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The factors that influence sleep health and mental health in junior high school students' lifestyles was examined. The proportion of students who replied that they feel bad in the morning, and who do not have breakfast was significantly higher in poor sleepers. The proportion of students who regularly take exercise was…

Spiritual struggles (SSs) are distressing spiritual thoughts associated with poorer health outcomes. This study's purpose was to test feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of an intervention to decrease SS of parents of children with CF. Parents screening positive for SS were enrolled and were randomized to interven…

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease driven by aberrant signals from the immune system. In this issue, Li et al. present the first large RNA-seq analysis of gene expression in normal skin and psoriasis lesions, providing a more comprehensive view of mRNA expression than earlier microarray studies. This stud…

Prevention researchers and school personnel lack a common understanding concerning the opportunities and burdens of school-based drug prevention research. In this article, we review issues related to researching substance abuse prevention programs in school settings, and assess challenges related to recruitment, commun…

The analyses presented here are available in greater detail elsewhere. They are not the analyses used to present the data in the original report, but we believe that they are reasonable analyses, suggested by the study's own measurement data, earlier published findings, and consideration of the likely sources of chroni…

BACKGROUND: Multiple recent studies suggest a possible protective effect of the influenza vaccine against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This effect has yet to be evaluated in surgical patients. This study utilizes a continuously updated federated electronic medical record (EMR) network (TriNetX,…

This aim of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review on the association between maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood. The systematic multiple-stage literature search in PubMed, LILACS, BIREME, and PsycINFO was limited to research in h…

A randomized controlled trial was carried out to investigate effects of heightened mortality awareness on meaning in life and attitudes toward dying and death. An intervention group ( = 51) completed questionnaires and participated in interventions to increase mortality awareness; a control group (&#x2009…

We present an example of a collaborative process designed to review models of outcome monitoring for substance abuse services, with a view to assessing the feasibility of different approaches in Ontario, Canada. A conceptual framework that describes the parameters of an outcome monitoring system and four models of outc…

This paper analyzes volatile substance misuse in Mexico since the 1980s. Data were collected from national household and school surveys, epidemiological surveillance systems, and studies among special populations. Volatile substance misuse begins at 12-14 years. Prevalence is approximately 1% in the general population,…

Cluster analysis modeling was used to identify distinct smoking taxonomies among 4,473 smokers from 29 secondary schools (2000-2001) in Ontario, Canada. Analyses revealed a two-cluster solution (4,349 [97.2%] situational smokers and 124 [2.8%] ubiquitous smokers). Different psychosocial characteristics influenced the s…

To review the state of research on the association between obesity among school-aged children and academic outcomes, the authors reviewed published studies investigating obesity, school performance, and rates of student absenteeism. A table with brief descriptions of each study's research methodology and outcomes is in…

PURPOSE: This article systematically reviewed the biomechanical techniques to quantify tibial rotation, for an overview of how to choose a suitable technique for specific clinical application. METHODS: A systematic search was conducted and finally 110 articles were included in this study. The articles were categorized…

The questions raised by O'Keefe et al. challenge us to think clearly about the intent of incarceration generally and the objective of administrative segregation in particular. Our comments address several points: the study's methodology, the context of administrative segregation, several attendant pragmatic concerns li…

Sixteen optometric tests were administered to 29 athletes prior to and following their running the 1974 26-mile B.A.A. Boston Marathon. The tests included amplitude of accommodation, near point of convergence, stereopsis, depth perception, near phorias, ACA, near ductions, peripheral fields, and suppression. It appears…

OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the Breastfeeding Resource Nurse (BRN) role and program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). DESIGN: The primary study was a multimethod study including a survey and key informant interviews to meet the study's objectives: to describe how the BRN implements his or her…

This study's aim was to discern the nursing organizational culture and job stress, induced by infection control nurses (ICNs)' working together, affects ICNs' turnover intentions. Job stress was the most significant factor affecting ICNs' turnover intention. To reduce ICNs' turnover intention, their task stress needs t…

To review the state of research on the association between physical activity among school-aged children and academic outcomes, the author reviewed published studies on this topic. A table includes brief descriptions of each study's research methodology and outcomes. A review of the research demonstrates that there may…

The ongoing challenge to clinicians is to make medical judgments that are suitable for patients as individuals with unique combinations of medical needs. The cancellation of the WHI study's estrogen/progestin arm leaves unanswered questions that will affect clinicians' medical decisions.

A new program developed by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the University of California-Los Angeles School of Public Health's Department of Health Sciences may make it possible for the first time to measure effectiveness of compliance programs in the nation's hospitals.