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A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after wearing foot orthoses for 6 months (2021)
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Ramos-Petersen, L., Nester, C., Ortega-Avila, A., Skidmore, S., & Gijon-Nogueron, G. (2021). A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after wearing foot orthoses for 6 months. Health and Social Care in the Community, 29(3), 829-836. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13316

Foot pathology in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can have a psychosocial impact, but interventions such as foot orthoses can reduce foot pain, improving physical activity and quality of life. A previous meta-analysis concluded that foot orthos... Read More about A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after wearing foot orthoses for 6 months.

An asset-based community development approach to reducing alcohol harm : exploring barriers and facilitators to community mobilisation at initial implementation stage (2021)
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Ure, C., Hargreaves, S., Burns, E., Coffey, M., Audrey, S., Ardern, K., & Cook, P. (2021). An asset-based community development approach to reducing alcohol harm : exploring barriers and facilitators to community mobilisation at initial implementation stage. Health and Place, 68, 102504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102504

Globally there is a need to engage communities in actions to reduce alcohol harm. This paper reports on the initial implementation phase of an asset-based community development (ABCD) approach to reducing alcohol harm in ten pre-identified areas acro... Read More about An asset-based community development approach to reducing alcohol harm : exploring barriers and facilitators to community mobilisation at initial implementation stage.

Addressing unpredictability may be the key to improving performance with current clinically prescribed myoelectric prostheses (2021)
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Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., Thies, S., Head, J., Galpin, A., & Baker, R. (2021). Addressing unpredictability may be the key to improving performance with current clinically prescribed myoelectric prostheses. Scientific reports, 11, 3300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82764-6

The efferent control chain for an upper-limb myoelectric prosthesis can be separated into 3 key areas: signal generation, signal acquisition, and device response. Data were collected from twenty trans-radial myoelectric prosthesis users using their o... Read More about Addressing unpredictability may be the key to improving performance with current clinically prescribed myoelectric prostheses.

Pathways linking biodiversity to human health : a conceptual framework (2021)
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conceptual framework. Environment International, 150, 106420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106420

Biodiversity is a cornerstone of human health and well-being. However, while evidence of the contributions of nature to human health is rapidly building, research into how biodiversity relates to human health remains limited in important respects. In... Read More about Pathways linking biodiversity to human health : a conceptual framework.

Coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID ‐19) and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Nigeria (2021)
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Ijezie, O., Okagbue, H., Oloyede, O., Heaslip, V., Davies, P., & Healy, J. (2021). Coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID ‐19) and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Nigeria. Journal of Public Affairs, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2601

This article chronicles the present situation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Nigeria. A systematic search was conducted on three bibliographic databases: MEDLINE Complet... Read More about Coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID ‐19) and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Nigeria.

Managing diabetes care in the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Robertson, D. (2021). Managing diabetes care in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 3(2), 56-57. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2021.3.2.56

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided

"Boys are like gold" : the gendered differences in sexual violence against street-involved children in southwest Cambodia (2021)
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Davis, J., Miles, G., Eno, M., & Rowland, A. (2021). "Boys are like gold" : the gendered differences in sexual violence against street-involved children in southwest Cambodia. Journal of modern slavery (Online), 6(1), 1-35

This paper explores findings from interviews with 130 children (55 girls and 75 boys) living or working on the streets and beaches in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and discusses their vulnerabilities to sexual exploitation and other forms of violence. The... Read More about "Boys are like gold" : the gendered differences in sexual violence against street-involved children in southwest Cambodia.

Immediate and long-term effects of mechanical loading on Achilles tendon volume : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Merza, E., Pearson, S., Lichtwark, G., Ollason, M., & Malliaras, P. (2021). Immediate and long-term effects of mechanical loading on Achilles tendon volume : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Biomechanics, 118, 110289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110289

The Achilles tendon (AT) may experience changes in dimensions related to fluid flow under load. The extent to which fluid flow involves redistribution within or flow out of the tendon is not known and could be determined by investigating volume chang... Read More about Immediate and long-term effects of mechanical loading on Achilles tendon volume : a systematic review and meta-analysis.