Excellent choice. @germhuntermd.bsky.social and I just need to connect! Stay tuned!!

Absolutely 😊

I used to love the ID Twitter Journal Clubs so much so I’m excited to see them possibly coming here!!

Soooo many!!!

I’ve thought about it, but @idjclub.bsky.social did it so well and had an excellent network.

Many thanks to my brilliant co-authors:

Dr. Lorraine Greaves, Dr. Jaris Swidrovich, Dr. Karen Ng, Dr. Katie Armstrong, Dr. Alexi Millman & Dr. Dongmei Sun.

Together, we aim to help build a more inclusive, and equitable evidence base in health through research.

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#HealthEquity #SexAndGender

This piece explores why integrating sex, gender, and equity into health research is essential. It highlights projects that centre the mission and vision of the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and calls for continued efforts to support more inclusive and equitably delivered health care.

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Engage with the target audience using co-design when building tools, studies, and quality improvement initiatives to gauge barriers and facilitators before implementing something.

#ImplementationScience #CoDesign #IDPharmacistsDay

Why this matters:
This could improve uptake in resource limited settings and in general practice settings where specialized dosing or tapers would be more challenging to complete.

#InfectiousDisease #Allergies #DescriptiveEpidemiology #KnowledgeSynthesis #EvidenceBasedMedicine

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What we found:
The bottom-line is amoxicillin 250mg given orally as a once dose appeared to be a commonly used intervention- it was well-tolerated and effective in low-risk patients.

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Why this matters:
This could improve uptake in resource limited settings and in general practice settings where specialized dosing or tapers would be more challenging to complete.

#InfectiousDisease #Allergies #DescriptiveEpidemiology #KnowledgeSynthesis #EvidenceBasedMedicine
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Context:
Penicillin allergies labels lead to limitations with appropriate antibiotic prescribing & suboptimal treatment but can often be removed using various interventions. One of the challenges is defining a protocol that could be used for oral challenge shown to be safe and effective.

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Addressing health related gaps necessitates research; without it, problems can remain undetected until many are affected.

Health research that is targeted to address gaps in care provides critical insights into disease trends, risk factors, as well as medication effectiveness and safety.

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This loss of knowledge will impact healthcare and population health decisions because a lack of evidence could mean that we don’t know if a relationship exists or it was never tested.

Without research, people are left without evidence-based resources, which is a disservice to humanity.

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Why is this important? The loss of resources for scientists, clinicians, patient partners, policy makers, and health advocates that are working on research that informs human health and well-being will result in loss of knowledge.

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