Month: <span>December 2025</span>
Month: December 2025

A Rule-Based Conversational Agent for Mental Health and Well-Being in Young People: Formative Case Series During the Rise of Generative AI

JMIR Form Res. 2025 Dec 1;9:e69841. doi: 10.2196/69841. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There is a shortage of services available to address the growing demand for mental health …

Gender-Based Violence Typology Associated with Depression, and Anxiety in Informal Settlements in Uganda

Int J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv. 2025 Dec 1:27551938251396923. doi: 10.1177/27551938251396923. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Gender-based violence (GBV) affects one-third of women globally …

Universal maternal testing for group B streptococcus in late pregnancy: process outcomes and alongside qualitative study for the GBS3 trial

Early Hum Dev. 2025 Nov 17;213:106442. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106442. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: One in five pregnant women/birthing people carry group B streptococcus in …

Birth prevalence and parental stress associated with neural tube defects in Amhara’s public comprehensive specialized hospitals, Ethiopia, 2024

PLoS One. 2025 Dec 1;20(12):e0337809. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0337809. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe congenital anomalies resulting from the incomplete closure of …

Neonatal Brain Injury by MRI and Subsequent Neurodevelopmental Impairments in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in China

J Child Neurol. 2025 Dec 1:8830738251398582. doi: 10.1177/08830738251398582. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT To study the cognitive outcome of Chinese very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants and its …

Brothers Building Brothers by Breaking Barriers: Protocol for a Pilot Trial of a Telehealth Social Capital Intervention for Young Black Sexual Minority Men Living With HIV

JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Dec 1;14:e69961. doi: 10.2196/69961. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Young Black sexual minority men are disproportionately affected by HIV, especially in the Southern United …