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Understanding components of Maternal Diet among those diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and/or Hypertension in Flint, MI [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite an important role in disease development, few have described maternal diet of those diagnosed with GDM/GHTN. The current study explored differences in maternal diet based on diagnoses of GDM and/or GHTN. Objective: The objective was to understand differences in maternal diet by diagnoses of GDM and/or GHTN.

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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

To prepare family medicine (FM) residents for OUD care post graduation, it is critical they receive robust residency training in OUD diagnosis and management. Objective This study aimed to increase educational experiences for residents to increase comfort with diagnosing OUD and prescribing buprenorphine. Notable, 92.9%

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The T-Connector Approach: a simultaneous method for in-office assessment of home blood pressure monitor accuracy [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Hypertension Canada recommends home blood pressure monitors (HBPM) for diagnosing and managing hypertension. Setting Kaye Edmonton Clinic Family Medicine Clinic and a hypertension research lab. there appears to be reasonable utility for using a T-Connector to qualitatively declare a HBPM to be inaccurate for its user.

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Associations between tapering or discontinuing opioids and subsequent pain-related primary care visits [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. 1.32) and hospitalizations (aIRR 1.14, 95% CI: 1.03-1.27).

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Lessons, Message, and Recommendations from Latina Survivor of Cervical Cancer for Healthcare Teams and Providers [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study design and analysis: To fill this gap, we leveraged an innovative qualitative approach for understanding the rich experiences of middle age older Latina women diagnosed with cervical cancer in the Pacific Northwest.

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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals. Population: Jewish CHS members, aged 18+, diagnosed with T2D between 2000-2011, born in Israel or Ethiopia. Intervention: 10-year follow-up to track T2D outcomes.

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Project ECHO Rheumatology - Rationale and Results from a Multi-Method Study to Capture Impact [Musculoskeletal and rheumatology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Launched in 2017, Project ECHO Rheumatology (‘ECHO’) has welcomed over 500 primary care clinicians provincially to learn about rheumatic disease diagnoses and management. Clinicians from rural and Northern Ontario particularly benefited as access to specialists in their areas was sparse to none.