Although safe firearm storage is a promising injury prevention strategy, many parents do not keep their firearms unloaded and locked up. Using the theory of planned behavior as a guiding conceptual framework, this study examines factors associated with safe storage among married women with children and who have firearms in their homes. Data come from [...]
If health providers are aware of their patients’ literacy skills, they can more appropriately tailor their communication with patients. Few providers, however, assess patient’s literacy skills for fear of offending patients, but no research has ever determined if patients object to such assessments. Our objectives were to determine the percentage of patients seen for routine [...]
We set out to assess the perceived risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes mellitus in an urban setting using focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to collect data from different stakeholders constituting the triangle of care. Ethnomethodological analyses were done manually and with Ethnograph® software. The results showed an awareness of emergence of [...]
Research has shown that life skills programs are the most effective single activity in school-based substance abuse prevention. However, little is known about the processes through which they are effective. This study examines whether an evidence-based prevention program targeting general competence is effective through the promotion of knowledge about life skills and enhanced related behaviors. [...]
The importance of increasing young women’s level of physical activity is recognized as a priority within the United Kingdom and other Westernized nations. This study, conducted in two distinct geographical locations in the United Kingdom, explores the leading influences upon levels of physical activity participation among 75 young women aged 15–19. Through in-depth interviews, this [...]
The increased risk of poor health outcomes among single infants conceived through assisted fertilization (AF) may be due to causes of infertility rather than the procedure itself, say Norwegian researchers. In general, single babies conceived using AF have worse health outcomes than spontaneously conceived infants. But this difference is much smaller among women who’ve conceived [...]
Children who grow up in a spick-and-span home may have a higher risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease, a study suggests. Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, refers to a group of conditions marked by chronic inflammation in the intestines, leading to symptoms like abdominal pain and diarrhea. It’s thought that the conditions arise from an [...]
People with the severe form of a disorder that interferes with sleep are several times more likely to die from any cause than are folks without apnea, researchers report in the latest edition of the journal Sleep. The findings in the 18-year study confirm smaller studies that have indicated an increased risk of death for [...]
Life-saving surgery to prevent repeated severe bleeding from ruptured veins in the esophagus or upper stomach may not induce some patients with alcoholic liver disease to stop drinking alcohol, researchers report. Such a surgical procedure may be necessary to reduce the pressure in the veins of the esophagus and upper stomach among patients with cirrhosis, [...]
New reports on very different approaches to treating Alzheimer’s disease could one day lead to better therapies for the mind-robbing condition, experts say. A trio of studies that were presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer’s Association 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in Chicago noted progress made on three different treatment fronts.
The first involves a drug [...]
