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While breast-feeding initiation and duration among US Latina women appear to decrease with acculturation, health care providers in the Greater Cincinnati area have noted lower rates of breast-feeding among even first-generation Latina immigrants. This study's purpose was to identify determinants of breast-feeding for L…

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 Latino/a residents of a mutual help residential recovery program (Oxford House) in order to elicit their experiences of the program's therapeutic elements. A model of recovery emerged from the analysis including several themes supported by existing literature: personal…

The study's purpose was to identify dyspnea management strategies (DMS) perceived most effective by elders with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The mixed-method design also incorporated triangulation to compare results between qualitative and quantitative data. Specific DMS were selected and per…

Allograft failure secondary to recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common cause of death and retransplantation among recipients with HCV infection. It has been suggested that patients transplanted for HCV have had worse outcomes in more recent years than in previous years (the 'era effect'). A C…

To investigate the accuracy of intra-articular injection of the basal joint and to determine the rate of soft-tissue extravasation of injected material in successful intra-articular injection, we injected the basal joint of 30 hands with radiopaque dye (with fluoroscopy guiding needle placement in 8 cases) and then use…

A total of 1351 high school students (52.3% males, 47.7% females) with mean age 17.5 years (SD = 2.2) from randomized school classes in Hordaland County, Norway, participated in an Internet survey conducted in 2004 about the lifetime use of anabolic steroids and personal acquaintance with at least one user of anabolic…

OBJECTIVES: This study's objective was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a 9-week summer training program for teaching medical students research, while performing community-based participatory research in an underserved area. DESCRIPTION: Interactive didactic sessions familiarized students with research met…

Although being active is a central element of successful aging, we know little about activities which elderly people carry out in institutional environments. The first study's aim was to describe the importance of activation for the residents (n=255) and their nurses (n=171) using quantitative methods. To immerse into…

High school students were surveyed every 6 months from their freshman through senior years concerning licensing, driving, and transportation to and from their various activities. Students in Delaware (learner's permit can be issued at age 15 years, 10 months; driver's license at age 16) were compared with students in C…

The study's proposal was to evidence a bibliography review about children' accidents. The bibliography and documental researches were used as methodology. The data made clear that children accidents are the bigger public health problem in England. In the United States, in 1989, had happened about 2,700 deaths as accide…

The reported prevalence of depression concomitant with Parkinson's disease varies greatly in the literature, which may partly be explained by symptom overlap. To determine the impact of symptom overlap on the prevalence, the authors tested 100 Parkinson's disease patients for major depression (DSM-III-R) with both a st…

While several investigations assessing applications of contemporary motor learning theory to preclinic laboratory instruction have been successful, they provide only indirect and incomplete validation of theoretical constructs. This study's purpose was to further evaluate the validity of salient constructs through the…

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore the construct validity, dimensionality, and internal consistency of a new attitude scale for measuring cardiology trainees' attitudes towards clinical supervision. METHODS: A multi-centred, cross-sectional study involving 388 Indonesian cardiology trainees from eight universities…

PURPOSE: When learning bias analysis, epidemiologists are taught to quantitatively adjust for multiple biases by correcting study results in the reverse order of the error sequence. To understand the error sequence for a particular study, one must carefully examine the health study's epidemiologic data-generating proce…

OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to determine whether establishment of the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) was associated with significant changes in drug listing decisions across Canada. ANALYSIS AND RESULTS: This study included drug indications that received a Common Drug Review or pan-Canadian Oncol…

This study's primary goal was to evaluate how smaller size of the BCI602 transcutaneous bone conduction implant affects surgical placement possibilities in children compared to its precursor model, the BCI601. Additionally, audiological benefits, quality of life, and surgical safety of the implant system were investiga…

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuroscience technique that modulates brain activity by applying a weak electric current to the scalp. tDCS is already used in hospitals to alleviate symptoms of neurological diseases and mental disorders. However, it can also be purchased over the Intern…

INTRODUCTION: Mental health conditions are prevalent among university students, putting them at elevated risk for dropout. Universities offer an array of peer programmes, and students often share their concerns with peers before professionals. A well-specified peer intervention to help sustain academic persistence that…

BACKGROUND:  Hearing aid verification is required to objectively measure hearing aid outputs by ensuring that the amplified speech spectrum closely approximates the prescription goals. OBJECTIVES:  This study aimed to determine audiologists' perceptions and practices regarding hearing aid verification and id…

Pandemics like COVID-19 have illuminated the significant disparities in the performance of national healthcare systems (NHCSs) during rapidly evolving crises. The challenge of comparing NHCS performance has been a difficult topic in the literature. To address this gap, our study introduces a bi-criteria longitudinal al…