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View article: Healthcare worker perspectives on system-level barriers to hepatitis B birth dose vaccination: An analysis in five urban U.S. hospitals
Healthcare worker perspectives on system-level barriers to hepatitis B birth dose vaccination: An analysis in five urban U.S. hospitals Open
Despite three decades of recommendations, hepatitis B birth dose vaccination coverage remains suboptimal at 81.5% nationally, falling short of other routine immunizations and public health targets. This study examined implementation practi…
View article: Distributed Temporal Coding of Visual Memory Categories in Human Hippocampal Neurons Revealed by an Interpretable Decoding Model
Distributed Temporal Coding of Visual Memory Categories in Human Hippocampal Neurons Revealed by an Interpretable Decoding Model Open
The hippocampus is crucial for forming new episodic memories. While its role in encoding spatial and temporal information (where and when) is well understood, how it encodes objects (what) remains unclear due to the high dimensionality of …
View article: Representation of Asian ethnic subgroups in Aotearoa’s regulated health workforce pre-registration students
Representation of Asian ethnic subgroups in Aotearoa’s regulated health workforce pre-registration students Open
aim: To provide a socio-demographic profile of Asian students enrolled in their first year of a health professional programme in polytechnics and universities in Aotearoa New Zealand and to explore differences in enrolment rates (ERs) with…
View article: Healthcare Equity in Epilepsy Surgery: Equivalent Outcomes Between NAEC-IV Public Safety-Net and Tertiary Academic Centers in a Major Metropolitan Area
Healthcare Equity in Epilepsy Surgery: Equivalent Outcomes Between NAEC-IV Public Safety-Net and Tertiary Academic Centers in a Major Metropolitan Area Open
Access to and delivery of quality surgical epilepsy care remains a challenge in both safety-net and private hospital systems. Underserved populations are more likely to utilize safety-net hospital systems, but there are few data on epileps…
View article: Empowering Faculty and Administrators to Reimagine a Socially Just Institution through Use of Critical Pedagogies
Empowering Faculty and Administrators to Reimagine a Socially Just Institution through Use of Critical Pedagogies Open
A large, public, land-grant university received an NSF-supported ADVANCE Institutional Transformation award several years ago. The innovation and core of the project is a 60-hour seminar for STEM faculty and administrators, most of whom ha…
View article: Developing a hippocampal neural prosthetic to facilitate human memory encoding and recall of stimulus features and categories
Developing a hippocampal neural prosthetic to facilitate human memory encoding and recall of stimulus features and categories Open
Objective Here, we demonstrate the first successful use of static neural stimulation patterns for specific information content. These static patterns were derived by a model that was applied to a subject’s own hippocampal spatiotemporal ne…
View article: Istoria and Eureka: Valuing Story and Discovery in Research and Publication in the Human Sciences
Istoria and Eureka: Valuing Story and Discovery in Research and Publication in the Human Sciences Open
Human stories lie at the heart of professional practice in the human, social services, though these are often discounted when it comes to researching such services and sharing practice through publication. This article identifies and addre…
View article: Socio-demographic profile of medical students in Aotearoa, New Zealand (2016–2020): a nationwide cross-sectional study
Socio-demographic profile of medical students in Aotearoa, New Zealand (2016–2020): a nationwide cross-sectional study Open
Objective To determine the socio-demographic profile of all students enrolled to study medicine in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Design and setting Observational, cross-sectional study. Data were sought from the Universities of Auckland and O…
View article: Enabling action: Re-envisaging education of health professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand
Enabling action: Re-envisaging education of health professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand Open
Healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand is changing with the aim of becoming truly universal. Development of a new curriculum model in the education of health professionals can aid this goal through increased focus on community needs and flexib…
View article: National cross-sectional study of the sociodemographic characteristics of Aotearoa New Zealand’s regulated health workforce pre-registration students: a mirror on society?
