectancy (HLE) and associated risks to inform decisions about how and where to intervene to ...

Protocol: Efficacy of cycled environmental light and noise during initial hospitalisation for improved cognitive outcomes at 2 years in infants born extremely or very preterm: study protocol for the ...

Introduction Primary healthcare (PHC) systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continue to prioritise reactive, curative models of care, despite the region’s pressing need for health-promotive and ...

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