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Newest firstPurpose Substance use and substance use disorders (SUD) disproportionately affect people with disabilities (PWD), yet PWD remain under-represented in addiction treatment literature. While recent work has begun to address SUD prevalence and recovery service gaps, little is known about how disability status shapes substance use outcomes. The present study is the first to our knowledge to investigate how recovery, me…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundUterine fibroids cause significant morbidity, psychosocial stress, and poor quality of life due to symptoms including heavy menstrual bleeding, anemia, pain, and bulk symptoms, as well as reproductive complications including infertility, early pregnancy loss, and preterm birth. Fibroids represent a 42.2 billion USD annual economic burden to the United States healthcare system. Despite reported delays in…
BackgroundHealthcare system disparities have a significant impact on chronic disease management in conflict-affected settings. Vitiligo, a stigmatizing dermatological condition, requires sustained care, yet limited evidence exists regarding how healthcare sector differences affect patient outcomes in Afghanistan. This study addresses this critical knowledge gap in a post-conflict, resource-limited setting. The mai…
Open article record in new tab ↗Purpose Cancer survivors in a state with no legal access to cannabis may be hesitant to discuss their cannabis use with providers, particularly in light of legal consequences which disproportionately affect certain racial groups. This study examined potential racial disparities in the relationship of cannabis use status with patient-provider discussions of and attitudes toward cannabis in a state where there is no…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background: Law 1787 of 2016 established Colombia's medical cannabis framework, intended as a public policy to improve health equity by guaranteeing access and promoting inclusive development. This scoping review analyzes this policy's implementation as a social determinant of health, mapping the literature on the gap between its legislative promise and its real-world impact. Methods: A scoping review was conducte…
Open article record in new tab ↗PurposeHealthcare practitioners have shown implicit and explicit attitudes that disfavor people with disabilities. This study aimed to describe how these attitudes evolved between 2006 and 2024 across clinicians, rehabilitation assistants, and other occupations. MethodsIn this comparative repeated cross-sectional study, data from 660,430 participants from Project Implicit were analyzed. Implicit attitudes were ass…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectiveAbleism is rooted in attitudes that influence behaviors and decisions toward people with disabilities. To assess whether these attitudes vary by occupation, we compared the preferences for people with or without physical disabilities between clinicians, rehabilitation assistants, and individuals in other professions. MethodsData from 213,191 participants, collected online through Project Implicit, were an…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess socioeconomic inequalities in three-year survival among formal employees diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Colombia between 2012 and 2019, using legal monthly minimum wages (MMW) as a proxy for socioeconomic status. MethodsA retrospective cohort study used administrative databases, including healthcare and mortality records. Formal employees newly diagnosed with colorectal can…
Open article record in new tab ↗Despite decades of global health efforts and policies, inequitable access to primary care in low and middle-income countries remains an ongoing challenge. This study assessed accessibility to curative sector-primary healthcare services in the Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka in 2020 and 2021. In this study, we included both private and state-owned primary care facilities (PCF) and their corresponding primary car…
Open article record in new tab ↗Objective To estimate associations between all five types of child maltreatment (emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and exposure to domestic violence) and health risk behaviours and conditions. Design, setting, participants Nationally representative survey of Australian residents aged 16 years and older conducted by computer-assisted telephone interviewing. Main outcome measures Associations b…
BackgroundOur previous analysis showed how in-hospital mortality of intubated COVID-19 patients in Greece is adversely affected by patient load and regional disparities. We aimed to update this analysis to include the large "delta" and "omicron" waves that affected Greece during 2021-2022, while also considering the effect of vaccination. MethodsAnonymized surveillance data were analyzed from all COVID-19 patients…
Open article record in new tab ↗We examined the influence of racial/ethnic differences in socioeconomic position on COVID-19 seroconversion and hospitalization within a community-based prospective cohort enrolled in March 2020 and followed through October 2021 (N=6740). The ability to social distance as a measure of exposure to COVID-19, susceptibility to COVID-19 complications, and access to healthcare varied by race/ethnicity with non-white pa…
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