Global & Public Health (all articles)
Recommendation Statement: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:23h | UTCEditorials: Evolving Recommendations for Scoliosis Screening: A Compelling Need for Further Research (free) AND Early Detection of Scoliosis—What the USPSTF “I” Means for Us (free)
Author interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (free)
Commentaries: Not Enough Evidence on Benefits, Harms of Routine Scoliosis Screening for Children and Adolescents – The JAMA Network (free) AND U.S. doctors not certain all kids need scoliosis screening – Reuters (free)
Report: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCReport: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free PDF) (via @equitylist)
Press release: Road Deaths and Injuries Hold Back Economic Growth in Developing Countries (free)
Key Findings: The High Toll of Traffic Injuries : Unacceptable and Preventable – The World Bank (free)
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:20h | UTCSugar tax: why health experts want it but politicians and industry are resisting – The Guardian (free)
Related: Beverage consumption taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages AND The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities AND Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases AND Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Research: Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:16h | UTCEffect of Physical Activity on Frailty: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Structured exercise may offer mobility benefits to all older patients, regardless of frailty – ACP Internist (free) AND Exercise may reduce disability even in frail elders – Reuters (free) AND Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty – Summary for Patients, Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Research: Ambient Carbon Monoxide and Cardiovascular Mortality
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:13h | UTCSee 2 other recent studies showing the association of air pollution and mortality: Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults AND Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population
Related: The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO – World Health Organization (free) AND Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 – The Lancet (free) AND Death in the Air: Air Pollution Costs Money and Lives – World Bank (free infographic and report)
Research: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism in Offspring
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:34h | UTCCommentaries: Use of Folic Acid and Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk – Psychiatry News Alert (free) AND Folic Acid, Multivitamins During Pregnancy May Cut ASD Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? – The JAMA Network (free)
Guideline: Obesity in the Workplace
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCCommentary: Managing Obesity in the Workplace: New Guidance from ACOEM – Wolters Kluwer Health, via NewsWise (free)
Review: Postpartum use of Long-Acting Contraceptives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:09h | UTC
From Polio To Poverty To Sex Ed: 9 Predictions For 2018
9 Jan, 2018 | 23:59h | UTCFrom Polio To Poverty To Sex Ed: 9 Predictions For 2018 – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
New eBook: Let’s Talk TB
8 Jan, 2018 | 00:51h | UTC2 – 2018 Edition: Let’s Talk TB (free PDF chapters) (via @paimadhu and @Onisillos)
“Let’s Talk TB is a book on the current best practices on TB diagnosis and treatment available for free for all GPs and private practitioners in India and other high-burden countries”
Free Online Course: Antimicrobial Stewardship
8 Jan, 2018 | 00:52h | UTCNew free online course: Antimicrobial Stewardship: A competency-based approach – World Health Organization (via @snahrgang)
See also other OpenWHO Courses
Research: Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth
8 Jan, 2018 | 00:41h | UTCCommentaries: Youth Use of Cigarette Alternatives May Raise Risk of Trying the Real Thing – TCTMD (free) AND Noncigarette tobacco product use is associated with future cigarette smoking – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Among Adolescents – The ASCO Post (free)
Research: Impact of Financial Incentives on Early and Late Adopters among US Hospitals
4 Jan, 2018 | 19:52h | UTCCommentaries: ACA Pay-For-Performance Programs Not Living Up To Expectations – MedicalResearch (free) U.S. Researchers: Change or End the Current Pay-for-Performance System – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Impact of US Pay for Performance Programs ‘Limited And Disappointing’ Say Experts – ScienceNewsline (free)
Related: The Effects of Pay-for-Performance Programs on Health, Health Care Use, and Processes of Care: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Pay-for-performance fails to perform – Harvard Medical School, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Value-Based Purchasing: Time for Reboot or Time to Move On? by Ashish K. Jha, MD – The JAMA Forum (free)
Opinion: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Unlock Billions for Health Financing
4 Jan, 2018 | 19:07h | UTCOpinion: How public-private partnerships can unlock billions for health financing – Devex (free)
Opinion: Is WHO ready to Improve its Country Work?
4 Jan, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCIs WHO ready to improve its country work? – The Lancet (free registration required)
3 Issues to Watch in Global Health in 2018
4 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTC3 issues to watch in global health in 2018 – STAT (free)
Delayed Antibiotic Prescribing’ for Respiratory Infections may Reduce Antibiotic Use
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:25h | UTCA strategy of ‘delayed antibiotic prescribing’ for respiratory infections may reduce antibiotic use – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections – Cochrane Library (free)
Systematic Review: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Weight Gain in Children and Adults
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:11h | UTCCommentary: New review confirms link between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and overweight, obesity – The Medical News (free) AND Review confirms link between sugary drinks and obesity – Medical News Today (free)
Meta-Analysis: Prevalence of COPD in the Global Population with HIV
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:10h | UTCInvited commentary: Collision of communicable and non-communicable disease epidemics—the case of HIV and COPD (free)
Video: Do Less, Not More—Reducing Waste in Health Care
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:09h | UTCVideo: Do Less, Not More—Reducing Waste in Health Care – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Meta-Analysis: Clinical and Economic Impact of Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:02h | UTCClinical and economic impact of antibiotic resistance in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free) (via @CIDRAP_ASP)
Research: Endoscopic Treatment versus Shunting for Infant Hydrocephalus
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:24h | UTCCommentaries: Two surgical approaches equal in treating infection-caused hydrocephalus – PennState Health News (free) AND Surgery For Saving Babies From ‘Water On The Brain’ Developed in Uganda – NPR Goats and Soda (free)
Research: Exposure to Fine Particulate Pollution and Preterm Birth
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:28h | UTCCommentary: Exposure to fine particulate pollution linked to increase in early births: study – The Sidney Morning Herald (free)
Source: Global Health NOW Newsletter
See related news and commentaries on The Impact of the Environment on Children’s Health and on Air Pollution and Mortality
Perspective: Evidence-Based Health Policy
3 Jan, 2018 | 14:22h | UTCEvidence-Based Health Policy – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Research: Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
3 Jan, 2018 | 13:28h | UTCAssociation of Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics With Treatment Failure, Adverse Events, and Quality of Life in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study: For kids with respiratory infections, broader isn’t better – CIDRAP (free) AND Treatment Failure, or is Treatment the Failure? – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note Blog (free)