Guidelines and scientifically-based spina bifida care: Guidance across the lifespan in a global health context.
J Pediatr Rehabil Med
; 13(4): 453-455, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1067636
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that, if of nothing else, we live in a globalized community. Enthusiasm for evidenced-based medical knowledge is also contagious. Just as the incidence of SARS-CoV-2, the associated coronavirus, has had a borderless impact on global public health, so too neural tube defects have widespread significance. Previously, the concept of "blue marble health" was introduced as a policy framework to illustrate trends in the geographic distribution of health disparities affecting at-risk populations that live, not only in low-income countries, but also in pockets of the populace in wealthier nations. Subsequently, the Spina Bifida Association's Collaborative Care Network, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently produced the "Guidelines for the Care of People with Spina Bifida." While language differences, immigration, cultural beliefs, acculturation, local resources and social determinants of health, must be taken into account when these guidelines are implemented across the globe, they could not come at a more suitable time. The current digital age, as well as open access to this special issue, will ensure their ongoing wide distribution.
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Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Spinal Dysraphism
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Guidelines as Topic
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Disease Management
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Longevity
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pediatr Rehabil Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
PRM-200029
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