MATERNAL AND PERINATAL HEALTH RESEARCH DURING EMERGING AND ONGOING EPIDEMIC THREATS: A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS AND EXPERT CONSULTATION

Maternal and perinatal health research during emerging and ongoing epidemic threats: a landscape analysis and expert consultation

Introduction Pregnant women and their offspring are often at increased direct and indirect risks of adverse outcomes during epidemics and pandemics.A coordinated research response is paramount to ensure that this group is offered at least the same level of disease prevention, diagnosis, and care as the general population.We conducted a landscape an

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Progression of International Students through their Undergraduate Studies in an Irish Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Study

The focus of this paper is on the progression of international students through their undergraduate studies in an Irish higher education institution.Despite the increasing presence of international students in higher education, their perspectives on progression through their undergraduate studies are not adequately explored.Research into the factor

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Nordic Diet and Cardio-metabolic Diseases: A Review

Nordic Diet is a diet based on foods typically consumed in Nordic countries.This diet includes backpacks fruits (e.g.apple and pear); berries (e.g.blueberry, bilberries, lingoberries); vegetables; legumes; whole grains and dietary fiber from barley, oats and rye; low-fat dairy; fatty fishes (e.g.salmon, herring, mackerel); and rapeseed oil.On the o

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Implementation and challenges unique to teleretinal diabetic retinal screening (TDRS) in a private practice setting in the United States

Purpose: Model Truck Adherence rates to published guidelines for diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening is between 35 and 60%.We evaluate a teleretinal DR screening (TDRS) program in a private practice vertically integrated system to increase compliance with retinal screening.Methods: A retrospective pre-post intervention longitudinal study was conduc

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