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Scoping review of military veterans involved in the criminal legal system and their health and healthcare: 5-year update and map to the Veterans-Sequential Intercept Model.

BACKGROUND: A previous scoping review of legal-involved veterans' health and healthcare (1947-2017) identified studies and their limitations … V-SIM. No articles gathered data from intercepts 0 (Community and Emergency Services Intercept), 1 (Law Enforcement Intercept), or 2 (Initial Detention and Court Hearings Intercept). CONCLUSIONS: There were 107 articles published in the last five years compared to 190 articles published in 70 years covered in the last review, illustrating the growing interest in …

Prehospital Care for Persons Experiencing Homelessness: A Cross-Sectional Survey of the Challenges, Experiences, and Perspectives of Operational EMS Agency Medical Directors.

OBJECTIVE: Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) are among the most vulnerable populations and experience significant health disparities. … es most commonly utilized domestic violence resources (43%, 9/21), social services (38%, 8/21), and law enforcement (38%, 8/21) services to assist PEH. Referrals were limited by accessibility (86%, 18/21), time (52%, 11/21), lack of awareness (52% 11/21) and lack of mandates (52%, 11/21). All operational EMS agencies agreed or strongly agreed that mental health a …

History of NHTSA's upgrade of FMVSS 208 addressing airbag induced fatalities and serious injuries.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to provide a history of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) extensive e … nment, the automobile industry, equipment suppliers, insurance companies, traffic safety advocates, law enforcement agencies from across the country, and the media to solve the airbag related safety issue.

Возрождение кори в Армении: разоблачение уязвимости системы здравоохранения и разработка всеобъемлющих стратегий искоренения - обзор.

Корь - это острая фебрилальная болезнь, связанная с сыпью, лихорадкой и опасными для жизни осложнениями. Это заболевание, которое можно предотвратить с помощью вакцины против кори, но недавняя глобальная тенденция свидетельствует о возрождении кори в различных частях мира, включая Армению. Корь была объявлена удаленной из Армении в 2021 году до появления сообщений о местных вспышках в 2023 году. ВОЗ выявила расхождения в охвате вакцинацией в период COVID-19. Корь также создает огромное финансовое бремя как проблема общественного здравоохранения во всем мире. Социокультурными факторами, влияющи

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Measles is an acute febrile illness associated with rashes, fever and life-threatening complications. It is a vaccine-preventable disease wi … lance, healthcare provider education, public awareness, international collaboration, data analysis, law enforcement, emergency preparedness, research, and coordination. The research sheds light on the tangled web of measles dynamics, health system resilience, and contextual subtleties via this multifaceted approach, inviting readers to investigate the multiple st …

Patterns of risk-Using machine learning and structural neuroimaging to identify pedophilic offenders.

BACKGROUND: Child sexual abuse (CSA) has become a focal point for lawmakers, law enforcement, and mental health professionals. With high prevalence rates around the world and far-reaching, often chronic, individual, and societal implications, CSA and its leading risk factor, pedophilia, have been well investigated. This has led to a wide range of clinical tools and actuarial instruments for diagnosis and risk assessment regarding CSA. However, the neurobiological underpinnings of pedosexual behavior, specifically regarding hands-on pedophilic offenders (PO), remain elusive. Such biomarkers for…

Pregnant adolescents' lived experiences and coping strategies in peri-urban district in Southern Ghana.

BACKGROUND: Adolescence, a transition period from childhood to adulthood forms the foundation of health in later life. The adolescence perio … ith pregnancy and drop out of school. We recommend that the Ministries of Education and Health, and law enforcement agencies should engage community leaders and members, religious groups, non-governmental organisations and other key stakeholders to develop interventions aimed at supporting girls to complete at least Senior High School. While doing this, it is als …

Estimating Weekly National Opioid Overdose Deaths in Near Real Time Using Multiple Proxy Data Sources.

IMPORTANCE: Opioid overdose is a leading public health problem in the United States; however, national data on overdose deaths are delayed by several months or more. OBJECTIVES: To build and validate a statistical model for estimating national opioid overdose deaths in near real time. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this cross-sectional study, signals from 5 overdose-related, proxy data sources encompassing health, law enforcement, and online data from 2014 to 2019 in the US were combined using a LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) regression model, and weekly predi…

The prevalence of alcohol and other drugs in fatal road crashes in Victoria, Australia.

BACKGROUND: Driving under the influence of drugs, including alcohol, is a globally recognised risk factor for road traffic crashes. While th … e drivers (17.6%). CONCLUSIONS: A decline in the prevalence of alcohol in fatalities suggests that law enforcement and public health strategies in Australia to address road fatalities and drink-driving may have had a positive effect. However, increases were observed in the incidence of other potentially impairing drugs including opioids and amphetamines, specifi …

Prevalence and determinants of violence against health care in the metropolitan city of Peshawar: a cross sectional study.

BACKGROUND: Violence against healthcare personnel is a major public health problem. Healthcare personnel are at the frontline dealing with p … effort is needed by all stakeholders including healthcare community, the administration, lawmakers, law enforcement, civil society, and international organizations.

[Analysis of hearing surveillance of noise-exposed workers in Zhuzhou city].

