Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Ahmad Al-Yousfi, Mazen Malkawi, Maha El-Adawy
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Economics
Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski, Esther De Bekker-Grob, Andrew H. Briggs, Chris Carswell, Lisa Caulley, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Dan Greenberg, Elizabeth Loder, Josephine Mauskopf, C. Daniel Mullins, Stavros Petrou, Raoh-Fang Pwu, Sophie Staniszewska
Summary: The CHEERS 2022 statement replaces the previous reporting guidance and provides recommendations for accurate reporting and interpretation of health economic evaluations. It addresses different types of evaluations, new methods and developments, and includes stakeholder involvement. It is important for researchers, peer reviewers, editors, analysts, and health technology assessment bodies seeking guidance on reporting.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Paula A. Braveman, Elaine Arkin, Dwayne Proctor, Tina Kauh, Nicole Holm
Summary: Racism can manifest in both conscious and unconscious ways, and it can be seen as both a systemic and structural issue. Systemic and structural racism is deeply embedded within systems, laws, policies, and practices that perpetuate unfair treatment and oppression of people of color, leading to negative health consequences. Addressing these forms of racism requires coordinated efforts across multiple sectors and locations, with the crucial first step being the recognition of their existence.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura J. Damschroder, Caitlin M. Reardon, Marilla A. Opra Widerquist, Julie Lowery
Summary: This study aimed to obtain feedback from experienced CFIR users for updates to the framework. Results showed positive ratings for most evaluation items of CFIR, but users also provided recommendations for improvements. Updates to CFIR include revisions to existing domains and constructs as well as the addition, removal, or relocation of constructs.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Malik Sallam
Summary: ChatGPT is an AI-based conversational large language model with potential applications in health care education, research, and practice. A systematic review was conducted to investigate its utility and limitations. Benefits include improved writing, efficient analysis of datasets, streamlined workflow, and personalized learning, while concerns include ethical issues, plagiarism, limited knowledge, and cybersecurity risks.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Rachel R. Hardeman, Patricia A. Homan, Tongtan Chantarat, Brigette A. Davis, Tyson H. Brown
Summary: Antiracist health policy research requires innovative methods to create equitable and antiracist solutions for health inequities. However, there is a disconnect between the conceptualization and measurement of structural racism in the public health literature. This article highlights the importance of methodological approaches that can validly measure structural racism for achieving health equity.
Review
Health Policy & Services
Judy Truong, Simran Bakshi, Aghna Wasim, Mobeen Ahmad, Umair Majid
Summary: The study examined factors promoting vaccine hesitancy or acceptance during pandemics, including demographic factors, accessibility and cost, personal responsibility, risk perception, trust in health authorities and vaccines, safety and efficacy of a new vaccine, and lack of information or vaccine misinformation. Understanding participant perspectives from previous pandemics informs strategies for addressing the current COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of vaccine hesitancy on the introduction and effectiveness of a potential COVID-19 vaccine is discussed, recommending further research on the relationship between accessibility and cost of vaccines and vaccine hesitancy.
HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Economics
Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski, Esther De Bekker-Grob, Andrew H. Briggs, Chris Carswell, Lisa Caulley, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Dan Greenberg, Elizabeth Loder, Josephine Mauskopf, C. Daniel Mullins, Stavros Petrou, Raoh-Fang Pwu, Sophie Staniszewska
Summary: The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement was created to ensure health economic evaluations are identifiable, interpretable, and useful for decision making. The new CHEERS 2022 statement replaces previous guidance and reflects the need for guidance that can be applied to all types of health economic evaluation and includes stakeholder involvement.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ruqaiijah Yearby, Brietta Clark, Jose F. Figueroa
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the existing health inequities faced by racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. These groups have suffered disproportionately from infections and deaths caused by COVID-19, yet they still lack equal access to healthcare and vaccines. This is largely due to structural racism in US healthcare policy, which favors the White population and disadvantages racial and ethnic minority populations. This article provides a historical context and detailed account of modern structural racism in healthcare policy, focusing on its impact on healthcare coverage, financing, and quality.
