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How can we promote gender and sex equality in orthopaedics and traumatology surgery? Research avenues perspectives

Agathe Yvinou, Romain Alain • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (2025)

Abstract Gender and sex disparities persist in orthopaedic and traumatology surgery, making it one of the least diverse medical specialties worldwide. Despite growing women representation in medical education, women continue to be significa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13018-025-06170-8

Associations of Eating Identities With Self-Reported Dietary Behaviors and Body Mass Index

Patrycja Sleboda, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Wändi Bruine de Bruin et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

Objective:To inform dietary interventions, it is important to understand antecedents of recommended (henceforth: healthy) dietary behaviors, beyond dietary beliefs and self-efficacy. We used the validated “Eating Identity Type Inventory” to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.894557

Public Health Interventions Delivered by Pharmacy Professionals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review

Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Kelly Howells, Diane Ashiru-Oredope • Pharmacy (2023)

Pharmacists and their teams play an important role in providing public health services, however little is known about their level of contribution and the strength of evidence in Africa’s Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The purpose...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy11010024

CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Margaret McConnell, Alya Alsager, Plyce Fuchu, Shrivaths Sriprasad et al. • BMC Pediatrics (2025)

Abstract Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of childhood mortality and developmental disabilities, with persistent socioeconomic disparities in incidence and outcomes. Maternal presence during prolonged neonatal intensive care unit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9

Public Policy and Program Evaluation

Evert Vedung • Routledge eBooks (2017)

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315127767

Crime and Public Policy

Michael Tonry • Oxford University Press eBooks (2012)

Abstract This introduction to the book starts by defining crime. It explains that cross-national agreement about what should and should not be considered as criminal is narrower than is sometimes recognized. Examples are given of various ac...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199844654.013.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

• Oxford University Press eBooks (2008)

Abstract The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy mines all the traditions of public policy. Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists appro...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548453.001.0001

The Effect of the Expressive Art therapy Package with a Unity-Oriented Approach on Subjective Well-being of Middle-Aged Women

Parisa Darouei, Afsaneh Nazeri, Ali Zadeh Mohammadi, Mahdi Motia • پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت (2025)

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of expressive art therapy package (based on visualizing memories with a unity-oriented approach) on the subjective well-being of middle-aged women. It was a quantitative, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ppls.2026.131333.2222

DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION OF BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THE AREA OF FBIH

Lejla Kuralić-Ćišić, Adela Ĉokić, Dţana Sultanić • Research in Education and Rehabilitation (2023)

Educational institutions record an increase in behavioral disorders in children and adolescents every day, with severe symptoms that result in hospitalization or the imposition of criminal sanctions for juvenile delinquents....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.51558/2744-1555.2023.6.2.243

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community perinatal mental health services on access, experience, recovery/relapse and obstetric and neonate outcomes: the ESMI-II mixed-methods study

Heather O’Mahen, Louise Howard, Helen Sharp, Antoinette Davey et al. • Health and Social Care Delivery Research (2025)

Background Perinatal mental health disorders affect one in five mothers during pregnancy or within 2 years post childbirth. These disorders can lead to poor pregnancy and childbirth outcomes and maternal deaths. Additionally, they negativel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/RRAP0011

Communicatively Constructing the Bright and Dark Sides of Hope: Family Caregivers’ Experiences during End of Life Cancer Care

Jody Koenig Kellas, Katherine M. Castle, Alexis Johnson, Marlene Z. Cohen • Behavioral Sciences (2017)

(1) Background: The communication of hope is complicated, particularly for family caregivers in the context of cancer who struggle to maintain hope for themselves and their loved ones in the face of terminality. In order to understand these...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bs7020033

Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward COVID-19 vaccination among patients attending OPD of a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Agnij Bhattacharyya, Debadatta Chakrabarty, Anindya Mukherjee, Soumitra Mondal • National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology (2024)

Background: The acceptance of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination by the community was largely affected by information or misinformation spreading through various channels. Hence, in the process of deploying vaccines, it bec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5455/njppp.2023.13.10495202320112023

Enhancing communication with bereaved relatives about emergency and critical care trials (ENHANCE): a mixed-methods study

Kerry Woolfall, Bridget Young, Emma Thomas-Jones, Elizabeth Deja et al. • BMJ Open (2026)

Objectives Clinical research in emergency and critical care is vital, but recruitment and consent are complex. Research may be conducted without prior consent when patients are critically ill, and interventions are time critical. Some patie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106677

Therapist-Supported Online Interventions for Children and Young People With Tic Disorders: Lessons Learned From a Randomized Controlled Trial and Considerations for Future Practice

Chamberlain, Liam R, Hall, Charlotte L, Andrén, Per, Davies, E Bethan et al. • JMIR Mental Health (2020)

In recent years, research into internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) has suggested that therapist-guided digital interventions have greater engagement, adherence, and effectiveness than self-directed digital therapies. While re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/19600

Video Recording of Patient-Clinician Interactions in Health Education: Scoping Review

Mariana Morgado, Yago Leira, Tiago Leitão, José João Mendes et al. • JMIR Medical Education (2026)

Abstract BackgroundVideo recordings of patient-clinician interactions (PCIs) have become an integral tool in health professions education, with authentic opportunities to enhance clinical communication and decision-making skills...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/70324

Primary health care challenge for nursing professionals: a narrative review

Erika Yurley Duran-Niño, María Stella Campos de Aldana, Ligia Betty Arboleda de Pérez • Revista de Saúde Pública (2021)

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Carry out a narrative review of scientific literature on nursing professionals training in primary health care (PHC), which allows us to know the challenges facing the renewal of this strategy. METHODS Review of the l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002719

Analyzing the influence of physical exercise interventions on social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: insights from meta-analysis

Sung Hee Koh • Frontiers in Psychology (2024)

IntroductionChildren diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) commonly encounter difficulties in social interactions and communication, significantly affecting their overall wellbeing. One proposed strategy to address these challenges ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1399902

Determinants and socioeconomic inequalities in vitamin A-rich food consumption among children aged 6–23 months in Somalia: a multilevel analysis of the 2020 Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS)

Asma Mahamoud Abdillahi, Abdirizak Hassan Abokor, Omer Adam Farih, Mustafe Abdillahi Ali et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2026)

IntroductionVitamin A deficiency (VAD) remains a public health concern, particularly among children in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to evaluate the consumption of vitamin A-rich foods and associated socioeconomic inequalities...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1809278