Objective: To understand the hearing loss status of workers exposed to noise, and provide a scientific basis for formulating effective preve … g and dressing industries, small and private enterprises should be strengthened.Occupational health law enforcement efforts should be strengthened to protect workers' health.

Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle Injuries to the Eye and Ocular Adnexa: The Management of Complex Trauma.

PURPOSE: To report the ocular and adnexal injuries sustained by patients with Thomas A. Swift's electric rifles (TASER; TASER International, … l acuity [VA] and retinal detachment [RD]). RESULTS: In our cohort, 4 patients were transported by law enforcement and 1 was transferred from a community hospital. Four patients were taken to the operating room for TASER removal and globe repair; 1 patient underwent removal in the emergency room. Of 17 pooled cases, 12 (71%) involved open-globe injury. Of these, …

Use of synthetic stimulants and hallucinogens in a cohort of electronic dance music festival attendees.

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS), often characterized as unregulated psychoactive compounds designed to circumvent existing legislation, … rticular NPS at any given point of time has created several challenges for public health officials, law enforcement, and forensic science communities. Epidemiological studies are often published long after drugs have cycled through the peak of their popularity with users and the scope of testing frequently failing to detect, identify or report the most recently a …

Work environments and HIV prevention: a qualitative review and meta-synthesis of sex worker narratives.

BACKGROUND: Sex workers (SWs) experience a disproportionately high burden of HIV, with evidence indicating that complex and dynamic factors … within indoor work environments. Additionally, working in settings where negative interactions with law enforcement were minimized (e.g., working in decriminalized contexts or environments in which peers/managers successfully deterred unjust policing practices) was critical for supporting SWs' agency to negotiate HIV prevention. CONCLUSIONS: Policy reforms to re …

Work-related injuries and illnesses reported by World Trade Center response workers and volunteers.

INTRODUCTION: In 2002, the Mount Sinai Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, with support from the National Institute for Occu … alyzed, with most participants associated with either the construction industry (n = 2,623, 34%) or law enforcement (n = 2,036, 26%). Approximately a third of the participants (n = 2,486, 32%) reported at least one injury or illness requiring medical treatment that was sustained during WTC work/volunteer activities. Of the total 4,768 injuries/illnesses reported …

No deaths associated with patient refusal of transport after naloxone-reversed opioid overdose.

INTRODUCTION: Naloxone is widely used in the treatment and reversal of opioid overdose. Most emergency medical services (EMS) systems admini … initiated refusal. Patient dispositions also included aid only, referral to the MEO, or referral to law enforcement. The list was then compared with the MEO database. A chart review was completed on all patients treated and subsequently presented to the MEO within two days. A secondary time period of 30 days was also assessed. RESULTS: The list identified 592 pa …

Forensic epidemiology of childhood deaths in Nebraska, USA.

In a 7-year period (April 1, 2003-March 31, 2010), all medico-legal childhood deaths aged 0-18 years investigated by the Lancaster County Co … ups). This review may provide useful information for the forensic pathologist, death investigators, law enforcement officers, policy makers, healthcare providers and Nebraska Child Death Review Team in predicting, preventing and investigating childhood medico-legal deaths.

Facial anthropometric differences among gender, ethnicity, and age groups.

OBJECTIVES: The impact of race/ethnicity upon facial anthropometric data in the US workforce, on the development of personal protective equi … jects between 18 and 29 years of age. Workers employed in manufacturing, fire fighting, healthcare, law enforcement, and other occupational groups have facial features that differ significantly than those in construction. CONCLUSIONS: Statistically significant differences in facial anthropometric dimensions (P < 0.05) were noted between males and females, all ra …

The prevention of childhood sexual abuse.

David Finkelhor examines initiatives to prevent child sexual abuse, which have focused on two primary strategies--offender management and sc … rior sex offense record that would have involved them in the management system. He recommends using law enforcement resources to catch more undetected offenders and concentrating intensive management efforts on those at highest risk to re-offend. Finkelhor explains that school-based educational programs teach children such skills as how to identify dangerous situ …

Mass barium carbonate poisoning with fatal outcome, lessons learned: a case series.

INTRODUCTION: Barium, a heavy divalent alkaline metal, has long been known to cause human toxicity. The common mode is accidental ingestion and the common compound is Barium carbonate. Here we report an incident of food poisoning in 27 law enforcement personnel with rapidly developing sequelae and a high mortality due to ingestion of Barium carbonate contaminated flour. CASE PRESENTATION: One midnight, 27 adult males were rushed to emergency department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital with abdominal pain, vomiting, loose motion, cramps and generalized paraesthesia. The ailment started 1…

Mass barium carbonate poisoning with fatal outcome, lessons learned: a case series.

INTRODUCTION: Barium, a heavy divalent alkaline metal, has long been known to cause human toxicity. The common mode is accidental ingestion and the common compound is Barium carbonate. Here we report an incident of food poisoning in 27 law enforcement personnel with rapidly developing sequelae and a high mortality due to ingestion of Barium carbonate contaminated flour. CASE PRESENTATION: One midnight, 27 adult males were rushed to emergency department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital with abdominal pain, vomiting, loose motion, cramps and generalized paraesthesia. The ailment started 1…