Article
Communication
Jad Melki, Hani Tamim, Dima Hadid, Sally Farhat, Maha Makki, Lara Ghandour, Eveline Hitti
Summary: This study examines the relationship between increased media exposure to COVID-19 news and interpersonal communication, and people's abidance by prevention measures. The findings suggest that media exposure positively influences people's compliance, with perceived knowledge and fear playing a mediating role.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Cristina Lluch, Laura Galiana, Pablo Domenech, Noemi Sanso
Summary: This literature review aimed to determine the level of burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction in healthcare professionals during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their associated risks and protective factors. The main findings showed an increase in burnout, dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and compassion fatigue, a reduction in personal accomplishment, and levels of compassion satisfaction similar to those before the pandemic. The main risk factors associated with burnout were anxiety, depression, insomnia, and certain sociodemographic variables. Comparable results were found for compassion fatigue, but information regarding compassion satisfaction was lacking. The main protective factors were resilience and social support.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura J. Damschroder, Caitlin M. Reardon, Marilla A. Opra Widerquist, Julie Lowery
Summary: This article introduces the updated version of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), CFIR 2.0, to address the gaps in its application. Based on a literature review and survey of authors, the researchers propose an Outcomes Addendum for the CFIR, which clarifies conceptual distinctions between anticipated implementation outcomes and actual implementation outcomes, implementation outcomes and innovation outcomes, and CFIR-based implementation determinants and innovation determinants.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Muhammad Aqeel, Jaffar Abbas, Kanwar Hamza Shuja, Tasnim Rehna, Arash Ziapour, Ishrat Yousaf, Tehmina Karamat
Summary: This study investigated the relationships between mental health problems, illness perception, anxiety, and depression disorders among students during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings showed high levels of anxiety and depression prevalence, with anxiety disorders being more prevalent than depression disorders. The study highlighted the importance of addressing mental health issues during widespread disasters and recommended developing strategies to promote mental health-care facilities worldwide.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Joshua R. Burke, Candice Downey, Alex M. Almoudaris
Summary: Failure to rescue (FTR) is a common problem in healthcare organizations, causing a burden on patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems. This study proposes a framework of recognize, relay, and react (the 3 Rs) as a valuable approach to understand the phases where patient salvage may fail.
JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY
(2022)
Review
Health Policy & Services
Mohsen Attaran
Summary: This paper explores the role of blockchain technology in addressing critical issues in the healthcare industry and summarizes blockchain products and solutions offered by key players in the health field. This research extends and complements existing blockchain research in healthcare.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Anika Stobart, Stephen Duckett
Summary: This paper describes Australia's experience in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the first half of 2021. While Australia successfully eliminated community transmission, its slow vaccination program has left it lagging behind other countries in terms of vaccine rollout.
HEALTH ECONOMICS POLICY AND LAW
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Michael Sun, Tomasz Oliwa, Monica E. Peek, Elizabeth L. Tung
Summary: This study used machine learning to analyze electronic health records and found that Black patients had a higher likelihood of negative descriptors compared to White patients. These findings raise concerns about stigmatizing language in medical records and its contribution to racial healthcare disparities.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yue Sun, Shannon M. Monnat
Summary: This study found that as of August 11, 2021, the fully vaccinated rate among adults in rural counties was 45.8%, compared to 59.8% in urban counties. The lower rural vaccination rates can be explained by lower educational attainment and higher Trump vote share. In rural counties, vaccination rates are lowest in farming and mining-dependent counties and highest in recreation-dependent counties. These differences are due to a combination of educational attainment, health care infrastructure, and Trump vote share.
JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Kaidi He, Wendy J. Mack, Michael Neely, Laura Lewis, Vikram Anand
Summary: Research found that childhood vaccine hesitancy increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it did not result in decreased intent to vaccinate. Factors influencing vaccine hesitancy mainly included household income and ethnicity. Understanding these factors is crucial for maintaining childhood vaccination rates and promoting vaccine confidence.
JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Communication
Samantha Sinclair, Jens Agerstrom
Summary: This study examined whether communicating descriptive social norms is an effective way to influence young people's intentions and reduce vaccine hesitancy. The results showed weak support for the hypothesis that conveying strong norms leads to reduced hesitancy and stronger intentions. Furthermore, norms did not have significantly different effects compared to standard vaccine information. There was also no support for the hypothesis that young people are more influenced by norms when the reference group consists of other young individuals.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
