Objectives Curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) heavily rely on laboratory testing methods. Unfortunately, these diagnostic tools are infrequently used in certain regions of the country, ...

Objectives To examine state-level variation in mental health screening practices for high school athletes in the USA and ...

Objectives To identify caregiver burden profiles among informal caregivers of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes ...

Objective The development of myopia is subject to individual genetic predisposition and environmental risk exposures. This study aims to investigate the trajectories and predictors of spherical ...

Introduction Alcohol is consumed by an estimated 137.4 million people in the USA 12 years of age and older and, as a result, is estimated to have caused about 140 thousand deaths among people 20 to 64 ...

Introduction Black and Asian women experience significantly higher rates of mortality and morbidity perinatally compared with white women and are more likely to lose their babies. These groups are ...

Objectives Understanding contextual drivers of family planning is crucial for designing effective, context-specific policies and programmes. This study aimed to assess (1) the extent to which province ...

Introduction Three-quarters of mental health problems start before the age of 25. However, young people are the least likely to receive mental healthcare. Some young people (such as those from ethnic ...

Background The use of telehealth steadily increases as it has become a viable modality to patient care. Early adopters attempt to use telehealth to deliver high-quality care. Patient satisfaction is a ...

Introduction Depressed mood is a psychological state characterised by sadness or loss of interest in activities, is a common symptom that accompanies most major mental disorders. It is therefore ...

Objective To resolve uncertainty as to the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) associated with sleeping in bed with your baby if neither parent smokes and the baby is breastfed. Design Bed ...

Objective To examine whether gender differences in primary care consultation rates (1) vary by age and deprivation status and (2) diminish when consultation for reproductive reasons or common ...