Skov McCarthy

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The coronavirus disease pandemic has disproportionately affected poor and racial/ethnic minority individuals and communities, especially Indigenous Peoples. The object of this study is to understand the spatially varying associations between socioeconomic disadvantages…[Read more]

001). The binary regression analysis showed that the child’s unpleasant previous medical and parent’s unpleasant dental experiences had higher odds favoring uncooperative behavior (46.63 and 41.93, respectively). Conclusions The child’s behavior on the dental chair is associated with the doll placement pattern, which is also influenced by…[Read more]

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unequally distributed extra workload to hospital personnel and first reports have indicated that especially front-line health care personnel are psychologically challenged. A majority of the Finnish COVID-19 patients are cared for in the Helsinki University Hospital district. The psychological distress of the…[Read more]