Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to measure the nursing practice environment. Although the instrument's use has resulted in advances in science and quality improvement ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Before 2001, neither commercial health insurance companies nor Medicaid covered services for people with autism. By 2015, thanks in large part to the advocacy of thousands of parents, all but seven states had mandates requiring ...
Jul 26, 2023
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More than half of patients with auto-immune conditions experience mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, yet the majority are rarely or never asked in clinic about mental health symptoms, according to new ...
Jul 25, 2023
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French researchers conducted a large, simulated study to examine the relationship between the presence of primary care physicians (PCPs) and the ability of patients to register with a PCP. The study aimed to analyze local ...
Jul 25, 2023
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The combination of soaring heat and smothering fine particulate pollution may double the risk of heart attack death, according to a new study of more than 202,000 heart attack deaths in China. The study published today in ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day.
Jul 23, 2023
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Ultra-processed foods—including industrially produced packaged snacks, fruit-flavored drinks, and hot dogs—have been linked to health issues ranging from weight gain to certain cancers. So where are the food policies ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Tweets about the 2017 Philadelphia beverage tax that showed high levels of anger and fear prior to the tax were replaced by more favorable sentiments years later, according to an analysis by researchers. The researchers used ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Researchers have uncovered two new cholera substrains in a displaced refugee population in southern Bangladesh, where a pre-emptive mass vaccination campaign of over one million refugees was successful in preventing an epidemic. ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Pregnant people who report feeling unsafe in their neighborhood are more likely to experience depression during pregnancy and have a baby with a low birth weight, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Jul 18, 2023
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