National cross-sectional study of the sociodemographic characteristics of Aotearoa New Zealand’s regulated health workforce pre-registration students: a mirror on society? Open
Objectives To provide a sociodemographic profile of students enrolled in their first year of a health professional pre-registration programme offered within New Zealand (NZ) tertiary institutions. Design Observational, cross-sectional stud…
View article: Effective and respectful interaction with Māori: how the regulators of health professionals are responding to the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019
Effective and respectful interaction with Māori: how the regulators of health professionals are responding to the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019 Open
Culturally competent practice is only meaningful once it is enacted by individual practitioners in their interactions with others. It is imperative for RAs to include the cultural competence requirement into their published information abo…
View article: Optimized Home Rehabilitation Technology Reduces Upper Extremity Impairment Compared to a Conventional Home Exercise Program: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial in Subacute Stroke
Optimized Home Rehabilitation Technology Reduces Upper Extremity Impairment Compared to a Conventional Home Exercise Program: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial in Subacute Stroke Open
Background Upper extremity (UE) stroke rehabilitation requires patients to perform exercises at home, yet patients show limited benefit from paper-based home exercise programs. Objective To compare the effectiveness of 2 home exercise prog…
View article: Health Workforce Planning: an urgent need to link islands of expertise
Health Workforce Planning: an urgent need to link islands of expertise Open
This article provides a snapshot of the legislative framework for, and ministries and agencies involved in or with influence over, theeducation of the health and disability workforce, including examples of disconnection between the wider h…
View article: Corrigendum: Patterned hippocampal stimulation facilitates memory in patients with a history of head impact and/or brain injury
Corrigendum: Patterned hippocampal stimulation facilitates memory in patients with a history of head impact and/or brain injury Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.933401.].
View article: Cortical Change After a 2-week Novel Robotic Rehabilitation Program in Children with Prior Hemispherectomy: Pilot Imaging Study
Cortical Change After a 2-week Novel Robotic Rehabilitation Program in Children with Prior Hemispherectomy: Pilot Imaging Study Open
Introduction: Partial preservation of sensory and motor functions in the contralateral extremities after hemispherectomy is likely secondary to cortical reorganization of the remaining hemisphere and can be improved by rehabilitation. This…
View article: Patterned Hippocampal Stimulation Facilitates Memory in Patients With a History of Head Impact and/or Brain Injury
Patterned Hippocampal Stimulation Facilitates Memory in Patients With a History of Head Impact and/or Brain Injury Open
Rationale: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the hippocampus is proposed for enhancement of memory impaired by injury or disease. Many pre-clinical DBS paradigms can be addressed in epilepsy patients undergoing intracranial monitoring for se…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
In this second set of essays focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, authors examine the intersectional impacts of the pandemic and discuss how the these impacts reveal weakness in systems that have particularly harsh effects on t…
View article: A quality improvement project: documentation of liaison psychiatry patient reviews in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
A quality improvement project: documentation of liaison psychiatry patient reviews in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Open
Aims Assess how current practice reflects recommendations from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) Treat as One: bridging the gap between mental and physical healthcare report (January 2017). Develop t…
View article: Using a bimanual lever-driven wheelchair for arm movement practice early after stroke: A pilot, randomized, controlled, single-blind trial
Using a bimanual lever-driven wheelchair for arm movement practice early after stroke: A pilot, randomized, controlled, single-blind trial Open
Objective: Many patients with subacute stroke rely on the nonparetic arm and leg to propel manual wheelchairs. We designed a bimanual, lever-driven wheelchair (LARA) to promote overground mobility and hemiparetic arm exercise. This study m…
View article: An experience of practitioners navigating the role of patient/caregiver
An experience of practitioners navigating the role of patient/caregiver Open
This journey involved one of us having (repeat) intraspinal surgery in a country far from home but of a similar culture and with the same first language. The carer travelled across the world to be present during the hospital stay. We kept …
View article: Intraosseous vascular access in critically ill adults—a review of the literature
Intraosseous vascular access in critically ill adults—a review of the literature Open
Background The IO route is an established method of obtaining vascular access in children in acute and emergency situations and is now increasingly being used in adults as an alternative to intravenous access, yet a paucity of evidence exi…