Introduction The unmet global burden of surgical disease is substantial. Currently, two
billion people do not have access to emergency and essential surgical care. This results in …

Objective Emerging data demonstrate that a large fraction of the global burden of disease is
amenable to surgical intervention. There is a paucity of data related to delivery of surgical …

Objectives To pilot test a newly developed breastfeeding self‐efficacy intervention Design
Pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). Setting An acute care hospital located in Northwestern …

Background There are large disparities in access to surgical services due to a multitude of
factors, including insufficient health human resources, infrastructure, medicines, equipment, …

Background Surgery has been neglected in low- and middle-income countries for decades.
It is vital that the Post-2015 Development Agenda reflect that surgery is an important part of a …

Globally, 8 of the top 12 disabling conditions are related either to chronic pain or to the
psychological conditions strongly associated with persistent pain. In this narrative review, we …

25 June 2014■ Volume 78■ Number 6 anxiety and drug use disorder–are all either
chronic pain conditions or psychological conditions strongly associated with persistent pain. …

PURPOSE: To determine whether neonatal abstinence scores of infants exposed to
methadone in utero differed by infant feeding method. DESIGN: A retrospective chart review. …

Objective To determine the effects of a prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy intervention on
breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding outcomes. Design Randomized controlled trial. …

In a rghts-based approach to healtbh, the provision of essential surgical serces is not a luxury,
but a critical component of the" highest atainable standard of health." Yet while access to …