1: September 11, 2001, as a Teachable Moment

A question of evil: September 11, 2001.

Hospitalization as a Teachable Moment for Cigarette Smoking Cessation

As is well known, cigarette smoking is one of the greatest catastrophes of public health worldwide. In 2004, it was estimated that one third of all cancer mortality in Korean men was attributed to cigarette smoking; smoking is also among main risk factors of varying serious diseases, including cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. These diseases have caused 20 million premature deaths in the...

Surgery as a teachable moment for smoking cessation.

BACKGROUND A "teachable moment" is an event that motivates spontaneous behavior change. Some evidence suggests that major surgery for a smoking-related illness can serve as a teachable moment for smoking cessation. This study tested the hypotheses that surgery increases the likelihood of smoking cessation and that cessation is more likely after major surgical procedures compared with outpatient...

September 11, 2001, revisited: a review of the data.

HYPOTHESIS The September 11, 2001, World Trade Center (WTC) attack was a disaster of epic proportion in New York City, NY. It was unprecedented in terms of the number of people who were killed in the bombings, as well as in terms of the volume of patients received at local (New York City) hospitals. The strain on local emergency medical services, hospitals, and the citywide trauma system is sti...

The Battle Against Malaria: A Teachable Moment

Synopsis Malaria has been humanity's worst public health problem throughout recorded history. Mathematical methods are needed to understand which factors are relevant to the disease and to develop countermeasures against it. This article and the accompanying exercises provide examples of those methods for use in lower-or upper-level courses dealing with probability, statistics, or population mo...