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Linking Breastfeeding Support Training and Certification to Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes among Alabama Healthcare Professionals

Objectives: This study aimed to determine whether healthcare professionals’ breastfeeding-related training and certification are associated with breastfeeding support knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes. Methods: An online survey was created by modifying existing in­struments. Items assessed Alabama healthcare professionals’ certification in breastfeeding support, breastfeeding support-related training experience, knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes. Participants…

The Physician Position

Physician burnout, deficit, and scope of practice – these terms have become all too familiar when discussing the state of health care in 2023. The physician deficit in the US is increasing at an historic rate, leading to financial, mental, medical, and even legal strain on the very institutions and…

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Integrating Spirituality Into Outpatient Practice in the Adventist Health System

Objectives: We examined Adventist Health System (AHS)–affiliated providers and staff regarding controversial spiritual practices such as praying led by a practitioner, sharing of personal religious beliefs, and encouraging patients’ religious beliefs for health reasons. Methods: Approached were 1082 providers to participate in a project to integrate spirituality into outpatient care….