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The Association of Social Determinants of Health Screening With Developmental and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Children Enrolled in Head Start

Elizabeth K. Farkouh, Loren L. Toussaint, Brian A. Lynch • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2025)

Introduction/Objectives: Social determinants of health (SDOH) have the potential to differentially impact child developmental outcomes. This study examined whether scores on the Environmental Screening Questionnaire (ESQ), a newly developed...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501319251384525

Lifestyle Change Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Diabetes or Kidney Disease

Lori L. Sanderson MSW, MPH • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2010)

The purpose of this research letter is to report on the availability of evidence-based interventions for promoting lifestyle change in children and adolescents with diabetes or kidney disease. References for this review were obtained using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2150131909358185

A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics

James G. Anderson • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2002)

This special issue of JAMIA addresses simulation, a methodology that holds great promise for the advancement of information technology in health care. Simulation has been termed a third domain, complementing both natural language and mathem...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.m1167 PMC: 346642

The Effectiveness of Digital Therapeutics Intervention in Oral Anticoagulation Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Jiayue Guo, MPH, Lili You, PhD, Lu Liu, MPH, Xitong Jiao, MPH et al. • Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health (2026)

Objective: To summarize the key intervention characteristics and evaluate the effectiveness and safety of digital therapeutics (DTx) in patients receiving oral anticoagulation, with effectiveness evaluated using time in therapeutic range (T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpdig.2026.100336

Effectiveness of Social Cognitive Theory–Based Interventions for Glycemic Control in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Smith, Yvonne, Garcia-Torres, Rosalia, Coughlin, Steven S, Ling, Jiying et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2020)

BackgroundFor those living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), failing to engage in self-management behaviors leads to poor glycemic control. Social cognitive theory (SCT) has been shown to improve health behaviors by altering cognitive p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/17148

I do not want to suppress the natural process of inflammation: new insights on factors associated with non-adherence in rheumatoid arthritis

Valentin Ritschl, Angelika Lackner, Carina Boström, Erika Mosor et al. • Arthritis Research & Therapy (2018)

Abstract Background It is estimated that 50–70% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are non-adherent to their recommended treatment. Non-adherent patients have a higher risk of not reaching an optimal clinical outcome. We explored fa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1732-7

Single-Case Experimental Designs to Evaluate Novel Technology-Based Health Interventions

Dallery, Jesse, Cassidy, Rachel N, Raiff, Bethany R • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2013)

Technology-based interventions to promote health are expanding rapidly. Assessing the preliminary efficacy of these interventions can be achieved by employing single-case experiments (sometimes referred to as n-of-1 studies). Although singl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2227

A Collaborative Approach to Improving Breast Cancer Screening and Follow-Up Through Multicomponent Interventions and Process Improvements: The Links to Care Community Grants Project study protocol and baseline findings

Emily A. Prentice, Abby Moler, Amanda Sweeney, Karla Wysocki et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2025)

Background: The Links to Care Community Grants Project was developed to improve breast cancer outcomes by increasing access to appropriate follow-up care, improving processes for care transitions, and enhancing care coordination between com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501319251357987

Understanding Public Perceptions of Lung Cancer in China: Infodemiology Study of Baidu Index and Weibo Posts

Zongyuan Li, Jian Zhang, Yiming Fan, Nan Chen et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2026)

Abstract BackgroundIn China, lung cancer remains a major public health concern and accounts for a substantial proportion of cancer-related deaths nationwide. However, limited research has examined public perceptions of lung canc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/85058

The Use and Interpretation of Quasi-Experimental Studies in Medical Informatics

Anthony D. Harris, Jessina C. McGregor, Eli N. Perencevich, Jon P. Furuno et al. • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2005)

Quasi-experimental study designs, often described as nonrandomized, pre-post intervention studies, are common in the medical informatics literature. Yet little has been written about the benefits and limitations of the quasi-experimental ap...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.m1749 PMC: 1380192

Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Hongqin Chen, Jian Meng, Qiao Li, Xin Luo et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2025)

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5

A Brief Intervention to Increase Uptake and Adherence of an Internet-Based Program for Depression and Anxiety (Enhancing Engagement With Psychosocial Interventions): Randomized Controlled Trial

Philip J Batterham, Alison L Calear, Matthew Sunderland, Frances Kay-Lambkin et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundPsychosocial, self-guided, internet-based programs are effective in treating depression and anxiety. However, the community uptake of these programs is poor. Recent approaches to increasing engagement (defined as both uptake and a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/23029

Electronic symptom monitoring of patient-reported outcomes among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma during immunotherapy (PRIME-HCC): protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Yanshang Wang, Xiaoping Wei • BMJ Open (2026)

Introduction Electronic patient-reported outcome (ePROs)-based symptom monitoring benefits health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in various cancers. However, despite the high disease and economic burden of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116199

Concurrent acute cystitis, pancolitis, and tubo-ovarian abscess following laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy: a case report

Yazan AlHabil, Anas N. Owda, Basil J. Zaid, Seema Hameedi et al. • BMC Women's Health (2024)

Abstract Background Inadequate surgical interventions can lead to serious complications such as tubo-ovarian abscesses in the upper female genital system, often resulting from untreated pelvic inflammatory disease. Pelvic inflammatory disea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12905-024-03341-3

Preparedness of health facilities in managing hypertension & diabetes mellitus in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

Juma Adinan, Rachel Manongi, Gloria August Temu, Ntuli Kapologwe et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2019)

Abstract Background Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases that cause 17 million deaths globally. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if hypertensive and diabetic patients had their blood ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4316-6

Cardiovascular risk management system: prerequisites for developing, organization principles, target groups

E. V. Shlyakhto, N. E. Zvartau, S. V. Villevalde, A. N. Yakovlev et al. • Российский кардиологический журнал (2019)

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are associated with high demographic and economic  losses.  Their decrease is one  of the  main lines of development  and improvement of the world health systems. An analysis of the current situation i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15829/1560-4071-2019-11-69-82

Assessing the health impacts of parenthood on people with cystic fibrosis: the HOPeCF prospective cohort protocol

MinJae Lee, Anna M Georgiopoulos, Raksha Jain, Traci M Kazmerski et al. • BMJ Open Respiratory Research (2024)

Introduction People with cystic fibrosis (CF) are living longer and healthier lives with a growing number considering and pursuing parenthood. The decision of whether to become a parent is complex for people with CF, and CF is a major facto...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002383

Effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system in improving the management of childhood illness in primary care in rural Nigeria: an observational study

Marek Kwiatkowski, Rodolfo Rossi, Torsten Schmitz, Fenella Beynon et al. • BMJ Open (2022)

Objectives To evaluate the impact of ALgorithm for the MANAgement of CHildhood illness (‘ALMANACH’), a digital clinical decision support system (CDSS) based on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, on health and quality of care ou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055315