Objective

Although the benefits of vaccination are well established, a minority of health workers (HWs) are vaccine hesitant. Understanding vaccine hesitancy among HWs is crucial for providing them the information and skills they need to promote vaccine acceptance and informed decision-making among the populations they serve. This study aimed to evaluate differences in vaccine hesitancy and attitudes towards vaccines among HWs in the Caribbean between 2021 and 2024. 

Objective

To analyze Brazil’s national policies and regulations related to pediatric hematology–oncology nursing in Brazil and identify key areas for improvement. 

Methods

Using the READ approach, relevant policies and regulations were systematically examined. The method consists of four phases: readying materials, extracting data, analyzing data, and distilling findings. Qualitative analysis used both inductive and deductive approaches to identify themes. 

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Objective

To assess the prevalence and factors associated with physical abuse against children in Guyana. 

Objective

To analyze the applicability of the World Health Organization’s WHO Guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being in selected Latin American and Caribbean countries. 

Objectives

To develop a generalizable extraction, transform, and load (ETL) process and workflow for prospective harmonization of data from active cohort studies being conducted in different geographic locations across the Region of the Americas. 

“South–South” partnerships forged between institutions in resource-constrained settings, usually in low- and middle-income countries, provide innovative frameworks for resource, knowledge, and expertise exchanges to address public health challenges in regions sharing similar contexts. Population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) and surveillance systems in low- and middle-income countries are essential for cancer control, yet they are scarce.

Objective

Given that vector control represents the primary strategy for preventing these diseases, the objective of this systematic review is to ascertain the efficacy of chemical interventions in reducing their burden. 

Objectives

To estimate cervical cancer screening (CCS) coverage rates and assess the spatial distribution and clustering between departments and municipalities in Bolivia. 

Methods

Standardized CCS coverage rates were calculated using the direct standardization method. The global Moran’s I test was used to investigate the existence of spatial autocorrelation of CCS coverage, and the Getis-Ord Gi* was used to identify the spatial clustering of municipalities with high (hot spot) or low (cold spot) coverage. 

Objective

To investigate whether the quality and quantity of genomic DNA harnessed from existing formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) breast cancer biopsy tissue samples in the public health system of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) were sufficient for downstream genetic testing and to investigate the occurrence of the common breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) mutation, BRCA1-185delAG, in these samples.