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Adolescents and young people (AYP) aged 15–24 years in Kenya bear a disproportionate burden of HIV, necessitating innovative, youth-friendly approaches to improve care engagement. Digital solutions such as patient health portals (PHPs) offer scalable ways to enhance access, understanding, and support.

Xingfu, in Chinese 幸福, with meanings transcending Western concepts of happiness, is modern and highly valued in China. Despite its centrality to China’s national discourse on xingfu, there is no validated tools for measuring perceived xingfu (PX), particularly in Hong Kong’s unique sociopolitical context. Post-pandemic recovery efforts and widening socioeconomic disparities in Hong Kong highlight the urgency of understanding indicators like PX.


People experiencing homelessness have worse oral health outcomes and a huge health informational asymmetry compared to the general population. Screening programs present a viable option for this population, however, barriers to access, such as lower levels of health literacy, lack of information, and mistrust, narrow their chances to participate.

Caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia face ongoing psychological and emotional burdens due to the chronic and relapsing nature of the disorder and the complexity of caregiving. Prolonged exposure to caregiving stress characterized by emotional exhaustion, role overload, and lack of social support has been consistently associated with poor mental health outcomes among caregivers, including depression, anxiety

Large language models (LLMs) can aid students in mastering a new topic fast but for the educational institutions responsible for assessing and grading the academic level of students it can be difficult to discern whether a text originates from a student’s own cognition or if it is synthesized by an LLM. Universities have traditionally relied on a submitted written thesis as proof of higher-level learning, on which to grant grades and diplomas. But what happens when LLMs can mimic the academic writing of subject matter experts? This is now a real dilemma. The ubiquitous availability of LLMs challenges trust in the master’s thesis as evidence of subject matter comprehension and academic competences.

Disparities in electronic health record systems hinder cross-border continuity of care, particularly where labor mobility and tourism intersect (eg, between the Philippines and Taiwan). Both nations collect claim data, yet neither fully aligns with international standards such as the HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS).

Rural living adults are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes compared to their urban counterparts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) is an evidence-based intervention that reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes through increased physical activity and modest weight loss, but overall reach remains limited, specifically in rural communities.


Providing patients with information about their health and treatment options is important to ensure care that best reflects patient needs, values, and preferences. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), measures of health status, are regularly collected in clinical contexts and scores can be returned to patients in personalized decision aids. One example of a PRO-based decision aid is the Arthritis care through Shared Knowledge (A.S.K.) report, which shares individual PRO data on knee and hip arthritis-related pain and functional limitations with patients. However, given that using such data in clinical consultations is unfamiliar to many patients, support may be required to ensure this information is understood and used as intended.

Challenges in emergency medicine include overcrowding, insufficient emergency care resources, and extended Emergency Department (ED) waiting times. These issues contribute to delays in treatment and unfavorable outcomes. This situation particularly worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic and events with large crowds. The integration of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses could potentially enhance patient care in the ED.
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