THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AFFORDABLE CANCER TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM: IMPROVING ACCESS TO RESOURCE-APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR CANCER DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, MONITORING, AND TREATMENT IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

The National Institutes of Health Affordable Cancer Technologies Program: Improving Access to Resource-Appropriate Technologies for Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Point-of-care (POC) technologies have proved valuable in cancer detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment in the developed world, and have shown promise in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) as well.Despite this promise, the unique design constraints presented in low-resource settings, coupled with the variety of country-specific regulato

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Application of the multiphase optimization strategy to a pilot study: an empirical example targeting obesity among children of low-income mothers

Abstract Background Emerging approaches to building more efficient and cereal box effective behavioral interventions are becoming more widely available.The current paper provides an empirical example of the use of the engineering-inspired multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) to build a remotely delivered responsive parenting intervention to prev

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Book review: Residential care: A positive future. Terry Philpot (Ed.) London, The Residential Forum, 2008. 182pp, ISBN978-1-900909-06-8

When the National Assistance Act 1948 and the Children Act 1948 were passed into law, they created frameworks for residential care which lasted for more than three decades.As Minister Standard LEDs of Health, Aneurin Bevan wanted to see old people be able to retire into residential care homes where they would be able to enjoy hotel standards - as a

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