Objectives: The opioid overdose epidemic is escalating. Increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder in primary care is crucial. The impact of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ policy change removing the buprenorphine waiver training requirement on primary care buprenorphine prescribing remains unclear. We aimed to investigate…
Objectives: This study aims to determine whether patients would use pharmacists with their healthcare providers to alert them to the need for adult vaccines and provide preventive and monitoring health services and information. Methods: A survey was sent to 310 participants to assess the willingness of patients to use pharmacists…
Objectives: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common nosocomial condition, developing frequently in overweight and obese patients. VTE prophylaxis with weight-based enoxaparin dosing may be more effective than the standard dosing regimen for overweight and obese patients; however, weight-based dosing is not practiced routinely. In this pilot study we sought to…
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has played a significant part in systematic damage, affecting lives and leading to significant mortality. The endocrine system is one of the systems affected by this pandemic outbreak. The relationship between them has been identified in previous and ongoing research. The mechanism through which severe acute…
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (AIDDs) are an expanding population that requires numerous resources to meet their healthcare and social needs. There are well-established programs to assist the pediatric population with IDDs; however, there continue to be difficulties in providing care to AIDDs. The life expectancy of those with…
Objectives: Health insurance remains an important dimension of contraceptive access. This study investigated the role of insurance in contraceptive use, access, and quality in South Carolina and Alabama. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional statewide representative survey that assessed reproductive health experiences and contraceptive use among reproductive-age women in South…
Behavioral health service delivery to children of Asian American immigrant families requires attention to the unique interplay between traditional cultural values, family-oriented dynamics, and acculturation processes. Native-born children, also referred to as second- and third-generation immigrants, often face ethnicity-based stressors in both familial and societal contexts that can manifest in…
To the Editor: We found the review article “Important Advances in Pediatric Injury Prevention” by Monroe et al to be a very helpful and informative read.1 The authors do a noteworthy job of emphasizing the importance of research and education of the general population in preventing pediatric injuries, key efforts…
Cigarette smoking in rural Appalachian Kentucky remains prevalent, and smoking cessation interventions continue to be challenged by a host of social and behavioral factors. Appalachian Kentucky has one of the highest smoking rates in the United States, with between 24% and 34% of adults using tobacco compared with 21% nationwide,…
Patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and others (LGBTQ+) are less likely than their heterosexual or cisgender peers to receive appropriate medical care and more likely to experience bias and discrimination in healthcare settings.1,2
As international medical graduates (IMGs), we followed the deaths of Black Americans Ahmaud Arbery, Breanna Taylor, George Floyd, and others to question how complicit we are in having implicit biases favoring White over Black Americans. As we acknowledge the issue of structural racism, rooted in centuries of discrimination, that also…
In academic settings, scholarship remains the hallmark of career advancement and promotion in rank. Clinician educators, in contrast to clinician researchers, frequently lack advanced training and the experience necessary to lead and develop projects that can result in the publication of high-quality original research manuscripts. In addition, many clinician educators,…
To the Editor: The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model1 of addressing interactions between law enforcement and citizens with mental illness has demonstrated efficacy in reducing the criminalization of mental illness and increasing safety.2,3 Nearly all of the datasets regarding CITs have been obtained from individual municipalities. In 2007 the Kentucky…
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