Sustainable Harm Reduction Needle and Syringe Programs for People Who Inject Drugs: A Scoping Review of Their Implementation Qualities (open access)

Sustainable Harm Reduction Needle and Syringe Programs for People Who Inject Drugs: A Scoping Review of Their Implementation Qualities

This article is a review mapping the evidence on implementation qualities of sustainable harm reduction needle and syringe programs (NSPs). The emerging evidence suggests that sustainable NSP programs for people who inject drugs (PWID) require provider, consumer, and community engagement, supported by enabling health policies.
Date: March 5, 2021
Creator: Resiak, Danielle; Mpofu, Elias & Rothwell, Rodd
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathways to sexual decision making by Pentecostal church youths in Botswana (open access)

Pathways to sexual decision making by Pentecostal church youths in Botswana

Article examining the influences of personal religiosity and personal agency on sexual decisions by church youth form the country of Botswana.
Date: April 6, 2021
Creator: Mpofu, Elias; Ntinda, Kayi; Lopez Levers, Lisa; van Rensberg, Angelique & Nkomazana, Fidelis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors: a case–control study in Denmark, 1968–2016 (open access)

Parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors: a case–control study in Denmark, 1968–2016

This article examines associations between parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors (GCTs) in offspring while distinguishing by common histologic subtype (i.e., yolk sac tumor and teratoma).
Date: April 28, 2021
Creator: Hall, Clinton; Hansen, Johnni; Olsen, Jørn; He, Di; von Ehrenstein, Ondine S.; Ritz, Beate et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non‑steroidal Anti‑infammatory Drug Use and Risk of Age‑Related Macular Degeneration in the California Teachers Study (open access)

Non‑steroidal Anti‑infammatory Drug Use and Risk of Age‑Related Macular Degeneration in the California Teachers Study

This article examines whether use of regular aspirin and/or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Date: July 26, 2021
Creator: Xu, Xiaoqing; Ritz, Beate; Coleman, Anne L.; Liew, Zeyan; Deapen, Dennis; Lee, Eunjung et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The use of digital technology for social wellbeing reduces social isolation in older adults: A systematic review (open access)

The use of digital technology for social wellbeing reduces social isolation in older adults: A systematic review

Article is a systematic review emphasizes the need for technology use in older adults to reduce social isolation.
Date: December 31, 2021
Creator: Sen, Keya; Prybutok, Gayle & Prybutok, Victor R.
System: The UNT Digital Library