INTRODUCTION The role of allied health personnel (not physician) in cardiothoracic surgery has evolved substantially since the beginnings of this discipline in the 70´s, especially in developed countries. METHODS To explore the status of allied health personnel in cardiothoracic surgery in Latin America, a research was geared to know the general context of human resources in public health and...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of overweight and obesity among active duty staff members at one the Navy's largest medical centers, in an effort to clarify the relationship between weight, physical fitness, health care utilization patterns, and health care costs. METHODS Data obtained from the Physical Readiness Information Management System were linked with...

background: the former studies and observations indicate that medical students vary considerably in their attitudes towards patients and health care personal. objectives: to study the attitude of clerkship students towards selected types of patient and selected types of health care personnel. methods: a quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among clerkship students.the subjects recei...

PURPOSE This study assessed the oral health knowledge, confidence and practices of Virginia personnel in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). METHODS In 2009, 257 WIC personnel were electronically emailed via an investigator-designed 22-item Survey Monkey® questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Fishers Exact tests compared personnel demog...

Understanding the role of spirituality as a potential coping mechanism for military personnel is important given growing concern about the mental health issues of personnel returning from war. This study seeks to determine the extent to which spirituality is associated with selected mental health problems among active duty military personnel and whether it moderates the relationship between com...

BACKGROUND Most studies of the mental health of UK armed forces focus on retrospective accounts of deployment and few sample personnel while they are deployed. AIMS This study reports the results of a survey of deployed personnel, examining the perceived impact of events at home and military support for the family on current mental health during the deployment. METHOD Surveys were conducted...

Disclosure of private medical information allows insurance companies to better predict medical expenditures. The premiums the companies charge the insured employees reflect these expenditures. This paper studies incentives of employees to disclose their medical information. I find that healthier employees prefer to disclose medical information that results in a disclosure plan having a lower pr...