Objective:
Understanding that diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) may help increase diabetes screening and improve prevention efforts for CVD.

Overview:
The American Heart Association conducted an online survey across 50 countries to assess public awareness of the link between diabetes and CVD. The study looked at differences in awareness by sex, age, region, and country income level.

Key Findings:

• Out of 48,988 respondents, only 32.1% recognized diabetes as a major risk factor for CVD.

• Awareness was similar between men and women, but higher among older...

Abstract

With the increased role of nurses in caring for patients with substance addiction, there was a clear need to develop the Addiction Nursing Competencies to guide and support the nursing workforce.

A literature search revealed a lack of formal instruments to assess and guide nurses in caring for persons with substance use disorders.

The Addiction Nursing Competencies were created using existing nursing education frameworks and addiction nurse care manager clinical guidelines.

Fondo

Los trabajadores de la salud de todo el mundo han estado a la altura de las exigencias de tratar a los pacientes con COVID-19, lo que podría tener un costo significativo para su propia salud y bienestar. Cada vez se reconoce más el posible impacto de la COVID-19 en la salud mental de los trabajadores de primera línea y se pide que se les brinde apoyo psicosocial. Sin embargo, hasta ahora se ha prestado poca atención a comprender el impacto de trabajar en una pandemia desde la perspectiva de los propios trabajadores de la salud o cuáles son sus puntos de vista sobre el apoyo.

Métodos

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Background

Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various disciplines work in parallel within their professional boundaries) in somatic health care settings. Nevertheless, research is lacking on interdisciplinary approaches for alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment of hospitalized patients as these types of approaches are still uncommon. This study aims to evaluate an innovative interdisciplinary AUD treatment...