Knowing how to engage and enthuse patients with diabetes is crucial to preventing blindness due diabetic eye disease, especially taking rising prevalence into account. Whilst treatment methods and facilities vary across the world, the mantra of prevention and empowerment remains constant. This article includes contributions from both a UK and an African screening service to highlight ways to ta...

Pesticides constitute a heterogeneous category of chemicals specifically designed for the control of pests, weeds or plant diseases. Pesticides have been considered potential chemical mutagens: experimental data revealed that various agrochemical ingredients possess mutagenic properties inducing mutations, chromosomal alterations or DNA damage. Biological monitoring provides a useful tool to es...

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is one of the leading concerns in healthcare. Individuals living with HIV/AIDS are often confronted with tremendous physical and psychosocial challenges. Online support groups can provide a valuable source of information, advice and support, and a medium through which individuals living with HIV/AIDS can inter...

AIM To explore the trajectory of associations between the nursing care process of patient empowerment during postsurgical hospitalization and postdischarge patient self-management outcomes, specifically patient activation and functional health status. BACKGROUND Patient-centred care models advocate for patient empowerment in long-term illness care. Postsurgical patients with life-threatening ...

“If we talk of promoting development, what have in mind: goods or people [...]

“E-SLP – European Short Learning Programmes for continuous professional development and lifelong learning”. Project Number: 590202-EPP-1-2017-1-NL-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD, funded by the Erasmus+ programme.