https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02272-3
Lancet (London, England); Parnham JC, Vamos EP et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - A Free School Meals (FSM) policy is a well recognised intervention for tackling food insecurity among children (up to the age 18 years) whose parents receive state benefits. National school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the need to rapidly adapt the delivery of FSM to protect the most disadvantaged children in the UK from increased food insecurity. A range of food assistance...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02216-4
Lancet (London, England); Tinner L
Mar 18th, 2023 - Despite increased focus on adolescence, young people's voices are often undervalued and underrepresented in inequalities research. Through exploring young people's perceptions of health and inequality, we might understand how public health interventions can be more effective and equitable. Engaging with youth through art enables self-expression on these complex and sensitive topics. This qualit...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02274-7
Lancet (London, England); McQuire C, Zuccolo L et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - UK policy makers have called for urgent action to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), but evidence on what is effective is scarce. We aimed to identify, evaluate, and synthesise evidence on content, process aspects, and effectiveness of UK PAE prevention initiatives. We conducted a systematic search of published and grey literature on UK PAE prevention (PROSPERO: CRD42020209460); consultati...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02273-5
Lancet (London, England); McKinlay AR, Collins L et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Gender-based violence is an important public health issue that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Survivors often face barriers when seeking support for mental health and wellbeing and some find therapeutic value in creative arts. We aimed to explore how women with experiences of abuse used art during the pandemic to support mental health and wellbeing. In two small, exploratory, qu...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02277-2
Lancet (London, England); Niranjan V, Fitzpatrick P et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on cancer services and will have likely led to delayed early detection and diagnosis. In response, the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) planned and delivered seven cancer roadshow events run on 15 days across seven shopping centres in four deprived areas based on Trinity National Deprivation Index, 2016, in Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Dublin regions in Ir...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02279-6
Lancet (London, England); Qi C, Osborne T et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - The COVID-19 pandemic had direct and indirect effects on health. Indirect effects on long term medical conditions (LTCs) are unclear. We examined trends in recorded incidences of LTCs and quantified differences between expected rates and observed rates from 2020 onwards. This is a population data linkage study using primary and secondary care data within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkag...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02217-6
Lancet (London, England); Hutcheon D, Steiner A
Mar 18th, 2023 - A decade of cuts to public services and the COVID pandemic have impacted the social infrastructure supporting connection and networking among communities. Although UK Levelling Up agendas advocate investment in physical infrastructure for economic prosperity, there are calls for a greater focus on the creation of community-led social infrastructure to address growing public health concerns, suc...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02285-1
Lancet (London, England); Rosenthal DM, Heys M et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Children younger than 5 years living in temporary accommodation due to homelessness (U5TA) are extremely vulnerable to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Few qualitative studies have examined provider perspectives in family homelessness, but none focused on U5TA specifically. We aimed to qualitatively explore professionals' perspectives of pandemic-related challenges and barriers experienced...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02286-3
Lancet (London, England); Serka S, Mainwaring J
Mar 18th, 2023 - Interdisciplinary interventions for school-based mental health promotion (SBMHP) for adolescents (10-19 years old) provide a unique opportunity to address the urgent mental health needs across this population. EspaiJove.net, a SBMHP programme, has delivered mental health workshops to over 24118 adolescents in Barcelona, Spain, since 2012. This study aimed to explore the perspectives from profes...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02288-7
Lancet (London, England); Scott S, McGowan VJ et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - The Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector has a crucial role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people who are marginalised or who have multiple complex needs. We aimed to understand perceptions of those working in the sector and examine the short-term, medium-term, and long-term effects of COVID-19 on Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations in northern England...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02290-5
Lancet (London, England); Torresin S, Ratcliffe E et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Despite sexual wellbeing representing a potential component of the overall wellbeing of individuals, its relationship to indoor soundscape has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to identify acoustic-related variables linked to sexual wellbeing during the COVID-19 lockdown; the mechanisms through which those variables exert an influence; and the components of an ideal indoor sounds...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02291-7
Lancet (London, England); Turner G, de'Donato F et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Increasingly, climate change policies are emerging across Europe. Policies addressing adaptation (adjusting the effects of climate change on public health) are being implemented after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to identify issues in climate adaptation implementation for public health and understand the health implications from responses after COVID-19. Key informant interviews were ...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02295-4
Lancet (London, England); Zuriaga A, Flannigan L et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - There is a need for a specific programme of engagement around COVID-19 vaccination with the Charedi Orthodox Jewish community in Stamford Hill, London, UK. We co-produced a live event for women on COVID-19 safety and vaccination and wider health topics to support vaccine uptake and improve awareness of health and wellbeing issues. For this qualitative analysis, we organised an event that was de...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02294-2
Lancet (London, England); Pantelic M, Ziauddeen N et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Stigma can be experienced as perceived or actual disqualification from social and institutional acceptance on the basis of one or more physical, health-related, behavioural, or other attributes deemed to be undesirable. Long COVID is a predominantly multisystem condition that occurs in people with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, often resulting in functional disability, which limits day-to-d...
https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033274
Medicine Jen TH, Wu JW et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is raging worldwide. The administered vaccination has become a significant vehicle against the virus. Three hypotheses were made and required for validation: the number of vaccines administered is related to the country gross domestic product (GDP), vaccines can reduce the fatality rate (FR), and dashboards can present more meaningful informa...
https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033294
Medicine Chen Y, Shi C et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks in December 2019 in Wuhan, almost no studies have systematically described drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to assess the characteristics of liver test abnormality or liver injury in patients with COVID-19, and further to explore DILI in COVID-19 patients during hospitalization. It was a single-center ret...
https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033236
Medicine Lee DY, Kang DY et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Due to the urgency of controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, coronavirus disease 2019 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines have been expeditiously approved and introduced in several countries without sufficient evaluation for adverse events. We analyzed adverse events among Korean healthcare workers who received all 3 doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. This survey was conduct...
https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033300
Medicine Kong L, Zhang X et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Losing postural control ability and related injuries are of particular concern for elders living in the nursing home (NH). The Otago Exercise Program (OEP) is a multimodal exercise training program initially designed as an individually tailored home exercise for community-dwelling elders, but whether its movement characteristics and exercise intensity meet NH elders' needs still needs to be cla...
https://doi.org/10.1530/ERC-22-0395
Endocrine-related Cancer; Fazio N, Gervaso L et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Preliminary results regarding 85 patients of the INTENSIVE study have been published in 2021. Now we are reporting the 2-year analysis. We conducted a retrospective/prospective worldwide study on patients with neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) and a molecularly proven SARS-CoV-2 positivity. Here we are reporting data from consecutive patients enrolled between June 01, 2020, and May 31, 2022. Amon...
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-023-03175-7
Journal of Anesthesia; Komatsu S, Yatabe T et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Pancreatic injury is considered an organ-related complication in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, it is unclear whether COVID-19 status affects pancreatic injury. This retrospective study aimed to determine whether COVID-19 affects the occurrence of pancreatic injuries. Consecutive patients diagnosed with sepsis admitted to the ICU between March 2020 and September 202...
